Recently some jerks have been creating Guru accounts for the sole purpose of spam. Once, a bot posted some porn links on the Necromancer discussion page and today when I signed on I had some spam from Aiden56 waiting from me in my PM box.
Any ideas on how to stop these people?
Abusers of Guru
aleaf92
Inde
We're on it aleaf 
Malice Black
PM an admin so they can ban the accounts.
Too slow
Too slow
Taisayacho
Is ^ one of them by any chance? Seen that post other places.
Snograt
Say what? Are you accusing Malice of being an ad spammer?
If so, lol!
If so, lol!
Mercury Angel
Probably should have deleted their post at the same time, but just to clarify;
The ad spammer had all of their their posts cleared (hence the quick, short deletion message) and they're now banned.
The ad spammer had all of their their posts cleared (hence the quick, short deletion message) and they're now banned.
Unlucky Slayer
Its more fun to blame Malice, maybe now we can actually get rid of him.
Malice Black
Yeah! blame Malice!
Noob..
Noob..
Alexandra-Sweet
Have the administrators ever thought of having Guru removed from search engines such as Google?
A lot of bots find their way to sites and forums through search engines.
The only downside would be that Guru might become less popular, which means less income from Ads and subscribtions.
But if the botting situation runs out of hand then you should really consider removing yourself from Google and sites alike.
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...y?answer=35301
I think this is a guide on how to remove your site from Google.
Guild Wars Guru is shown as the 8th result in Google when searching for "Guild Wars" thus attracting bad, but also good attention.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=uvvpj&s=3
A lot of bots find their way to sites and forums through search engines.
The only downside would be that Guru might become less popular, which means less income from Ads and subscribtions.
But if the botting situation runs out of hand then you should really consider removing yourself from Google and sites alike.
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...y?answer=35301
I think this is a guide on how to remove your site from Google.
Guild Wars Guru is shown as the 8th result in Google when searching for "Guild Wars" thus attracting bad, but also good attention.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=uvvpj&s=3
Inde
Uhhhh, that would be like driving my car without tires. Google is our largest source of traffic to this site. I like the thinking though, but the annoyance of some ad spammers doesn't really justify taking us out of search engines. And actually....
well crap we dropped to #5. We used to be #2, have to fix that. Interesting that your search shows #8 as well.
well crap we dropped to #5. We used to be #2, have to fix that. Interesting that your search shows #8 as well.
cosyfiep
dumb idea I know .
but is there any way of stopping them from posting by not giving them accounts automatically? I mean lots of sites you have to be approved before you can post ( yeah I know it means lots of work for someone), but it would stop them from posting.....
or a nice waiting period before you can post...or your first post cannot be a new thread....
just ideas (and yes I would help you out if you needed extra people for the approved only idea....I seem to have lots of time right now).
but is there any way of stopping them from posting by not giving them accounts automatically? I mean lots of sites you have to be approved before you can post ( yeah I know it means lots of work for someone), but it would stop them from posting.....
or a nice waiting period before you can post...or your first post cannot be a new thread....
just ideas (and yes I would help you out if you needed extra people for the approved only idea....I seem to have lots of time right now).
Malice Black
Can I get the 65,533 non-existent PM's removed from my account, please?
Wipe everything if need be.
Wipe everything if need be.
Sai Rith
Just hit the report underneath each post, and let the Admins or whatever take care of it.
Tarun
Bad Behavior can help. While i do not believe there is one made for vBulletin forums, simply using the Generic one will work just fine.
Unlucky Slayer
Stop trying to suggest stuff that'll lessen the work I do here. 
*threatens union strike*
*threatens union strike*