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Norma

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[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW TO RETRIEVE DELETED CHROME BOOKMARKS.. FROM THE CLOUD, OR A RECYCLE BIN, OR FILE SOMEWHERE? by user549451 on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: Magnet wheel why does it not work by Daniel Griscom on physics.stackexchange.com

Norma

1:23 AM

@SmokeDetector ignore-

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Placed image doesn't show when saving as PDF by Nejiemoru Kurosawa on graphicdesign.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW CAN I SAVE CHROME BOOKMARKS TO PREVENT DAILY ACCIDENTAL DELETION? - AND MAYBE GET DELETED ONES BACK? by user549451 on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body: Delete hfhjfhjgfjhgfjhgfhjgfhjgf by Jen on biology.stackexchange.com

1:50 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Schtasks Permissions Error on Administrative User? by J. B. on stackoverflow.com

2:01 AM

Backoff received of 10 seconds.

^ @hichris123 backoff works, it seems.

No idea why it was given, though.

I wonder if it has to do with peak hours for question asking.

shrug

And you changed your name, @Norma. :P

> They set you on the treadmill, and they made you change your name.

...

!!/errorlogs 100

Nothing since the 21st. :D

2:20 AM

Doorknob

"Who's this Minestrone gu— oh."

Actually quite a good analogy...

Doorknob

Disappointed that you didn't continue chopping off characters from the end, though. :P

@Doorknob Who's this Dorknob guy?

2:46 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps body: logic behind decoded messages by user98106 on security.stackexchange.com

Smokey posted ~3/8 less reports to the Tavern this week: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/users/266345/smokedetector.

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: I view Buy FIFA Coins by chancyhuang7 on english.stackexchange.com

@SmokeDetector k

3:43 AM

Restart: API quota is 9168.

@hichris123 And in this room, the stat is simply "1K"... no further information on hover. :(

@Minestrone Have you been measuring how successful your auto-comments are?

3:59 AM

@hichris123 Not in a formal way. I log them in Normal chatroom and review a sample of posts afterwards. I also log the tags that the bot commented about to make sure that they are indeed worth complaining about. (I.e., tags that are too obscure to be the primary tag on a question, like [square-numbers]).

I wouldn't define success as % of posts edited after auto-comment. Sometimes, when the bot points out that "Question about an integral" is not a good title, the OP just edits to "Problem about an integral". :/

4:12 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: Side outcomes of using Auralei adolescence Serum? by user315008 on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: Qualify For Weight-Loss Surgery by user98112 on security.stackexchange.com

sd 2k

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps answer: Android 4.0.3 has virtual keyboard with Y key in wrong place? by user147942 on android.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: REPEATED PDF ENTRY IN ONE INCREMENTAL EXCEL FILE by Maulin on superuser.com

4:34 AM

!!/pull

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 437ba86 (Normal Human: aging care pattern) (running on closet server)

Restart: API quota is 8993.

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: http://exposedwrinklecreamguide.co.uk/rejuv-es/ by Thxoxzso on drupal.stackexchange.com

4:47 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body: That Travel Profitable Diet Supplements? by kuroharwe on askubuntu.com

Will blacklist. ://retersweld.com/

New week, new sites. I sometimes wonder if there should be a process for removing sites that are no longer used... For how long can the regex stretch..?

5:06 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Have tolerating because you do have by Brandi Smith on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Using probably the last three years by Brandi Smith on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Fat Remedies - A Demand Of Every Person That Is Overweight by user315011 on meta.stackexchange.com

!!/test weightruinations.com

> Blacklisted website in body, blacklisted website in title
----------
Title - Position 1-21: weightruinations.com
Body - Position 1-21: weightruinations.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: In childrenis situation since their by Melissagwilco on drupal.stackexchange.com

sd k - 3k

!!/pull

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 1ee250d (Normal Human: +retersweld) (running on closet server)

Restart: API quota is 8837.

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Few days what can you do by karinakapoor on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: The Fantastic Natural Herbs Combination Wrinkle Remove by Dizymish on movies.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: How To Claim product Trial Offer? by ajklfdjuriya on askubuntu.com

5:24 AM

testofactorxandalphaxtrm and it still didn't match any pattern...

sd 3k

@Minestrone still getting closed quick-like. What's the problem? :)

Maybe "factorx"?

Or a variant of factor\w+.com...

I went with factorx|xtrm, simply factor\w+ would match everything with factory, etc false positives likely

Hence the "variant of" ^^^ ;)

!!/pull

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 53df0e5 (Normal Human: xtrm, factorx, testo patterns) (running on closet server)

Restart: API quota is 8767.

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body: HADOOP ONLINE TRAINING by pralaya1313 on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: The reason aging signs appear is in view by dolisamax on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: The reason aging signs appear is in view by dolisamax on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: The reason aging signs appear is in view by dolisa max on drupal.stackexchange.com

5:40 AM

sd 4k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body: Easiest Way To Lose Weight Naturally by user56787 on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] URL-only title, bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in title: http://wellnesssystemreport.co.uk/rejuv-es/ by deanhein on askubuntu.com

5:58 AM

sd 2k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Alex's for 165 dollars I think this is a really good by snowfallkd on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: The great old attempting go we can by jeffkkilgore on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: it will this a hint about one from to come Alta both by Neweyes Pk on superuser.com

sd 3k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body: How To Pick The Best Fat Loss Products by derathfaed on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: http://avoirantiaging.com/shadowhawk-x800/ by welishert on drupal.stackexchange.com

6:25 AM

sd f 2k

6:39 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: now if you haven't tried those by Kimberly Adams on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: The development starts by wendyjoan on webapps.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: I do for just started your annex product by ginatrivac on superuser.com

sd 3k

6:54 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in body: Lentils are pen reveal legumes by user37010 on money.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: nuvolexa cream Review - Does It Really Works? by Andrewez on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Why exactly did Summer break up with Tom? by shokishah on movies.stackexchange.com

SD 3K

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: Lack of amino Brain Plus IQ acids by Angela956 on workplace.stackexchange.com

7:15 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body: Best Weight Loss Product by clintonunruh on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Skin care Product So the pictures from by virginiagor17 on askubuntu.com

sd 3k

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: FREEBASE Music Artist explorer by buyytsubscriber on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body: FIFA 16 anytime to affection by memorygame on gaming.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Out horizontally here so as to get by kinzasunbe on superuser.com

sd 3k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: lines, it is regularly intense mending works expanded by Zubia juriyam on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: and afterward added to the framework is being sanitized. by grossjuriya on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: bargain between the different items in the business by grossjuriya on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: and delivers flexibility. Your skin is smooth associations by grossjuriya on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: utilization of Youth Serum. Because of its normal fixings by Zubia juriyam on drupal.stackexchange.com

7:31 AM

sd 5k

7:48 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, email in answer: Can anybody cash my check by using an ATM? Does the machine check the name of the check and debit card? by John David on money.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, email in answer: Buying checks from places besides your bank? How does it work? by John David on money.stackexchange.com

sd 2k

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: The product consists of all the natural by majoaygoany on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: specify every 2 hours to a healthful by dianurow on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in body: Weight Stop That Procrastination quickest by dianurow on academia.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: NEVER a food change Weight Loss by dianurow on android.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Need BlueJ help: Method Call array by rterge on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: Weight Loss tips one finds around by dianurow on anime.stackexchange.com

8:08 AM

sd 6k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Dog for beginners video soon as well by Brandi Smith on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: roughly their eating habits Brain Plus IQ by An gela on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: Sanitation my most loved Wales because by jeffkkilgore on mathematica.stackexchange.com

sd 3k

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Boost stamina, endurance and power during workouts by Corybaillar on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: How to Medicinal uses? by ortyasmith on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: This product has potent andere? by yabjkamax on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: It keeps your skin cells completely hydrated? by yabjka max on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: favor of using only This Serum anti? by yabjkamax on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Greatest Fat Loss Product Available On The Market Alli by Joanlucayi on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body: This Serum and now I am going to discuss? by yabjkamax on askubuntu.com

8:37 AM

sd 7k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Secure move together with Movers And Packers In Hyderabad by sultanmirza on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body: SAP SECURITY Online Training by sahru on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: 10 StartUp Mistakes You Should Avoid by Rahil Desoza on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: alpha tocopherol is not natural vitamin E.? by ortyasmith on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: ascorbic acid is not natural vitamin C,? by ortyasmith on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: Live and Dry Layered Blood Analysis? by ortyasmith on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: Bruste Active for all baby by alexjhon12ab on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: That you can put oil out into the her by jeffkkilgore on stackoverflow.com

9:24 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: How Does TestoRip X Work? Is it safe to use? by user549556 on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: http://exposedwrinklecreamguide.co.uk/rejuv-es/ by kvinol on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: How to take NitroNos X Muscles Booster Supplement? by user549556 on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: How Will product abilities Me? by minsjiibond on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: Cream phase have an have an have an impact on on? by minsjiibond on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: Building your muscles can provide by JasonMay on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Good mailed doing in there to John by geria korsa on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: What Does Beauty Genuinely Show For Your Requirements? by FunkeCarol on drupal.stackexchange.com

10:05 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps answer: Is ISIS made by the USA? by user30897 on skeptics.stackexchange.com

Wrzlprmft

10:16 AM

!!/report academia.stackexchange.com/a/62236/7734

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: "Can't" and "don't" in a mathematical paper by user48150 on academia.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body: Boost your collagen and elastin production Now! by AlexanderHardy on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Numbers-only title: 35 + 6 = 30 + 11 by Lojik Overload on math.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: how to Boost stamina, endurance and power during workouts? by rickylevi on askubuntu.com

10:46 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Short IF - ELSE statement by sdfs on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: What is Crazy Mass? by saltr hari on superuser.com

11:10 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body: BEST ETL TESTING Online Training by zuckerberg12 on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in body: A healthy intake of memory foods by drewlolo6 on workplace.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: The Best Led Flashlight by hertwelis on drupal.stackexchange.com

Restart: API quota is 6852.

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, pattern-matching website in answer: How can I make the reading and the writing of files faster in c++? by allennicol on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: Brain Plus IQ Among the foods bad for academician by colwestru11 on engineering.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: How an e-commerce website can help healthcare companies in growth? by garvita on superuser.com

11:52 AM

@SmokeDetector No link, but I don't really care...

sd 3k - 4k

sd 9- k - k

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: applying olive oil as being a cosmetic by stephanhaurn on gaming.stackexchange.com

12:11 PM

> there are makeup products made especially for guys plus one of the most preferred is named a guyliner

in The Bridge, Jan 18 at 16:55, by Grace Note

@Sterno That's the kind of word that makes me want to grind someone's bones to make my porridge.

Sci-Fi soap opera election continues...

in 2016 Science Fiction & Fantasy Moderator Election, 10 hours ago, by Shog9

@MikeEdenfield one of the candidates later had their account deleted. Three more nominees withdrew during the primary phase.

Wrzlprmft

@Minestrone Yes, but that comment has nothing to do with it. It’s about an election on Arqade.

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Cautious undesirable contacts with cream? by pakmanjwm on askubuntu.com

@Wrzlprmft Thanks... still waking up here.

Sci-Fi is on the verge of having a primary, 10 candidates with 7 hours left in nomination phase.

12:34 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: removing space between numbers from a text file by NFNMZYF on stackoverflow.com

!!/test cheats4game.com

> Url in title, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title
----------
Title - Position 6-22: //cheats4game.co
Body - Position 6-22: //cheats4game.co
Title - Position 1-23: http://cheats4game.com

It seems that .ru TLD should be added there.

!!/test getnaturalcleansingformula.co.uk

> Would not be caught for title, body, and username.

Come on...

!!/test somecleanse.com

12:41 PM

> Pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title
----------
Title - Position 5-15: cleanse.co
Body - Position 5-15: cleanse.co

The pattern had "cleanse" but not "cleansing"...

!!/pull

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 4fadc6b (Normal Human: mindextra, more patterns) (running on closet server)

Restart: API quota is 6379.

1:01 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What keeps lightsabers from going through each other? by Dolan Tramp on scifi.stackexchange.com

1:12 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Did Shree Sadguru, Shree Nityananda, Shree Ramdev, Shree Brahma Baba from Brahma Kumaris really awoke their chakras? by uttamjaiswal on hinduism.stackexchange.com

2:07 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: How can I convert Mentum Planet .pln (or .msi) file to SPLAT! .az and .el format? by John Shultz on electronics.stackexchange.com

2:24 PM

30 posts flagged automatically last night...

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected, repeating characters in answer: Re installing Wamp Server without replacing the existing mysql database by xxx on stackoverflow.com

@SmokeDetector k

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, blacklisted website in answer: How to download video from instagram? by April Graham on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: RESOURCE PICTURES NOT INCLUDE IN DIRECTORY by melvin manangan on stackoverflow.com

2:51 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: http://nationalfitnesspoint.com/geniux-scam/ by reborn cake on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: Spam censored - waiting for deletion by reborn cake on security.stackexchange.com

3:44 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Uninstall Spy Apps by Mustafa Kharib on android.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: How to convert coverage (.adf) to shapefile? by Anis Arafat on gis.stackexchange.com

3:59 PM

@SmokeDetector k - this is actually spam - the adf.ly link has had the account behind it suspended.

4:24 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: If I win the lottery, what is the best way to secure this money? by susan on money.stackexchange.com

4:35 PM

@SmokeDetector k

4:49 PM

grr, I couldn't figure out who @Minestrone was and who made him an owner -_-

You'd think I'd have learned by now

6:14 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Can we use our background in bootstrap? by LuanComputacao on stackoverflow.com

!!/help

@quartata I'm SmokeDetector, a bot that detects spam and offensive posts on the network and posts alerts to chat. A command list is available here.

Interesting, this has a link at the end but didn't trip Smokey

oop it's already gone

CR mods are speedy

Link at end is only active on some sites, which does not include CR.

@Minestrone Ah.

6:19 PM

Do you remember the URL?

Yeah I have the page still open in another tab

!!/test www.psychicfuguestudio.net

> Would not be caught for title, body, and username.

What about the gibberish filter? Is that still a thing?

!!/test Fggg-schghhhgjgkfft

> Would not be caught for title, body, and username.

That was in there...

6:22 PM

No, we stopped doing that because of false positives. It was just an avalanche of reports.

Ah.

However, there is something of the kind:

!!/test duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb

> Few unique characters in body, repeating characters in body, repeating characters in title
----------
Post - Contains 4 unique characters
Title - Repeated character: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Post - Repeated character: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

The overall body of the question was really weird, it had random keywords and snippets of code in it.

Might have been crafted to try to get around whatever SE's spam filter is

@Minestrone Ah yes I've seen that before

@quartata Actually it never really was a thing: it went to beta, and then it was shut down.

6:24 PM

@ProgramFOX All I remember was PPCG got excluded from it because of GolfScript :P

Anyways, why isn't link at end active on CR?

lol, but after a while we un-excluded all sites again and stripped everything we didn't need (code, MathJax, etc.) but we still got lots of FPs

@quartata Should it be?

Well it seems like it wouldn't hurt. I can't think of any legitimate reason for having a link at the end of a CR post unless it was a github link maybe

There are always strange posts with strange links: people linking to an image, to some file they have stored, to the website that they have broken CSS on, etc.

Not to say that they should, or it's on-topic on CR. But those are non-spammy reasons for such links.

But why would it be at the bottom of the post?

At any rate, if it isn't on-topic on CR it is something Smokey should note.

Smokey catches a lot of unclear or weird questions on SO, not just spam

By an accident. We don't want posts from around the network that are merely off-topic. Most of us have 101 rep on a given site, so can't close anyway. If it's not spam/abusive flaggable, it's noise.

6:36 PM

There are "should be closed" flags.

Yeah, but "should be closed" != "spam/abusive", and that's the flag type we aim for.

OK, but my point is that the amount of false positives (not spam but should be closed primarily) that would be caught with this would not only be minimal but also not necessarily a bad thing to catch.

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body: Can you do your own business from android phone by Rishi Gupta on english.stackexchange.com

@Minestrone why is your parent site Open Data? Just curious :P

Restart: API quota is 3814.

6:47 PM

Because I have no interest in participating in that site, hence (almost?) no risk of being suspended there.

@Minestrone Well that's one way of doing it :)

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body, repeating characters in body: proving an identity involving binomial coefficients by Fei on math.stackexchange.com

Do you need to !!/pull the update to the link blacklist? Or does it automatically restart?

You have to pull it

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Alcohol in Supplements Halal Or Haram? by Hoyo on islam.stackexchange.com

6:52 PM

!!/pull

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev 1c5a1ed (Normal Human: psychic fugue studio) (running on closet server)

@SmokeDetector I can't tell if this is legit or really really subtle spam

Restart: API quota is 3783.

@quartata If that's spam, that's pretty clever.

Agreed.

6:57 PM

@Minestrone What do the check marks (ticks) and exes (crosses) mean there, please?

@msh210 spam or ham

Check marks mean yes it was spam crosses mean no it was a false positive

@quartata Thanks. And that's as decided by humans (e.g. in this chat room), right?

@msh210 Check: someone replied with "true/tp/tpu" to confirm as spam/abuse. Cross: someone replied with false.

@msh210 Yes.

Thanks, folks.

6:59 PM

Although this isn't the only chat where Smokey runs.

So what's a double check or ex? Two people responded?

Yeah, two people responded.

Okay. Thanks for the info.

So maybe someone here said sd k and someone in Meta Tavern said sd k too.

mhm. So what happens if someone here says yes, it's spam?

What happens to the post, I mean?

7:00 PM

Smokey doesn't do anything.

But usually the humans flag it into oblivion.

We're working on an auto flagger though I believe

@quartata Meaning, people in Tavern or this room (for example)? But most of them don't have the rep on the smaller sites, right?

@msh210 The association bonus is enough for flags.

@quartata Oh. Oops. :-)

Well, much kudos to whoever wrote this bot ( @Undo, right?).

Undo was the original author yes. But lots of people are working on it now

@quartata Well, kudos to y'all, then.

7:06 PM

@msh210 Originally @ManishEarth, now we have a whole bunch of people working on it

@Undo Oh.

@Undo Oh, I didn't know.

I feel dumberer than everer

I just host it ;)

Speaking of auto-flagger: the break down of my 30 automatic flags from last night was: SU 8, Drupal 7, AU 5, Security 4, Workplace, Arqade, Academia, Android, Anime, Mathematica

(I'm ignoring SO and Meta)

@Minestrone Not bad.

Higher volume than I would have expected

7:10 PM

There were about 90 reports during 12-4 time window (according to metasmoke). Nothing out of ordinary.

On that topic, metasmoke hasn't 503'd for a while.

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body: Contrasted with yours part t by Winlogogi on stackoverflow.com

@SmokeDetector postgone

Did I do that right?

yeah

but it's too late to edit

7:25 PM

we should just get Smokey a diamond

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: You might expect Derma ProMedics to be rare by Woodrozw on askubuntu.com

@SmokeDetector tp

@msh210 Recorded question as true positive in metasmoke. Use tpu or trueu if you want to blacklist a user.

What do the user blacklist & user whitelist do?

Whitelist doesn't do much. Blacklist means every post by that user (on that site) will be reported from now on.

7:31 PM

@Minestrone Ah, thanks.

@SmokeDetector k

7:43 PM

@SmokeDetector why

@msh210 There is no why data for that post (anymore).

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Alcohol in Supplements Halal Or Haram? by Hoyo on islam.stackexchange.com

sd f

8:18 PM

@Minestrone Seriously though, why does Drupal get so much spam?

8:30 PM

@msh210 Why data is only kept for the last 50 posts

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Cheese from UHT Milk by user42837 on cooking.stackexchange.com

@quartata It's stored in metasmoke now, though

@Undo Right

@quartata No, left.

Middle

I'm also kinda surprised Cooking SE doesn't get more spam

Does metasmoke have stats on average number of reports per week or whatever for each site

8:32 PM

@quartata No idea, but Undo can probably pull that kind of stuff from the database.

Would be interesting if we could compare that to the number of spam posts deleted on sites. (would need 10k rep though)

That would show us if we're missing a lot of posts on certain sites

@quartata You might look at the second graph on metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/graphs

Ooh.

This is all reports I take it?

Since roughly August of last year

Did we really get no reports on 22 Jan?

8:39 PM

Metasmoke was down.

^ rails amirite

That makes sense

Interesting. Code Review has the lowest amount of reports.

9:01 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Numbers-only title: 35 + 6 = 30 + 11 by Lojik Overload on math.stackexchange.com

9:21 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Can vegan or vegetarian diets have a positive effect on people with diabetes? by Sandra Milton on health.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: BMW E90 pre facelift - REST heat button / fuse by D. Müller on mechanics.stackexchange.com

sd k f

10:43 PM

Over 1,000,000 Java questions on Stack Overflow! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java?sort=newest&pageSize=50 (and only 5000 of them are about String equality)

Tweeted by lizardbill on January 25, 2016 at 8:53 PM

An election is cooking at Seasoned Advice

With my current username/avatar I might have a chance.

11:05 PM

heh

@JasonC @michaelb958 @apnorton If you have a few seconds, your input on relicensing SmokeDetector would be much appreciated: github.com/Charcoal-SE/SmokeDetector/issues/129.

in SO Close Vote Reviewers on Stack Overflow Chat, 4 mins ago, by hichris123

Poking @rene: https://github.com/Charcoal-SE/SmokeDetector/issues/129

Doorknob

whoops :P

No matter; @rene needs pings.

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: How to add GeoJSON layer with GraphHopper? by M-Rick on gis.stackexchange.com

@SmokeDetector why

@hichris123 Blacklisted user - blacklisted for gis.stackexchange.com/a/176181 by chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/4430249

11:10 PM

Blacklisted for metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/13731...

huh. Maybe the account's been compromised?

11:35 PM

API quota rolled over with 2005 requests remaining.

stackoverflow: 1428
superuser: 466
askubuntu: 454
math: 254
unix: 230
english: 219
physics: 205
drupal: 196
electronics: 162
magento: 153
gis: 147
scifi: 146
dba: 134
apple: 119
salesforce: 115
gaming: 104
programmers: 103
mathoverflow.net: 100
travel: 97
security: 95
worldbuilding: 94
sharepoint: 93
meta: 90
mathematica: 84
webapps: 83
wordpress: 83
android: 82
ell: 78
academia: 77
stats: 76
ru.stackoverflow: 74
money: 73
gamedev: 61
codegolf: 60
tex: 57
chemistry: 51
diy: 50
raspberrypi: 47
rpg: 47

@hichris123 No, it's an attempt to comment on the answer claiming that Apple App Store is incompatible with GPL, by giving a counterexample.

!!/rmblu gis.stackexchange.com/users/36978/m-rick

@Minestrone User removed from blacklist (36978 on gis.stackexchange.com).

@Minestrone Ohhh. I was looking at the question, not the remaining answer. :/

Deciphering author's intent from their jumbled writing is what I do for a living. :/

:P

11:46 PM

> Url in title, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title
----------
Title - Position 293-378: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2420589/libreoffice-50-arrives-with-windows-10-support
Body - Position 293-378: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2420589/libreoffice-50-arrives-with-windows-10-support
Title - Position 82-106: https://itunes.apple.com

And then there were three... thanks @apnorton. :)

apnorton

No problem! Thanks for the ping.

...I don't actually know what the license changes affect, but considering that my contributions to Smokey are few and far between, I suppose I'll trust we're not doing anything evil and give my consent. :P

:P

What we're doing is adding a license... technically, since we didn't have one, Smokey was full copyright.

apnorton

Ah

So we're making it MIT/Apache.

apnorton

11:49 PM

Ok.

Ooh! I wanted to do this but with automated closevotes on Math.SE: docs.google.com/document/d/…

(The automated flagging thing)

I've wanted to do that too, but closevoting is quite a bit harder. It's easy to identify blatant spam, but it's hard for a regex to identify an unclear/broad/whatever question with few false positives.

I'd suggest going for automated downvotes instead.

Generally, I've grown to prefer downvote and delete votes to closevotes.

Trivial questions are practically immune to closevoting: an answer arriving in seconds will beat 5 closevotes by a large margin. So an attempt to stomp out lazy problem dumps unintentionally creates a bias toward much-duplicated trivialities. Which by now get on my nerves more than lazy but non-duplicated questions.