On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:37:53PM +0100, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > I analyzed recent additions to the AUR user database in the hope of > finding a way to delete all spammer accounts. > > [...] > > My suggestion is: > > 1. Set the password field of these accounts to "", so that they will no > longer be able to login. They can still use the password reset form. > > 2. Delete all accounts that still have an empty password field in ~2 > weeks.
Purged. I will make up (and execute) a SQL query to sync the number of votes, which are stored separately, later. > > If there are any objections or alternative suggestions, please let me > know. Otherwise, I will unset password fields before I re-enable the > registration form (on Tuesday, 2013-03-26). > > Regards, > Lukas
