@Yatin 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.
@ppwater I am aware of 8 admins. Currently in this room: tripleee, Makyen, ArtOfCode. Not currently in this room: Thomas Ward, angussidney, thesecretmaster, Andy, Undo.
@ppwater Definitely old, but it looks like really old spam to me. There's a "Julien" that writes for that site's blog and runs their subreddit. Not sure if it's the same Julien, but it's not a stretch to assume.
@ppwater It's possible that the question was asking for exactly what that answer links to. I can't see it, though (<10k)
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, pattern-matching product name in body, potentially bad keyword in body (391): How To Buy Divatrim Keto Pills? by divatrimmoon on askubuntu.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in body, potentially bad asn for hostname in body, potentially bad ns for domain in body, potentially bad keyword in body (102): Statistics Homework Help by Sophia Jones on movies.SE
@SmokeDetector I was wondering, we flag answers with only links as link only but we leave questions that don't list the steps followed and just link to an article they followed. :/
@Yatin Well... Those answers aren't answers, so "Not an answer" is kinda the flag that makes sense. If a question is just "I was following (article) and I got stuck please help" that's still very closeable as needing details or clarity or debugging details or what have you. Ideally, the question doesn't need the link to the article at all.
If the question is worded in a way where the article is just supplementary, then the link to it should be able to be ignored, and the question should focus on what specific problem they had while trying to follow along or whatever.
@Yatin That one I'm not sure. Maybe? It doesn't look very detailed. An error dump, a very tiny explanation, and a link to the article they were using. Not sure.
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword in link text in answer, blacklisted website in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer, potentially bad keyword in username (262): PHP: How to send HTTP response code? by Mel on stackoverflow.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword in link text in answer, blacklisted website in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer, potentially bad keyword in username (262): How do I add a new contact to Empathy? by Mel on askubuntu.com
@IanCampbell Yeah, it's subjective. I know it's fine if the website is mentioned in the OP's profile, and not the post itself. Don't know about a comment though, never tried it before.
@cigien The watchlist is sort of an "experimental" list, and stuff on it is pretty freely removed/added. If you say you saw it in a comment that the OP left and it's spammy (it's pretty darn spammy imo, some sort of apparel website) then watching it is fine. I've left a comment on the PR directing any future visitors to your explanation.
@rene The links are certainly relevant. The thing is they aren't quoting themselves. The quote is by JimEvans from the github link. The additional link to the forum where they wrote a message is not really quoted (though the first unquoted line in the answer is from the forum).
@cigien Yeah in general it's not really necessary but if it's pretty darn spammy, then it's fine. We're in the business of catching all of the spam we can :D
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer (269): Pin Generation by Elena S Alex on stackoverflow.com
A significant portion of spam contains commonly spammed links and product names, such as:
We*ght l*ss
M*le enh*ncement
Curse words
Almost any post containing these is spam, especially from a 1 rep user. Commonly spammed product names and links should be blacklisted. Why wait for the moderato...
A significant portion of spam contains commonly spammed links and product names, such as:
We*ght l*ss
M*le enh*ncement
Curse words
Almost any post containing these is spam, especially from a 1 rep user. Commonly spammed product names and links should be blacklisted. Why wait for the moderato...