[Mediawiki-l] Rollback & deleting spam

[Sy Ali]

On 11/20/06, Gerald Vogt <vogt at spamcop.net> wrote:
> I know I can revert/rollback changes but the spam still remains
> accessible in the revision history. I want this to disappear completely
> as if it never happened. Is this possible through the web interface or
> do I have to go into the database directly?

There is no functionality to completely erase a page and delete it
from the database.  There is, however, a script in the maintenance
directory which does remove all deleted pages.