Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/AbuseFilter

Request for the AbuseFilter extension

Home-page

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter

Type

MediaWiki extension

Additional software requirements

AntiSpoof: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof

Installation notes

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter#Installation

Compatible at least up through Mediawiki 1.16.5

The following lines will need to be added to LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-modify'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-log-detail'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-view'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['abusefilter-log'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-private'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-modify-restricted'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['abusefilter-revert'] = true;

Reason for request

This gives the sysops a lot more tools for dealing with vandalism, particularly for complex or persistent vandalism.

What else uses it

It is used on all wikis of the wikimedia family.

Possible pitfalls

Unknown.