I have deleted weiweis posts but one in hopes of restoring the original thread order. She (?) still has to be banned, though - just mentioning because now, it might appear as if she'd posted only one post. (There were ten.)

I'd like to delete the other spam spree, too, actually, to restore the thread order. Any objections? I'm just asking because Ba already edited those posts, removing the links. I think in such spree cases unbumping (deleting their posts) is alright, though. The user in qzestion is Tcrubuyggo.

I think we can delete spam without needing to edit it. I suppose in terms of fairness we should refrain from deleting all examples until the account in question has been banned, their IP black listed, their home address traced and set on fire, and the bodies of their childhood pets dug up and violated... but on the other hand i don't see any reason to doubt the word of a moderator who dealt with the threads.

Those two have now been banned.

Bless you all and thanks(esp. Garner-you make me laugh!)

Another one for the chopping block, dudes...

KaiyureGirl needs chopping, to be precise... thanks Katcal.

Made me smile

Should I mention that i saw a great deal on penis enlargement the other day. I think I'll rush out and get one...

I'm glad the latest spam was quickly taken care of.

Text only porn spam is easy to ignore. When it includes a picture... not so much.

Yes, that was explicit. People, don't hesistate to press the report button in the future.

I kind of didn't notice the report button when I tried closing the window that contained the picture of a penis...

Just as a note, MsTBSoX needs to be banned for spamming. In case someone wonders about all the deleted messages.

The same goes for fionala...

As I remember, there hasn't been much need to raise this point but for my aged brain and probably the benefit of others what is the recognized procedure when spam/advertising/abuse is spotted?

I spot... I press report... I wait.

Is there anything else, apart from sending a PM to a sweeper, that needs to be done?

Actually, when you press report, there's a mail being sent to all sweepers -which are several, as you know - and as far as I remember, you can include a short message after pressing the report button. (It isn't necessary though, as obvious spam speaks for itself.) That means there is no need to write pms to the sweepers or caontact them by any other means, because most of us check their mails first when we go online.

There is still the matter of people registering to advertise Discworld related stuff, because the intention is that of a spammer, though of a more benevolent one, and we never quite cleared wether it should be treated just like the obvious spam advertising porn, wigs, and dating sites, or wether we should ignore it as long as it isn't getting annoying (say, twenty posts just for the sake of advertising something vaguely interesting, and no other contributions to the board). So, we have no real protocol for those cases where someone posts about a Discworld convention or about the fact he wants to get rid of his Discworld collection via ebay.

But when it comes to the obvious spam, the protocol is: Don't answer, press report, wait.


PS: Thanks for those who bother to report spam, anyways.