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This has been happening with increasing regularity over the last week:
1. Idiot spams board
2. Janitors ban request him
3. Janitors say on IRC "any mods around? Someone is spamming"
4. idiot continues to spam while janitors try to delete all the posts
One idiot yesterday spammed every single board THREE TIMES before he was banned. Someone was just doing with child porn it on /b/, posted at least 4 pictures (and I still don't think he's banned)
Can you please, PLEASE either
1. Promote some janitors to mods
2. Give janitors some way to ban people, at least temporarily (say one hour). Before I left I remember some mention of a system where multiple janitors could ban someone by "combining their power", maybe that should be implemented? (I'm willing to code it!)
3. GET ON IRC A LITTLE MORE OFTEN PLEASE

The spam on our boards is bad enough but when people can post insanely illegal child porn many many times in a row it's really really bad.
Hey, my report icon just went red...
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Typically I'd say use the board alert feature when there is a flood or something unmanageable on the board.

here are the things I said in the janitor channel

most of you will probably not going to be promoted, but we are trying to improve your tools.

Remember that the entire point of the janitor program is having people around to DELETE stuff, not pseudo-mod or be users with special privileges

The only thing I can do now is let you know that the tools are being upgraded and I have started yelling at all the other mods to be in #janiteam all the time.
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>>936
Right. I delete stuff all the time, I have no problem with that, I understand that's my job.
I'm not complaining about that at all.
I'm complaining about things where the only reason we have to delete it at all is because the ban requests are not getting answered, where we have already escalated it to the point of ban requesting. There's nothing we can do at that point but sit there deleting their reposts and hoping the moderators wake up.
Suggestion #2 (give janitors more powers) was just intended as an alternate solution to the "ban requests are not getting handled" problem.
The problem is not that janitors don't have enough power, it's that people who need bans are not getting them. I don't care how that problem is solved, it just needs to be solved.
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>>937
I agree with that. On my board, there's a troll who basically bashes everything and goes against at least two of the global/board rules in a post. (Generally mixing /b/tardism rules and 'strong opinion tossing' rules) I'm not sure how easy or hard it is to ban him (proxies and all that), but I think I've asked for a ban on him before and he's definitely a repeat offender.

Sometimes every post he makes in a thread has to be deleted because of "kike hate" or claims that one side or the other are "christfags" or "niggerlovers" or some such.
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What are you talking about Anonymous? I enjoy playing ban request and delete. Can't keep 4chan clean all the time.
What would be nice... is a better way to view the entire board, like a janitor view. Like today, almost 100ish posts with "DESUx70" and "GO BACK TO BED HAL". No problems manually deleting, but mass deletion wouldn't be so bad I think. /a/ is hit pretty hard with the wave of shit. Hope these new tools you speak of don't suck.
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>>939
possibly check boxes within each thread and mass delete at the top where the OP is?

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A while ago there was a thread where a moderator banned a user for posting a screencap of his music files, claiming that it was pointless attention whoring. Since then, it has kind of been an unwritten rule that screencaps of collections are not allowed to be posted. However, some of them are popping up again and they are being reported. What is the offical ruling on what to do with them?
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Consider Global Rule #6
"The quality of posts is extremely important to this community. Contributors are encouraged to provide high-quality images and informative comments."
under this it says that quality is important, so what is this user posting a screenie of his folders doing? if does not serve a purpose and or the user could have found a more comprehensive and relevent pic, why did they even post it?
you should also consider /mu/ rule #2
"Trolling, instigating, or participating in a flamewar will result in a ban."
what is the user trying to incite?
insightful conversation or a shitty thread?

please consider these when making your judgement. it is a very case by case basis
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>>949
Thanks for that. I'd imagine that "shit sux, amirite guys" posts should go, while "This is what I like, what else could you suggest?" would be ok.

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Can I delete these please?
They're always shitty porn mentioned in a /v/, /co/ or /tg/ thread that they can't post there (worksafe!) so they post them in /r/.
We have a /b/, an /h/, and a /d/ last I checked.
Another problem is that you can't really tell if this was actually requested, short of going to the board they mention and searching through all the recent topics. It'd be quite easy to just say "Posting this for /tg/" and go and spam whatever the hell you want in /r/.
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Yeah, remove them.
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>>870
In a similar vein, should I delete "post that in /r/" posts like 880015 here, since they're basically the source of this sort of problem? They are pretty much requests, too, which shouldn't be outside of /r/ too much anyway.

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I know that the team is already working on things, so this suggestion may be coming at a bad time, but I figured that I'd just throw it out there before I forgot about it myself.

Would it be possible to make a "reason" field in the report window, so that the average user can sort of explain the situation in addition to just reporting it? It wouldn't have to be mandatory to report something, but would just be there for any extra helpful information that may be needed to explain the situation, such as "This guy has been spamming this image in a bunch of threads". The hypothetical image could be worksafe, and if it was simply reported, the janitor wouldn't know why. An attached user comment would explain things.

There isn't an urgent need for this (for me at least), but I think that it may be helpful. Your thoughts.
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i agree that this would be helpful, but considering (at least in my experience) how infrequently the report system is utilized by the end users, i'm not sure if they'd even bother.
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I've thought about this too. Generally I can figure it out by a ton of flame posts in a non-reported but violating thread, or have no idea on currently reported threads. So those who did utilize it would probably just be morons anyhow.
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There'd be some abuse, but I think it could be at least a little helpful. If a user is helpful enough to actually report an offending pic/post surely they'd be helpful enough to type a couple words?

Or has janitoring not shattered what little innocence I have remaining?

When making ban requests. PLEASE BE AS DESCRIPTIVE AS POSSIBLE. I'll be frank, I will just clear your ban request if you write 'lol drama' in your damn ban request.
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>>908

hmm... is "posting porn" alright or do you need me to elaborate?
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>>912
That's fine.

Okay, who's deleting all the pictures of threads in /v/?
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Something like this, x50
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That was happening somewhat randomly to /?/ threads a while back. Maybe a bug?
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>>900

Maybe the users were deleting the pictures?

(nice background btw)
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>>902
Har, thanks.
Anyway, I fixed it thanks to a suggestion from Anon. Deleted the 4000+ post unstickied Pokeman thread.

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The global rules say that you have to be 18+ to browse 4chan, but there is no real way of telling the age of Anonymous users unless they do something dumb like post pictures of themselves. My question is: what do we do with posts that imply or state that the poster is underage? People have reported these posts sometimes in the hopes that the user will be banned, but I ignore them because there is a very good chance that the supossedly underage poster is just joking. So, how strict is the 18+ rule? Should we request bans for suspected underage users or is it just a formal rule that is not really meant to be enforced? I'm leaning towards the latter, but I could be wrong. Your thoughts.
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Don't request bans for under age posters. Unless they're using it to blatantly troll the board you're watching over.
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Alright. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Quite awhile ago there was a large poll thread on one of my boards with questions like age, sex, likes, dislikes, etc. and I asked a mod in IRC if this rule is enforced and he said it most certainly is. Don't request bans for it though, ask a mod to take a look at it and if he feels there is enough evidence and that the person isn't joking he'll take care of it.

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Alright who keeps deleting Kamen Rider threads on /a/? A significant portion of the board seems to enjoy discussing it, so I'd like to know why they seem to keep getting deleted.

I don't think I have ever seen someone complain about a Kamen Rider thread in /a/. I do see quite a bit of complaining about such threads being deleted, though.

So I'm just curious why someone seems to think they are a problem.
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I didn't delete them, but I can say it is not Anime, and thus is off topic for /a/.
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>>>/a/2797415

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what is up with this shit
found on /u/ but it seems to be posted on all boards.
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>>876

a bot seemed to be spamming the boards, or just one asshole. Delete, and ban request I suppose.
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>>877
alright thx. b& requested

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I've seen a bunch of threads in /r/ where single songs are requested, and I'm wondering is that an exception to the standard licensing rules?
like, requesting The Beatles - Abbey Road = NO
requesting The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun = OK?
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Well it violates rule #4, as you said, but I guess in some cases it could be bent without doing much harm. Just use your own discretion.
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theft is theft.
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>>871
copyright violation != theft
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requesting songs - bad
posting the occasional rapidshare - okay?

I never got a definitive mod answer in IRC, but the consensus seemed to be that the music sharing threads in /mu/ were okay.

Hay.
It's okay to request in /h/ as long as the initial picture is /h/ in content, and related.

As a result, I shall be clearing all of your ban requests, since I have no idea of telling whether the pictures are related or not.

Ask Zorpheus on how to make a proper /h/ ban req. That's all!
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>>849

Don't be retarded. you're not going to stop people from requesting in /h/. (or on any other board for that matter.) But people still use /r/ for what it is. Just don't delete requests unless the image they use is off topic, the request is off topic, or the request they asked for is derided.
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>>850
Plus, you have the whole slippery slope of "where does it become a request, and where is it just a themed thread"

first post: "Here, I'll post a bunch of rei-chan pics in this thread"
first post: "This is a rei-chan thread!"
first post: "rei-chan itt"
first post: "this is my best rei-chan pic. what are your favorites, /h/?"
first post: "everybody post your favorite rei-chan pics!"
first post: "let's post rei-chan pics"
first post: "post rei-chan in this thread"
first post: "give me all of your rei-chan pics"

I mean, which ones of these are too "request"-ish? I think themed threads are great and well enjoyed by boards, even when they may tread over towards /r/ territory.

Honestly, when you post an evangelion picture and say "evangelion is awesome", there's an implicit request there, and people will post more eva in the thread - does the exact wording really matter? Isn't that just being anal?
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Why discorage contribution? (relevent) contribution buys you the right to ask something (related, and in keeping with the board) of the board. As long as the contribution is of quality then it is adding to the board and there is no problem. /r/ is for shitty requests that probably won;t get answered anyway. It was only made to keep requests out of /t/ anyway.
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My usual system for requests in /h/ is:

If the first picture isn't /h/, then I request a ban. This includes doujin covers.

If the first picture at least contains a related nude picture, or is /h/-worthy but not related to their request, the thread is merely deleted.

If the first picture is /h/-worthy and related, I usually leave it alone except in special cases.
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ah, sorry, i was just trying to follow the rules to the letter, but i see your point. I think most of those i filed had unrelated/non /h/ pics, but i will be sure to specify in the future.

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I LEAVE MY SEAT TO GET A SHOWER AND THIS HAPPENS.
on all 5 pages of /u/
board's been flagged.
uhghghhg

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Alright, so... there are these threads popping up now calling themselves "request threads", and I'd like to ask about them. Of course normal requests are always against the rules and I take swift action against those. But, I wanted to know whether something like these so called "request threads", where someone offers to fill requests, should also be deleted. People seem to like them plenty, and if they were well used they'd probably help keep requests from shitting all up the board. Then again, I guess they should just make something like this in /r/ in the first place.

Also, I don't think I can delete this just because people are sharing copyrighted US material like comics, because there's this wierd "comic book fag" clause on /co/ (approved by moot) where we let them post comics if they want to.

My current policy is "delete". Official ruling?
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You can post licensed content in /co/? that seems pretty dumb. I've been banning any "licensed content" reports that show up in /co/, like anywhere else on the site.

If I'd seen a thread like that I would delete, and maybe ban for it. But maybe I'm not supposed to!

Note that general requests are sometimes okay, if they post good and relevant content with it and aren't being dicks.
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if you see licensed material being posted, delete and ban request
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>>832
Actually I said RapidShare/MegaUpload threads were alright (so long as I'm not getting complaints).

If there is one large request thread running at any given time, it's not a big deal. Just make sure there aren't ten different ones all requesting different things--keep it in one place.
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>>833
roger that
>>826
Yeah, if it's a general request for, say, "post some daffy duck pictures" and they post a picture themselves, I've viewed that as fine & dandy.

I do delete & ban request on any sort of "post the newest issue of 'batman beats up the joker' please" or whatever, though.

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For the past month now I've been seeing an increase in threads with links to youtube. Sometimes these threads link to movie related stuff like behind the scenes footage, interviews etc. But now and then its some fat kid and his friends with a camera.
They range from parodies to amateur films made by college students. I delete most of these threads but sometimes they look for feedback, which is okay i guess as it is film related but they have youtube for that.
So what do I delete all threads that contain links to youtube or just the ones made be amateur directors?
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if the video being linked to is in no way related to television, delete it.
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Over the past couple days, I've been getting an occasional illegal report from /b/ showing up on my panel, though I clearly do not janitor /b/ (thank god, I'd be at my computer desk the rest of my life).

Does anyone else notice this? Is the problem known by the powers that be?
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If I get this error: "RPC Error: Cannot find record." everytime I ban request something illegal on /b/ does it mean that someone else has already deleted/ban requested it before me?

Its strange because I always get there just in time to miss being able to ban request if thats the case.
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>>821
i sometimes get the same error when i delete/ban request through /reports/ and i know i'm the only janitor on my board. so it may be the case that someone else got it before you or it could be some bug that hasn't been ironed out.
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>>821
yeah, happens to me too. someone else got to it before, i assume
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>>821
Oh, that's probably me. lols.

I know this is for all boards, but it seems that it's been exclusively /b/ that has gotten illegal reports of all the times I've seen the flashing red button.
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>>824
that's probably because /b/ is one of the more active boards. and there are plenty of people viewing that board that don't want to see CP. that's probably why it's always /b/ with the illegal reports.

i get illegal reports on my own board, but there's usually only 1 report and i get to it before it has had a chance to be reported 3 or more times.
etcetcetc


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