All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part V

[GethN7]

Oh, dear. The abuse filter on the freebie wiki (we only have the one, put in place by Southparkfan) is too aggressive - I'm losing editors because they can't add links.

I know I asked for a filter that prevented unconfirmed users from creating pages. That isn't what I got.

I definitely didn't ask for one that prevented unconfirmed users from adding external links - the freebie wiki is all about the external links, after all.

How do I fix the filter so it does what I wanted it to do in the first place?

 

You have admin rights at ATT, so copy our current active filter's conditions for your wiki. You might have a few spammers slip through every now and then, but it's the best balance between keeping the spammers mostly out and not punishing legit users.

You want to do what I do if you use our filter and autoconfirm any user that is legit. A few spammers might slip through, but since our current filter isn't too harsh, that combination should be nice to the legit users while stopping most spammers.