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Upgraded to 1.23.5, massive spam

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110.171.63.6 (talkcontribs)

Hello, did the upgrade the other day, and since spam is out of control. I'm still using ConfirmEdit with QuestyCaptcha (site is http://www.speedsolving.com/wiki). What else can I add to stop all of these?

On a side note, like 40 spam bots today created accounts. How can I bulk block and remove them without each on manually?

Many thanks.

88.130.114.225 (talkcontribs)

When you have spam although you are using the QuestyCaptcha, this means that the spammers are able to correctly answer your questions. Change the questions (spam bots remember answers, which have previously proven to be correct) and maybe make them more difficult for a computer to guess. You might also want to use questions, which the average user will not be able to answer easily, but which is well known in your community.

You can block spammers and remove all their contributions with an extension like Extension:BlockAndNuke.

110.171.63.6 (talkcontribs)

Thank you. That Extension BlockandNuke isn't compatible with 1.23.5. Any other options?

88.130.92.109 (talkcontribs)

I read that note as well. The patch however is already in the review system and you can patch your install manually with that patch.

110.171.63.6 (talkcontribs)

Great, thanks.

As for preventing spam: any other recommended things other than QuestyCaptcha?

LiturgicaNotata (talkcontribs)

Did you check if Questy captcha ist still working?

110.171.63.6 (talkcontribs)

Yeah, it is up, but spam bots are still getting through, even though the question is quite difficult.

Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

Is it possible, that you use another captcha module, e.g. FancyCaptcha?

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