Q&A

So, don't quite know what the site is about, eh? Allow me to explain. My name is Trever Fischer and this is my contribution to the internet. Like most netizens, I use IRC. Now, way back in the early 2000s, the world's most popular IRC quote database, bash.org went offline. The moderators went on strike and a good bit of drama occured. Our little corner of the internet was (slightly) saddened. We didn't have a reliably fresh source of entertainment other than ourselves. This of course, was back when I was in the beginning of my PHP learnings. I threw caution to the wind and started creating my own 'replacement' for bash.org. Only our small channel used it, so there is plenty of history in here back when it used to be active.

Now for a more objective explanation.

Quiffle is a 'quote database'. Quotes go in and stay in. I don't delete submissions unless they aren't quotes. The lifetime of a quote can be described in these simple steps:

1. Submission
2. Moderation, which can lead to either:
   • Acceptance
   • Rejectance

Getting accepted puts a quote in danger of rejection. Each quote is equipped with a never-fail 'Reject' checkbox available during viewing. Should the viewer decide that I made a mistake, the quote is shuttled back to step 2. The only difference between going from 1-2 and from 3-2 is that the quote is still considered part of that cool group of 'accepted' quotes. If I decide I was wrong in judgement, the quote falls to the 'Rejected' status quo from which there is no escape. More often than not, I don't make a mistake so accepted quotes stay accepted.

The Interface

Have a look at this quote (its a personal favorite):

Note the grey bar above the quote. The number is a direct link to the quote. It may have different symbols in front of it:

• * - Pending Moderation
• % - Rejected

The final box is the boat that sends that quotation across the Styx and into the moderation queue. If a quote is rejected or already in said queue, the box will be disabled.

My Quote was marked as spam!

And probably for good reason, too. Spambots continuously plague Quiffle. Every hour at least 50 spam quotes get added. Due to this incredible volume, spam quotes are automatically deleted after 7 days. Thats more than enough time for you to contact The Administration and request that we sort through the filth to find your gem. Sorting through it is a pain, so ask nicely. Providing your quote id isn't required but helps us get to the quote faster.

The critera for getting your quote marked as spam is quite simple. Just follow any one of these guidelines:

• Your IP is listed in Spamhaus' DNSBL
• You post more than 3 URLs
• Any one of your posted URLS resolves to an IP in Spamhaus' DNSBL
• Excessive HTML

However, there is one simple rule that circumvents all those rules:

• Your quote exists in the database

Your quote doesn't even have to be promoted to 'Accepted'! If you can find it anywhere in the database (yes, even in the trash), we've already validated that you are a human and not a robot.

Just for reference,
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Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in /nfs/c01/h15/mnt/36126/domains/quiffle.net/html/index.php on line 462

Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /nfs/c01/h15/mnt/36126/domains/quiffle.net/html/index.php on line 463
we don't have any reason to believe you are human.