I'm certainly no guru <g> and I can think of a few possibilities that _might_ work and I'm thinking this can be accomplished with a new small script utilizing bass' commands for the seen script... ?
Would it be best to change the command in the script itself and disable the public function and only allow queries by private message? That way, only those who need to perform this will need to be told of the change. If so, what is the best way to do this?

I've been at this for hours and I'm no closer. Any help, small or large, would be greatly appreciated. The eggdrop in question is the channel bot on an official help channel of an IRC network and the seen function, while needed, is being abused by many users. Thanks in advance to any who reply.