Sticky something here about spam

[Account Abandoned]

So many questions about spam in this section, lets sticky something about it

[Kindred]

Or people could read existing messages... Or even <gasp> use search...

[Arantor]

Well, people are just copy/pasting the entirety of previous posts on the subject...

[Account Abandoned]

Or people could read existing messages... Or even <gasp> use search...

You and I both know, it would be a perfect forum world if we could get people to do that >_<

[kat]

They won't even see a sticky.

They don't see the ones we have, anyway.

Maybe a sticky with the title "HOW TO COMBAT SPAMTARDS!" with just a link, thus:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=search;basic_search=spam

[Arantor]

You could put that same sticky in every board and it still wouldn't help.

[kat]

But, it makes it a tad easier, for us, in that we can just post a link to that topic.

[Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R)]

I think we should do a sticky in one of the boards and everyone else can be pointed to read that instead og explaining things from scratch. If it even makes 1% difference, it is worth it.

[Kindred]

actually, I think we should have a wiki article on spam and point people to that instead...

[Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R)]

A wiki stops the scope of discussion on the topic. I would still suggest a sticky so that more input is received over time and improvements can be made within the OP as time moves on.

[Account Abandoned]

Maybe (though it may require coding) when a user opens a new topic, a rules section with red colors or something that grabs the attention of another can give search results for the combat of spam as well as other topics... that MIGHT work?!

[Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R)]

That in my opinion will be useless Unless we want to implement something like a FAQ with lots of Q and A, I wouldn't want that idea being implemented.