Report violations, duplicates, misplaced posts, etc.

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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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szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

User: jackfrostenson
Reason: Looks kinda bot-ish to me

Looks like a spam magnet to me. I expect to see spam posts for properties in Turkey from new users any time now.
I've posted a warning. The banhammer is close by. -- Neddyseagoon.

Maybe I'm too wait and see in my old age.

szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

User: soparla
Topic: How to manage multiple gentoo installations
Post: post 8808277
Reason: Technically there's nothing wrong with this one, but it hits uncanny valley for me. It is also a necro-bump by a long term (though not very active) member... Kinda feels like a stolen account, though I don't have any way to verify it.
Dunno, I guess just watch for now.

Under watching, thanks for the report -- fedeliallalinea

pietinger · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:58 pm Post subject:

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 · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

User: Dejv2024
Topic: Upload files
Post: post 8814024
Reason: Please select the checkbox below:
[ ] I'm not a robot

Well worth a watch but nothing banworthy ... yet -- NeddySeagoon

szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

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 · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:27 am Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2024 9:10 am Post subject:

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 · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

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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szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3463

User: Desgraciado
Topic: [Solved] snapclient unable to find pipewire as an output
Post: post 8836671
Reason: I think this user is a bot and this post a spam placeholder.
So... Watch him

Under watching, thanks for the report -- fedeliallalinea
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pietinger · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2024 2:02 am Post subject:

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 · Advocate Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2459

User: gekk2
Reason: Suspiciously identical posts. Keep an eye on this user.

logrusx · Advocate Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2459

User: pjp
Topic: emerge usage that is confusing
Post: post 8843240
Reason: That's really getting off topic and it's really annoying to see even administrators buying into it. It makes a bad impression rules/guidelines are not for everyone. I would push back even further, but I'm not buying further into it.

p.s. if you want to discuss it, maybe split the thread.

EDIT (pjp): I did consider splitting it due to the number of posts on the subject, but it is directly related to the original question. "Would this usage be correct?" And that included the use of --with-bdeps=y. Subsequent discussion on whether to use that feature or not, and any related problems or considerations seem to me to be very on topic. --pjp, 2024-10-18

I think you could take two routes here. The route you took speaks a ton.

asturm · Developer Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 9310

User: CaptainBlood
Topic: Lxqt now depends on wayland :-( Alternatives?
Post: post 8846968
Reason: It is not the first offtopic post in a support thread. And they continue blogging. Maybe you can split/move it to their usual blogging subforum?

Banana · Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 1:05 pm Post subject:

User: jiminwilson
Topic: Howto: OpenVPN server
Post: post 8847440
Reason: Kind of necro post with some unspecific content.

User under watching -- fedeliallalinea
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logrusx · Advocate Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2459

User: honeymak
Topic: gcc-14 - cannot build app-crypt/seahorse
Post: post 8847517
Reason: ???

Well, no reason given. Whatching and waiting what will follow. -- Banana

He was asked to file bugs in one of his other meaningless threads. It's not our business what's in his mind. That's so odd response that it starts bringing other kind of questions. --logrusx

Thx for the clarification. I dont have all topics remembered all the time. So more context given will always be usefull. -- Banana

Banana · Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:26 am Post subject:

User: Eugenearraf
Reason: SPAM gambling link in profile

Ban provided. — JRG
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Banana · Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:14 pm Post subject:

User: sadiyas
Topic: [SOLVED] Forex trade platforms don't work with Linux
Post: post 8847536
Reason: Second necro post with the same response. Already binned. Requesting ban.

second binned post
first binned post

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