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How to remove all posts of one user

Started by lucadanieli, January 11, 2019, 10:00:59 AM

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lucadanieli

Hello,

I have a spam user. I removed it, but it didn't ask me to remove all its posts. Now I have just the posts and not the user. How can I solve the issue?

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Luca

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

If there are lots of those posts around probably easiest if you create a dummy user, reattribute posts to that user, then delete the dummy user and posts at once.
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lucadanieli

Thank you Aleksi.
How can I? In my Administrator -> Members, I do not have an option to create a dummy user.

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Admin -> Members -> Registration -> Register new member :)

You can create a "dummy" user account from there.
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lucadanieli

Great, done!
Where should I go to reattribute the posts to the user?

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Admin -> Maintenance -> Forum maintenance -> Members :)
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Owdy

Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on January 11, 2019, 10:29:21 AM
If there are lots of those posts around probably easiest if you create a dummy user, reattribute posts to that user, then delete the dummy user and posts at once.
Seems that feature is broken. Removed user,, with all posts and topics, posts didnt get removed
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Owdy

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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Quote from: Owdy on July 23, 2019, 03:04:49 AM
Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on January 11, 2019, 10:29:21 AM
If there are lots of those posts around probably easiest if you create a dummy user, reattribute posts to that user, then delete the dummy user and posts at once.
Seems that feature is broken. Removed user,, with all posts and topics, posts didnt get removed
How did you remove the user? It should work, but there are multiple ways to delete an account and if I remember correctly not all of them give the option. (Which is illogical, I know)
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Owdy

User profile -> delete user -> delete user with all content
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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Okay, that's odd - last time I've used it I'm pretty sure it worked. Any errors anywhere for clues?
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Owdy

Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on July 24, 2019, 02:23:34 AM
Any errors anywhere for clues?
No, it just didnt do anything but removes profile. Content stays.
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Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Just tried, and it worked for me - at least for posts. The test account I used didn't have any topics.
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Illori

Quote from: Owdy on July 24, 2019, 02:27:14 AM
Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on July 24, 2019, 02:23:34 AM
Any errors anywhere for clues?
No, it just didnt do anything but removes profile. Content stays.

i dont think deleting posts/topics works that way when the account was re-attributed. i think it has been this way for years.

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

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Arantor

Because it doesn't reattribute correctly, posts are, but the topic starter isn't set up properly in the topics table.

Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen

Slava
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Owdy

Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on July 24, 2019, 03:02:34 AM
Just tried, and it worked for me - at least for posts. The test account I used didn't have any topics.
Dont know what to say, doesnt work for me. CAnt remove spammers all posts at once
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GigaWatt

Quote from: Owdy on July 26, 2019, 03:22:37 AM
Dont know what to say, doesnt work for me. CAnt remove spammers all posts at once

Number of posts? If it's not that big, you could do it manually, at least as a temporary solution :).
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