In order to avoid multiple reports of a spam message the defacto standard is to reply to the spam post with a 'reported' message. These reported messages may not always be cleaned up after the spammer has been obliterated so my suggestion is that rather than posting a 'reported' message after notifying the moderators, we have an official spam notified thread in this section. When a spam is reported the reportee posts here and everyone checks here before reporting a spammer.

When reporting, state the spammers name and link to the offending post.

This way the forum will not get clogged up with random and seemingly inappropriate reported messages and the mods don't get burried under a brazillion reports.

either that or program the report button to be disabled after a post has been reported and will become active again if the moderator decides the post is fine.

That'd take care of that particular spammage but on several occasions we see a spammer go rampant and post numerous times.

ok, slight modification, it'll disable the report button for all that users posts.

I think what happens now is probably OK, as long as the username of the spammer is shown in the post saying it has been reported.

That way when the spam post is deleted, but others reporting it are left, it's clear what they related to.

Sorry but that sounds really cumbersome. I reckon you're doing a good deed just hitting the REPORT button. A nicer one posting REPORTED. All this Cross referencing and creating links and checking if your link is the same as my link just isn't going to happen IMO.

As it stands its not such an issue is it? The odd wayward REPORTED post isn't that much of a problem? Perhaps easier would be instead of just saying reported we could say:

Poster cheryl01 reported

Regards

Peter Gillespie

Yes, I agree. It is far too difficult to look at a thread to determine if a spammer has been reported already. What was I thinking.

Whichever way works for you, but please identify clearly when we have a spammer on the loose. Sometimes the user gets deleted, but the garbage remains behind so it's always good to advise of their user ID (hover over their username, and grab the number from "showuser=???")

lookme875 Reported

Spam reported. (user - bettillyouwinbigtime , ID - 95940)
Post - http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...p;#entry1467526

...sigh...

ASInfaltrar is going bye byes

ivyivy reported

securitypackaging7 reported

no fair
i did too, before you even

User 'poktryn' reported (ID - 96303).

forrestery2k

user 94402

racial villification reported

'upliply09' reported. (ID - 92827)

User: vab áàíê
Id: 96,626
Reported

batateam, reported

CasTuttRaillino, reported

Interesting user name.

indianpharmacyonline

Could be totally innocent.

CasTuttRaillino


reported.....

hdmi-supplier

'hdmi-switcher' reported. (ID = 97,325)

Possible Spammer (link in signiature).
Posts appear to be generic and not specifically related to the topic.

Post:
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...p;#entry1481590

Another suspect post from this member here:
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...p;#entry1481115

Appears to have simply copied and slightly altered this post from 'DrP' earlier in the thread:
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...p;#entry1462337

Only purpose seems to be to make the signiature link visible.

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Reported

http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showuser=97882

as above....

looks like everyone beat me
Aflipsrilmeple

fixed.......

jonaserag, reported

http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?s=&...t&p=1490883

benchen

reported

"dfb fgrb" has been reported.

Kurebird reported. Looks slightly suspicious, but he/she/it could be totally innocent too.

GUILTY

(unless Belarus is now a suburb on the Gold Coast)

not sure about this post: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?s=&...t&p=1497375


it has nothing to do with the topic, no links, but appears kinda to be trying to sell something?

Its a spambot, just missing the link in the signature text area.

What about this in this thread.

If it's a spambot it's better at keeping on topic than I am...

Edit: eagle1r reported too.. Damn it's like studying Chinese.. Nice chinese idioms though..

Edit: And Kangyu too.

xXMustBeKnowXx reported by yorac.

Cheers dig and user name link here.......

Also http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showuser=99368

ie. dreamwing1986

'jainscott' reported. (ID: 99436)
Link: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...p;#entry1502426

ruchicool reported

Sam backster, reported

sophiacarlin reported.....

Call it intuition.
Just got a funny feeling about this one.

It's not like you could tell from the name or anything

User 99577

This one hasn't posted.
Hasn't gone on a spamming spree...................yet.
How do I make sure he's reported before this can happen???

PM the mods about it.

satellite tv reported...............

#ratingcasinoonline hasn't posted yet but I'll bet my left one he's a spambot......

penExoxscex must just be the day for them.......

Jamestida reported.....