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Bug 9929 - Spam blacklist does not work for URLs between <ref> tags


Summary:	Spam blacklist does not work for URLs between <ref> tags

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Product:	MediaWiki extensions
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Spam Blacklist (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

URL:	http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php...
Whiteboard:
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported:	2007-05-16 16:53 UTC by anaconda
Modified:	2007-06-03 21:20 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

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Description anaconda 2007-05-16 16:53:40 UTC

A user reported a malfunctioning of the blacklist on Meta (see URL above); I've done some tests and 
noticed that URLs between <ref> tags are ignored by this extension.

Comment 1 intelligent.nerd 2007-05-19 02:31:04 UTC

Please fix this, as this is leaving a rather large hole for spammers.

Comment 2 Rob Church 2007-05-19 16:27:42 UTC

I can't reproduce this such that a blacklisted URL is referenced on the page when saved. A blacklisted link between <ref></ref> tags is allowed through if no <references /> tag is present on the page, however, when the <references /> tag is present (which would cause the footnote to emit the URL), the filter appears to be working.

Please give a specific example of problematic markup that is causing a blacklisted URL to be accepted.

Comment 3 Brion Vibber 2007-05-21 17:22:38 UTC

Keep in mind that contents of a <ref> are never displayed or rendered anywhere if there is no <references/>, so they would do a spammer no good.

Comment 4 anaconda 2007-06-03 21:20:42 UTC

Oops. There was no <references/>... Closing as invalid - sorry.

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