Hi,

After upgrading from 1.13 to 2.1.1 one of the features I've been most impressed with is the Database > Links > Delete search facility.

In 1.13 you couldn't search through waiting submissions and delete the ones where people have obviously ignored your submission criteria or preferred formatting.

I've found that I can 'filter out' (delete) site submission en-mass that don't fit with my preferred format, e.g.;

• Title contains additional or extraneous wording: " - ", " : ", "...", etc.
• URL contains affilite links, etc.: "/?", "id=", "vstore"

Whilst some of these may be from novices and it is a known bug-bear of operating a directory that not everyone will head your advice, I was wondering if there was a way this could be hacked into the actual submission form to make it clear at the point of submission?

I was thinking that you could add a series of 'unwanted' snippets to be checked against each field when someone submits a site. Then, for each 'fault' you could display a reason why it hasn't been accepted and offer the opportunity to correct it.

My hope is that eventually enough people will be 'taught' how I prefer submissions and it would lead to a marignal decline in ones that didn't fit my preferred format.

I'm asking because I think it would be an additional feature that a lot of people could take advantage of. For example, filtering out 'freepage' sites, affiliate links, untidy submissions, and maybe filtering in specific country based domains e.g. "co.jp", ".co.nl", etc.

Am I just being lazy, or is this something that you think would be of benefit to everyone?

Also, do you have any 'filters' of your own that you use to catch unwanted submissions?

All the best
Shaun