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| acech |
Posted - 05 May 2006 : 12:56:15
Just a quick question - has anyone seen an existing mod which would cause any posts that are edited or deleted to be logged rather than just thrown away?
I am keen to be able to track any edits that my moderators have done, and thought it was worth an ask before I start implementing it myself!
Many thanks,
Chris
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| muzishun |
Posted - 05 May 2006 : 20:16:56
You might consider looking at the way archiving works. You could basically copy most (if not all) of that code, then change the database tables / fields to something else, like FORUM_DELETED_POSTS or whatever suits your fancy.
It's an interesting thought. It would be nice to see what may be going on that you as admin don't get to see. Perhaps even have, as bobby suggested, a forum that only the admin (or a group of admins) can see, displaying all the deleted posts and showing who deleted them and when.< |
| ruirib |
Posted - 05 May 2006 : 20:03:50
Logging delete topics or replies is pretty easy. You just need to create a deleted_topic and a deleted_reply table and move the delete posts there just before deleting them from the "live" tables.
I have done that in a couple forums I help with. Whenever a restore is needed, all that it takes is a couple SQL statements to restore what was deleted by mistake. Haven't done it for the edits (deleted topics and replies are handled by pop_delete.asp). Editing posts could obviously be handled in the same way.
Packaging this whole stuff as a mod, with restores being handled by ASP is more difficult, cause it requires some time and care to code the restore pages and also to handle isolated reply deletion. For me handling it from the DB side is good enough.< |
| bobby131313 |
Posted - 05 May 2006 : 18:28:33
Our solution solved most of this problem, it just doesn't cover edits.
We created a private "deleted" forum. Deleted topics are just moved there. We have the split topic mod also. "Deleted" posts are split out to a new topic and then the new topic is moved to the "deleted" forum. This way we still have it all out of sight. Except previously edited posts.< |
| TonyB7 |
Posted - 05 May 2006 : 14:47:44
I haven't. Just last week a plaintiff asked me if there was any way I could retrieve the defendant's self-deleted posts. I told him no.
However, Admin Topic Maker mod will store topics in a separate folder.
Our moderators have all been told to post to the admin forum (a Yahoo group) if they make any major edits or deletions. So far it's worked nicely as a major edit is usually a sign of something big going wrong anyway.
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