Hi,

On 30/09/13 06:53, Philip Carlsen wrote:

> I just joined this mailing list because nix(+os) seems like a very promising
> project.
> 
> But the wiki is quite filled with spam pages, which I find off-putting as a
> newcomer, as it's usually a sign of a stagnating community.
> 
> Now, I could just start manually deleting pages, but surely there is a better
> way. Most of the spam seems to originate from the same 5'ish accounts, so if
> there is a way to delete pages according to user that would seem the most
> effective measure.

Unfortunately all attempts to prevent wiki spam (registration, captchas, etc.)
have been in vain, and I don't really feel like spending an hour each week
deleting spam accounts/pages.  We may be better off switching to the GitHub 
wiki.

-- 
Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/
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