an anti-spam/report system is in develop but you can already report an user here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam
a moderator will check and eventually remove the reported user.
How often do admins (who are the people who remove diary spam) regularly check http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam ? I ask because I’ve just noticed that that page has a “Notes with spam content” section. I’m a moderator (DWG member) and am one of the people who can hide problematical notes. I never knew that this page contained that section (it was added in September 2013!) and have been blissfully unaware of any entries that it might have contained.
This problem will go away once the GSoC-supported reporting system is ready, but for now please don’t assume that by updating a wiki page that communication has occurred; if you want to make sure that e.g. an offensive note gets removed quickly mention it on IRC or email data@osmfoundation.org . Personally I’ve always reported diary spam directly to the admins in #osm-dev
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Comment from Aury88 on 25 August 2015 at 07:27
an anti-spam/report system is in develop but you can already report an user here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam a moderator will check and eventually remove the reported user.
Comment from marczoutendijk on 25 August 2015 at 14:07
Thanks!
I see that the relevant entry is removed now!
Comment from SomeoneElse on 27 August 2015 at 09:31
How often do admins (who are the people who remove diary spam) regularly check http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam ? I ask because I’ve just noticed that that page has a “Notes with spam content” section. I’m a moderator (DWG member) and am one of the people who can hide problematical notes. I never knew that this page contained that section (it was added in September 2013!) and have been blissfully unaware of any entries that it might have contained.
This problem will go away once the GSoC-supported reporting system is ready, but for now please don’t assume that by updating a wiki page that communication has occurred; if you want to make sure that e.g. an offensive note gets removed quickly mention it on IRC or email data@osmfoundation.org . Personally I’ve always reported diary spam directly to the admins in #osm-dev