Have you tried this from the User CP?
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</td><td width="100%"><!-- main page contents --><table class="tborder" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="tcat">Buddy / Ignore Lists</td></tr><tr><td class="panelsurround" align="center">
To remove a user from either the Buddy or Ignore Lists, un-tick the box next to their name and click the 'Save List' button.
To add a user to either list, enter their name in the empty boxes for that list and click 'Save List'.
<script src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_namesugg.js?v=368" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_userlist.js?v=368" type="text/javascript"></script><form id="userlist_buddyform" action="profile.php?do=updatelist&userlist=buddy" method="post"><input name="s" type="hidden"> <input value="updatelist" name="do" type="hidden"> <input value="buddy" name="userlist" type="hidden"> <fieldset class="fieldset"><legend>Buddy List</legend><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td id="buddylist1"></td><td id="buddylist2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table id="userfield_buddy_error" style="display: none;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td>
</td><td id="userfield_buddy_errortext"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td>Add New User to List
<input class="bginput" id="userfield_buddy_txt" size="45" name="listbits[]" autocomplete="off">
<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- vbmenu_register('userfield_buddy', true); snc_buddy = new vB_AJAX_NameSuggest('snc_buddy', 'userfield_buddy_txt', 'userfield_buddy'); //--> </script></td><td align="right"><input class="button" accesskey="s" value="Save List" type="submit"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><label for="chkall_b"><input id="chkall_b" onclick="js_check_all(this.form)" checked="checked" name="allbox" type="checkbox">Check / Uncheck All</label></td></tr></tbody></table></fieldset> </form>
<form id="userlist_ignoreform" action="profile.php?do=updatelist&userlist=ignore" method="post"><input name="s" type="hidden"> <input value="updatelist" name="do" type="hidden"> <input value="ignore" name="userlist" type="hidden"> <fieldset class="fieldset"><legend>Ignore List</legend><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td id="ignorelist1"></td><td id="ignorelist2"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table id="userfield_ignore_error" style="display: none;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td>
</td><td id="userfield_ignore_errortext"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td>Add New User to List
<input class="bginput" id="userfield_ignore_txt" size="45" name="listbits[]" autocomplete="off">
<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- vbmenu_register('userfield_ignore', true); snc_ignore = new vB_AJAX_NameSuggest('snc_ignore', 'userfield_ignore_txt', 'userfield_ignore'); //--> </script></td><td align="right"><input class="button" accesskey="s" value="Save List" type="submit"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><label for="chkall_i"><input id="chkall_i" onclick="js_check_all(this.form)" checked="checked" name="allbox" type="checkbox">Check / Uncheck All</label></td></tr></tbody></table></fieldset> </form>
<script type="text/javascript"> <!-- vB_AJAX_Userlist_Init("userlist_ignoreform", "userlist_buddyform"); //--> </script>
To view the complete members list, click
here.
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