NUKE posts [FINAL RELEASE]

This hack gives moderators and administrators the ability to disable a post, rather than delete it.

A small asterisk is added at the side of each post. If it is clicked by a moderator, a window will flicker up. The next time the thread is viewed the post will simply be replaced with the word "Nuked", indicating that a moderator has disabled it. Such a feature you may have seen on smaller non-vbulletin forums.

Moderators still have the option to see what the post was by clicking the asterisk on a nuked post. They may also restore the post (which isn't possible with deleted posts).

http://www.gaters.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1168
The above link is an example of a nuked post. Notice the asterisks down the bottom of threads, those are the nukers.

There are many practical benefits to nuking a post instead of deleting it. It's fast, it's reversable, it gives users the knowledge that content was removed, and admins may still review the disabled content.

Installation:

You need vbHacker to install this.
Just upload the attatched data file to the /admin directory and run vbHacker to install it.

(The hack works by adding a new attribute to each post in the database which determines whether the post is nuked or not. If it is, the post is displayed through a seperate template, much like posts of ignored people.)

[marc49]

to make sure I get them all, how many instances of

if (!ismoderator($threadinfo[forumid],"candeleteposts")) {

are there??

[blackout]

Updated this hack just alittle, for 1 i fixed the installation problems you people seem to be having due to \'s

Also added *NUKED BY <Nuker Username>*

EDIT: corrected a problem, the content when you view the nuked thread is now formatted, not just raw database output.

EDIT EDIT: made it when you click the Nuke '*' it reloads the page so you can see it nuked. Same when you Restore the post it reloads the main thread so you can see it unnuked.

[The Keeper]

a problem, the content when you view the nuked thread is now formatted, not just raw database output.

That wasn't a problem. It was done on purpose because the post might have been nuked because the code was misused, or you don't want the image to load if it was offensive etc...

made it when you click the Nuke '*' it reloads the page so you can see it nuked.

That was also done on purpose because often you want to nuke lots of posts in a thread, and having it reload each time is annoying :P

But thanks for keeping this hack alive. I still use it for sure, it's proved to be very handy for my mods.

[blackout]

np man

i just suited this hack to my likings n posted for other ppls

also made it so it says "*NUKED BY <Username>*"

[The Keeper]

Sweet, good job

[The Keeper]

just wondering, does anyone have this hack working with 2.2.7 ? because it just stopped working when i upgraded my board with araxis merge
I will fix it tomorrow

[N9ne]

Any news "The Keeper"? I would like to run this on 2.2.8...not sure if it works.

[MartynJ]

I have it working on 2.2.9

EDIT: Here's a fix for this hack that prevents nuked posts showing up in searches. Hope The Keeper doesn't mind me posting this here.

[Sebastian]

cool, is it possible to hide the username of the person that had their post 'nuked' ?

[MartynJ]

Originally posted by Sebastian
cool, is it possible to hide the username of the person that had their post 'nuked' ?

In what manner? In the postbit within showthread.php?