Question for other mods

Regular
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Joined: 20 Nov 2004
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Anyone know how to batch delete multiple posts?
http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/7595p140.html
(Don’t delete these yet - I want other mods to see so they know what I’m talking about)
I’ve been in the background trying to clean up those crazy mp4 portable player threads in the main sections. The ones hundreds of posts long are driving me cuckoo. The ICM.XVID one I must have deleted like 200 posts - gibberish, quotes without anything else, or just broken english that say the same thing over and over again (I’m wondering if bots are doing this). The sentence “I can not play some videos and movies. my real player want support of ICM.XVID please let me know how to download this” must have appeared at least 100 times (diff dates, diff poster names, and not including quotes!)

is causing chaos.
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Joined: 04 Jul 2006
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Haven’t a clue....right now we’re stuck with one by one...however it can be done quicker by deleting a post, then changing the number in the URL to instantly delete the next one. But you have to be careful to not end up going too far or in the wrong direction.

The Magnificent Bastard
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Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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I always just opened them up as separate tabs and deleted them, that way you don’t have to go back to the topic after you deleted them.

If you want a hand in deleting some things, just let me know.
I try and moderate that section too but as you have found out, it is..how do we say..A BIG JOB.

Theres just no real way of predicting which topics are spammed or rule breaking without breezing through each topic and looking for breaches.

Anyhow, my services are avalible for you if you so desire.

Fight the good fight mate and good luck.

Guardian of MvC
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^ What he said.

Right click on delete message and open them up in different tabs, that way you can simply speed through them.