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

jscott · 09-25-2008, 10:26 PM

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

1 of my forums is getting smashed with spammers lately

JamesK · 09-25-2008, 10:34 PM

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.

jscott · 09-25-2008, 10:38 PM

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?

cryptie · 09-25-2008, 10:43 PM

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.

jscott · 09-25-2008, 10:50 PM

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

JamesK · 09-25-2008, 11:08 PM

Quote:

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

jscott · 09-25-2008, 11:10 PM

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

Bojangles · 09-25-2008, 11:26 PM

I'll hit you up on ICQ.

CunningStunt · 09-25-2008, 11:34 PM

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.

jscott · 09-25-2008, 11:41 PM

Bojangles thanks a lot man

Cunningstunt, I'll check vb forums, thanks

Bojangles · 09-25-2008, 11:47 PM

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

cryptie · 09-26-2008, 12:21 AM

: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?

rowan · 09-26-2008, 12:25 AM

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...

ladida · 09-26-2008, 03:42 AM

Threads/posts > Prune > Prune by Username
That's it

Some Guy · 09-26-2008, 03:54 AM

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.

09-25-2008, 10:26 PM	#1
jscott jscizzle Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Taipei Posts: 25,227	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 Listen to Pomp tell why is Bitcoin important

09-25-2008, 10:34 PM	#2
JamesK hi Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 16,731	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. __________________ M3Server - NATS Hosting

09-25-2008, 10:38 PM	#3
jscott jscizzle Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Taipei Posts: 25,227	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

09-25-2008, 10:43 PM	#4
cryptie Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 114	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. __________________ Signature coming soon! Just as soon as my first site goes live! ETA this weekend

09-25-2008, 10:50 PM	#5
jscott jscizzle Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Taipei Posts: 25,227	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

09-25-2008, 11:10 PM	#7
jscott jscizzle Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Taipei Posts: 25,227	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

09-25-2008, 11:26 PM	#8
Bojangles Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,419	I'll hit you up on ICQ.

09-25-2008, 11:34 PM	#9
CunningStunt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,594	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.

09-25-2008, 11:41 PM	#10
jscott jscizzle Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Taipei Posts: 25,227	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

09-25-2008, 11:47 PM	#11
Bojangles Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,419	You're welcome. Looks like everything has been taken care of.

09-26-2008, 12:21 AM	#12
cryptie Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 114	: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? __________________ Signature coming soon! Just as soon as my first site goes live! ETA this weekend

09-26-2008, 12:25 AM	#13
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	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...

09-26-2008, 03:42 AM	#14
ladida Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,167	Threads/posts > Prune > Prune by Username That's it __________________ agentGFY at gmail.com

09-26-2008, 03:54 AM	#15
Some Guy Affordable Content! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,750	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. __________________ Need a Cheap Design? - Cheap Quality Content Available! Fuck you Michelle Malkin and Fox News