User:(WT-en) Jwalling

John Walling = Spam Patrol = --(WT-en) Jwalling 14:14, 31 December 2005 (PST)
 * I make regular contributions at http://www.katrinahelp.info/
 * I am working on this wiki article: Animal Rescue Resources
 * I setup Spam Patrol guidelines for KatrinaHelp.info.
 * Feel free to leave a message on my talk page
 * I can be e-mailed here: mailto:wallingconsulting@yahoo-dot-com
 * I am interested in strategies to defeat wiki spam.
 * SpammerBlockPattern
 * SpamBlacklist extension
 * Bad Behavior MediaWiki extension
 * I have websites at myseattle.com & fulgeo.com
 * I am bootstrapping a wiki at http://www.myseattle.com/mediawiki/

= SpammerBlockPattern =

Introduction

 * The following Regex fragment list came from scraping affiliate marketing spam
 * The most useful regex fragment is height:\s*\dpx
 * The list minimizes domain names since they change constantly
 * The list is maintained with a regex editor: http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/
 * The list can be used as a
 * spam blacklist
 * guide for spam search
 * regular expression ($wgSpamRegex = "/frag1|frag2|...|fragn/i";) in LocalSettings.php
 * More details at KatrinaHelp.info ,
 * Bot bulk spam posting has dropped 99% since installing the list.

Regex fragment list

 * http://www.myseattle.com/mediawiki/wgSpamRegexList.txt