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Ambiguous wording in security options

Started by ninjamida, July 16, 2025, 06:40:42 PM

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ninjamida

Debatable if this counts as a bug vs just a suggestion, but I'll file it here becasue in my opinion, UI that makes it hard to tell what an option does is a kind of bug.

Experienced this bug on SMF 2.1.4; I haven't gotten around to upgrading to 2.1.5 yet. Disregard if it's been improved there.

In the anti-spam settings (Admin -> Configuration -> Anti-Spam), there is an option "Post count under which users must pass verification to make a post". The sub-note under this includes the statement "0 for no limit". I feel that this statement is unclear - does it mean that if I put 0, users will have to pass verification every time they post regardless of how many prior posts they have; or does it mean that if I put 0, users will never have to pass verification when posting? It seems based on some very quick testing that the actual answer is the latter (ie: users never have to pass verification while posting); but I feel the wording if anything more implies the former (ie: users have to pass it every time regardless of post count).

My suggestion is to change the wording to "0 to disable" or even better "0 to never require verification when posting". Or if my testing has mislead me and the option does indeed require it regardless of post count, then the wording should be "0 to always require verification".

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