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  • jscott
    jscizzle
    • Feb 2001
    • 25484

    #1

    Vbulletin - how to delete user/ban him, remove ALL his threads/posts?

    Anyone can give me step by step on how to do this please?

    1 of my forums is getting smashed with spammers lately
    If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
    - Jordan B. Peterson
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  • JamesK
    hi
    • Jun 2002
    • 16731

    #2
    Unless vB made some drastic changes, that's not possible. You can however look for a vB hack that does that.

    Also, you might want to install some kind of spam protection.
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    • jscott
      jscizzle
      • Feb 2001
      • 25484

      #3
      shit, that sucks!!!! there is about 100 new threads on my forum, i've been deleting them 1 by 1,

      but what is "prune" does that have anything to do with deleting all existance of a user?
      If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
      - Jordan B. Peterson
      Listen to Pomp tell why is Bitcoin important

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      • cryptie
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2007
        • 114

        #4
        yes. the latest version has a banhammer.

        select one post to delete, in the delete dialog box, select "delete all from user" and check "ban user"

        alternativly, if you do not have the newest one, view the user's profile page, select "view all posts by user" select the top checkbox, and hit delete.

        Prune is vbullitin's was of deleting things with criteria. I've told their developers it should be renamed from pruned to purged.

        prune does things like "delete all users with 0 posts" but can do more complex things like "delete all users with less then 5 posts that joined before 2006 that have not signed in in 3 months"

        it also does threads, posts and forums.
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        • jscott
          jscizzle
          • Feb 2001
          • 25484

          #5
          cryptie, you rock man, your 2nd "altenratively" suggestion is working like a charm,

          thx thx!!!!

          and thanks for the definition of the "prune" tool also
          If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
          - Jordan B. Peterson
          Listen to Pomp tell why is Bitcoin important

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          • JamesK
            hi
            • Jun 2002
            • 16731

            #6
            Originally posted by cryptie
            yes. the latest version has a banhammer.

            select one post to delete, in the delete dialog box, select "delete all from user" and check "ban user"

            alternativly, if you do not have the newest one, view the user's profile page, select "view all posts by user" select the top checkbox, and hit delete.

            Prune is vbullitin's was of deleting things with criteria. I've told their developers it should be renamed from pruned to purged.

            prune does things like "delete all users with 0 posts" but can do more complex things like "delete all users with less then 5 posts that joined before 2006 that have not signed in in 3 months"

            it also does threads, posts and forums.
            Thanks for sharing
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            • jscott
              jscizzle
              • Feb 2001
              • 25484

              #7
              Ok, so I guess this 1 spammer has over 1000 threads alone, I'm going thru deleting 25 at a time, still very slow but tiny bit quicker I guess, if anymore suggestions how to mass delete certain user threads please let me/us know
              If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
              - Jordan B. Peterson
              Listen to Pomp tell why is Bitcoin important

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              • Bojangles
                Confirmed User
                • Apr 2007
                • 5419

                #8
                I'll hit you up on ICQ.

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                • CunningStunt
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 5594

                  #9
                  Look over in the vbulletin forums, there's a hack I used before to sort that issue. Don't waste your time deleting 25 at a time.

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                  • jscott
                    jscizzle
                    • Feb 2001
                    • 25484

                    #10
                    Bojangles thanks a lot man

                    Cunningstunt, I'll check vb forums, thanks
                    If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.
                    - Jordan B. Peterson
                    Listen to Pomp tell why is Bitcoin important

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                    • Bojangles
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 5419

                      #11
                      You're welcome. Looks like everything has been taken care of.

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                      • cryptie
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jul 2007
                        • 114

                        #12
                        :p I'm pretty sure here was an option to list all of them instead of 25 at a time. which version vB are you running?
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                        • rowan
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Mar 2002
                          • 17393

                          #13
                          Hmmm, my vers of vbull is about 2 years old and I can delete a user and all his posts using the control panel... what are we missing?

                          Users -> Search for Users -> enter Username -> Exact Match
                          drop down: Quick User Links [Delete User]
                          "If you want to prune all the user's messages first, please click here" - click on that and the msgs are gone, then you can continue to delete the user if you wish...

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                          • ladida
                            Confirmed User
                            • Nov 2005
                            • 2179

                            #14
                            Threads/posts > Prune > Prune by Username
                            That's it
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                            • Some Guy
                              Affordable Content!
                              • Dec 2001
                              • 1750

                              #15
                              Dude, it's super easy. Just look the username up, select "delete user" and it will also give you an option to delete all the user's posts as well, including any threads they've started.

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