1047606 - Link spam filter on Mozilla Wiki overly aggressive

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Websites :: wiki.mozilla.org, defect)

Description

[(not reading bugmail) Nick Desaulniers [:\n]]

I run the vidyo recordings of the Weekly Apps Show and Tell [0].  I literally cannot make any changes to the wiki, because of all of links are blacklisted.

"
Spam protection filter

The text you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a blacklisted external site.

The following text is what triggered our spam filter: Array 
"

I get that we need to block spam, but this had made the tool unusable for my use case.  Also, sorry, this bug has probably been filed under the wrong component.

[0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Apps/ShowAndTells/Recordings

Comment 1

[Gordon P. Hemsley [:GPHemsley]]

Hey Nick,

Sorry for the inconvenience. What domain(s) were you attempting to add?

None of our anti-spam measures should be prohibiting legitimate users from adding content to the wiki. Escalating the severity of this bug.

Comment 2

[Christie Koehler [:ckoehler]]

Nick, what links are you trying to add?

The link spam black-[1] and white-lists[2] predate recent anti-spam work on the wiki. We will probably remove most entries on the blacklist soon. In the meantime, if you give us a list of the links (or at least their domains), we'll whitelist them for you.

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist
[2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist

Comment 4

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

I see \buservoice\.com\b in the blacklist and this is what bit me (bug 1048995).

Comment 5

[Gordon P. Hemsley [:GPHemsley]]

I have updated the list to match Wikipedia's. (See bug 1048999.)