I would not want to repeat what the others did. Actually, I know there are some threads on Searching but I have some points to improve their guides and I believe it will be more effectively if I have my own thread. In my thread, I have full control to update my guide with any upcoming discoveries or minor adjustments.The guide is partially inspired from that thread
[Guide] Reporting effectively (by
Welsh)
Table of contents
IntroductionIn life, on the Internet, Searching is the basic work and it help our lives become easier. With search engines that become more and more effectively and productively, you can search everything that has been published publicly online. The key factor that decides your searching effectiveness is your searching skills.
In the guide, I'd like to help you know basics with Searching (aims at the environment on the forum only).
Where to Search- Search option from main menu *
- Hidden pages
* In this guide, I write about search with hidden pages. For search from main menu, you can see the guide from the forum, or other sources (at bottom).Basics from the guide on Help pageRead the guide on the help page, at the
Searching section. You will use the
Search page.
Search with hidden pagesModlogVisit the
Modlog page (it is also called as
Deletion log). You can search for some information
- Deleted reply
- Removed topic
- Autoban user
- Nuke user
Mostly, you will use the following search command to search for potentially recent actions from moderators on that account (ban, nuke, delete posts, remove topics, etc.)
It is basic command and you can combine with other keywords such as ban, nuke, delete, remove
Note: If a topic was trashed, the topic #0 will be displayed, instead of real topic ID before it was trashed.
SeclogVisit the
Seclog page (it is also called as
Security log). The page gives you details on:
- woke up
- password reset via secret question
- password reset via email
- manual recovery, previously-queued ownership change completed
How to search in Seclog page?
- Username
- Combination of username and those 4 phrases above.
Note: By default, newbies are hidden but you can get them by clicking on
Show all.
Draft pageVisit the
Draft page.
It is helpful when you need to find previous versions of your posts or under-composing posts (but already clicked on preview)
- Announcement (theymos): Drafts
- You need to click on post or preview to have a draft in that page
- Save only last 100 posts/previews
- Be deleted after 7 days
Search membersVisit the page
Search membersYou can search for members by:
- Username (default option)
- Position
- AFAIK, other options were disabled
The
username option is most common used, enter username or part of username to search. Reminder: you search with username, not display name. Therefore, if one member changed display name and you use initial username to search, it will find you that guy but the display name will be different.
The
position option: it is helpful when you need to narrow-down the search data, for VIP/ donators/ staffs, etc.
You can combine two options.
Example: Choose 2 options, and use keyword '
Staff' to search. You will get list of staff members and normal members with staff in their usernames.
Specific user's topic list pageVisit the page for
specific user's topic list pageIt is helpful (especially for managers or productively thread creators) when you need to find a thread of yours or someone else but you don't remember keywords. Usually, people will click on
Show the last topics started by this person from Profile page. Its disadvantage is you have to scroll down to find threads you are looking for. Sometimes it takes many times (large images, big threads, etc.).
Default format to search (1292764 is my user id, change it to user id of the member you're aiming at).
https://bitcointalk.org/gettopics.php?user=1292764
Customization your search board
- Add &board=boardid at the end
- 24 is board id for Meta
https://bitcointalk.org/gettopics.php?user=1292764&board=24
Example: I bookmark my list of topics over boards this way
You can create your thread in
Archival and save your topic list this way. It saves your time!
Your latest IP addresses last 30 daysVisit the page
Your latest IP addresses last 30 daysIt helps you to observe your latest IP addresses.
It's tricky to get email notifications right so that they're not too spammy. Maybe later.
For now, I added this page where you can see your IP logs for the past 30 days:
https://bitcointalk.org/myips.php . You could pretty easily write a userscript to periodically check this and warn you if it's weird. (But don't scrape it on every pageload.)
I don't want to make older IP logs automatically accessible because that'd give a hacker a bunch of useful/sensitive information. But 30 days is probably not too harmful.
Your report historyVisit the page
Your report history to get yours. There are differences for reporters who have 300
+ reports and below.
Report History Only users who have reported 300 good reports have access to this page This is probably one of the most useful features related to reporting. Basically, this shows you a history of your reports, and whether they have been marked good, bad or are unhandled. This page can be used for ongoing evaluation of your reporting habits. Use the information on this page to improve the quality of your posts.
This tool can be accessed through the "report to moderator" page. The button to access this page looks like:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4u1LzJ6.png&t=665&c=jSgz9Y7Egly8yQ)
This will bring you to a page which looks similar to this:
This is the time that the report was made. This is the topic which was reported or the post that has been reported. By clicking on this link it will bring you to the reported post, unless it has been deleted.This is the user that was reported. These have been blurred out specifically for this thread for privacy reasons , however on your report history the username will be shown.
This is the status of the report. If the report has been dealt with, and marked either bad or good they will show this. For example, Good reports will be marked "Good", bad posts will be marked "Bad", and unhandled reports will be "unhandled". Search personal messagesVisit the page
Search Personal Messages and modify parameters for your needs.
Search with your PMsVisit the pages below and use Up/ Down icon to sort them descendingly or ascendingly.
It is helpful when to want to filter your PMs (to find past conversations or to delete PMs from a user).
Search your captcha bypass codeVisit the page
Your captcha bypass code. It help you to avoid annoyance from captcha code when you log in your account. See
Captcha bypass (theymos)Other guides
You can also find more with
Hidden pages/ features on the forum