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give details on account blocks and spam content deletion
=== Spam accounts ===
=== Spam accounts ===
Depending on the frequency of the spam account creation it can be useful to either block individual users or use a mass-hiding of spam users instead.
==== Blocking individual users ====
The [[Special:Block|Block user form]] should be used to inactivate spam accounts. Spam accounts are assumed to be malicious and are blocked to remove all privileges.
The [[Special:Block|Block user form]] should be used to inactivate spam accounts. Spam accounts are assumed to be malicious and are blocked to remove all privileges.
On the block succeeded page: you can click the username to check for any spam contributions that may require additional clean-up.
On the block succeeded page: you can click the username to check for any spam contributions that may require additional clean-up.
==== Hiding large number of spam accounts ====
The [[Special:Log/newusers|User creation log]] can be used to manually select a larger number of users and hide the account creations to not clutter the log files. This is particular useful for spam accounts which were created but that never managed to post spam due to successfully blocks by the spam prevention measurements outlined below.
=== Spam content ===
=== Spam content ===
There are two extensions installed that help identifying and deleting spam:
# The [[Special:SmiteSpam|SmiteSpam]] extension identifies potential spam contributions and allows mass-selecting users and their contributions. Contributions can then be deleted and the corresponding users be blocked.
# The [[Special:Nuke|Nuke]] extension allows for mass-deleting contributions of given users that have spammed. This is mostly useful for cases where SmiteSpam failed to identify the spam-contributions.
== Spam prevention ==
== Spam prevention ==