[ckan-discuss] Spam groups on the Data Hub

Wed Dec 7 19:10:24 GMT 2011

I've deleted all *revisions* in any spam groups I could find (except the boxing one). So, please do whatever needs to be done now to make them go away!

One more problem: The "history" group was vandalized and its name was changed:
http://thedatahub.org/group/owfqrlqi

I've restored the title and description, but since names can no longer be changed in the current CKAN, I can't change the name back to "history".

Richard

On 7 Dec 2011, at 18:59, Richard Cyganiak wrote:

> David,
> 
> I still don't understand.
> 
> I'm doing the following steps:
> 
> 1. http://thedatahub.org/group/boxing
> 2. Click “Edit”
> 3. Set “State” to “deleted”
> 4. “Save Changes”
> 
> Now I'm back at the group page.
> 
> Clicking on “Edit” again shows that “State” is still “active”. This makes me believe that my change to “deleted” was not saved.
> 
> The group page is still visible even if I log out or change browsers.
> 
> Can you confirm that this is the expected behaviour?
> 
> I don't understand the semantics of deletion because it seems to have no effect whatsoever as far as I can tell.
> 
> Best,
> Richard
> 
> 
> On 7 Dec 2011, at 17:57, David Read wrote:
> 
>>>> Yes, a sysadmin account can still 'see' 'deleted' packages - see
>>>> http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1283 which is aimed at making this
>>>> clearer. You could fire up another browser or go into 'private
>>>> browsing' mode (so as you're not logged in) and confirm it has gone
>>>> for other users.
>>> 
>>> I don't think that's the problem. The one you deleted (cool-gadget, see link above) shows as 404 for me, while the one I tried to delete (boxing, see link above) is still there. Changing browsers or logging out doesn't change anything.
>> 
>> Yes, that's because cool-gadget was purged, and I showed you the less
>> convoluted way - deletion.
>> 
>> The delete and purge features are not really visible to average users,
>> so in general are not very slick, I'm afraid, but do work if you
>> follow the docs:
>> http://wiki.ckan.org/Managing_Datasets#What.27s_the_Difference_Between_Deletion_and_Purging_.3F
>> 
>> David
> 
> 
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