Just a note to say when I tried this, you could only add the block from the front page and then make it "sticky" for it to work. The instructions on the download page are the default instructions for any block and they are therefore confusing, I think.

Thanks Mary - I updated the plugin info to add some info about it.

Hello,

I've updated the code to work on 2.7 https://github.com/danielneis/block-spam_deletion
Hope that you like.

In Moodle 2.8 there are two warnings on blocks/spam_deletion/viewvotes.php. Everything still works so its not a big problem.

You need to update your sql to include additional name fields in the user object.
line 3581 of /lib/moodlelib.php: call to debugging()
line 517 of /blocks/spam_deletion/lib.php: call to fullname()
line 761 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to spam_report_table->col_spammer()
line 1385 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to flexible_table->format_row()
line 1497 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to table_sql->build_table()
line 36 of /blocks/spam_deletion/viewvotes.php: call to table_sql->out()

You need to update your sql to include additional name fields in the user object.
line 3581 of /lib/moodlelib.php: call to debugging()
line 563 of /blocks/spam_deletion/lib.php: call to fullname()
line 761 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to forum_spam_report_table->col_votecount()
line 1385 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to flexible_table->format_row()
line 1497 of /lib/tablelib.php: call to table_sql->build_table()
line 36 of /blocks/spam_deletion/viewvotes.php: call to table_sql->out()

Just checking:

Is this the same bloock that appears on Moodle.org?
Is it working with Moodle 3.0.1?

-Derek

Hi Derek,

Yes it is (to both questions), however I don't think the latest version has been published yet. It's unfortunately one of these plugins we end up doing rapid changes to in response to some spam threat and then don't always get to publishing and there was some consideration of trying to avoid publishing the changes in the hope that spammers wouldn't use the code inspection to bypass the defences more easily. (David Mudrák was mostly recently working on it, so i'm a bit hazy on the details).

Are you trying to use the block a the moment?

Thanks Dan. I'm actually not quite sure of my facts.
I asked over here: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=325253#p1306862 about the "Report to moderator" link on Moodle.org.
This is all I am really interested in.

So: No, I am, not using it at the moment.
So my question is: does this give the "Report to Moderator" link in each post?

-Derek

David and Dan: I have a second off topic question I have been had for weeks now, ever since I had my once a year delve deep into the bowels of the plugin world. Why are so many plugins not updated on the database here so that it says "ready for 3.0" (or even 2.9)?
If you google "Ready for Moodle 3.0" there are tons of these,and I've looked at a lot as well.

Is it just people are too busy?
Is it a difficult process to do for the coder?
Is there a humongous backlog in at HQ?
Do coders not really care?
Or is it just like documentation. It's the last thing we bother to do and we hate it. ("Oh no, 3.1 is coming, I'll have to update the plugins database again!!")

To have this sorted more consistently would help a lot.

-Derek

Hi Derek,

To answer your question 'does this give the "Report to Moderator" link in each post?' - yes it does, though we've customised the wording from "Report as spam".

Regarding your off-topic question, how about posting it in one of the forums in Moodle in English?

Hi Everyone

Is there something I can do the get the latest version?

Kind regards