I suggest implementing a "mark as spam" button near each post on the forum. After a post has gathered x spam marks, someone on the team should get an email, suggesting the deletion of said post. The post itself might also be added to the email, in order to simplify the decision.
http://trisquel.info/en/users/wiwili
https://trisquel.info/en/users/coachbag
https://trisquel.info/en/users/bobbyhayse
https://trisquel.info/en/users/duyentran607
Iep, annoying as he is... One of this days I'll try to contact his spam-bosses, he's obviously not doing a great job, like a paperboy who dumps all his issues in a school.
He is back again!
https://trisquel.info/en/users/coachkors
http://trisquel.info/en/users/coachkors
http://trisquel.info/en/users/pattersondavis
http://trisquel.info/en/users/steelrange5
https://trisquel.info/es/users/lucygreen
https://trisquel.info/en/users/wbd888
https://trisquel.info/en/users/dpospdsa
http://trisquel.info/en/users/tylertravis
https://trisquel.info/en/users/xiaoguo1
https://trisquel.info/en/users/jing1
Another one
https://trisquel.info/en/users/martacross
https://trisquel.info/en/users/xiaoguo1
I had to spammers aren't cool delete him because his technique nice unicorns for sale of injecting random ads when does the narwhal bacon in his sentences was both malicious and really annoying.
Sutile? https://trisquel.info/en/users/csluyuan
http://trisquel.info/en/users/woniuderensheng
http://trisquel.info/en/users/lokendra
another blip on the radar
http://trisquel.info/en/users/samueldavis
http://trisquel.info/en/users/kennedy70
http://trisquel.info/en/users/dburke
Ok, so fuelled by your dedication, I've laid to waste about a hundred accounts offering us the best in shoes, bags, glasses, medications, airdresses (whatever they are) and other assorted sale and outlet stuff. I'm thinking that your "innocent until proven guilty" right is kind of lost when you register with a @cheapcialisoutletonline.com address. Besides that, most of those are already profile spammers.
Your script looks great, thanks a lot for taking the time and energy to work on it. I still haven't tested it, but I'll do it soon and report back. (that kind of sounded like the Sting part on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/quotes?qt=qt0375882 , but I mean it, thank you a lot!)
Do we need to keep accounts that are obviously not legitimate users? Maybe they aren't doing harm, but they don't have a purpose and may eventually activate and spam later on. Examples:
https://trisquel.info/en/users/alternativa-al-viagra
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis-gunstig-kaufen
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis-dosierung
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis-einnahme
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis-holland
https://trisquel.info/en/users/cialis-ohne-rezept
https://trisquel.info/en/users/pfizer-viagra-online
https://trisquel.info/en/users/viagra-100-mg
https://trisquel.info/en/users/viagra-acquisto
PS. I'm assuming that "Access denied" means the user hasn't activated via email yet?
I've attached a Greasemonkey script which I've been using for the past few days to track spammers more easily.
You need some sort of local server for it to work. To use, download it and change the settingsURL variable to link an empty JSON file (put a {} in the JSON file). Then install the GM script and browse to https://trisquel.info/en/about and the usernames should turn black. Clicking on a username allows you to change its "status".
To save the statuses (it's a GM script, so that's not automatic), you have to click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page and override the JSON file. In the Save dialog, change the file type to "All Files".
Maybe it's more trouble than it's worth, but if anyone else finds it useful then that's good. :-)
Copyright (C) 2013 A. Roffey
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for the license.
:-)
(sorry, I forgot to change the "status" switch)
Interesting, meta-spamming.
https://trisquel.info/en/users/stivejhon11
oh come on! that one wasn't even trying...
https://trisquel.info/en/users/bobeat
Deleted that one and several others. Keeping an eye also on all those accounts with a postal address as description.
Profile spammer:
https://trisquel.info/en/users/rubenkla
Yes, he was :)
^ I would agree.
Maybe a spammer?
https://trisquel.info/en/users/bitcoinser/track
A nasty one indeed...
Spam attack!!!
https://trisquel.info/users/xxx321
https://trisquel.info/en/users/markwillson/track