[Python-Dev] spam on b.p.o

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
>> Speaking of which, what is the procedure to delete a spam message and remove a
>> spamming user?
> 
> Well, for some reason I hadn't seen the "remove button" message...
> As for deleting the user, I suppose an admin can do it.

For true spam (off-topic links, porn, advertisements, etc), please don't
"remove". Instead, people in the "Coordinator" role also have a "mark as
spam" button, which causes SpamBayes training of the message, and also
makes the message unreadable for anonymous users (including search
engines). People posting spam for SEO thus get truly blocked.

A mere remove will just detach the message - the message URL in itself
remains accessible.

In the specific case (msg104314), "remove" was probably the right thing,
since it isn't real spam, but just non-sensical. I don't think the user
needs to be banned from the tracker.

Regards,
Martin