Some more automated despamifying

Author: Tom Copeland

app/models/skills_data.rb

@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ class SkillsData < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   belongs_to :user
 
-  def self.remove_spam
+  def self.remove_spam!
     %w{nike porn shoes wrestling dating href HREF herf watches blackjack poker}.each do |term|
-      find(:all, :conditions => "keywords like '%#{term}%'").each {|s| s.destroy }
+      find(:all, :conditions => "keywords like '%#{term}%'").each do |s| 
+        s.user.mark_as_deleted!
+        s.destroy
+      end
     end
   end
 

app/models/snippet.rb

@@ -21,8 +21,16 @@ class Snippet < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user, :foreign_key => 'created_by'
   has_many :snippet_versions, :dependent => :destroy
 
-  def self.inheritance_column
-    nil
+  self.inheritance_column = :__unused__
+  
+  def self.remove_spam!
+    %w{nike Nike shoes}.each do |term|
+      find(:all, :conditions => "description like '%#{term}%'").each do |s| 
+        s.user.mark_as_deleted!
+        s.destroy 
+      end
+    end
+    
   end
 
   def snippet_type

lib/tasks/rubyforge.rake

@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ namespace :rubyforge do
       end
     end
   end
+  
+  def despam(clazz)
+    before = clazz.count
+    clazz.remove_spam!
+    after = clazz.count
+    puts "Removed #{before-after} spam #{clazz} records"
+  end
+  
+  desc "Remove spam and spammers"
+  task :remove_spam => :environment do
+    [Snippet, SkillsData].each do |clazz|
+      despam clazz
+    end
+  end
 
 end