Reintroducing the /r/AutoModerator wiki!

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/comments/l666ui/reintroducing_the_rautomoderator_wiki/

created by dequeued on 27/01/2021 at 15:00 UTC*

95 upvotes, 23 top-level comments (showing 23)

It is my pleasure to announce the **new and improved** AutoModerator wiki!

The most important updates have been to the **Library of Common Rules[1]**.

The AutoModerator Wiki Index[18] has been reorganized and updated with resources.

And the Common Mistakes[19] and Premade Configuration[20] wiki pages have been updated and cleaned up.

If you find any mistakes, please send modmail[21].

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_non-english_content_ban

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_url_shortener_ban

4: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_profanity_filter

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_donger_prevention

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_emoji_ban

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_phone_numbers

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_ipv4_addresses

9: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_disguised_links

10: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_common_clickbait_titles

11: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_short_and_senseless_memes

12: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_email_addresses

13: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_spam_obfuscations

14: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_crowdfunding

15: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_surveys_and_polls

16: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_walls_of_text

17: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/library#wiki_username_mentions

18: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/index

19: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/common_mistakes

20: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/premade

21: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/AutoModerator

Comments

Comment by dequeued at 23/04/2021 at 21:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

If you have general questions about AutoModerator, please submit a new text post with a descriptive title and information and specifics in the submission body. It helps to describe the problem you're trying to solve, include AutoModerator rules you've tried, include specific examples, etc.

Comment by 001Guy001 at 27/01/2021 at 15:09 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is great! Thank you for all the work you put into it :)

Comment by F0REM4N at 27/01/2021 at 15:05 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'm going to drop a few of these in mod chat so the others think I know what I'm doing! Thanks.

Comment by roionsteroids at 27/01/2021 at 17:46 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

For the survey/poll rule, a few more I've seen: survio.com, zoho.com, crowdsignal.com, wufoo.com.

Comment by KKingler at 27/01/2021 at 19:15 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Make sure to add "prnt.sc" to the "Require Direct Image Links" rule. It's where prntscr.com directs now.

Comment by shnoop123 at 28/01/2021 at 01:05 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks for the hard work you all do. The library of common rules is something I’ve been a fan of for a very long time and has helped me countless times. You guys rule, keep up the good work! We appreciate it!

Comment by kenman at 28/01/2021 at 03:40 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Missing some URL-shorteners:

vrl.to
1jl.info
labb.in
t2m.io
clnk.in

## not url-shorteners but can be 
## used to bypass url-restrictions 
link.medium.com
medium.com/p/
medium.live
go.learn4startup.com
amazonaws.com
paper.li

I went through and validated each of them with `reddit.com/domain`, and in doing so was able to prune about 1/2 my list. Which brings me up to my next point...

For many of these rules (not just URL-shorteners), the details can change often, and when a new bad-actor breaks onto the scene they can take reddit by storm before each sub is hit and updates their rules. By then, the damage has been done, these guys can just go and spend another $5 for a new domain to use as their linker.

I guess what I'm suggesting/asking for is for these things to be rolled into the new mod tools as a simple on/off toggle, with the ability to include/exclude additional parameters for sub-specific needs. There could be a form for mods to suggest changes, which would be applied in near real-time (after verification). Only 1 rule would have to be updated, instead of many thousands of subs first dealing with the prohibited content, and then getting around to implementing some kind of rule.

Comment by chelonids at 27/01/2021 at 15:05 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Neat! Thanks!

Comment by ScottKilgannon at 28/01/2021 at 00:49 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Amazing update! A lot of great rules here. Thanks for your hard work.

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 16:05 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

[removed]

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 19:21 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Donger Prevention

I'm glad that Automod is being updated, but this is a 9 year old meme.

Are there any other up-and-coming updates you can tell us about?

The ability to detect gallery posts would be very helpful.

Comment by SillyTheGamer at 27/01/2021 at 17:12 UTC

0 upvotes, 1 direct replies

u/WhoKnowsWho2

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 15:08 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This is awesome, thanks!

Comment by b9999998 at 27/01/2021 at 15:59 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Very helpful! Especially for dealing with new spam/spambots. Thanks for reviving this 👍

Comment by Emmx2039 at 27/01/2021 at 16:19 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Very nice stuff. Glad to see it cleaned up and looking good :D

Comment by SCOveterandretired at 27/01/2021 at 19:27 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Looking good my man

Comment by WarpSeven at 27/01/2021 at 20:21 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Can you please add a link to this post in your reddit old sidebar? Thanks

Comment by razzertto at 27/01/2021 at 20:45 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

These are great. One minor suggestion would be inclusion of 'modafinil' and variants in your spam filter regex. r/ScarySigns and r/Florida have started to see a big uptick in those types.

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 20:56 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Cheers! Thank you!

Comment by [deleted] at 27/01/2021 at 23:03 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Did you source the UK part of the phone number regex from somewhere? It fails to match a single UK geographic number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom#Format

Comment by MultiFazed at 01/02/2021 at 20:58 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I feel like `redd.it` probably shouldn't be in the URL-shortener ban, since `i.redd.it` is the subdomain that's automatically used when posting an image directly to reddit. So that filter will have the side-effect of removing almost all image-based submissions (unless the user uploads to a different service and submits a link).

Comment by [deleted] at 13/04/2021 at 21:21 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Is there a description on how to make every post NSFW on a sub I mod?

Comment by Nyxxit--- at 23/04/2021 at 18:54 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Where do you put these?