Current wave of spam

[Reboot]

I know SmashWiki and ZeldaWiki at least are being hammered. Having looked at the spam pages, there's a common link that can be blocked. If the wiki owners add

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$wgSpamRegex = "/SESS_/"; to LocalSettings.php, it will at least block the current set of spam pages.

[Jake]

We added that at Nookipedia a few hours ago, and it seems to be working. I'd recommend that the other wikis add this as well. Thanks for posting this here.

[Reboot]

No problem. Just watch - it won't stop them signing up, just block the template they've been using from being saved [i.e., it's a band-aid to buy time for more permanent solutions rather than a final fix]