Signatures, new users, and post editing

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited January 2007 in Community
I made a few changes to help combat spam on the forums. First, users with fewer than 5 posts cannot have a signature. I don't think this will impact anyone with enough curiosity to read this thread :)

Second, I've set a 24-hour time limit on editing posts. After that period of time, they are locked except to staff. This prevents link-adding after a thread is dead. I expect this may cause some inconvenience in the Trading Post and apologize in advance. vBulletin doesn't allow me to refine this setting by forum, unfortunately.

Third, I removed members with fewer than five posts from the Member List to prevent spam via setting a "home page" that displays in there.

Thanks to everyone who continues to report spam on the boards with the red flag icon :cheers: If you have any questions or requests regarding limits set on the forum, feel free to ask.
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  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Additionally, I just installed a plugin that disables users with fewer than 5 posts from using links or images in their messages. :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Can we institute the user group feature which will automatically give the ability to edit their posts indefinitely after 25 posts?
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Thrax wrote:
    Can we institute the user group feature which will automatically give the ability to edit their posts indefinitely after 25 posts?
    Unfortunately, this isn't tied to the normal tiered permissions (user groups, forums, and masks). It's a forum-wide option for which I have no greater control. Either it's a time limit, or none. :-/
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I just installed a plugin that disables users with less than 5 posts from using links or images in their messages
    Super!
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Can you check and be sure I have more than 5 posts for me?

    :D
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    RWB, you are free to post text.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Leonardo wrote:
    RWB, you are free to post text.

    Whew! I just wasn't sure if I've been here long enough or not.:tongue2:

    I hope this helps, being the night shift at work I see a constant supply of spam on these and the other two boards I check on when I am bored. With my buds forums he finally decided that he'll manage the sign-ups manually.
  • WingaWinga Mr South Africa Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    General Keebler wrote:
    Additionally, I just installed a plugin that disables users with fewer than 5 posts from using links or images in their messages. :)
    I can see the sense in that. It should cut down a lot of spam.
    However there are a few threads, especially the sticky's that encourage people to post their results such as overclocks, internet speeds, futuremark scores, pics of their rigs and the like. These are usually in the form of .jpeg's or links to online image storage sites.That could prove frustrating to newcomers.

    Will this limitation at least be communicated to newcomers when they register?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Forest in the trees, I reckon.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Winga wrote:
    Will this limitation at least be communicated to newcomers when they register?
    Er, woops, yeah, that would be a good idea. :dunce: I'll add that to the welcome PM soon. (//edit: done)

    However, I don't think 5 posts is an onerous requirement to fulfill before posting things like benchmark scores. I don't think we frequently see brand new members jumping in at that end of the pool. :)
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    General Keebler wrote:
    Additionally, I just installed a plugin that disables users with fewer than 5 posts from using links or images in their messages. :)

    Is it working? There's been a couple spam posts that still have links.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    shwaip wrote:
    Is it working? There's been a couple spam posts that still have links.
    No, it's not.

    //edit: It should be fixed now.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited November 2006
    great changes keebs. But, i dont like how we cant edit past posts... i know its cause spammers add garbage or whatever... but cant there be like some sort of limit? like.. people that have over like 300 posts can always edit their posts?

    cause.. there are always thread revivals... and sometimes i want to go back and change what i said and i cant... its annoying... also.. i think this will cause chaos in the for sale/trade forum..

    *shrugs*

    if it cant be helped then oh well...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I mean, if you have to go back and change what you said in a post after it was revived (Revived suggesting that it was written a long time ago), what exactly did you <i>type</i>?
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited November 2006
    I guess its just a convenience, i mean.. the name thread for example, i didnt know what my name meant before, i do now, i would have liked to go back and change it now that i know what it is, instead of having post again...

    i guess its just convenience

    *shrugs*
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    You can always PM keebs if it's really important/embarrassing. I'm sure he needs more stuff to do.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I don't have any extra control over it right now, sorry :-/ It's either time limit or no time limit.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    General Keebler wrote:
    Second, I've set a 24-hour time limit on editing posts. After that period of time, they are locked except to staff. This prevents link-adding after a thread is dead.

    How big of a problem has this been?
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    Gargoyle wrote:
    How big of a problem has this been?
    Hasn't been a significant problem here yet (that has been detected, anyway) but it is a growing problem around the 'net and spamming is up overall.
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    Hello everyone,

    I'm trying to add a signature and although I can see it on my user control panel, it will not come up in the main forum :)

    Am I doing something wrong ?

    Thanks in advance for your help
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    Oh OK it's there :) Sorry folks
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited December 2006
    Whoa, I had to remove that movie and left a link instead. We have a 250kb size limit on signatures, so a 2.2mb movie is WAY too big. People on modems would be completely unable to open a thread in which you posted. Sorry :-/
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    It's all right General :)

    I didn't know what the rules are about limits with internet streams.

    I'm glad you clarified it so I'll respect that :)
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    I hope this one meets all the requirements :)
  • rachaelrachael saaaf of the river
    edited December 2006
    fab sig, nonstop! i like!

    are you norf or saaaf?

    chilly in town today, isn't it? brrrrrrr!
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    Hi Rachael,

    I'm glad you enjoy the sig :) The humour of Happy Tree Friends is plain insane :)

    I've lived in the naaf (NW) but now I'm based in the saaf (SW) :) It's all London to me (yes that includes "little India" out in East Ham) :)
  • rachaelrachael saaaf of the river
    edited December 2006
    saaaf-side! nuff respeck!
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    Hi again Rachael,

    Saaaf by the river is the place to be :)

    I must congratulate you on breaking that 7500 mark :) I only caught a glimpse of it now through all that fog we've been having here lately :)

    And one more thing regarding the FAH console trouble you experienced and the WUs you were working on. Maybe you restarted the console with the wrong windows user account. It happens to me as well and it will not find the WUs it was doing before I rebooted.
    However, when I run the FAH console using the username and password of the windows account I was using before I had to interrupt it, the correct data is found and it continues from where it left off.

    I'm "only" 8000 points behind you so we'll see how long it'll take for me to reach your mark :)
  • rachaelrachael saaaf of the river
    edited December 2006
    cheers :) onwards and upwards to 10K...

    i think i've finally got the console issues sorted now, and EMIII set up to monitor progress- unfortunately i've got TWO of those bloody annoying WUs on the go (p2124_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011 type).

    thanks for the suggestion about the windows account. i don't think that was the problem but it could be in future if i make that particular mistake, so i'll keep it in mind!

    will keep an eye on your points total- btw where's your folding sig (and team badge)?!
  • nonstop301nonstop301 51° 27' 24.87&quot; N // 0° 11' 38.91&quot; W Member
    edited December 2006
    Hi again Rachael,

    Great to see your console is running properly now :) It seems everyone on team 93 is handling that protein at the moment. It's the one my console is dealing with as well but it will complete the task very shortly and then hopefully find something that is less complicated :) Not that anything to with protein folding ever was simple :)

    Anyway it's only the second WU for me and both have taken more than 4 days to complete, so folding at home isn't meant to be for someone who wishes to see "instant" results :)

    My folding sig is under development and I'm still new around here so I haven't looked into how that team badge is acquired yet :) It will all come up soon though.

    The bets were on for snow this Christmas but I guess we'll just have to settle with the fog :)
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