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* [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]] - blacklist spam websites to prevent reinsertion of spam links | * [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]] - blacklist spam websites to prevent reinsertion of spam links | ||
If a spam bot keeps recreating a certain page: | If a spam bot keeps '''recreating''' a certain page: | ||
* If you dont want to create the page see Wikipedia's help on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_admin_school/Protecting_deleted_pages protecting pages from being created.] Steps for that should be: | * If you dont want to create the page see Wikipedia's help on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_admin_school/Protecting_deleted_pages protecting pages from being created.] Steps for that should be: | ||
* | *# Delete the page | ||
* | *# Click on the red link for the page. If you cant access the page, type its URL in the browser. | ||
** After protection, you should see this in the Recent changes: Admin (Talk) protected "Spam page Title" ['''create'''=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) | *# In the dropdown for that page, click "Change protection". | ||
*# You'll see protection options in a new "Create" box. Choose "Admins only" and click "Confirm". | |||
*# After protection, you should see this in the Recent changes: Admin (Talk) protected "Spam page Title" ['''create'''=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) | |||
* Another way to protect a page from a spam bot is to write a hidden comment in the page, save and protect the page for a few months from IP and new users (if its predicted that genuine new and IP users will most likely not edit the page) | |||
Use [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]] to blacklist URL's from persistent spammers. | Use [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]] to blacklist URL's from persistent spammers. | ||