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Hi, I've been using this forum for around 18 months now & it's great but in the last 3-4 months i've noticed that it seems to be attracting more & more ads for shoes or kitchens.I've just been on it this morning & this is getting beyond a joke.Nearly every post is for kitchens.I'm not sure what can be done but can't DeAgostini delete members profiles that use this forum as nothing more than a way to sell stuff? After all it's meant to be a forum about model building not kitchen building.What do the rest of you think? Stu.
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 Yep Stu a right pain I have been on when these Idiots put there rubbish on and have sent them a snoty PM and they still do it  Hay Ho rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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Just hit the "report Spam" buttom and it will quickly be removed  Current Build:-
[color=blue]Stash Avro Lancaster (Full Kit)plus some extra issues I picked up at a good price
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Quote:BigGrin Yep Stu a right pain I have been on when these Idiots put there rubbish on and have sent them a snoty PM and they still do it Cursing Cursing Hay Ho rgd Martyn You're wasting your time, A most of the time it is a forum Bot that is designed to do this or B someone that is paid to do this,they spend their time registering with websites to put this spam up There are ways to stop bots,captcha registration...you know the alphanumeric things you have to enter on some sites...if you have trouble reading them a bot doesn't stand a chance.The only way to stop humans is to have all posts manually accepted before allowing them to go live....a right pain in the proverbial for the poor guy who has to do it  ,only thing you can do is report as spam. Rob Nolli Illigitimi Carborundum!!!Current Builds: HMS Victory, SV Thermopylae
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Hi Stu, Certainly very irritating. Regards Trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
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Stupot wrote:Hi, I've been using this forum for around 18 months now & it's great but in the last 3-4 months i've noticed that it seems to be attracting more & more ads for shoes or kitchens.I've just been on it this morning & this is getting beyond a joke.Nearly every post is for kitchens.I'm not sure what can be done but can't DeAgostini delete members profiles that use this forum as nothing more than a way to sell stuff? After all it's meant to be a forum about model building not kitchen building.What do the rest of you think? Stu. I have mentioned previously that we are working towards a system of putting this matter to bed once and for all.
In the meantime all we can ask is that you bear with us, and be assured that all Spam is removed as soon as it is picked up.
Thanks
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Thank you Tom for your reply. Trev. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
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Cheers for that Tom..I come on here every day, several times a day to check postings and latest updates and been rather annoyed at the amount of spam there was 13 of them at one time a week or so ago..Any way, thanks for the heads up on what is being done about spam postings... Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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Thanks Mr T, It really is an excellent forum so we'll all just have to grin & bear it.I know modelspace is doing all it can.Stu.
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All spam is removed and the perpetrators banned. We are currently working towards a new system which will bring an end to it.
http://forum.model-space...spx?g=posts&t=10344
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skyfire wrote:How come there is so much spam on this forum, don't the spammers ever get banned??? I prefer spam fritters myself, now thats the kind of spam I do like. 
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Crazy thing about where the latest lot is (Use of the Forum) section. I can't post in there, just find it interesting that the trouble makers could!!!
Just an observation, on the way forum works.
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I got one in my Norton spam folder. Something about BT Digital...scan this... lots of cryllic letters. UK origins. This is the only website I do that has a UK source! D51, Senna McLaren. Pocher Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza 1931 1/8 scale. Pocher Lamborghini Aventador white roadster.Tamiya 1/12 Ferrari Enzo. Toyota GT2000.
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skyfire wrote:Came on the forum and there was 10 seperate threads of spam, thought something was being done to put an end to it all!!! It is being removed almost as fast as it arrives and is being dealt with - all will be revealed in the not to distant future..
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Banning a ip hopper/generator is kinda hard unless your into hacking that or have a reliable spam bot Supaheli
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The most reliable spam bot is human
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easier said then done from what ive seen deletion is a few hours after Supaheli
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Until this new way of getting rid of the problem comes into play I think there should be a few more moderators to deal with it...there are times ive come into the forum (logged in) and no one is there im all alone and I see spam posts then...limited moderator temp power should be allowed until the new way is up and running plus it puts less strain on admins who dont get in till hours later Supaheli
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