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On 23/03/16 00:14, Paul Belanger wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 03:32:23PM +0800, Tom Fifield wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I'm sad to say that:
>>
>> * spammers are back - 100-odd pages have gone in over the weekend
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:NewPages
>>
>> * Cleanup was ineffective, with many spam pages still existing on the wiki
>> (scroll through the NewPages link above)
>>
> So, just a quick update to this.  We just landed 287323[1] which installs
> SmiteSpam[2]. If you are in the bureaucrat group on wiki.o.o you'll be able to
> access it.
> 
> Currently I've started the process on cleanup the wiki.  At the moment, I've
> blocked 54[3] account and delete 430+[4] pages. I'll send a follow up email once
> I am done for the day, but moving forward it will be easier for admins to detect
> the spam and stop it faster.
> 
> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/287232/
> [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:SmiteSpam
> [3] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:Log/block
> [4] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:Log/delete
> 

Cheers Paul! This looks like a very handy extension. I've deleted a
couple pages already

Regards,


Tom