Thread:Project:Support desk/Thanks for the software, but I'm out. There's just too much spam and hacking./reply (3)

Spam problems are usually pretty severe with all wikis. Using abuse filter and importing various filters to prevent spam is extremely effective. If you have a really serious problem, you can try installing Confirm Account that allows authorized users approve the account creations of new users. I've been running it on multiple wikis without ConfirmEdit enabled on account requests, and I hardly ever get account requests by spammers.

@Mark– So are you using MediaWiki as a non-wiki? Basically just using it to create a regular website? I was thinking about using it for sth like that.