21-06-2003 19:40									#31
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You don't have to read your own cr*p

	21-06-2003 19:56									#32
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Do other people do that?

	21-06-2003 20:01									#33
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Do other people do what? Read your cr*p? Or put themselves on ignore?

	21-06-2003 20:08									#34
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Try to read in their own crap

	21-06-2003 20:26									#35
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You can't put yourself on ignore. I've tried.

	21-06-2003 20:29									#36
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No

	21-06-2003 20:37									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch You can't put yourself on ignore. I've tried.

You most certainly can. I just put myself on ignore.

	21-06-2003 20:56									#38
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hi ,

it would be good to send a pm if you have no posted in lets say three months , if you have no come back in six , and you have no stated that you are unaible to post due to vacation or whatever reason , its over , .....

have a nice day

	21-06-2003 21:25									#39
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet You most certainly can. I just put myself on ignore.

I must have tried and failed on CGN in that case.

	21-06-2003 21:33									#40
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It might be impossible on CGN - I've never tried there - but it works here. It could have something to do with the way the forum software was set up.

	21-06-2003 21:50									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Static Universe Or forcing people to be logged in to surf the forums, which I personally hate, but it might give a better picture of who is on the forums at any given time.

Actual you are already be forced to be logged in, if you want to use all the needed features of this forum. For instance if I want to see an attached image here I have to click on it and are forced to log in readless of the fact if I am logged in or not. This is also true if I want to see someones profile, or want to use the search option or want to download an attached file, that conatins some necassary stuff for some files in the Apolyton directory, so you have to register if you just want to download an attachment. Regardless of the fact wheather you want to post wheather you don't want to post.

-Martin

	22-06-2003 01:04									#42
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quote: I love how all the "solutions" require TONs of work...

My solution only requires a few (long) SQL commands

quote: No

there we have it fromt he man himself.


but since he allowed us to continue discussion (unless i'm misinterperting this thread being open), I would like to say that people who haven't posted even once (and I mean people who have 0 posts, and not a 0 post count) and registered before 2002, and haven't logged in since, have probably moved on with their life, or created a new user.

	22-06-2003 02:16									#43
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quote: Originally posted by Martin Gühmann Actual you are already be forced to be logged in, if you want to use all the needed features of this forum. For instance if I want to see an attached image here I have to click on it and are forced to log in readless of the fact if I am logged in or not. This is also true if I want to see someones profile, or want to use the search option or want to download an attached file, that conatins some necassary stuff for some files in the Apolyton directory, so you have to register if you just want to download an attachment. Regardless of the fact wheather you want to post wheather you don't want to post. -Martin

True, but most "guests" probably aren't using these features. I surfed Poly for at least six months before registering.

I wonder how many people registered just to download one or two files? Probably a lot, so I wonder if forcing people to register is the best idea...

	22-06-2003 07:12									#44
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perhaps a culling of the ranks might be necessary.

is it possible to do a two-stager pogrom?

first, check to see who hasn't posted in, say, a year or so.
then, check to see if they have less than, say, fifty posts.

if they fulfill both qualifications, delete the accounts?

	22-06-2003 07:21									#45
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If the problem is just registering your name that has already been taken by someone else who hasn't posted, can't you just contact MarkG, Ming, rah, or DanQ and ask to take the name from the other person?

I know of one instance where this has happened...but I can't recall the person.

	22-06-2003 10:42									#46
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG No

	22-06-2003 15:11									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan If the problem is just registering your name that has already been taken by someone else who hasn't posted, can't you just contact MarkG, Ming, rah, or DanQ and ask to take the name from the other person? I know of one instance where this has happened...but I can't recall the person.

In theori it might work, but how many newbies knows exactly who to contact, before they register?

	22-06-2003 20:08									#48
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet You most certainly can. I just put myself on ignore.

Wise...........very wise.

	22-06-2003 20:12									#49
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* FrustratedPoet puts Spike on ignore

	22-06-2003 20:48									#50
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Well then the last 3 posts are going to be pretty hard to understand.

	22-06-2003 22:01									#51
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It makes the threads in this forum load much faster when our spam has been removed. All I need to do is add Skanky, Jamski and BC onto the list to complete the set.

	23-06-2003 01:44									#52
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Interesting pick of names there FP, I did a quick tally of the number of posts by people in the last 15 threads to be posted in and I've cut off anyone who hasn't got at least 10 posts.

Spike and alva seem to be runaway champs at the spamming.

code:

alva		55
DrSpike		41
Ming		32
Skanky Burns	31	
Harry Seldon	30	
panag		25
rah		24
mrmitchell	21	
Frustrated Poet	20	
alex		19
nikolai		17
obiwan18	15	
MarkG		14
Big Crunch	12	
Tuberski	12	
Thirgaral	11	
H Tower		10
Hydey		10

	23-06-2003 01:52									#53
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yes! I broke in the top..uh...8, even though i've been inactive in this forum for a couple days!

must be my ghost posting. heh heh heh...

	23-06-2003 03:12									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch Interesting pick of names there FP

You might not spam very much, mate, but it's high quality spam and tends to stick out.

Also, you know when you've spent too much time on Apolyton when .... you do

quote: I did a quick tally of the number of posts by people in the last 15 threads

	23-06-2003 03:32									#55
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quote: Then let's send a PM or email to them... Then let's delete them... Yeah, I'm sure you could come up with a way to do it automatically, but then it would take time to create such a hack to the system... And there would still be people who got nailed by accident because face it, no program is perfect.

Auto-email can be done. I don't think it takes a hack.

Just ask tordenskiold of historic-battles.com for how to do it

	23-06-2003 03:34									#56
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quote: Also, you know when you've spent too much time on Apolyton when .... you do

I would have said "You know you are searching too hard for a valid spam post when....you do this:"

	23-06-2003 04:17									#57
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4th, not too bad. I will of course have to try harder though, can't let Ming beat me.

Seriously though, interesting list.

	23-06-2003 04:34									#58
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Interesting, funny enough I just did one thread in this community and look what came up:

code:

User Posts 
ThePlagueRat  41 
Big Crunch  36 
Ming  32 
Asuka  26 
Kamrat X  26 
devilmunchkin  24 
red_jon  22 
DrSpike  20 
FrustratedPoet  19 

	23-06-2003 05:11									#59
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I bet that thread wasn't picked at random.

	23-06-2003 05:55									#60
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It was the first thread I tried, honestly, really!!!

(damn, now I'm doing it again.)