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After I delete a page, often {{tl|spammer}}s will re-create a page with exactly the same name and fill it with spam again. And then I delete it again, and the cycle continues over and over again. | After I delete a page, often {{tl|spammer}}s will re-create a page with exactly the same name and fill it with spam again. And then I delete it again, and the cycle continues over and over again. | ||
One way to break this cycle is to deliberately create a fresh page with that exact name and some harmless text on it -- perhaps some [[AntiSpamMeasures#Spamming the spammers]] keywords -- and then protect that page so spammers don't fill it with spam again. | One way to break this cycle is to deliberately create a fresh page with that exact name and some harmless text on it -- perhaps some [[WikiIndex:AntiSpamMeasures#Spamming the spammers]] keywords -- and then protect that page so spammers don't fill it with spam again. | ||
Is there a better way? --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 03:27, 21 June 2009 (EDT) | Is there a better way? --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 03:27, 21 June 2009 (EDT) | ||