ked
(Kenny DuBose)
April 16, 2024, 8:25pm
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I have a continual problem with people putting phone numbers and email addresses within posts. (My crowd would not be considered very tech or “forum” savvy, thus I guess this is not surprising.)
Might I inquire as to how other forum owners have addressed this issue?
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mcwumbly
(Dave McClure)
April 16, 2024, 8:57pm
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Here’s a related topic from a while back:
I guess you could go to Admin > Logs > Watched Words > Require Approval and enter some common @mailproviders and area codes.
And here’s a documentation topic for watched words, which could be helpful if you go that route:
Looking for information about Watched Words? You’re in the right place!
This is a reference guide for describing how the Watched Words page functions and the different types of action types you can use to block specific words on a Discourse site.
Watched Words
You can setup Watched Words to take actions based on words found in a topic or post (located at .../admin/customize/watched_words ).
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There’s a max of 2000 words per type of action.
On all actions, * can be used a…
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ondrej
April 17, 2024, 9:03am
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Perhaps if you created a pinned topic asking users not to do this and explain why? And then to enforce it do what @mcwumbly suggested.
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ked
(Kenny DuBose)
April 17, 2024, 2:48pm
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Thanks to each of you on this.
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