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#1   Max 

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    Posted 10 February 2007 - 08:38 PM

    Just want to post a warning for any forum lurkers out there:

    On the evening of Monday, February 12, all accounts older than 14 days with less than 10 posts will be deleted.

    We have had an issue with spambots, and we want to clean out the users list. I will take the forum down for a few minutes (<10 minutes) to do this user account pruning, as well as some maintenance such as post count recalculation and other miscellaneous cleanup work.

    Once we update to IPB 2.1, these issues with spambots should go away. In the mean time, we will try to take some additional measures to cut down on their presence.

    Update (2/25): Accounts created before February 1st, 2007, with less than 10 posts have been deleted. 1179 accounts were deleted. If your account was erroneously deleted, please contact me via email.

    #2   Sea of Time 

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      Posted 10 February 2007 - 09:03 PM

      Well, I've been waiting a long time for this. Goodbye to my Water Adept account!

      #3   Lemontime 

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        Posted 10 February 2007 - 09:07 PM

        Goodbye... Wait, I don't have any other accounts! D:

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          Posted 10 February 2007 - 10:32 PM

          Yay!!! So there won't be any mix ups now...for the birthdays...and stuff...

          #5   Split Infinity 

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            Posted 10 February 2007 - 11:41 PM

            It's about time. SoT, I didn't know you had an alternate.

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              Posted 11 February 2007 - 12:49 AM

              Long time in the making.

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                Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:32 AM

                I've got four alternates. Wonky, T_Man, Toasty64, and some Lifeform account. I'd expect to see at least two of those deleted. I can't remember how often I used them.

                But I'm glad this purging thing is being done. And when we're updated to IPB 2.1, we can say good buy to porno and male enhancement ads!.......

                [EDIT] When GSSF Awards 07' comes around, there should be a section for 'The Most Aliases' or something. :blink:

                #8   Split Infinity 

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                  Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:09 AM

                  Pfft. That would be as easy to win as it is to sign up at My Yahoo multiple times.

                  #9   Toasty 

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                    Posted 11 February 2007 - 04:01 AM

                    It wouldn't if doing that for no reason was against the rules. And it is. I had a reason for makeing all of those accounts, except for the LF one.

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                      Posted 11 February 2007 - 09:32 AM

                      I had another account. Never posted with it though.

                      Goodbye! ^^

                      And SoT... Are you really this guy?!?!!
                      If yes, o.0

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                        Posted 11 February 2007 - 09:36 AM

                        Um..I guess that means I should probably try and ensure that I've achieved more than 10 posts in the last two weeks...I can't actually guarantee that I have - are spam posts included too?

                        EDIT - wait, i was being slow and just understood what he meant. Ignore my question and post.

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                          Posted 11 February 2007 - 09:44 AM

                          Ha, nice find Eugine. However, that account won't be deleted (I think?). Isn't it that accounts have to be older than 14 days AND less than 10 posts?


                          That said, this is going to purge an insane number of registered accounts.


                          Check out the attached picture. We're cleaning out nearly 130 pages of members, and at ten members per page, nearly 1300 accounts will be cleaned.

                          EDIT: Never mind about the screenshot.

                          #13   Sun Saber 

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                            Posted 11 February 2007 - 10:09 AM

                            How long do you guys suppose will take the clean up? I mean the looking is it old and checking how much posts they have.

                            #14   Eugine 

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                              Posted 11 February 2007 - 10:28 AM

                              Come on! Read Max post again.

                              #15   Neon 

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                                Posted 11 February 2007 - 11:11 AM

                                Well if you read the original post, Max will be taking the forum down for about 10mins but the actual account pruning will probably take less than that.

                                #16   Saturos S. 

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                                  Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:31 PM

                                  Will your member number change too then?


                                  Just wondering...

                                  #17   Eugine 

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                                    Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:47 PM

                                    I doubt...

                                    It'd be cool if it actually did though... I'd be like what? 4th now?

                                    #18   Split Infinity 

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                                      Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:30 PM

                                      Hey, that would mean Ivan would disappear too.

                                      #19   Eugine 

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                                        Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:56 PM

                                        omg... thinking of it... it might be true... unless Max can select what group he wants pruned (only members for eg)

                                        #20   Sea of Time 

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                                          Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:59 PM

                                          View PostEugine, on Feb 11 2007, 09:32 AM, said:

                                          I had another account. Never posted with it though.

                                          Goodbye! ^^

                                          And SoT... Are you really this guy?!?!!
                                          If yes, o.0

                                          No, this one

                                          I didn't bother making a set. XD

                                          #21   Somia 

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                                            Posted 11 February 2007 - 04:18 PM

                                            Lol.

                                            Well, this ia good thing, it'll clear up the member list a bit.

                                            #22   Hirosho 

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                                              Posted 11 February 2007 - 07:10 PM

                                              Wow seems like a heck of a lot of bots are going to get whacked

                                              #23   Eugine 

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                                                Posted 11 February 2007 - 07:11 PM

                                                Damn Hirosho, you nearly got deleted!! I wonder if there's more people like you...

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                                                  Posted 11 February 2007 - 07:17 PM

                                                  >> i noticed.. I need to be on more but School is killing me

                                                  #25   Split Infinity 

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                                                    Posted 11 February 2007 - 10:36 PM

                                                    SoT, that account has more than 10 posts.

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                                                      Posted 12 February 2007 - 06:39 AM

                                                      Does that mean our crazy influx of new people will get deleted? Because most of them have less than 10 posts, methinks...

                                                      #27   Sea of Time 

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                                                        Posted 12 February 2007 - 12:22 PM

                                                        View PostSplit Infinity, on Feb 11 2007, 10:36 PM, said:

                                                        SoT, that account has more than 10 posts.

                                                        Oh well. I guess I'll always have a backup plan, then.

                                                        #28   Toasty 

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                                                          Posted 13 February 2007 - 12:43 AM

                                                          I 'd have a backup too if I could still get on to my old account. But I don't see any reason for one.

                                                          #29   My Best Wishes 

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                                                            Posted 13 February 2007 - 02:09 AM

                                                            Good thing Max. Those last, what 3000 pages where a pain in the ass.

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                                                              Posted 13 February 2007 - 04:35 PM

                                                              Toasty I still hate you for that Lifeform account.


                                                              Then again, now my account name is PDM. :D


                                                              Max you're such a liar, the forum was down for like a few hours.

                                                              #31   Golden Legacy 

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                                                                Posted 13 February 2007 - 04:41 PM

                                                                The posts have been recalculated, I see (less than 3000 posts :blink:). However, I don't think the members list has been cleared yet.

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                                                                  Posted 13 February 2007 - 05:18 PM

                                                                  You are correct GL. This morning, between 6:45am-7:40am EST, I took the forum offline with the intention of doing all the things I mentioned. However, I was only able to do the post count recalculations, since IPB doesn't have a built in "prune users" feature. I just found one however, so I'll take the board offline again later tonight to do it (when fewer people are online).

                                                                  #33   Toasty 

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                                                                    Posted 13 February 2007 - 06:59 PM

                                                                    View PostPDM, on Feb 13 2007, 02:35 PM, said:

                                                                    Toasty I still hate you for that Lifeform account.

                                                                    Then again, now my account name is PDM. :lol:
                                                                    ....But that was a long time ago!

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                                                                      Posted 14 February 2007 - 12:36 AM

                                                                      View PostEugine, on Feb 11 2007, 10:32 AM, said:

                                                                      I had another account. Never posted with it though.

                                                                      Goodbye! ^^

                                                                      And SoT... Are you really this guy?!?!!
                                                                      If yes, o.0

                                                                      So in this site making accounts is legal?

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                                                                        Posted 14 February 2007 - 09:39 AM

                                                                        Uhh...If you mean making second accounts...I guess. I don't seee why you need to, unless your trying to fool people, but then the mods just compare IPs...There's not really much point.

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                                                                          Posted 14 February 2007 - 05:08 PM

                                                                          DANG IT
                                                                          I knew this would happen to me.

                                                                          #37   Twit 

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                                                                            Posted 14 February 2007 - 06:08 PM

                                                                            Read it again, you joined in time.

                                                                            Go post more ^_^

                                                                            #38   The Wind Seer 

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                                                                              Posted 14 February 2007 - 07:59 PM

                                                                              View PostTwit, on Feb 14 2007, 07:08 PM, said:

                                                                              Read it again, you joined in time.

                                                                              Go post more :lol:

                                                                              agrees...

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                                                                                Posted 14 February 2007 - 09:52 PM

                                                                                way to kill the joke

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                                                                                  Posted 15 February 2007 - 09:09 AM

                                                                                  O SNAP!
                                                                                  Guess I better post a bit more.

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                                                                                    Posted 15 February 2007 - 12:22 PM

                                                                                    I like how we get all the noobs posting in here who didnt actually read the first post

                                                                                    Oi, pricks. You dont get deleted if you havent been online for 2 weeks or more AND less than 10 posts.

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                                                                                      Posted 15 February 2007 - 02:24 PM

                                                                                      View PostCaael, on Feb 15 2007, 01:22 PM, said:

                                                                                      I like how we get all the noobs posting in here who didnt actually read the first post

                                                                                      Oi, pricks. You dont get deleted if you havent been online for 2 weeks or more AND less than 10 posts.

                                                                                      Well you could bend the rules for people who spend their rime in the spam section?

                                                                                      #43   Sea of Time 

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                                                                                        Posted 15 February 2007 - 03:44 PM

                                                                                        I would start posting, What, or you could be deleted.

                                                                                        Spam don't count, and never will.

                                                                                        #44   Toasty 

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                                                                                          Posted 15 February 2007 - 05:11 PM

                                                                                          View PostFlamingDuck, on Feb 14 2007, 07:39 AM, said:

                                                                                          Uhh...If you mean making second accounts...I guess.


                                                                                          Actually, they aren't. You won't get banned or warned, but if you know better, or have done it before (or don't have a good reason), then you'll probably be warned. This clutter control is probably meant to take care of all of those as well. Basically, just don't do it unless you had a REALLY good reason. Like I did.

                                                                                          #45   Caael 

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                                                                                            Posted 15 February 2007 - 05:32 PM

                                                                                            So Toasty, what was that reason?

                                                                                            #46   Toasty 

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                                                                                              Posted 15 February 2007 - 06:43 PM

                                                                                              T_Man was made when Toasty 64 wouldn't work (and still doesn't) for some reason, and I know I didn't forget the password. Mr. T was made when the same thing happened to T_Man. Again, I'm absolutely positive I was entering the correct password. I use the same password for almost everything, so it's kinda hard to forget. Wonkey was made when I had to get on here via someone else's PC, and I couldn't remember the password. LF289 (i think that was it) was made for no reason at all. It deserves to die. Along with T_Man 'cause it was a crappy name. Toasty 64 was at least origional, but T_Man? That's pathetic. What was that man smokeing when he made that account?.....<.<;

                                                                                              #47   What? 

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                                                                                                Posted 15 February 2007 - 11:16 PM

                                                                                                View PostSea_of_Time, on Feb 15 2007, 04:44 PM, said:

                                                                                                Spam don't count, and never will.

                                                                                                And I never said count spam Adios

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                                                                                                  Posted 16 February 2007 - 07:10 AM

                                                                                                  View PostWhat?, on Feb 15 2007, 12:24 PM, said:

                                                                                                  Well you could bend the rules for people who spend their rime in the spam section?

                                                                                                  If it weren't for the six word post minimum thingy, this post would be as simple as this following:


                                                                                                  Noob.

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                                                                                                    Posted 16 February 2007 - 10:26 PM

                                                                                                    Quit the senseless argument.

                                                                                                    I'm expecting Max to do the pruning within the next few days - his obligations for the robotic team, according to what he said, ends on February 20th.

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                                                                                                      Posted 17 February 2007 - 11:33 PM

                                                                                                      Alright and even if it doesn't End by Feb. 20th i Wont mind... he has a lot to do and it must be a pain to do someof these things

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                                                                                                        Posted 18 February 2007 - 03:31 AM

                                                                                                        Hey, where's n1p? I havn't seen him around here in ages.

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                                                                                                          Posted 18 February 2007 - 04:27 PM

                                                                                                          Max, there are many new members who registered ~ a month ago, but only post in the common room... and therefore has less than 10 posts. I hope you take them into consideration...

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                                                                                                            Posted 18 February 2007 - 09:23 PM

                                                                                                            Well, seeing as he's using an add-on to IPB to do the pruning (I think), then I'm afraid that they will, unless they post more. Unless of course you can single people out of the cut.

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                                                                                                              Posted 18 February 2007 - 11:06 PM

                                                                                                              Don't they also need to be inactive for a 2 weeks?

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                                                                                                                Posted 19 February 2007 - 02:09 PM

                                                                                                                Yeah, but you should still post. You're in the clear though.

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                                                                                                                  Posted 19 February 2007 - 02:17 PM

                                                                                                                  Wait, it says "older than fourteen days", so doesn't that mean that everyone with less than 10 posts will be deleted? Including all them GSAR people?

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                                                                                                                    Posted 19 February 2007 - 02:18 PM

                                                                                                                    Yeah, that sounds about right. Did you hear that GSAR people? Post more!

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                                                                                                                      Posted 19 February 2007 - 05:20 PM

                                                                                                                      Yeah, but some of them have been inactive for a while.

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                                                                                                                        Posted 20 February 2007 - 12:06 PM

                                                                                                                        I suggest that any recently joined members (i.e. GSAR) who have less than 10 posts should PM Max and tell him about their accounts.

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                                                                                                                          Posted 20 February 2007 - 09:19 PM

                                                                                                                          Sorry everyone, my internet has been dead for almost a week now, so I got a bit sidetracked. Then I had robotics, and didn't have time over the weekend. I hope to do this pruning by the end of the week, and I'll try to take additional factors (such as participation in common room) into account.

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                                                                                                                            Posted 21 February 2007 - 12:23 PM

                                                                                                                            I don't know if this is a viable method, but can't we also use an Avatar/Signature as an indication of activity for these recently joined GSAR members? Just curious.

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                                                                                                                              Posted 21 February 2007 - 12:31 PM

                                                                                                                              That would help, but members such as watch, with no signature would be deleted if that was put into effect.

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                                                                                                                                Posted 21 February 2007 - 12:40 PM

                                                                                                                                Watch has over 1600 posts, let me remind you.

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                                                                                                                                  Posted 21 February 2007 - 05:09 PM

                                                                                                                                  I think he meant if they didn't have a signature like watch. Because if they were in danger of deletion, and they didn't have a sig, then it wouldn't work. But I think they all do.

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                                                                                                                                    Posted 21 February 2007 - 07:07 PM

                                                                                                                                    I think we're making this a lot more complicated than it should be.

                                                                                                                                    Basically, we have three different categories of members:

                                                                                                                                    1) The inactive users of old. These are members who might have been active months ago, they might even have a sig/avatar, but they have less than 10 posts, and they haven't been on in enough time to render them obsolete.

                                                                                                                                    2) The new wave of members, including the GSAR influx. These are members that have been active in the past month, and may or may not have an avatar/sig (though by this time, they probably do).

                                                                                                                                    3) Spam Bots. Easy to track down, no avatar, no signature, and either 1 post (if they posted in Off-Topic, etc.) or none (Common Room).

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                                                                                                                                      Posted 25 February 2007 - 11:13 AM

                                                                                                                                      I have posted an update to the original post in this thread. Please only post in this thread if you notice an account that was deleted that should not have been. Unfortunately there is no ability to undelete accounts, but I can work with you if you have specific issues.


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