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Small Wiki Monitoring Team/Tools

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There are a number of tools that are useful in fighting cross-wiki vandalism and spam. This page is aimed at listing those tools.

Rights

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Global sysop
A global group with sysop rights on hundreds of small wikis.
Global rollback
The ability to use rollback on all projects allowed by policy.

Special pages

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Special:Globalblock
(stewards) Allows stewards to globally block an IP address.
Special:CentralAuth
(stewards) Allows stewards to lock a unified account, such that a user can no longer login.

Applications

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SWViewer
App for viewing queue of edits on small wikis for SWMT.

User scripts

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xwikirollback.js
Needed for rollback links as used in some tools to work.
hideuser.js
(stewards) Allows for easy local hiding of locked SUL accounts.
removeSpam.js
(anti-spam) Helps removing links from a page.
CVNSimpleOverlay_wiki.js
(cvndatabase) Integrates CVNBot's global database with MediaWiki-pages. Supports global black-, grey- and whitelist. And the global watchlist for page titles.
SBHandler
(anti-spam) A gadget to help dealing with the spam blacklist.
coibot.js
(anti-spam) A gadget to assist in dealing with XWiki reports
blockOptions.js/globalBlockOptions.js
Gives tabs to quickly block using common settings.
massBlock.js/globalMassBlock.js
Quickly block lots of IPs.
Ajax_sysop.js
Speed up lots of administrative tasks.
autoDelete.js
Speed up deletion of vandalism pages.
modRollback.js
Improves workflow of rollback.
User:Mike.lifeguard/remote.js
(anti-spam/countervandalism) Meta-script pulls together many user scripts for use doing work cross-wiki.
TwinkleGlobal.js (how to install)
This is sometimes suggested for people who don't pass Requests for global rollback. GR is not required for the script.
XReport.js (how to install)
You can use the script on nearly every wiki to report users locally and/or globally.
StewardScript
(stewards) Improves aspects of the steward interface and workflow.
stewardlinks.js
(stewards) Adds a steward toolbox in the left sidebar with useful information and links.
Active sysops.js
(countervandalism/global sysops) Shows the number of active (one log entry in the last 7 days, or as configured) administrators and it can mark global sysop wikis.
GS delete.js
(global sysops) Preloads a set of frequently used deletion reasons for crosswiki use.
massRevdel.js
Provides mass revision deletion functionality

Toolforge

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IRC

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Main page: Small Wiki Monitoring Team/IRC and Countervandalism Network
SWMTBots/CVNBots
These bots monitor hundreds of wikis, forming the backbone of SWMT's monitoring capacity.
COIBot and friends
Monitors link additions on all wikis, forming the backbone of our anti-spam capacity.
SULWatcher
Monitors account unifications, watching for username vandalism.

Services

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SynchCrosswiki
A service to create userpages on all wikis.