By default, Unlinked blocks the commonly spammed Thunderfury item link. It can be configured to block additional specific item links, as well as block all achievement, enchant (recipe), quest, spell, or tradeskill (profession) links.
Messages are blocked in /say, /yell, emotes, and numbered channels; this is not configurable.
The add and del commands accept either an item ID or an item link.
Localization
Unlinked is compatible with all locales.
Unlinked is translated into English. If you can provide translations for another locale, please send me a PM on this site or on wowace.com.
Bug Reports
If you encounter a problem with Unlinked, submit a bug report that includes the version of Unlinked you have installed, the text of any error messages that appear in-game, and a description of the problem. Remember to check on your ticket after a few days, as I may need more information from you in order to identify or fix the problem!
License
Unlinked is free as in “free beer,” not as in “free software,” and you may not include it in your compilation, or redistribute it in any other way, without first getting permission. A formal copyright notice and the full license terms under which Unlinked is released are available in the README file inside the addon’s folder.
Change Log - Unlinked
3.1.0.21 (2009-04-16)[/list][*] Bugfixes for WoW 3.1[*] Restore backward compatibility with pre-3.1 clients for now[/list] 3.1.0.18-beta (2009-03-02)
Update for WoW 3.1 (not backwards compatible)
2.4.3.11 (2008-11-09)
Added option to block achievement links
Update for 3.0.2
2.4.3.8 (2008-08-13)
Fixed stuff for patch 2.4 (could have sworn I already uploaded this!)
Added option to block quest links
Added support for localization
Added ruRU translations (contributed by XisRaa)
1.1 (2008-03-27)
Added options to block spell and/or tradeskill links
Just a minor thing, but the zip and the version number on the page are listed as 2.4.3.14, the TOC does list as 3.0.2.14 though. Not a big deal, but could cause some confusion.
I can't say I've seen the "anal [link]" spam myself, as I block links and don't have a guild full of children, but I've heard of it. I have no plans to add word filtering to Unlinked.
Doesn't Badboy have options on what channels to filter? ... Although I must ask, how many whispers are you getting that contain the word "anal"?
I'm pretty sure that all servers are still getting the " anal *link* " spam.
Would it be possible to create an option to filter lines containing both anal (or any user selected word) and a link?
Filtering just "anal" would work also I suppose.
If just filtering based on words is out of the scope of Unlinked do you know of a similar mod that would only touch yell, emotes, say, and numbered channels?
Badboy sounded like a possibility but it filters whispers... and well lets just say my guild is gross!
I could have sworn I'd already uploaded the changes for patch 2.4, but apparently not... so here they are. Also new is the ability to block quest links, and full support for localization (although as always Unlinked works in any locale). ruRU translations generously provided by XisRaa. Other locale translations welcome!
From the addon description: Messages are blocked in /say, /yell, emotes, and numbered channels.
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Originally posted by Phanx Also to clarify (and I've updated the description) Unlinked filters only messages in the say, yell, emote, and channel chat types.
Guild chat is not say chat. Guild chat is not yell chat. Guild chat is not emote chat. Guild chat is not numbered channel chat.
Thanks for implementing these changes so quickly, but it seems like spell unlinking is not working, as I saw a guildmate link a skill in gchat just seconds after I enabled the filtering. I haven't tried tradeskill unlinking so I can't comment on that one.
Added options to block spell and tradeskill links. These options are not selective; enabling spell blocking will block all spell links, and enabling tradeskill blocking will block all tradeskill links. Also to clarify (and I've updated the description) Unlinked filters only messages in the say, yell, emote, and channel chat types.
I did not mean tradeskills. I don't know how you've escaped this so far, but one of the new features in 2.4 is the ability to link any regular spell, racial or even talent, like [Attack], [Shoot] (if you can use Wands) or [Mortal Strike] if you are a warrior. Just shift-click anything in your spellbook.
Anyway, people in trade chat think they're being extremely clever by constructing sentences with these newfound toys. I just want to get rid of any chat that includes these since it's most likely pure noise.
Could you be more specific? Do you want to block all skill links? Only specific skill links? In all channels? Only in trade channel?
Unless you have a very convincing argument, though, I'm not particularly inclined to add skill link blocking. Unlinked is meant to block links that are intentionally and pointlessly spammed, like Thunderfury and Dirge. I've never seen anyone post a skill link that wasn't either advertising services, or responding to a specific "what are mats" query. Obviously the latter is not an issue, and I wouldn't want to block it; if I ask someone to link me mats for something, I want to see the mats. The former is generally confined to trade chat, and I don't really see it as a problem. If a specific person is linking a number of tradeskills you feel is excessive, simply ignore them. I don't want to add channel awareness to Unlinked without a very good reason.
