Extension:AntiSpoof
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Implementation | User activity |
Description | Prevents the creation of confusable usernames. |
Author(s) | Brooke Vibbertalk |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | >= 1.43 |
Database changes | Yes |
Composer | mediawiki/anti-spoof |
Tables | spoofuser |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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Quarterly downloads | 101 (Ranked 53rd) |
Public wikis using | 2,675 (Ranked 190th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The AntiSpoof extension is an extension for preventing confusable usernames from being created. It blocks the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames.
For example, if user John Doe is already registered, the extension will block attempts to register:
- joHn dOE (capital letters in different places)
- Jοhn Doe ("ο" in Jοhn is Greek small letter omicron)
- John Dоe ("о" in Dоe is Cyrillic small letter O)
- Јohn Doe ("Ј" in Јohn is Cyrillic capital letter Je)
- John Đoe ("Đ" in Đoe is Latin capital letter D with stroke)
- Jóhn Doe ("ó" in Jóhn is Latin small letter O with acute)
- John Doe (there is a Zero-width space before Doe)
- Jøhn Doe ("ø" in Jøhn is Scandinavian oe)
- J0hn Doe ("0" is the number zero)
etc.
Installation
[edit]- Download and move the extracted
AntiSpoof
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AntiSpoof - Only when installing from Git, run Composer to install PHP dependencies, by issuing
composer install --no-dev
in the extension directory. (See task T173141 for potential complications.) - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'AntiSpoof' );
- Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
- In case user accounts are stored in a shared database, add:
$wgSharedTables[] = 'spoofuser';
- Run the
batchAntiSpoof.php
script from the command line to pre-populate thespoofuser
table with your wiki's existing usernames.
php maintenance/run.php AntiSpoof:batchAntiSpoof.php
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
- To verify that it's working, try creating an account for username "Adm1n"; most wikis have an "Admin" account and so AntiSpoof should reject this lookalike username with a message like "The name Adm1n is too similar to the existing account: Admin".
When installing from Git, please note that this extension requires Composer.
So, after installation from Git change to the directory containing the extension e.g. "../extensions/AntiSpoof/" and run composer install --no-dev
, or when updating: composer update --no-dev
.
Alternatively as well as preferably add the line "extensions/AntiSpoof/composer.json"
to the "composer.local.json" file in the root directory of your wiki like e.g.
{
"extra": {
"merge-plugin": {
"include": [
"extensions/AntiSpoof/composer.json"
]
}
}
}
See also
[edit]- Equivset (provides the equivalence sets used by AntiSpoof)
![]() | This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
![]() | This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |
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- Extensions supporting Composer
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