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Post by Naes3d // Mar 19, 2006, 1:15pm

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...why do we have the Visitors Area? Is it really working?

Post by Alien // Mar 19, 2006, 1:35pm

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I do see your point. It's a shame there's been so few non-trolls out of the non-registered people who've posted there. In fact I can only think of 1 off the top of my head, though there may be 1 or 2 others.


If Norm added some code to the forum to show the IP addies of unregistered people, that might act as a bit of a deterrent to trolls.


Another idea, would be to maybe allow other people on, but include the necessary code to track people's IPs. What I'm thinking of is what I've seen on other forums, where if you look at someone else's post it just says "IP logged", but on your own posts you can see your own IP addy, thereby showing people that the admins do know where they're posting from [& obviously the admins would be able to see people's IPs as well]. Then if anyone acts in a trollish manner, ban not just the email addy, but the IP addy as well, although - having said that, they'd have to make sure they detected the IP address properly. I'm not sure what the difference in implementation is, but some sites/software that detect IP addies detect my genuine IP, whereas others only detect that of my ISP's "transparent proxy" [or whatever it's called]. The problem with detecting the latter would be that not just 1 person, but potentially thousands could be blocked.

Post by stan // Mar 22, 2006, 6:44am

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why not have Norm d'administrator..revue all visitor's posts, before they are allowed to show up in visitors section...there are not that many..

then people will stop being tempted to answer..

oh, and give brianalldridge an honorary membership to the forum....

Post by frank // Mar 22, 2006, 6:59am

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oh, and give brianalldridge an honorary membership to the forum....


That sounds like a good idea.

Post by jamesmc // Mar 22, 2006, 7:53am

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Delay posting is done in other forums I've used. A visitor can post, but it will not be posted until the Forum Moderator views it and okays it.


Nothing more to be said if it is deleted or posted. It speaks for itself.

Post by Alien // Mar 22, 2006, 1:20pm

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oh, and give brianalldridge an honorary membership to the forum....

I was thinking the same thing.

Post by KeithC // Mar 22, 2006, 2:52pm

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That's how the forums work at FPSCreator. You have to post an undetermined number of times to get the status of being able to post instantly. All new users are 'reviewed' for a certain amount of time.


-Keith
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