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Notes on addressing spam…
Notes on addressing spam…


==Monitor==
Currently (2013-01):

* [[User:Dave|Dave]] is watching the [http://www.9.0ne.org/mw/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom "Recent Changes" feed]
* Watch the [http://www.9.0ne.org/mw/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom "Recent Changes" feed]
* Illegitimate user accounts are "deleted" by merging with user, "Anonymous" (via [[Special:UserMerge]] (from [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete extention, "User Merge and Delete"])

* …
==Clean==

* '''Users''' are "deleted" by merging with user, "Anonymous" (via [[Special:UserMerge]] (from [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete extention, "User Merge and Delete"])
* '''Pages''' are deleted through the page "Delete" option in the top nav dropdown (beside "View history"). Users in the "Administrator" group may do so (ask [[User:Dave|Dave]] to be added).
* '''Recent History''' entries related to spam and its cleanup can be hidden from the default view by marking them as "bot" actions. This is done by…

Revision as of 17:43, 30 January 2013

Notes on addressing spam…

Monitor

Clean

  • Users are "deleted" by merging with user, "Anonymous" (via Special:UserMerge (from extention, "User Merge and Delete")
  • Pages are deleted through the page "Delete" option in the top nav dropdown (beside "View history"). Users in the "Administrator" group may do so (ask Dave to be added).
  • Recent History entries related to spam and its cleanup can be hidden from the default view by marking them as "bot" actions. This is done by…