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Mass Prune Threads

This lists each of the threads that matched your criteria. Use the checkbox on the left to select whether or not the thread is pruned. Once you are ready, click [Go].

Once the pruning is complete, you should run Rebuild Forum Information in Update Counters. If you are pruning by username, you should run Rebuild Thread Information first!

The Move Threads (Threads & Posts > Move) section is similar to the Prune Threads section, but instead of deleting the threads, they are simply moved to a different forum.

The search criteria are the same as pruning.

Once you submit the search form, you will be asked whether you wish to move all threads that match your criteria or want to move threads selectively. If you chose to move selectively, you will be shown a page similar to this:

This lists each of the threads that matched your criteria. Use the checkbox on the left to select whether or not the thread is moved. Once you are ready, click [Go].

Once the moving is complete, you should run Rebuild Forum Information in Update Counters.

To quickly manage thread subscriptions for specific users or specific threads, go to Threads & Posts > Unsubscribe. Here you will be presented with two options.

Unsubscribe All Users from Specific Threads allows you to quickly remove all thread subscriptions from specific threads. Enter the thread IDs of the threads you wish to unsubscribe all users from; separate each with a space.

To obtain the thread ID, find the thread you want to remove. The link to the thread should look like

http://www.example.com/forums/showthread.php?t=####. The #### part is the ID number that you need to enter here.

Mass Move Threads

Unsubscribe Threads

Unsubscribe All Threads from Specific Users allows you to quickly remove all of a user’s thread subscriptions. One reason you might do this is if the user’s email has been bouncing recently. However, this is not a temporary removal; you will not be able to restore the subscriptions in the future.

Here, you specify:

z User Name – name of the user whose subscriptions you wish to remove.

z Find All Threads Older Than X Days – allows you to only remove subscriptions to threads that are more than this number of days old.

z Forum – allows you to only remove subscriptions to threads in specific forums.

If you wish to remove a poll from a thread, go to Threads & Posts > Strip Poll. You will be presented with a simple form:

To remove the poll from a thread, you simply need to enter the thread ID that the poll is contained in. To obtain the thread ID, find the thread you want to remove the poll from. The link to the thread should look like http://www.example.com/forums/showthread.php?t=####. The #### part is the ID number that you need to enter here.

Once you have found this, submit the form. You will receive a screen where you can confirm that this is the correct poll. Simply submit that to remove the poll.

If you wish to find out who voted on a particular poll, you can do this by going to Threads & Posts > Who Voted. Here, you will be presented with a list of polls:

The dropdown contains the poll’s ID and name; the text box is the name of the thread that contains that poll. Once you have found the poll you want to view, click [Who Voted]. You will now see a results screen such as this:

This page displays each poll option that has at least one vote, along with each person who voted for it.

Thread tagging is a system that allows user to apply their own keywords (tags) to threads. See Wikipedia for more information on the ideas behind tagging. This can allow users to categorize threads based on the actual content. As such, if used consistently, could be a better way to find a specific topic than a full-text search.

Tags can contain any character except a comma, which is used to separate multiple tags. Additionally, you may not create tags which:

z Have less than an admin-specified amount of characters. The default is 3.

z Have over 25 characters. (This is the default value. You may change it by changing the "Tag Maximum Length" option.)

z Contain any censored words.

z Are in a list of common words.

This page allows you to manage the existing tags:

By default, tags are shown alphabetically and paginated. If you wish to see what tags have been added recently, you can click the Display Newest link.

Below this, you can add a new tag:

Strip Poll from Thread

Who Voted in Poll

Tags

You may not add any invalid tags, as people will not be able to assign them to threads. See above for the tag rules.

Inline Moderation gives Administrators and moderators the ability to moderate multiple threads and posts without the need to enter the Moderator Control Panel. This is achieved by selecting individual threads from forumdisplay or posts from showthread. Threads or posts from multiple pages can be selected if the moderator has Javascript support enabled. Selected threads or posts will display highlighted in a yellow color as well.

At the bottom of the page, a moderation drop down box shows the available actions. Next to the moderation drop down box is a [Go] button that maintains a count of the selected threads or posts. Checking a checkbox will increase the number by one, unchecking a checkbox will decrease the number by one.

Note:

Inline Moderation is a feature of the front-end of vBulletin. It is accessed from forumdisplay or showthread.

On the forumdisplay.php pages where threads are listed each thread will have a checkbox at the end of the row.

Checking the checkbox will add the thread to the list of threads to be moderated. The row color will also change to yellow to signify that the thread has been chosen.

Above all the listed threads there is a dropdown quick-selection box with various options to choose from, which apply only to that page. These options allow you to quickly choose multiple threads that match the selected criteria without having to manually click each thread.

z Select All

Selecting 'Select All' will highlight all the threads on the current page, including sticky, soft-deleted, unapproved and closed threads.

z Deselect All

Selecting 'Deselect All' will reset all the highlighted threads on the current page, including sticky, soft-deleted, unapproved and closed threads.

z Invert Selection

Selecting 'Invert Selection' will highlight all the unselected threads, and reset all the highlighted threads on the current page, including sticky, soft-deleted, unapproved and closed threads.

z Select Closed Threads

Selecting 'Select Closed Threads' will highlight all the threads that are not open for posting on the current page, including closed threads that are sticky, soft-deleted, and/or unapproved.

z Select Unapproved Threads

Selecting 'Select Unapproved Threads' will highlight all the threads that are not visible to members (in moderator queue) on the current page, including unapproved threads that are sticky, soft-deleted, and/or closed.

z Select Deleted Threads

Selecting 'Select Deleted Threads' will highlight all the threads that are marked as soft-deleted on the current page, including deleted threads that are sticky, unapproved, and/or closed.

z Select Sticky Threads

Selecting 'Select Sticky Threads' will highlight all the threads that are marked as important (sticky at the top of the page) on the current page, including sticky threads that are soft-deleted, unapproved, and/or closed.

z Select Threads with Polls

Selecting 'Select Threads with Polls' will highlight all the threads that are have polls added to them on the current page, including threads with poll that are soft-deleted, sticky, unapproved, and/or closed.

z Select Threads with Attachments

Selecting 'Select Threads with Attachments' will highlight all the threads that are have attachments added to them on the current page, including threads with attachments that are soft-deleted, sticky, unapproved, and/or closed.

If there are threads on other pages, that you would like to add to the list, you can go to those pages and add the threads as well. Your browser must have Javascript enabled for this to work. You are limited to working with just the threads on one page if Javascript is disabled.

Once threads have been chosen, the Moderation drop down at the bottom of the page is used to perform the desired action.