Because these annoying spambots have created at least a hundred user accounts that start with a number then some phrase like "buy viagra" plus there are a ton of other accounts I suspect where created by bots that are just random numbers and letters that I want to get rid of.,. they make the user list look trashy ;-) In fact I may ban numbers in usernames altogether :P
--- On Tue, 7/14/09, Tim Ware tim@hyperarts.com wrote:
From: Tim Ware tim@hyperarts.com Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MW v. 1.15.1 - How do I safely delete a user? To: "2007@gmaskfx.com" 2007@gmaskfx.com, "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:23 PM
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On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:11 AM, "2007@gmaskfx.com" 2007@gmaskfx.com
wrote:
Oh I can't wait to install this ..it's gonna be a 666
buy viagra
bloodbath
Could you please explain why? Thx.
--- On Tue, 7/14/09, Michael Rosenthal rosenthal3000@googlemail.com
wrote:
From: Michael Rosenthal rosenthal3000@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MW v. 1.15.1 - How do I
safely delete a
user? To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
<mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 11:40 AM 2. install http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Tim Waretim@hyperarts.com wrote:
Two questions:
How do I resend the confirmation email that
has the
link the new user
has to click to confirm registration?
How do I delete a user, safely?
Thanks! Tim
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2007@gmaskfx.com wrote:
Because these annoying spambots have created at least a hundred user accounts
Install the SpamBLacklist extension and a Captcha extension (reCaptcha is one I like and it helps resolve scanned document text). That gets rid of the majority of spammers.
Mike
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