Thread:Project:Support desk/Media Wiki is a spam machine unless it is set up properly./reply (14)

I've had the same problem, and I found it also very difficult to work my way through the CombatingSpam-page. But I'm glad to say that my wiki is spamfree since last october! I've installed some extensions I don't use or didn't set up properly, but I think the two extensions that did the trick were ConfirmEdit with QuestyCaptcha and SimpleAntiSpam. I have to say though that my wiki is very specialised and in German, so I could come up with some really specialised questions in German. And I see this can't be the solution for every kind of wiki: A non-specialised wiki like, let's say, wikipedia can't come up with that kind of specialised questions.