Baron Klatz Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just looked for info on the AoS lore & Novel thread, inspirational art thread and for XKing. All gone. I take it something happened while I wasn't around and they left which deleted their threads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 That art thread is a big shame especially. 😞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Hi, just an update on this as it was myself that dealt with it @xking spammed the site with Warhammer wiki links in every faction chat. A bunch of spam requests came in and without looking into it too much (other than seeing the same link over and over and a “spammy” type user name) I marked the account as spam Default treatment by the system is a ban and deletion of all content. It was me who flagged this after seeing dozens of reports, and after a quick check seeing pages of copy and paste link posts. Unfortunately this means the 1700 or so previous posts and threads are now gone and unretrievable. It's the only time a regular member has been flagged as a spammer because no member has ever spammed like this, usually its just a single post to removed and is dealt with by hiding the post until it can be looked at by mods. Along with a spammy looking username (sorry! it is!!!) I didn't notice at first glance and acted how we usually do in spam attack situation. I had no idea that action was a hard delete and not reversible. I've lifted the ban but unfortunately can’t reverse the delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popisdead Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Was the account compromised or did the user misbehave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Popisdead said: Was the account compromised or did the user misbehave? Misbehaving user. The account wasn’t compromised and all links were for another AOS site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMMachine Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) I also wondered what happened. I think I also killed the thread were Lexicanum and the Age of Sigmar Fandom Wiki searched for help. 56 minutes ago, Gaz Taylor said: Misbehaving user. The account wasn’t compromised and all links were for another AOS site I think you mean those links to Book Reviews, because those are Threads I at least remembered in such a case. Edited October 30, 2020 by EMMachine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, EMMachine said: I also wondered what happened. I think I also killed the thread were Lexicanum and the Age of Sigmar Fandom Wiki searched for help. I think you mean those links to Book Reviews, because those are Threads I at least remembered in such a case. From memory it was a slew of links to the Lexicanum looking for help. 10-20 posts appearing all within a few moments all the same message in different threads with the link. Basically exactly what we'd see from a spambot (only it would more likely be a copy-pasted message with the link not heading to lexicanum but to somewhere else - even if they'd made the auto-text appear to link to a "legit" website). Which also meant when the users profile was quick-viewed all their recent activity was those links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popisdead Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 3:31 AM, Gaz Taylor said: Misbehaving user. The account wasn’t compromised and all links were for another AOS site Oof. It was surprising to see the post in all the army threads I visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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