Charcoal HQ

Here you go:
I've noticed that you've linked to your own product/site several times in your answers now. Please just note if you want to promote or recommend your own product/blog, there are some [guidelines in place](https://stackoverflow.com/help/promotion) for doing so. In particular, I'd like to call your attention to this line: "Post good, relevant answers, and if some (**but not all**) happen to be about your product or website, that’s okay." Posting about other topics as well is a good way to avoid being mistaken for a spammer.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Why didn't you post it on the site?

Zoe

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/260638/…

> Excessive promotion is a bit different than spam. Excessive promotion occurs when a user answers the question, but then puts a link to their blog or website in their answer without disclosing that they are linking to their own website. They may do this for many answers

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

That's not this case

Don't overthink it

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in username: How to get a vector from my player's origin to the wall the player collisioned with? by serdar efe on stackoverflow.com

fp- by ByteCommander

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body: arm(Thumb-2) compare 32 bits and convert to hex by g319909.nwytg.coM on stackoverflow.com

Glorfindel

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

4:44 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in answer: Can non-torrent-supporting browsers run torrent clients like jstorrent.com for Chrome? by zameer khan on security.SE

tpu- by Glorfindel

Glorfindel

!!/watch nxttechnology\.net

SmokeDetector

@Glorfindel That pattern looks like it's already caught by Bad ns for domain in answer and Bad ns for domain in body; append -force if you really want to do that.

Glorfindel

!!/watch-force nxttechnology\.net

SmokeDetector

@Glorfindel Added nxttechnology\.net to watchlist

CI on 2519027 succeeded. Message contains 'autopull', pulling...

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 2519027 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of nxttechnology\.net by Glorfindel --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

Restart: API quota is 15066.

quartata

@Mithrandir thank

WELZ

4:51 PM

@Glorfindel you on keybase?

Glorfindel

nope

SmokeDetector

5:03 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, +2 more: How does Luna Trim work? by Tions 19 on superuser.com

tpu- by Glorfindel

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, +2 more: What are the substances contained in the Luna Trim? by Tions 19 on workplace.SE

tpu- by Glorfindel

SmokeDetector

5:23 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in answer, link at end of answer, username similar to website in answer: Swift execution sequence multithreading by Ritika Patel on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by J F

John Dvorak

5:35 PM

Who thinks this is a genuine question? biology.stackexchange.com/questions/72162/…

SFTP

Could be. People are strange.

WELZ

waiting for answer like: "buy our product to reduce white hair!"

Princess Luna

Possible spam seed from the looks of things

SFTP

Spam seeds are usually in the form of a question.

Princess Luna

Could be bad english that causes that though

SFTP

5:49 PM

Yes, could be that too. But it's adequately explained by ~~stupidity~~ senility.

I DVed and flagged as unclear.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: How does one go about creating a P2P Javascript VPN like Hola VPN does? by John on superuser.com

Princess Luna

12 stars on a 0 score question xD

Princess Luna

6:03 PM

!!/report stackoverflow.com/a/49721018/6296561

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: IVR Scriptting with database validation by John on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: IVR Scriptting with database validation by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Floern

Princess Luna

sd - 2k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: What to do when the reviewer of a conference submission provides very negative ratings and almost no comments? by John on academia.SE

Princess Luna

sd k

WELZ

!!/watch avbio\.org

SmokeDetector

6:11 PM

@WELZ Added avbio\.org to watchlist

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 158e422 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of avbio\.org by WELZ --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

Restart: API quota is 14382.

tpu by Nisse Engström on IVR Scriptting with database validation [MS]

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer, pattern-matching website in answer: how to change footer content in wordpress by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu by Zoe

tpu- by Floern

Princess Luna

!!/watch-force new-cracks\.com

SmokeDetector

@PrincessLuna That pattern looks like it's already caught by Pattern-matching website in body and Pattern-matching website in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.

@PrincessLuna You don't have code privileges, but I've created PR#1986 for you.

fp by Nisse Engström on How does one go about creating a P2P Javascript VPN like Hola VPN does? [MS]

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer, potentially bad keyword in answer: What is the value of a Casino Bonus? by John on math.SE

Princess Luna

sd k

!!/watch-force takebonus\.com

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer: IAF Neuron simulation not running? [Matlab-undefined] by Mike X Cohen on stackoverflow.com

@PrincessLuna That pattern looks like it's already caught by Potentially bad keyword in body and Potentially bad keyword in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.

@PrincessLuna You don't have code privileges, but I've created PR#1987 for you.

tpu by Nisse Engström on What is the value of a Casino Bonus? [MS]

fp- by Makyen

fp by Nisse Engström

Makyen

@SmokeDetector Sufficient disclosure, IMO

SmokeDetector

6:28 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive title detected: how to get value from pedometer android xamarin by Code Bank on stackoverflow.com

Princess Luna

sd fp-

SmokeDetector

fp- by Floern

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in answer, link at end of answer: Is it possible to download apk from google play programmatically to PC? by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Floern

SFTP

All these Johns with their links...

Jake Symons

Thought I'd flag some spam in my "break" from the work :)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@SmokeDetector haha

SFTP

6:33 PM

@SmokeDetector Funny how the previous iteration of the same post (same URL) was also posted there by "John", but in 2016.

A different account though.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

That post is johnophile

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: i'm trying to split an arraylist into multiple arrayLists by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Jake Symons

Princess Luna

sd - k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Paging a collection with LINQ by John on stackoverflow.com

Undo

6:48 PM

Anything important happen in the last three days or so,

Anything important happen in the last three days or so?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: Paging a collection with LINQ by John on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: Paging a collection with LINQ by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Floern

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Anything important happen in the last three days or so!

SmokeDetector

naa- by Makyen on Paging a collection with LINQ [MS]

Undo

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Yay for mobile :)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Anything important happen in the last three days or so¥

SmokeDetector

6:50 PM

Merged SmokeDetector #1986.

SFTP

@Makyen disagree with NAA call, the John is trolling.

SmokeDetector

tpu- by WELZ on Paging a collection with LINQ [MS]

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev ec48a11 (metasmoke: Merge pull request #1986 from Charcoal-SE/auto-blacklist-1523211557.855345 --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

Restart: API quota is 14052.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Why people at StackOverFlow close questions and delete answers? by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Makyen

Makyen

@SFTP Given the subsequent reports, I agree. However, that is not obvious from that single report, which is all I had seen at the time I gave feedback. Changing.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Is this a constructor (C++) by John on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: Is this a constructor (C++) by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Floern

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@SmokeDetector my goodness that question

@SmokeDetector K

SmokeDetector

6:59 PM

tpu- by Makyen on Is this a constructor (C++) [MS]

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Email in answer: Can I use Bitcoin to send money from a US bank to an Indonesian bank? by Jane on bitcoin.SE

tpu- by WELZ

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox? by John on superuser.com

tpu- by WELZ

DavidPostill

sigh

!!/report superuser.com/a/1312030/337631

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox? by John on superuser.com

DavidPostill

^^^ rude/abusive

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox? by John on superuser.com

tpu- by WELZ

tpu- by JAD on How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox? [MS]

DavidPostill

7:18 PM

At least it's free flags ... :/

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer: Can turboprop blades break the sound barrier? by Mark L Wiley on aviation.SE (@Federico)

naa- by WELZ

fp- by Floern

WELZ

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body: Why some monarchs are sent to exile after a country is declared a republic? by a deleted user on history.SE

SFTP

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

tpu by WELZ on How to control websites' use of localStorage in Firefox? [MS]

tpu by WELZ on Is this a constructor (C++) [MS]

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Javascript performance, conditional statement vs assignment operator by John on stackoverflow.com

tpu- by Floern

Makyen

7:29 PM

@SmokeDetector Still alive [ MS ]

DavidPostill

!!/report superuser.com/a/1312012/337631

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: How does one go about creating a P2P Javascript VPN like Hola VPN does? by John on superuser.com

tpu- by JAD

WELZ

!!/watch cloudwards\.net

SmokeDetector

@WELZ Added cloudwards\.net to watchlist

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, luncheon meat detected, no whitespace in answer: Grant permission required for EXTERNAL_STORAGE in Android M? by Darin clark on stackoverflow.com

CI on d5a910f succeeded. Message contains 'autopull', pulling...

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev d5a910f (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of cloudwards\.net by WELZ --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

Restart: API quota is 13696.

New metasmoke user 'John Smith' created

WELZ

!!/whois admin

SmokeDetector

7:42 PM

New metasmoke user 'Admin' created

@WELZ I am aware of 5 admins. Currently in this room: ArtOfCode. Not currently in this room: Andy, angussidney, tripleee, Undo.

New metasmoke user 'root' created

New metasmoke user 'n00b' created

New metasmoke user 'root' created

SFTP

!!/report webapps.stackexchange.com/a/116157/135384 webapps.stackexchange.com/a/116155/135384 webapps.stackexchange.com/a/116154/135384

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (batch report: post 1 out of 3): Counting timestamp considering time and date by Malaysia Dating Hookup on webapps.SE

SFTP

Why weren't these caught?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (batch report: post 2 out of 3): How to calculate and chart cumulative flex time? by Malaysia Dating Hookup on webapps.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (batch report: post 3 out of 3): How to set groups "Recommended by the admins" in a Facebook group? by Malaysia Dating Hookup on webapps.SE

J F

!!/scan webapps.stackexchange.com/a/116157/135384

SmokeDetector

7:47 PM

tpu- by Glorfindel on Counting timestamp considering time and date [MS]

SFTP

!!/report webapps.stackexchange.com/q/116156

WELZ

!!/watch Malaysia\W?Dating\W?Hookup

SmokeDetector

tpu- by Floern

tpu- by J F on How to calculate and chart cumulative flex time? [MS]

@JF Cannot find data for this post in the API. It may have already been deleted.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question: HERE IS MY TESTIMONY ON HOW I GOT A RICH SUGAR MUMMY CONNECTION by Malaysia Dating Hookup on webapps.SE

Glorfindel

@SFTP FWIW !!/allspam would've worked as well. Its function has been changed.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev e3ec83b (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of Malaysia\W?Dating\W?Hookup by WELZ --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

SFTP

7:48 PM

Thanks. I actually saw these in LA review queue, one by one.

MS says they would not be caught otherwise.

SmokeDetector

Restart: API quota is 13589.

SFTP

I see, it's because of WhatsApp instead of email.

Glorfindel

!!/watch sugar\W?mummy

John Dvorak

Userscript idea: debounce identical Smokey's messages.

WELZ

@Glorfindel nearly jinx

SmokeDetector

7:50 PM

@Glorfindel Added sugar\W?mummy to watchlist

John Dvorak

takes care of that conflicting feedback bug

SmokeDetector

CI on 29365ac succeeded. Message contains 'autopull', pulling...

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 29365ac (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of sugar\W?mummy by Glorfindel --autopull) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

Restart: API quota is 13569.

SFTP

Do we really need new MS users notifications anyway?

quartata

@SFTP any MS admin can turn them off

SmokeDetector

@JF I am aware of 5 admins. Currently in this room: ArtOfCode, tripleee. Not currently in this room: Andy, angussidney, Undo.

quartata

7:52 PM

we just prefer to keep them on

John Dvorak

They're interesting, once per SE user

DavidPostill

@SFTP Just ignore them for reasons we have already communicated.

John Dvorak

more than one MS user per SE user, less interesting

quartata

@JohnDvorak not actually what's happening but

point stands

SFTP

There is a regex for "messaging number" but it didn't match those posts from Web Apps...

quartata

7:54 PM

not on on every site I don't think

(also they have to start with the actual identifier e.g. qq)

SFTP

The relevant part is \bwh?atsapp?[ :]{0,5}\d{10}

Didn't match because of +

The posts had WHATSAPP +601.... and whatsaapp +6011....

The second also had double a, but the + sign is the real issue.

I'll add a PR.

quartata

@SFTP oh you meant a literal plus sign

that confused me for a bit

John Dvorak

!!/report pets.stackexchange.com/questions/20112/homes-needed-in-june

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question: Homes needed in June by mavis on pets.SE

SFTP

@JohnDvorak why

JAD

8:02 PM

doesn't look like spam

John Dvorak

It doesn't look like a question to me

rene

@JohnDvorak close vote then?

SFTP

That true. But mistaking a site about Pets for a place where one can give pets away is a natural thing to do.

JAD

well yeah, but red flagging it seems entirely heavy handed

Jake Symons

I've been asking some more questions on various sites, and I think that I've got into this now and can finally start earning some rep :)

SmokeDetector

8:17 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body: API integration using PHP curl by pfiguer1 on stackoverflow.com

DavidPostill

22 messages deleted

SmokeDetector

fp- by Jake Symons

DavidPostill

25 messages deleted

Jake Symons

@DavidPostill while your around, whats the best tag to get rep on super user?

DavidPostill

@JakeSymons shrug no idea. whatever you can answer :)

7 messages deleted

SmokeDetector

8:21 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body: URL Parameters for Form Selections by Jhy on stackoverflow.com

fp- by DavidPostill

SFTP

@JakeSymons Most and least rewarding tags to answer

But yes, it's the tag you know most about.

Jake Symons

@SFTP There's a SEDE for everything round here :)

DavidPostill

@SFTP Oh, I like that :)

SmokeDetector

8:46 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: Why do dogs not appear to be comfortable walking with socks on? by WYATT on pets.SE

tpu- by Makyen

SmokeDetector

9:03 PM

fp by Nisse Engström on API integration using PHP curl [MS]

Ferrybig

@DavidPostill I never knew that moderators had a mass delete tool, interesting to know

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body: Missing Images after Adding Schema by user461117 on wordpress.SE

SFTP

@SmokeDetector f

> This turned out to be a coding issue which I fixed.

What a useful answer.

John Dvorak

NAA

SFTP

Yes, and question is OT / too localized.

WordPress actually has that OT reason.

SmokeDetector

9:10 PM

fp by Nisse Engström

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Repeating characters in title: .net core cyrillic text is displayed �� by B Dimitrov on stackoverflow.com

John Dvorak

Wait for me, I'll be th... oh, wait, that's PHP, isn't it?

SmokeDetector

fp- by Floern

fp by Nisse Engström

Princess Luna

sd - - fp

SmokeDetector

[:43879294] <skipped>
[:43879291] <skipped>
[:43879287] Registered question as false positive.

SFTP

(The answer is NAA but it was the question that got reported.)

SmokeDetector

9:13 PM

tpu by Nisse Engström on Grant permission required for EXTERNAL_STORAGE in Android M? [MS]

tpu by Nisse Engström on Paging a collection with LINQ [MS]

CI on 367bd2e succeeded.

[ metasmoke ] ci/circleci failure on c1c900d: Your tests failed on CircleCI

[ metasmoke ] ci/circleci success on 3b4bc12: Your tests passed on CircleCI!

ArtOfCode

@Undo good to deploy

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username: How do I use genetic algorithm to in Java? by fuckyou on superuser.com

fp- by Jake Symons

Mithrandir

9:30 PM

@SmokeDetector left a comment and a mod flag

angussidney

@ArtOfCode while you’re at I think could you have a look at/merge #397?

SmokeDetector

[ metasmoke ] ci/circleci success on 58f0056: Your tests passed on CircleCI!

[ metasmoke ] ci/circleci success on f4ea274: Your tests passed on CircleCI!

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly dots in answer: Position copied content within guides using a single PS Action by Hitcenzo Ragapaolo on graphicdesign.SE

naa- by Jake Symons

Jake Symons

@SmokeDetector well, not really :)

WELZ

Somebody has a sock

J F

Is it intentional that 2FA doesn’t happen when you sign in with SE @ArtOfCode?

WELZ

9:55 PM

!!/watch horusdynamics\.com

SmokeDetector

@WELZ Added horusdynamics\.com to watchlist

WELZ

!!/watch gemsratna\.com

SmokeDetector

@WELZ That pattern looks like it's already caught by Potentially bad keyword in answer and Potentially bad keyword in body; append -force if you really want to do that.

Mithrandir

!!/addblu puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/47639/drone

SmokeDetector

@Mithrandir User blacklisted (47639 on puzzling.stackexchange.com).

Mithrandir

9:55 PM

@WELZ ^that's easier.

WELZ

@Mithrandir mods not just gonna nuke the user?

Mithrandir

And more easily reversible.

SmokeDetector