FEATURE: new settings to control posts deletions rate limit

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb

@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   def destroy
     post = find_post_from_params
     unless current_user.staff?
-      RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post", 3, 1.minute).performed!
-      RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post", 50, 1.day).performed!
+      RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post", SiteSetting.max_post_deletions_per_minute, 1.minute).performed!
+      RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post", SiteSetting.max_post_deletions_per_day, 1.day).performed!
     end
 
     guardian.ensure_can_delete!(post)

config/locales/server.en.yml

@@ -1312,6 +1312,9 @@ en:
     max_logins_per_ip_per_hour: "Maximum number of logins allowed per IP address per hour"
     max_logins_per_ip_per_minute: "Maximum number of logins allowed per IP address per minute"
 
+    max_post_deletions_per_minute: "Maximum number of posts a user can delete per minute."
+    max_post_deletions_per_day: "Maximum number of posts a user can delete per day."
+
     alert_admins_if_errors_per_minute: "Number of errors per minute in order to trigger an admin alert. A value of 0 disables this feature. NOTE: requires restart."
     alert_admins_if_errors_per_hour: "Number of errors per hour in order to trigger an admin alert. A value of 0 disables this feature. NOTE: requires restart."
 

config/site_settings.yml

@@ -1187,6 +1187,12 @@ rate_limits:
   max_logins_per_ip_per_minute:
     min: 1
     default: 6
+  max_post_deletions_per_minute:
+    min: 1
+    default: 3
+  max_post_deletions_per_day:
+    min: 1
+    default: 50
 
 developer:
   force_hostname: