Thread:Benwhite/@comment-5007614-20140507200143

I requested that the Variables and AbuseFilter extensions be installed, and they were. The Wikia admins needed confirmation that we indeed want AbuseFilters installed, because it's "a powerful tool". I created a filter for the Metal God spamming, so it should reduce the noise a bit, unless of course users get crafty and try to beat the filter.

The tool is indeed powerful and can help stop vandalism, but I rather just take it one step at a time instead of declaring an all out war against vandals.

Variables I added because it *could* come in handy. I use it on another wiki to basically pass a variable defined within a template around (as opposed to defining it outside and passing it in as a parameter). 