For the last few months I've been a "site maintainer" here (and for the last 45 weeks one of Amazon's 'Hosting-Support forum admins").

Lately I've been finding quite a bit of spam on this site and reporting it. I'd like to be able to administer users (block the obvious spammers) to make this more efficient. I'd also like to begin going through the user profile pages to get rid of spam links there.

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gerhard killesreiter’s picture

gerhard killesreiter commented

Seems like a good idea to me, any other opinions?

For finding profile spammers: Use google.

I've just blocked 2 dozen of them using

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adrupal.org+buy+online

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Amazon commented

Sounds like a good idea to me. Also, it's probably worth reviewing others who have administer user permissions and see if they are using them. I tend to block more g.d.o spam users since I get mail.

Kieran

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webernet commented

FYI: http://drupal.org/profile/interest/<Keyword> is also a good way to find profile spam.

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deekayen commented

+1 on granting the webmaster role

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damien tournoud commented

We really need to implement a way to block users without granting the user administration permission. This permission is very sensitive, because it exposes any users (including our beloved user 1).

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deekayen commented

#5: I have a module that does that... it'll be in my sandbox shortly (probably needs some work before going on d.o though).

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deekayen commented

Moved the issue of permissions for spam hunters to #551890: Grant block permission to users without having administer users

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silverwing commented

RE #5 I've been wondering if it was possible that if a user clicks the edit tab on user #1, a password prompt comes up requiring the User 1 password before being able to edit anything there.

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silverwing commented

I don't know if this has been officially approved, but I'm getting empty menu items in my >Administer menu

* Content management - works like it should
* Site building - It says "You do not have any administrative items."
* Site configuration - is blank
* User management - says "You do not have any administrative items."

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avpaderno
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commented

If you don't get any menu items under "User management", then you are not a user administrator.

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avpaderno
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Project: Drupal.org infrastructure » Drupal.org site moderators
Component: Webserver » Other

I think that every thing that can be done through the Drupal user interface should be a Drupal.org webmasters.

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silverwing commented

checking to see if I get the "user administer" role.

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vm commented

+1

Silverwing has done a great job of locating spam, unpublishing it and creating webmasters issues explaining the actions and bringing the actions to the attention of other webmasters so that the users can be blocked.

Speaking on behalf of myself, I appreciate the help.

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chx commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks for the help, I granted you user admin rights given that many spam hunter have +1d you and Gerhard agreed.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.