For new & current users who can't get onto the board.

incognita · Post by **incognita** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:02 pm

Mutha recently updated the board and installed an aggressive anti-spambot filter, but it appears that at least couple of posters have been caught in it as well. If you're trying to log on or post and you get this message:

Antispam: account disabled, please contact an admin.

Please send an email to stew.moderator@gmail.com to let us know. Hopefully, we can get this glitch ironed out soon.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:02 pm

Is this why I keep getting a message to loggin again and then getting Chucked Out??

This Site is a fucking Joke.

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:18 pm

No, that is a really old message.

Basically we're too big for our webhost to deal with. Board may crash at some point again like it did a few weeks ago. Muthafunky (board admin) had a trouble ticket in with the web host asking why our memory isn't what we're paying for, or something.

Hit "cancel" when you see the login message, and refresh your screen. If it repeats, do it again. We're all getting it.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:05 pm

Cheers me dear!

I also fancied posting on this Sticky as no one has replied for nearly a year and I thought it a tad lonely.

(If it comes up after a long typing reply and you cancel and hit F5, do you lose all your wonderful prose?)

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:16 pm

I do the C&P thing too just in case. Though if I just hit "back" after cancel it usually works.

F5? I'm on a mac! That reminds me of Windows 3.1! (No disrespect to muthafunky the stew God.)

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:11 pm

I assume it's a Big Mac, you being in the US!

I'm on Windows 8 - I just waft my hands at the screen and it seems to type what I want.

On Windows 8, it's F13!

harry_flashman · Post by **harry_flashman** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Is this site hosted on IIS? Reason I ask is that when I switched from Opera to IE I had no problems logging in.

muthafunky · Post by **muthafunky** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:50 pm

Yes, it's IIS. I would be very surprised if browser mattered as the error generated is server side but I suppose nothing surprises me when it comes to Microsoft technology.

harry_flashman · Post by **harry_flashman** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:18 pm

[quote="muthafunky"]Yes, it's IIS. I would be very surprised if browser mattered as the error generated is server side but I suppose nothing surprises me when it comes to Microsoft technology.[/quote]

I have on many occasions seen those having problems making online bookings encounter problems with browers other than IE. Fact is it might be shit but I still reckon that most web applications are written with microshaft in mind

incognita · Post by **incognita** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:41 am

Bumping this up as people are reporting they can't easily find the email addy for the admins.

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:42 am

This is a test to see if this site will allow me to post since up to now it won't.

Warmest Regards, Smoker

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:43 am

Another test to see if the board will change it's mind and allow me to post.

Warmest Regards, Smoker

incognita · Post by **incognita** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:58 pm

Smoker, there is a short 'probation' period where a mod has to pre-approve your posts. You only have a few more to go and you should be able to zoom right through it.

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:19 am

Another test to see if the board will allow me to post or does the board start off by initially banning new posters?

Warmest Regards, Smoker

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:20 am

I really hate censorship and this site is not presenting a first good impression.

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:30 pm

Smoker wrote:I really hate censorship and this site is not presenting a first good impression.

Sorry; everyone has to go through it. We get more than 200 spambots a day that try to post. The probation period is the only effective way we have found to let the legitimate posters through. Unfortunately, you've been posting at a time when not a lot of moderators are online to approve. But you should be past the probation period soon if not already. It goes by number of posts, so you're doing the right thing.

Also, as far as message board go, we're actually very light on censorship once you're actually past the probation period.

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:45 pm

Weird. There are 4 replies here by 'smoker'. But the board only counted 2.

Smoker
Stew Ingredient
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:15 am

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:48 pm

chimes wrote:Weird. There are 4 replies here by 'smoker'. But the board only counted 2.

Smoker
Stew Ingredient
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:15 am

Yes, that bugged me a bit. What happened is I did a mass approve where I checked a bunch of them to approve at the same time. I did this twice. I hope the software counts all the real posts toward approval.

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:30 am

Hi pezworld,

[quote="pezworld"]Sorry; everyone has to go through it. We get more than 200 spambots [u]a day[/u] that try to post. The probation period is the only effective way we have found to let the legitimate posters through. [/quote]

Well by now it should be apparent that I am not a spambot so what are you waiting for?

[quote="pezworld"] The probation period is the only effective way we have found to let the legitimate posters through. [/quote]

Besides not being a spambot I am also not a Euro Lefty Cappachino Commie so does that make me legitimate or not legitimate?

[quote="pezworld"] Unfortunately, you've been posting at a time when not a lot of moderators are online to approve. [/quote]

What is unfortunate about that? I love the sandbox and won’t the board be improved by posters from thinly represented parts of the world?

[quote="pezworld"] But you should be past the probation period soon if not already. It goes by number of posts, so you're doing the right thing. [/quote]

So the plan is I just keep posting random whining about censorship and eventually you decide to stop censoring me.

[quote="pezworld"] Also, as far as message board go, we're actually very light on censorship once you're actually past the probation period. [/quote]

Yes that is what the thought police always say right up to that point they ban you for unclean thoughts.

BTW when I tried to plot my breakup story on the your worst break up thread I got this message:

“Your post looks too spamy for a new user, please remove bad words or non-english text. (porn)”

I never swear on message boards and there is no porn and I am not posting in Arabic so what is the problem?

Also when I tried to send a reply back to spampant’s private message the board wouldn’t allow me. Do you know any thing about that?

Anyway my break up story is more dramatic, pathetic, cringe worthy & childish than any of the stuff posted so far so you should allow me to put it up.

Warmest Regards, Smoker

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:19 am

.

@ Mutha

Can't you just give the server a gentle kick so it lets 'Smoker' in?

Unless PS is running on an intelligent server that is very much against smoking, that is...

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:50 am

How come the quotes don't work for me?

Am I doing something wrong?

And why can't I edit my above post with the screwed up quotes?

It is horrible to read and needed to be fixed up so how do I do that?

Thanks for any help.

Warmest Regards, Smoker

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:56 am

[quote="chimes"].

@ Mutha

Can't you just give the server a gentle kick so it lets 'Smoker' in?

Unless PS is running on an intelligent server that is very much against smoking, that is...[/quote]

Hi chimes,

Just doing another test to see if I can get the quotes to work on your post.

BTW I am a non-Smoker and if fact a pretty serious free diver and blue water hunter so have to keep the lungs pink rather than toasty.

FISH FEAR ME!

Warmest Regards, Smoker

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:35 pm

Smoker wrote:FISH FEAR ME!

Oh, I like you already! Some have talked about starting a fishing forum here but there are only a few hard-core fisherdudes. You'll find them and you'll like them. I don't fish enough to be considered a fisherdude, and I'm not a dude either. There are plenty of divers here too.

Where to begin? I haven't had enough coffee so in no particular order:

-Quotes may not work for any non-mod on this Troubleshooting branch, though that may be wrong. Certain functionality will be lacking for newer posters in any event. You'll get past it.

- One of the admins (there are two - muthafunky who's the board owner and incognita who's a regular admin) noticed there's a glitch with your handle, and I think she (incognita) may have somehow clicked a button to get you past the glitch. You are probably past the probation stage.

Besides not being a spambot I am also not a Euro Lefty Cappachino Commie so does that make me legitimate or not legitimate?

No more-or-less legit. There are more lefties than not, but we have a wide variety of non-commies here too, from the normal to the slightly insane.

And why can't I edit my above post with the screwed up quotes?

It is horrible to read and needed to be fixed up so how do I do that?

Editing functionality may be weird for you for a time, and when you're posting with gay abandon, your edited posts will be tagged as such. Mods can edit (their own or others') posts without it showing.

Well by now it should be apparent that I am not a spambot so what are you waiting for?

Yes, but see above. You have incognita to thank for possibly repairing your status. Otherwise it's something we can't easily fix until the poster gets past the probation period. I (ordinary mod) wouldn't be able to do it.

“Your post looks too spamy for a new user, please remove bad words or non-english text. (porn)”

I never swear on message boards and there is no porn and I am not posting in Arabic so what is the problem?

Hah. Possibly you posted a URL. This was a board software modification we had to implement to prevent all (unpaid) mods from quitting in a huff. It's a brilliant modification - it checks for all the things spammers/bots do and throws them into spambot purgatory without the mods having to deal with it. And since I posted the 200-bots-a-day comment, I counted and it's actually closer to 350 a day!

Also when I tried to send a reply back to spampant’s private message the board wouldn’t allow me. Do you know any thing about that?

Try again now since you may be past probation. Again, your ability to do stuff on the board will improve past probation and with more posts. You may also have trouble posting images but that will change. See the sticky on the Travel Journalism for tips on posting images.

We hope you'll like it here. You're feisty!

incognita · Post by **incognita** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:50 pm

Feisty is good. Welcome to the Monkey House.

- One of the admins (there are two - muthafunky who's the board owner and incognita who's a regular admin) noticed there's a glitch with your handle, and I think she (incognita) may have somehow clicked a button to get you past the glitch. You are probably past the probation stage.

I kicked the server for you and tested your permissions, it looks like you should be able to post at will now. Fire away

muthafunky · Post by **muthafunky** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:41 pm

Smoker wrote:How come the quotes don't work for me?r

Make sure you have BBCode enabled in your profile: http://politicalstew.com/bb/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=post

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:16 am

[quote="muthafunky"][quote="Smoker"]How come the quotes don't work for me?r[/quote]

Make sure you have BBCode enabled in your profile: [url]http://politicalstew.com/bb/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=post[/url][/quote]

You sure? I just went to check and my profile says "BBCode is ON".
But this is what happens if I try to post a "quote" in Troubleshooting :

[quote]testing[/quote]

I'm not surprised. I've learned years ago that in this sub-forum (Troubleshooting) the usual tools simply don't work.
Including the "edit" function. Or in other words: they seem not-connected.
It's no problem. But it can be a surprise to those (common posters) who weren't aware yet.

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:20 am

[quote="Smoker"]
Hi chimes,

Just doing another test to see if I can get the quotes to work on your post.

BTW I am a non-Smoker and if fact a pretty serious free diver and blue water hunter so have to keep the lungs pink rather than toasty.

FISH FEAR ME!

Warmest Regards, Smoker[/quote]

[b]HI SMOKER! DON'T DESPARE, YOU'LL GET HERE - FULL FORCE - EVENTUALLY!

just be patient :-)[/b]

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:23 am

And once more : weird.

Smoker
Stew Ingredient

Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:15 am

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:36 am

chimes wrote:I'm not surprised. I've learned years ago that in this sub-forum (Troubleshooting) the usual tools simply don't work.
Including the "edit" function. Or in other words: they seem not-connected.
It's no problem. But it can be a surprise to those (common posters) who weren't aware yet.

Yeah, that's what I thought. OK for moderators but not for others. I don't know why.

muthafunky · Post by **muthafunky** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:00 am

Strange, looks like a custom permission. How about now?

chimes · Post by **chimes** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:15 am

muthafunky wrote:Strange, looks like a custom permission. How about now?

No worries. There's nothing new about it. So imo you don't need to change anything.

Just try to get "Smoker" in, please. He seems to be a new handle. The board shouldn't make it too difficult for new posters to join.

Smoker · Post by **Smoker** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:20 am

pezworld wrote: -Quotes may not work for any non-mod on this Troubleshooting branch, though that may be wrong. Certain functionality will be lacking for newer posters in any event. You'll get past it.

Ok I will keep trying to use quotes and see if it sorts itself out. As soon as I am allowed to post at will I will try elsewhere. At the moment I don’t want to clutter things up outside of the Troubleshooting section of Political Stew.

pezworld wrote: Editing functionality may be weird for you for a time, and when you're posting with gay abandon, your edited posts will be tagged as such. Mods can edit (their own or others') posts without it showing.

I really don’t care if editing shows or not but just want to be able to correct speed typing mistakes that you never see in the creation process but only after the post is submitted; like this quotes not working thing.

pezworld wrote: Otherwise it's something we can't easily fix until the poster gets past the probation period.

Am I actually being moved along regarding the probation question because my number of posts count appears to be stuck at 2!

pezworld wrote: Hah. Possibly you posted a URL.

No it wasn’t an URL but is still giving me trouble; I guess the plan is to wait and see if my post count kicks in and I get past probation. Until then I will stay in Troubleshooting to keep the clutter to a minimum.

Anyway thanks for the information and help.

incognita wrote:I kicked the server for you and tested your permissions, it looks like you should be able to post at will now. Fire away

Ok thanks for your efforts and I will give it a try too see if my posts start popping up.

muthafunky wrote:
Smoker wrote:How come the quotes don't work for me?r

Make sure you have BBCode enabled in your profile: http://politicalstew.com/bb/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=post

Thanks for the tip!

Warmest Regards, Smoker

Ok looks like it is sorted out. Again thanks to all for the help. Warmest Regards Smoker

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:36 pm

Welcome! Looks like you're good to go, past probation, and your post count went up by one! You and chimes helped us troubleshoot the lack of quotes for regular users on Troubleshooting, so thanks for that too!

pezworld · Post by **pezworld** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:39 pm

Smoker wrote:I really don’t care if editing shows or not but just want to be able to correct speed typing mistakes that you never see in the creation process but only after the post is submitted; like this quotes not working thing.

Try the Preview button before hitting the Submit button when you type a post. You can review your post and edit as necessary, then submit. I think editing for regular posters has a time limit that allows for quick fixes but then preserves what you wrote after a while.

milton · Post by **milton** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:19 pm

Is anyone else having to log in all the time? Starting to get a bit FURIOUS aaarrghrggh.

I may be exaggerating.

lolasf · Post by **lolasf** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:19 am

Milton, a few of us have noticed that. We posted it on the wrong branch though: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=114277&p=2290658&hilit=+logout#p2290658

cuchulainn · Post by **cuchulainn** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:12 pm

I can't post a new topic.

ACommonLoon · Post by **ACommonLoon** » Tue Nov 29, 2016 1:13 am

does this site require moderator approval for posts of new users?

ACommonLoon · Post by **ACommonLoon** » Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:01 am

just how many days/years/millenniums does it take for new posters to be approved anyway?

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:02 pm

Posting this down in the doldrums: any chance I can restore access to my old handle RichD? It was under the email address on this handle...

muthafunky · Post by **muthafunky** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 7:17 pm

PM me the email address of the RichD handle so I can verify your identity.