Forum:Abuse filter

I have noticed that several other Wikia wikis have had an abuse filter on their wikis. I decided to look further into it and it appears they requested that the extension wgAbuseFilter be activated by Wikia staff. As the filter works off specific words and phrases it can allow us to deal with certain vandalism problems we've had (I'm sure I don't need to say the phrases in question). If you all recall the only way to put a stop to it was to preform mass long-term semi-protects which I would really love to remove. And to cut to the chase I am obviously proposing that we request Wikia activate the extension for us.

I believe SN at one point proposed in the IRC that we request the protect site feature as the vandalism attacks were basically site wide. Given that the filter would basically replace the current protections I wonder if it is worth also asking for site protect so that if vandals circumvent the filter in whatever way everything can be shut down to revert the damage and update the filter. Though I suspect this might just be viewed as unneeded but I thought it best to bring it up. - The Light6 (talk) 10:59, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Abuse filter votes

 * Support - The Light6 (talk) 10:59, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Protect site votes

 * Support - The Light6 (talk) 10:59, June 18, 2013 (UTC)