StopForumSpam

A mediawiki extenion that allows integration various https://www.stopforumspam.com/ deny-lists.

Installing

See also: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StopForumSpam#Installation

1. Download and place the file(s) in a directory called StopForumSpam within your MediaWiki extensions/ folder.
2. Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadExtension( 'StopForumSpam' );

3. Configure the extension as required. Note: A proper value for $wgSFSIPListLocation MUST be configured before the extension is used within any production environment.
4. Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
5. Optionally run the provided maintenance script (updateDenyList.php) to populate and view information about the cache.

Usage

1. Select an IP deny-list file from https://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads and assign the appropriate value to $wgSFSIPListLocation.
2. Set $SFSReportOnly to true or false. A value of true will log events but WILL NOT enforce blocking non-read user actions for IP addresses within the deny list. A value of false will both log events and block non-read user actions for IP addresses within the deny list.

Authors

• Legoktm [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Legoktm]
• Skizzers [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Skizzerz]
• Aaron Schultz [aschulz@wikimedia.org]
• Sam Reed [reedy@wikimedia.org]
• Scott Bassett [sbassett@wikimedia.org]

License

This project is licensed under the GPL 2.0 License - see the COPYING file for details.