[Mediawiki-l] MW v. 1.15.1 - How do I safely delete a user?

[2007 at gmaskfx.com]

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 at hyperarts.com> wrote:

> From: Tim Ware <tim at hyperarts.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MW v. 1.15.1 - How do I safely delete a user?
> To: "2007 at gmaskfx.com" <2007 at gmaskfx.com>, "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Cc: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" <mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 12:23 PM
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:11 AM, "2007 at gmaskfx.com"
> <2007 at 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 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Michael Rosenthal <rosenthal3000 at 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 at lists.wikimedia.org
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> >> >
> >> 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 Ware<tim at 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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