How about a "Report spam here" sticky?

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How about a "Report spam here" sticky?

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The title says it all really.

Example

The user optothkaX has been busy spamming the entire forum.
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Yes, we've had spam trouble lately. We do our best, but there are a lot of spambots around.

However, there is already a 'Report' button at the top of every post.
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charleyharper wrote:<SPAM>
Oh the irony.
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Oh, I know. I'm still waiting for genuine spam on http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopi ... =24&t=8899
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Thrawn wrote:Oh, I know. I'm still waiting for genuine spam on http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopi ... =24&t=8899
From someone who can post in locked threads? ;)
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Locking down registration may help until a more effective measure is set in place, especially with the constant creation of new bogus accounts.
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Locking down registration would help in some ways, yes, but Giorgio doesn't want to make it harder for people to get help with NoScript.
It already cops plenty of flak from people not understanding how to configure and use it. Putting more obstacles up could only make that worse.

We try to keep pretty vigilant about cleaning up spam. If you see it before the support team does, feel free to report it (but we'll probably catch it soon anyway).
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maya628 wrote:What you should do when you come to your PM and find something you don't know or is spam
Forward it to a moderator (barbaz, Guardian, therube, or myself) and we'll take appropriate action 8-) .
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Er, Thrawn, I just found out that post is quote spam viewtopic.php?p=48772#p48772
So it's gone now
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barbaz wrote:Er, Thrawn, I just found out that post is quote spam viewtopic.php?p=48772#p48772
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