I had already made it a private wiki by simply denying permission for any but admin to
create pages.
So all the spammers could still do was create accounts. I didn't even realize that
was a special permission.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stip <stipen.treublatt(a)gmx.net>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 1:55 am
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Delete user?
Yes, you can. I use that extension, too.
But blocking Spammers from creating accounts is even better, see
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
and use QuestyCaptcha.
Am 05.06.2012 22:03, schrieb Wjhonson:
Ahhh
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete
So I can merge the hundreds of poopey users into PoopeyUser ?
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