Because of the main problem of spam starting in all forums now we need a button where we can remove postings and not hidden all (for mods and admins).

I'll second that :)
Also the combination of setting the Akismet key and limiting new members to only post in a single forum has really helped out on theSkyNet.

Alex

I'm not even sure what you ask for. Can you elaborate?

If you're asking for an easy option to mass-hide posts, I did ask for that already and it's on the to-do list. What I asked for is check boxes in front of all thread titles, only visible for admins and moderators, that they can check the bad threads and then click Hide, to hide multiple threads in one swoop.

If you're asking for complete removal of the posts, as far as I know you can do that directly in the database.

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For me, Yes to both.
1) An option to mass hide posts would be nice.
2) The ability to delete posts without going through the DB would be useful as well. Although as you say it is possible to delete straight through the DB, I just like to avoid directly modifying the DB on production servers.

Alex

OK, I did forward the request to David.
However, I personally do not think it's a good idea to have the option available for moderators, only for administrators. And then probably only from the HtmlOps screen.

And coming with a big fat blinking warning that posts/threads removed this way cannot come back after removal (without putting a backup back).

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OK, I did forward the request to David.
However, I personally do not think it's a good idea to have the option available for moderators, only for administrators. And then probably only from the HtmlOps screen.

And coming with a big fat blinking warning that posts/threads removed this way cannot come back after removal (without putting a backup back).

Yes, I mean delete postings, the admin should have an option to give a mod permissions to delete posts like in a phpbb forum without altering the database directly.

But hiding the posts and/or threads does already exactly that. It deletes the posts, or hides them from view of non-moderation personnel, and does so without altering the database much. It sets visibility from 1 to 0.

So in that case, I don't understand the request.
Yes, hidden posts stay visible for the moderation team. But they've got their own icon and all, as such

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But hiding the posts and/or threads does already exactly that. It deletes the posts, or hides them from view of non-moderation personnel, and does so without altering the database much. It sets visibility from 1 to 0.

So in that case, I don't understand the request.
Yes, hidden posts stay visible for the moderation team. But they've got their own icon and all, as such

With more spam postings it is confusing to read as mod. I want completely removed them.

I added this feature.
-- David

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I added this feature.
-- David

Thanks!

Henri.

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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=commit;h=7c9b5a6b569508d8da94b2c606250ff5ebe1c3cf

web: lets project admins delete posts and threads

Spam needs to be deleted, not hidden.
Add buttons for deleting posts and threads.
For now, these are available only to admins
(ADMIN, DEV, SCIENTIST privileges).

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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git;a=commit;h=7c9b5a6b569508d8da94b2c606250ff5ebe1c3cf

web: lets project admins delete posts and threads

Spam needs to be deleted, not hidden.
Add buttons for deleting posts and threads.
For now, these are available only to admins
(ADMIN, DEV, SCIENTIST privileges).

Yes, thx for forwarding this!