Changes between Initial Version and Version 2 of Ticket #363


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May 20, 2013, 3:17:36 AM (11 years ago)
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adehnert
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  • Ticket #363 – Description

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    11We should have a FAQ entry on how to clean up a spammed Mediawiki. It's a little lame that we don't (I think) have a good stock entry, given how many people we're emailing about their spammed mediawiki.
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     3The key things to cover are:
     4 * How to prevent spam from reoccurring --- probably at least one of
     5   * cert auth
     6   * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit $wgEmailConfirmToEdit]
     7 * How to remove already-extant spam --- conceivable options include:
     8   * delete all pages not linked recursively from home page
     9   * delete all pages created in the last one year
     10   * delete pages not created by one of some list of users
     11   * ...