Cleaning spam from the debian-boot list

Now that the listmasters have created a working toolset to actually remove spam from the mailing list archives, it seems like a good idea to make a coordinated effort to clean spam from the list archives.

This page is intended to coordinate the reporting of spam in the archive for the debian-boot list.

What's needed is that a few people go through the list archive for every month and consistently report all spam that they see. That should get the messages listed for the next stage, the review by DDs of reported spam, and their eventual removal.

Please try to be as thorough as possible: try to report all spam, but also try not to report mails that are not spam. In general spam is fairly easy to recognize from the subject of the messages, so let's start there: just go through the thread index for a month, select suspicious messages, report them, and then either return to the index (using "back" two times) or go to the next message (using the "thread next" link). I've found that this works well if you look ahead a bit on the index page to check if there's a series of spam messages.

Spam needs to be reported by multiple people. But to avoid too many people doing the same months, please register in the table below which months you've checked. Let's start with the most recent years.

/!\ A message currently must have 5 nominations to pass to the review stage.

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year/month

nr. of reviews

checked by (separate names/nicks/initials by a space)

1998/11

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1998/12

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/01

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/02

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/03

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/04

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/05

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/06

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/07

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/08

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/09

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/10

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/11

3

bubulle lee hwansing

1999/12

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/01

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/02

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/03

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/04

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/05

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/06

4

bubulle cate lee hwansing

2000/07

4

bubulle cate lee hwansing

2000/08

4

bubulle cate lee hwansing

2000/09

4

bubulle cate lee hwansing

2000/10

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/11

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2000/12

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/01

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/02

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/03

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/04

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/05

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/06

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/07

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/08

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/09

3

bubulle lee hwansing

2001/10

2

bubulle lee

2001/11

2

bubulle lee

2001/12

2

bubulle lee

2002/01

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/02

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/03

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/04

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/05

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/06

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/07

4

bubulle hwansing fjp lee

2002/08

5

bubulle hwansing fjp cate lee

2002/09

5

bubulle hwansing fjp cate lee

2002/10

5

bubulle hwansing fjp cate lee

2002/11

5

bubulle hwansing fjp cate lee

2002/12

5

bubulle hwansing fjp cate lee

2003/01

7

sanxiyn bubulle fjp dww hwansing cate lee

2003/02

6

bubulle fjp dww hwansing cate lee

2003/03

6

bubulle fjp dww hwansing cate lee

2003/04

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/05

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/06

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/07

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/08

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/09

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/10

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2003/11

6

bubulle hwansing fjp dww cate lee

2003/12

6

bubulle fjp hwansing dww cate lee

2004/01

5

hwansing bubulle dww cate lee:34

2004/02

5

hwansing bubulle dww cate lee:41

2004/03

4

bubulle hwansing cate lee:90

2004/04

4

bubulle hwansing cate lee:197

2004/05

3

bubulle hwansing lee:372

2004/06

3

bubulle hwansing lee:60

2004/07

5

cjwatson bubulle hwansing dww lee:59

2004/08

5

bubulle hwansing dww cate lee

2004/09

5

bubulle hwansing dww cate lee

2004/10

5

hwansing bubulle dww cate lee

2004/11

3

hwansing bubulle lee

2004/12

4

bubulle hwansing lee fp

2005/01

5

bubulle hwansing dww fjp lee:34

2005/02

5

bubulle hwansing dww fjp lee:39

2005/03

5

bubulle hwansing dww fjp lee:59

2005/04

6

bubulle hwansing dww cate fjp lee:41

2005/05

6

bubulle hwansing dww cate fjp lee:102

2005/06

5

hwansing bubulle dww fjp lee:114

2005/07

5

hwansing bubulle dww fjp lee:38

2005/08

6

hwansing bubulle dww fjp lee:8 fp

2005/09

6

hwansing bubulle dww fjp fp lee:2

2005/10

6

hwansing bubulle dww fjp fp lee:25

2005/11

6

hwansing bubulle dww fjp cate lee:14

2005/12

6

hwansing dww bubulle fjp cate lee:119

2006/01

6

philbat dww fjp sc hwansing lee:28

2006/02

6

philbat dww fjp sc hwansing lee:14

2006/03

6

philbat dww fjp hwansing sc lee:26

2006/04

6

dww philbat fjp hwansing bubulle lee:36

2006/05

6

dww philbat fjp hwansing bubulle lee

2006/06

6

dww philbat fjp hwansing bubulle lee:11

2006/07

6

philbat fjp hwansing dww bubulle lee:9

2006/08

5

philbat fjp hwansing dww bubulle

2006/09

5

philbat fjp hwansing dww bubulle

2006/10

5

dww philbat fp fjp hwansing

2006/11

5

dww philbat fp fjp hwansing

2006/12

5

dww philbat fp fjp bubulle

2007/01

5

fjp dww fp hwansing bubulle

2007/02

5

fjp dww fp hwansing bubulle

2007/03

5

fjp dww fp hwansing bubulle

2007/04

6

fjp fp philbat hwansing bubulle dww

2007/05

6

fjp fp philbat hwansing bubulle dww

2007/06

5

fjp fp hwansing bubulle dww

2007/07

5

fjp fp hwansing bubulle dww

2007/08

6

fjp fp hwansing bubulle sc dww

2007/09

6

fjp fp hwansing bubulle sc dww

2007/10

6

hwansing fjp fp bubulle sc dww

2007/11

6

hwansing fjp fp bubulle sc dww

2007/12

6

hwansing bubulle fjp fp sc dww

2008/01

5

fjp fp philbat waldi dww

2008/02

5

fjp fp philbat dww bubulle

2008/03

5

fjp fp philbat waldi dww

2008/04

5

fjp fp philbat waldi dww

2008/05

5

fjp fp dww bubulle hwansing

2008/06

5

fjp bubulle fp dww hwansing

2008/07

5

fjp bubulle fp dww hwansing

2008/08

5

fjp bubulle fp hwansing dww

2008/09

5

fjp bubulle fp hwansing dww

2008/10

5

fjp bubulle fp hwansing dww

2008/11

5

fjp bubulle fp hwansing dww

2008/12

6

bubulle fp fjp hwansing dww lee:0

2009/01

6

fjp fp bubulle hwansing dww lee

2009/02

7

fjp fp philbat bubulle hwansing dww lee:1

2009/03

7

fjp fp philbat elmig bubulle hwansing lee:0

2009/04

7

fp fjp philbat elmig bubulle hwansing lee:2

2009/05

6

dww fjp hwansing fp bubulle lee

2009/06

6

dww hwansing bubulle fp fjp lee

2009/07

6

fjp dww bubulle cate fp lee

2009/08

6

fjp bubulle cate dww fp lee

2009/09

6

fjp bubulle cate dww lee fp

2009/10

5

bubulle dww fjp lee hwansing

Status according to Listarchive Review Statistic page:

date

nominations

posts

reviews

removed spam

classified as

nominated

considered

total

spam

ham

inappropriate

ham

inappropriate

2009/05/02

16117

4364

284

291

170

121

0

0

N/A

N/A

2009/05/03

18297

4657

659

591

344

242

5

16

N/A

N/A

2009/05/10

24378

5253

1361

1732

1223

497

12

233

123

0

2009/05/17

27557

5355

2010

3666

3125

526

15

676

143

0

2009/05/24

29647

5402

2584

7434

6830

587

17

1801

159

0

2009/05/31

31091

5438

3124

9697

9082

595

20

2381

159

0

2009/06/07

32082

5590

3332

10826

10209

595

22

2441

159

0

2009/06/14

32696

5954

3386

11298

10681

595

22

2491

159

0

2009/06/21

33084

6158

3419

11407

10790

595

22

2491

159

0

2009/06/28

33697

6672

3427

11540

10921

597

22

2554

160

0

2009/07/05

35062

7584

3496

12027

11407

598

22

3015

161

0

2009/07/12

36104

8212

3515

12280

11660

598

22

3129

161

0

2009/07/19

36266

8275

3523

12300

11680

598

22

3130

161

0

2009/07/26

36995

8380

3534

12335

11715

598

22

3130

161

0

2009/08/02

37828

8453

3607

12357

11737

598

22

3130

161

0

2009/08/09

38582

8498

3693

13197

12538

616

43

3403

169

0

2009/08/16

39038

8523

3720

13453

12771

617

65

3463

169

0

2009/08/23

39707

8556

3720

13534

12848

617

69

3488

169

0

2009/08/30

39873

8568

3720

13535

12849

617

69

3489

169

0

2009/09/06

40457

8589

3770

13535

12849

617

69

3489

169

0

2009/09/13

40482

8598

3778

13817

13120

626

71

3549

170

0

2009/09/20

40729

8608

3798

13848

13151

626

71

3557

170

0

2009/09/27

40816

8610

3800

13916

13218

626

72

3575

170

0

2009/10/04

40870

8619

3801

13926

13227

626

73

3577

170

0

2009/10/11

41186

8631

3827

13930

13231

626

73

3578

170

0

2009/10/18

41198

8636

3827

14034

13335

626

73

3604

170

0

2009/10/25

41201

8638

3827

14087

13368

635

84

3622

170

0

2009/11/01

41209

8644

3827

14087

13368

635

84

3622

170

0

2009/11/08

43909

8922

4275

14087

13368

635

84

3622

170

0