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purpleflame
purpleflame
Fighting some mass spam
Dec 8 2009, 10:38 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 8 2009, 10:38 PM EST
So on my site, there was just this user who made 444 threads in rapid succession all the same. He or she added a thread to that many pages. I have already banned the user, but is there some efficient way to remove it all or must I manually delete each of the 444 threads? All help is appreciated. Do you find this valuable?    
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CaptainSpaz
CaptainSpaz
1. RE: Fighting some mass spam
Dec 8 2009, 10:46 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 8 2009, 10:46 PM EST
I am afraid that you will need to manually delete all 444 threads.

It has been suggested in the past that Wetpaint should make it easier to delete mass threads, but they have yet to make it happen. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
BrandonE
BrandonE
2. RE: Fighting some mass spam
Dec 8 2009, 10:50 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 8 2009, 10:50 PM EST
CaptainSpaz is right, but some tips for you:

-If you have any moderators, ask them to help you out a bit.
-Open new tabs in your browser for each thread, and just go one by one. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
CryingDove
CryingDove
3. RE: Fighting some mass spam
Dec 8 2009, 11:02 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 8 2009, 11:03 PM EST
Go to discussions, select all threads
Go to the address bar and it should read something like this

http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread?offset=20&maxResults=20

Change the value of maxResults=20 to maxResults=100. And hit the Enter key. This will bring up one hundred results per page.
Manually delete the unwanted threads.

Then when that is complete, refresh the page and do the same procedure to change the value again to 100. Repeat until you have cleared all 444 threads.

It will save some steps in navigating through the threads page by page.

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purpleflame
purpleflame
4. RE: Fighting some mass spam
Dec 8 2009, 11:06 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 8 2009, 11:06 PM EST
I am the sole mod. The admin is on vacation at the moment. =S
I admit though that this is the first time and attack like this has occurred to my memory.

Thanks to everyone for answering and thanks for the tips CryingDove and BrandonE. Do you find this valuable?