Report violations, duplicates, misplaced posts, etc.

[pilla]

This will allow an easy method of contacting all moderators at one time.

• Users:
  • If you spot what you believe to be a duplicate post, please post a link to it here. In addition, include a link to what is being duplicated.
    
  • If you find a post you think belongs in a different forum, let us know.
    
  • Avoid multiple reports of spam:
    • If a user's posts are all spam, report the user, not the posts.
    • Review this thread after submitting a report. Please delete your report if someone beat you to the punch.
  • Any other post that you think requires moderation (violations of Guidelines, broken BBcode, etc.).
    
  
  
• Moderators:
  • Please delete posts after you've addressed them.

Thanks in advance.

(original post from pjp)

2009-06-03: Added spam reporting tips. --timeBandit
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[pietinger]

User: samiaaly
Topic: Does Gentoo have a Free pdf editor?
Post: post 8812533
Reason: See my edit. Please watch this user.
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[szatox]

User: rayded
Topic: epsxe cannot read virtual cd rom/mounted cd
Post: post 8820296
Reason: new user asking about gaming on windows.
At the very least wrong forum, possibly a spam placeholder

Thank you. One to watch. -- NeddySeagoon
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[pietinger]

User: Ciss1965
Topic: better performance web graphics and images
Post: post 8821382
Reason: Looks like a spam placeholder. Please watch.
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[Banana]

User: thomasmuller
Topic: Optimizing PHP Performance on Gentoo Servers
Post: post 8829891
Reason: Looks and sounds like some generated content... Will be watching

Moved to dustbin. Does not make sense - Banana
[Also, I notice that the user's e-mail address has marketing as an obvious substring. That is not quite ban-worthy on its own, but is highly suspicious. -Hu]
The user also has a prior post from April 7th that is mostly necro garbage. --pjp
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[szatox]

User: risingfire1
Topic: why Gentoo sucks, and why it will ultimately die
Post: post 8835641
Reason: Could be either just a bored new user or a placeholder.
Actually, do you guys receive notifications when users edit their own posts?

Beside necro posting, but on topic, I do not see anything wrong here, yet. --Banana
[We have access to the forum's notification tools, but administrator privileges do not automatically sign us up for notifications on user changes. Thus, it's good for someone to actively set a watch on suspect content. Sometimes we do this on our own, but it never hurts to have observant users call out suspicious activity we might have missed. -Hu]
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[pietinger]

User: aDownwardSpiral
Topic: clipboard hijacking resulting in stolen crypto
Post: post 8838147
Reason: First post a few weeks after the account was created... with a strange problem ... maybe a spam link placeholder ... please watch.
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[logrusx]

User: ak.plus.gold
Topic: Secure programming language discussion
Post: post 8847896
Reason: Somewhat suspicious. No mention of Gentoo, no nothing, straight into their "project" with very generic questions, no details whatsoever. Keep an eye.

I agree, under watching. Thanks for the report -- fedeliallalinea

Maybe my suspicion is not justified. There are responses from the user that seem to be genuine. --logrusx

[logrusx]

User: szatox
Topic: [SOLVED] Cannot emerge world due to python
Post: post 8860993
Reason: I think this side track is worth a discussion on its own, could someone split it?

Clarification: this post is about fixing playback in palemoon. There are a few of them. I think they have their place in their own thread for people to find and use it.

[sam_]

User: Fulgurance
Topic: Failed to build from scratch icu 76.1.0
Post: post 8860152
Reason: At a point, I feel like these posts begin to become inappropriate. They've been doing this for ages (posting random things about their own DIY distro) but they don't seem particularly keen on learning, just getting a solution.

Noted and thx for the feedback. Since the thread itself is not really problematic (yet), no current action is done. Will have him on watchlist. -- Banana

[sam_]

User: 2anwct
Topic: Python mask issue
Post: post 8861976
Reason: I don't think this thread is going anywhere useful.

Thx. Yeah. Watching. -- Banana

[Juippisi]

User: krodrigue
Topic: Gentoo MATE needs *you*
Post: post 8862026
Reason: Last post by this user is from 13 years ago, now this suspicious link.

Thx. Removed the link, left a note and send a PM. -- Banana

[szatox]

Well, halcon, your own sig is mocking programmers, what do we do about it?
Seriously though, let's not turn into another redit. Sigs are not a part of discussion, ignore and go about your day.

[Moderator note: The moderation team takes care of such matters. -- pietinger]

Edit: Sure. We have a proverb in Poland which roughly translates as: water carves the rocks; lacking in in force, it drips with persistence.
Recently I noticed a bunch of reports seemingly looking for an excuse to get offended. Meanwhile, one reddit is enough, and it already exists.
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[flysideways]

User: vaanyasingh43
Topic: Tracking Linux-games that lack ebuilds (new thread)
Post: post 8862855
Reason: spam

Thank you. Post binned. Waiting for ban. -- Banana
Banned. — JRG

[spica]

User: Automatewheel
Topic: Car Garage Management Software
Post: post 8862938
Reason: Spam

Thank you. Banned and cleaned up the mess. -- NeddySeagoon

[steve_v]

User: safetyxpress
Topic: Mini-HOWTO: install vrangesync as alternative to rsync
Post: post 8863088
Reason: Spam

Binned. Ban requested. Thanks for the report -- pietinger
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[steve_v]

User: Siddharth Jain
Topic: Help with wifi ... status always inactive
Post: post 8863087
Reason: Spam

Binned. Ban requested. Thanks for the report -- pietinger
Banned -- NeddySeagoon
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[eeckwrk99]

User: safetyxpress
Topic: Road Safety Product in Australia - Safetyxpress
Post: post 8863090
Reason: spam

Binned. Ban requested. Thanks for the report -- pietinger
Banned -- NeddySeagoon