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On 23/03/16 11:19, Tom Fifield wrote:
> 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


So, *sigh*. I've been trying to use

https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:Nuke

to delete pages matching

%1%800% (there are about 5000)

and it doesn't work :(

Everything appears to be fine, but the pages don't get deleted or appear 
on the deletion log.