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Notes on addressing spam…
If you can't do any of this because you're lacking permissions, talk to Dave.
Monitor
- Watch the "Recent Changes" feed
- Check the list of users and new user contributions
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.
- 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 visiting Special:RecentChangesCleanup and cross referencing with Special:RecentChanges.