On Monday, September 30, 2013 11:08:00 AM Eelco Dolstra wrote: > 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.
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