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Yes, you can. I use that extension, too.
But blocking Spammers from creating accounts is even better, see
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
and use QuestyCaptcha.
Am 05.06.2012 22:03, sc
Yes, you can. I use that extension, too.
But blocking Spammers from creating accounts is even better, see
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
and use QuestyCaptcha.
Am 05.06.2012 22:03, schrieb Wjhonson:
Ahhh
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete
So I
Hallo, Wjhonson,
Du meintest am 05.06.12:
> User deletion is not supported out of the box and is generally
> discouraged.
> So you're saying there is an extension to add delete user ?
I had used "phpMyAdmin" for that purpose (and I had a backup ...).
I had to delete more than 500 spammer users
Ahhh
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete
So I can merge the hundreds of poopey users into PoopeyUser ?
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From: Wjhonson
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Sent: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 12:58 pm
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Delete user?
So you're saying there
So you're saying there is an extension to add delete user ?
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From: Jeremy Baron
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Sent: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 12:55 pm
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Delete user?
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Wjhonson wrote:
I run m
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Wjhonson wrote:
> I run my own wiki using the mediawiki software. I have the latest version
> (as far as I know).
> I have often blocked users, but now I see one of the special pages is to
> "View Deleted User Contributions"
MediaWiki segregates user contributio
I run my own wiki using the mediawiki software. I have the latest version (as
far as I know).
I have often blocked users, but now I see one of the special pages is to "View
Deleted User Contributions"
It's blank because I never knew before that I could "delete" a user. I've just
been blockin
On 12/13/10 05:10, ro...@rogerchrisman.com wrote:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RemoveUnusedAccounts.php
What's the real status of this maintenance script?
The docs on the page linked above state that the script "in its current form"
require a patch (from the Discussion page) if you do
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RemoveUnusedAccounts.php
Roger
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--- On Tue, 12/7/10, Benjamin Lees wrote:
> Deleting users is a really pointless endeavor.
I disagree especially if it's spambot that's created hundreds of them
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Hallo, Benjamin,
Du meintest am 07.12.10:
>> I only see a mask where I can fill in old and new name for merging.
> There should be a checkbox that says "Delete old user". Check it and
> leave the new name blank, and it will prompt you to merge the user to
> "Anonymous" and delete it (I don't kn
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> I only see a mask where I can fill in old and new name for merging.
There should be a checkbox that says "Delete old user". Check it and
leave the new name blank, and it will prompt you to merge the user to
"Anonymous" and delete it (I don't
Hallo, Benjamin,
Du meintest am 06.12.10:
>> If they've never edited (including deleted edits), then it should be
>> safe to delete them from the database, but you would have to do it
>> manually as far as I know.
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete should
> do it.
I
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> If they've never edited (including deleted edits), then it should be
> safe to delete them from the database, but you would have to do it
> manually as far as I know.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete should do it.
On 6 December 2010 19:38, Anne Wilson wrote:
> We have large numbers of registered users who have never contributed anything
> at all, so I suspect that some of them could be bots. I had considered trying
> to identify all who have been registered for more than a year without
> contributing, and
On Monday 06 December 2010 15:19:18 Łukasz Garczewski wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Graham wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > What is the best method with respect to deleting a user.
> >
> >
> > Mediawiki 1.16.0
> > PHP 5.1.6(apache2handler)
> > MySQL 5.0.77
>
> Don't.
>
> MediaWiki relies
On 06/12/2010 11:19 AM, Łukasz Garczewski wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Graham wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> What is the best method with respect to deleting a user.
>>
>>
>> Mediawiki 1.16.0
>> PHP 5.1.6(apache2handler)
>> MySQL 5.0.77
> Don't.
>
> MediaWiki relies on having all users present
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Graham wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the best method with respect to deleting a user.
>
>
> Mediawiki 1.16.0
> PHP 5.1.6(apache2handler)
> MySQL 5.0.77
Don't.
MediaWiki relies on having all users present, all the time.
You can rename a user, block them infinately o
Hello,
What is the best method with respect to deleting a user.
Mediawiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.1.6(apache2handler)
MySQL 5.0.77
Thanks.
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