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QA does stand for "Quick Astrologers", doesn't it? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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uranus is related to astrology![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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So who is responsible for cleaning up these posts?
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The hamsters will get 'em - they have direct access to the DB and can wield The Obsidian Axe of Sql against them. 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You are. We will give you a chisel.
This space for rent
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The issue here is that we set the level for people to avoid the spam tester too low - 600 points in some cases. This has been updated (you need Gold status now) so let's see how this goes instead of pushing the issue back onto manual user intervention as the primary guard.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I'd agree that it shouldn't be the first line of defence - the spam detector does a good job nearly all the time. But for days like yesterday when you can't feed the damn things to the detector fast enough, we do need a backup option to discourage them from further posting.
If we turn their efforts into a waste of time quickly enough, they will bugger off elsewhere (as we've seen today). And (no offence intended) they tend to be in a time zone when you are all having a well-deserved sleep. You've got a network of protectors in every time zone, so I'm just suggesting you give them a backup tool in the box to prevent floods.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I would add something to your feature...
It could be a "only protectors or higher" check box near the red flag to report an account... something like:
This user is a massive spammer, if closed, delete {all messages // messages younger than X days} related to this account
So we check the box first and then hit the report button. Combining the power of several small hits to make a big spam hammer as CP Staff's
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Whew, I wouldn't have noticed, I received the gold just yesterday.
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Meanwhile, let's get to work.
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Flagged the user, but it keeps posting.
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This Member 14076414 - Professional Profile[^] posted 70 ++ questions. There should be a mechanism in place to prevent this replay attack from happening again in the future. Maybe include a reCaptcha control or limit the post or something.
Bryian Tan
modified 4-Dec-18 0:38am.
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they are not questions, they are spam.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Spammer continuously creating new member accounts and flooding spam in Q&A.
Limiting number of question for just created member would be a good idea.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Good point, Specially newly joined should not be able to post more than 3 unresolved questions. Should have some level of recognition, such as activity like "Responding questions"
I do not fear of failure. I fear of giving up out of frustration.
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 Exactly. We need to upgrade to Bob 3000.
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I don't remember that I undo anything here... Most probably the OP removed his post and I do not see a reason why my post should be "undoed" because of that. Anyway a very minor thing
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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It's a bit of a balance here. If a thread gets removed then it's tricky to cherry pick the posts that should get credit and those that shouldn't. We specifically do not want to give credit for posts that are off-topic or abusive, and we don't want to encourage members to pile on comments on threads that shouldn't be there in the first place. A single "probably not the best place to post this" message is always appreciated, but then we get into lots of if-then messy logic and start second guessing everything.
So we've chosen the simple route, for better or worse.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Message Removed
modified 3-Dec-18 10:32am.
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In the message moderation queue we have a yellow highlight for links, to make them easier to see when they are hidden or disguised.
Would it be feasible to add that to article moderation?
The reason is that in a longish document it can be hard to spot a link - take a look at this one: Tips and tricks for navigating large codebases[^]
If you search for "great article" then the second hit is a link - but when reading the article it's not that obvious that it is. (In this case the link is pretty innocuous, it's just hard to see on a quick "is this spam?" overview read).
When they hide them in full stops it's even harder ... and we do get some people copy and paste a reasonable article from elsewhere to add their site links to. 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Hello OG,
Honestly, unless anyone's willing to go the other 99 yards to really affect any just cause,
such as providing non-transparent backgrounds in "colored" equations (which NOONE does like it was contractually not permitted) ... even speaking of yellow or this or that ... is never gonna help.
See what I'm talking about?
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I just checked and the article / quick answer moderation has the same highlight system.
I guess what you're after is this to be implemented in the Pending Article page?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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yes, just so the links "pop" more, and we can spot the spam more easily. We've been getting some where they copy a chunk of book or similar, and add semi-hidden links that are hard to see.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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If I select the notifications list at the top (red box) and click "View all notifications", the list is displayed in ascending date order. So the first item is from January this year (yes I will purge the list), and the latest is on page 140.
modified 29-Nov-18 5:25am.
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