Battling spam

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==Spamblocking methods to add if the above does not suffice==
 
==Spamblocking methods to add if the above does not suffice==
If the current methods don't work, we can add CAPTCHAS for unregistered users. This would likely consist of using [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit], and see additional details [http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/UMassWiki:Blocking_Spam_in_MediaWiki#ConfirmEdit here]. Will probably also need to use [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ReCAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA].
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If the current methods don't work, we can add CAPTCHAS for unregistered users. This would likely consist of using [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit], and see additional details [http://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/UMassWiki:Blocking_Spam_in_MediaWiki#ConfirmEdit here]. We will probably also need to use [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ReCAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA].
  
 
Also, we could use [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamRegex the SpamRegex extension], although it requires memcached.
 
Also, we could use [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamRegex the SpamRegex extension], although it requires memcached.

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