Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-24 Thread James
In those cases I just forward it to the DWG which can delete/ban the user for repeated spam. On Feb 24, 2017 6:28 AM, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" wrote: > Here is a new spam entry, from February 23, 2017: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/velpatasvir/diary > > It is an

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-24 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
Here is a new spam entry, from February 23, 2017: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/velpatasvir/diary It is an entry in Russian language but written via Google translator. It advertising some medicament produced in India. I do not see how I can remove or report it. Best regards, Oleksiy

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 23.02.2017 10:48, Jochen Topf napisał(a): Every larger system that allows user contributions has a "report this as spam" button. If a few people click on that, an admin reviews and handles this. Sounds like an obvious solution that could also work for OSM. Not being able to report

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Tom Hughes
On 23/02/17 10:43, Maarten Deen wrote: On 2017-02-23 11:23, Tom Hughes wrote: On 23/02/17 09:48, Jochen Topf wrote: Every larger system that allows user contributions has a "report this as spam" button. If a few people click on that, an admin reviews and handles this. Sounds like an obvious

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2017-02-23 11:23, Tom Hughes wrote: On 23/02/17 09:48, Jochen Topf wrote: Every larger system that allows user contributions has a "report this as spam" button. If a few people click on that, an admin reviews and handles this. Sounds like an obvious solution that could also work for OSM.

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Tom Hughes
On 23/02/17 09:48, Jochen Topf wrote: Every larger system that allows user contributions has a "report this as spam" button. If a few people click on that, an admin reviews and handles this. Sounds like an obvious solution that could also work for OSM. Not being able to report problems is

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Yves
Spam account removing is one thing, Planet curating another : diary entries that belongs to a deleted spam account stays on blogs.openstreetmap.org, which may give the impression that spam accounts are not dealt with fast enough. Agree that a report button would help frustrated users, be

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Jochen Topf
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:16:13AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > On 02/23/2017 09:56 AM, joost schouppe wrote: > > feed or inbox, but spam that you actually have to search for is maybe > > not a top priority that admins should dedicate time to removing? > > > > Well the annoyance with

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Joost Schouppe wrote: > Well the annoyance with spam does pop up often enough. The usual > answer to things like this in the OSM ecosystem is "why don't you > do it yourself". I've not seen this answer for spam. Is there no easy > way for people to become spam-police if they like to do so?

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 02/23/2017 09:56 AM, joost schouppe wrote: > feed or inbox, but spam that you actually have to search for is maybe > not a top priority that admins should dedicate time to removing? > > Well the annoyance with spam does pop up often enough. The usual answer > to things like this

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Andy Townsend
On 23/02/2017 08:56, joost schouppe wrote: Well the annoyance with spam does pop up often enough. The usual answer to things like this in the OSM ecosystem is "why don't you do it yourself". I've not seen this answer for spam. Is there no easy way for people to become spam-police if they

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread joost schouppe
> > feed or inbox, but spam that you actually have to search for is maybe > not a top priority that admins should dedicate time to removing? > Well the annoyance with spam does pop up often enough. The usual answer to things like this in the OSM ecosystem is "why don't you do it yourself". I've

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 02/23/2017 03:28 AM, Daniel Koć wrote: > Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but it looks to me that no such > spam is actually removed - not even after it's been reported on wiki. I read the user blog RSS feed and 95% of spam that I get in the RSS feed is removed by the time I look

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-22 Thread Warin
On 23-Feb-17 01:28 PM, Daniel Koć wrote: W dniu 13.08.2016 16:10, Ruben Maes napisał(a): On vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 15:47 Daniel Koć wrote: What should I do with clear spam acconts/comments like this?: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/thepackersmoversdelhicom

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2017-02-22 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 13.08.2016 16:10, Ruben Maes napisał(a): On vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 15:47 Daniel Koć wrote: What should I do with clear spam acconts/comments like this?: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/thepackersmoversdelhicom

Re: [OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2016-08-13 Thread Ruben Maes
On vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 15:47 Daniel Koć wrote: > What should I do with clear spam acconts/comments like this?: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/thepackersmoversdelhicom > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/39069#comment35334 > > Is there a simple "flag/report"

[OSM-talk] Spam reporting

2016-08-12 Thread Daniel Koć
What should I do with clear spam acconts/comments like this?: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/thepackersmoversdelhicom http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/39069#comment35334 Is there a simple "flag/report" tool available? -- "Low, low, low..." [M. Kempa]