Moderators Functions - New Thread on User Banning by BOP5

The purpose of this mod is to create a new thread in a forum you specify whenever any user is banned.

NEW In Version 1.2 - Set a minimum post count for a user before a "new thread" is created on their banning- this way you don't bother making threads for spammers with just a handful of posts.

New in Version 1.3 - Very minor optimization of code- upgrade optional.

New in 1.4 - {USERID} is now a usable variable in the Ban Reason. Allows for links to the banned user's profile.

The title and message posted is easily customized, as is the username of the thread starter.

This has been tested on vBulletin 3.8.6 and 4.0.8 and should work on all versions of 3.8.x/4.0.x/4.1.x. It may work on earlier versions too.

Read the info txt file in the .zip for full instructions.

See the screenshots for more details.

Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this.

English - Download Zip File
Arabic - Download xml File (Translated by Dr. osamA):up:

[letipro]

Originally Posted by NTT

great idea, but I want to only create one thread and the next user banning will be comment in the topic, how to edit?

i like it, please update

[furnival]

Installed on VB 4.2 seems to be working fine. Great mod -- thanks BOP5!

[elfenny]

Installed, thanks

[Amaury]

Think I found a bug.

If I select three threads created by one spammer, for example, it will make three threads about the same user.

Here's what I did if you want to try and reproduce it:

• Select two or more threads by the same user and delete them as spam
• Select Delete other posts and threads started by the affected users
• Select Physically remove
• Select Ban these users under Punitive Actions
• Proceed

[BirdOPrey5]

I can't replicate this on my 4.2.1 forum. I only get 1 thread created no matter how many are selected. Do you have any other modifications running on the userdata_postsave hook? You can check in Plugin Manager in Admin CP.

[Amaury]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I can't replicate this on my 4.2.1 forum. I only get 1 thread created no matter how many are selected. Do you have any other modifications running on the userdata_postsave hook? You can check in Plugin Manager in Admin CP.

So I found this happening even when it's completely different users.

For example:

• User 1
• User 2
• User 3
• User 4
• User 5

If I deleted their spam all at once instead of individually (the only way I can prevent this from happening is by doing it individually), I would see five threads all pointing to the first user in the lineup instead of each individual user:

• Banned User 1
• Banned User 1
• Banned User 1
• Banned User 1
• Banned User 1

(That's what I set the thread title as.)

Plugins:

• http://i.imgur.com/704dQyD.png
• http://i.imgur.com/eMNkzA3.png

[BirdOPrey5]

Ahhh... Well that error I understand why i is happening. Unfortunately I can think of no fix for it. Just the way VB determines the most recently banned user.

[Amaury]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Ahhh... Well that error I understand why i is happening. Unfortunately I can think of no fix for it. Just the way VB determines the most recently banned user.

While it can't be fixed, out of curiosity, why is it happening?

[BirdOPrey5]

Well vBulletin doesn't have a hook that runs only when a user is banned. The hook this mod runs on is anytime a usergroup is changed. In order to determine if a user was actually banned the mod checks if anyone was banned in the last several seconds and if so assumes that it should make a thread about that ban. To prevent errors it only returns the oldest ban even if several happened at nearly the same time. Yours is the first report I ever had of a flaw with this system.

[DemOnstar]

Another great idea...BOP5, you are consistent....:up: