[OSM-talk] Spam/Report user

[Simon Poole]

Typically the fastest way to get a (OSM) user account removed is to
point the spam nature of the account out on #osm-dev


Am 26.11.2017 um 23:11 schrieb Max:
> There is only info on how to delete content by spammers. No way to
> bring users to the attention of admins other then comments of changesets.
>
> On 2017년 11월 26일 21:30, Simon Poole wrote:
>> See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam
>>
>>
>> Am 26.11.2017 um 21:00 schrieb Max:
>>> Oh, and where is the page to report/block/ban spammers in the wiki
>>> (not OSM, but osm/wiki accounts)?
>>> like this one:
>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Hpehoc
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017년 11월 26일 20:26, Simon Poole wrote:
>>>> Exactly the other way around: people love to create wiki pages and put
>>>> some outlandish claims on them that have nothing to do with reality,
>>>> leading to people that actually believe the nonsense to be frustrated
>>>> (in this case people believing that the page in question was set up
>>>> and
>>>> is read by the admins).
>>>>
>>>> Adding the warning on the page was calculated to set the expectations
>>>> right, obviously we need to resort to more drastic measures, what
>>>> about
>>>>
>>>> ADMINS HAVE NEVER READ THIS PAGE. ADDING ENTRIES TO THIS PAGE DOES
>>>> EXACTLY NOTHING
>>>>
>>>> 1/2 :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 26.11.2017 um 19:40 schrieb Max:
>>>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam/Report_user
>>>>>
>>>>> "Admins have never read this page, Adding entries to this page does
>>>>> exactly nothing"
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL. someone was frustrated and desperate here.
>>>>>
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