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@fox, is it possible to add Time to the list of fields against which rules can be matched? I’m trying to weed out fixed-time-variable-contents bot posts.

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timestamp is passed to HOOK_ARTICLE_FILTER, you can make a plugin for that. it seems a bit too specific and useless to have a special match for timestamp.

3

It is passed, but as far as I can tell, the plugin can’t delete articles or mark them read. If I’m mistaken, please correct me.

4

you can’t delete but setting force_catchup in the resulting article object would force mark it as read.

i suppose another similar field like force_stop could be added which would stop all further article processing thus effectively deleting it (well, never importing).

5

Yes, never or don’t import would do the trick.

Should the “delete” action in Filters be renamed to “don’t import”? Is there a difference in the end result?

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functionally it’s the same, isn’t it? delete (from the source feed) or don’t import (to the database). it’s a matter of perspective. :slight_smile:

i suppose another flag similar to force_catchup should be named force_delete for consistency.

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Ok. I set $article[force_catch_up] in my plugin and it works great. Thanks for the info.