Recent content by JamesAus

Is there a way to control Minimum time between discussions at a User Group level? Or some other way than it being applied at a global level?

If I somehow manage to find out why, I'll certainly report back! Thanks again for taking the time to assist.

I think you might have the wrong site actually, because I just have one Q&A question - it's difficult coming up with questions that aren't easily googleable but people will know the answer to. Thanks for those suggestions :)

Thanks Xon, yes I have: $config['fullUnicode'] = true; They made over 50 threads and seem to keep going until we catch them :( Damn! It's so strange then given I'm pretty much using an out of the box XenForo 😟

Thanks for replying Xon. The maximum messages to check for spam is: The only add-ons I have are these:

Thanks for replying. The only setting I can think to check is this one that is set corrrectly at No

Thanks @ENF - any idea why it wouldn't be working in my case, and what to look for?

I have the following spam phrases setup to try and avoid Chinese spam my forum seem to be getting: It doesn't seem to be working however with multiple threads like this being created. You can see the yellow highlighted characters match one of the spam phrases. Does anyone have any ideas? Is...

Thanks very much guys :)

Is there a way to add more options to the Like button?

Thanks for the advice @Slavik - appreciate it. That's a very cool mod @ChrisTERiS - someone should definitely take you up on that kind offer! That's a good find Lukas - thanks for sharing. Shame there's no definition of what is and isn't considered excessive.

Don't get me wrong webbouk. I honestly really appreciate your take on the situation and as I said, I may well be left looking the fool but it's something I think is worth trying. I can't fault your logic and everything you said there is correct. I'll keep posting updates in this thread to...

Yes, that's my line of thinking too. See what the ICO has to say, but attempt to engage with the member and work out a common-sense middle-ground. I appreciate where @webbouk is coming from though, and can certainly see his point of view.

I don't disagree with anything you have said. I'm just nervous about whether there are any gotchas lurking that he could exploit. My site is a simple fan-site with a fairly small community, and I can really do without the headaches if he wants to take this any further. I don't have the $ or the...

I'm holding off for the moment, just from the point of view of not antagonizing him until the ICO reply and I know where I stand. He's apparently from what I've heard from a 3rd party - "He could argue the deletion of his data was unlawful in the European Union. That would be a whole other...