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Discussion in 'News' started by Cloud, Sep 26, 2006.

  1. Cloud

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    And about time too! We've been having a lot of problems with spammers and annoying new signups - I'm hoping that some of the new features introduced in vB 3.6 will help with these and other issues at the moment.

    vB 3.6 includes a new "infraction" system and many more cool features. Please comment here if you'd like to see any of these enabled.
     
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    Cloud, Sep 26, 2006
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    Apart from the Infractions, nothing has been turned on specifically (unless vB 3.6 has it as default) - so can enable anything that seems like a good idea.
     
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    Yep, moderators can report users, super moderators can report moderators etc. ;)

    There are many diff. levels you can define - e.g. you can say that User Abusiveness earns two points, Sig Violations are a point etc. Spamming could be three or five points - then you can define automatic banning criteria - e.g. someone reaching three points in 10 days could be banned for a month, or someone reaching five points could be banned totally - it's kind of like penalty points on a driving license. You can also say that points last for X days, so that they aren't there forever.

    We haven't defined any banning levels yet - to be discussed with the mods.
     
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    Cloud, Sep 27, 2006
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    I many of the features.

    Multi quote will come in handy in debate.

    Quote tags are neat.

    Reason for editing on quick edit is good. It will help us when we need to bleep out things. Though I was hoping to click off sig. It would be way easier on RPGs.

    Infractions. Yay.

    Signature Permissions per User Group. Maybe set something up with the Rep.

    Pop Up List of Attachments in a Thread. Must say mixed feelings about this. Some have a lot some don't.

    Give Reputation Using AJAX. That looks cool but we have that. Or is it in a different location?

    Welcome Private Message at Registration. Friendlyness yay.

    Announcements: WYSIWYG Editor and Front-End Editing. Most have.

    Thumbnail Display Options. Must for low end computers.
     
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