There appear to be quite a few user accounts that exist solely for the purpose of BEING spam themselves. I found https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/feovoigt25 while searching for something else; account was created over 2 years ago, has no edits; the only thing to the account is the spammy user profile description. Does anyone know how to have accounts like that removed? asked 26 Jan '15, 23:18  Jack the Ripper |
2 Answers:
The most effective way seems to be mention it on the IRC channel #osm-dev. Usually accounts of this type create spam diary entries; this one doesn't seem to be doing that. answered 26 Jan '15, 23:24  SomeoneElse ♦ |
Or list on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam answered 27 Jan '15, 00:30  aseerel4c26 ♦ 1 Except that none of the system admins actually read that page..... (07 Feb '15, 21:32) SimonPoole ♦ ?! Why not ? Is not that the complaint, some directors without a course and no followers ? (07 Feb '15, 23:36) Hendrikklaas 1 @SimonPoole: they do not? Yes, that could really be the case currently. Then please let's ask them to. That would be a more efficient channel than IRC, wouldn't it? (async, batch, targeted to the right people). Update: Tom has taken care of the whole list now. (08 Feb '15, 01:37) aseerel4c26 ♦ |
No, it's just sitting there being spam. Another one is https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/skate4feast
I'll report it there when I get my IRC client reinstalled. Thanks for the pointer.