Hi John, thanks! Take your time! If you already have such a script, and can share it - please do! But if not - I think it will be a good exercise in pywikipediabot or extension development for me. ----- Yury Katkov
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:55 PM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Like I said if you want I can whip up a script to nuke the spam, just > drop me an email off list > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Yury Katkov <katkov.ju...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Reduce_size_of_the_database and >> here is the manual on how to purge the archive database! Thanks John, >> that's a perfect solution! >> ----- >> Yury Katkov >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:51 PM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> What can be done after mass deleting is to purge the archive database >>> table which should reduce the database size significantly. If you take >>> a look at the the example where I cleaned up an existing site I >>> reduced the database size by about 90% >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Yury Katkov <katkov.ju...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi everyone! I agree with everyone in this thread, but the main >>>> problem is that even if I create a bot of use extensions that removes >>>> pages, the actual database records won't be deleted. If I understand >>>> correctly, the MediaWiki philosophy tells us that we cannot just drop >>>> the page or an account from the database - all the deletions means >>>> only that we will hide those nasty spam pages. >>>> >>>> Consequently after the deletions the size of my database won't shrink >>>> to original 100 Mb, it remains around 3Gb which is a problem for >>>> hosting. >>>> >>>> The proposed solution of exporting all the pages to a brand new wiki >>>> solves this problem. Are there any other solutions where the dropping >>>> of my old spammed database does not involved? >>>> ----- >>>> Yury Katkov >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:13 PM, John <phoenixoverr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Given enough facts it would be rather easy for me to write a script >>>>> that nukes said spam I did something similar on >>>>> http://manual.fireman.com.br/wiki/Especial:Registro/Betacommand >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>>>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
