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[Ralf_G.]

Thank you, hvbemmel. Let's hope that the Panoramio team will react quicker on spam alerts than on mails to questions AT panoramio DOT com ...

And if they will delete these four spammers, will their comments also vanish from the affected photos? Or will the authors of the affected photos have to delete the comments? Then somebody should warn all of them ...

[hvbemmel]

till now the spam was gone after the accounts were deleted.

But as things are now...........(they will probably multiply after deleting)

[Tomas K☼h☼ut]

Quote Maarten Outlet:

I hate to post again to the forum again so soon but I just received the exact same comment to several of my pictures from different users exorting me to visit their site. This is the comment:

"Great photo...i just love it! I see that you are a great photographer. I need your advice. I put the self-extracting archive of pics of my young beautiful wife on my homepage. Please see these photographs. Decently I will put these photos on this site?"

These are the users I have found so far:

http://www.panoramio.com/user/3817246
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3812956
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3812989

These pictures of mine that they are commenting on are definitely not great photos....I am fairly new to Panoramio and this may be a common problem, so I apologise in advance if this type of problem is covered elsewhere in the forum. In any event I will delete the comments shortly from my pictures so no one follows the links to what is likely pornography with a self-extracting trojan. Thanks, Maarten.

Same kind of attack:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3808831

[☆Tomoaki Ueda☆]

Hi,
I have received a message from a new user without any photo.
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3820958

Quote:

Arron Lucarelli said:

What a beautiful photo! Congratulations. I see that you are a very good photographer. I need your advice. I put the self-extracting archive of pics of my young beautiful wife on my homepage. Please see these pics. Decently I will put these photographs on Panoramio?

Greetings from U.S.A.

He has sent similar message to two other user.


Warning!!!
I think that these might be virus software named 'photos.exe'.

http://palsar623.com/ ** _2005/viewsize/photos.exe
http://ritz-tour.com/ *** omprofiler/photos.exe
http://rtville.net/ **** photos.exe


I will delete this message to me now. Done!!

[SteveT]

Similarly I also have three users who have made the same comment and suspect link and no uploaded photos.

http://www.panoramio.com/user/3814506
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3812235
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3816663

Stephen

[Ralf_G.]

See also this thread, where numerous more spammers are reported ...

[javierp64]

Good evening gents,

maybe I'm wrong. If so, I apologize. But I´ve received a suspicious message.

Somebody telling me that I´m a great photographer is crazy or is looking for something. He ask me to execute an .exe file to see the photos of his young wife ...

Could anybody be so kind to tell me where to report this incident to:

investigate the incident or do whatever it has to be done to avoid this kind of things.

The suspicious message seems to come from this user:

http://www.panoramio.com/user/3817327

It would be nice if you delete the comment to avoid anybody clicking in the link...

Thank you,

[www.AngelesTravel.com]

Why the Support not stop the SPAM ?? I delete already more then 80 Virus Spam and all 3 hours coming more.
Its better to have a function so i can deactivated for my Account the Comments.

Regards Carlos

[stephen sommerhalter]

Quote NAGY Albert:

Note: This is meant only for issues within the Panoramio Forum and is not to be used for reporting issues outside of the Forum

Report spam, ask the moderators to delete a post, that you wrote in the wrong forum etc...

If there is a way to delete these comments and block the sender please do, thanks.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19713446
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19713435
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3809927
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3811279

[hvbemmel]

Quote stephen sommerhalter:

If there is a way to delete these comments and block the sender please do, thanks.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19713446
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19713435
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3809927
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3811279

[stephen sommerhalter]

Quote hvbemmel:

Thanks for the reply but I have no idea what your reply means.

[hvbemmel]

the problem you speak of has nothing to do with the forum!

As for the problem:

you find this on several places in the forum, this is the only answer at the moment:

Quote Draken:

ATTENTION

Gyuri Dorko from the Panoramio Team has asked me to inform all the users there is no need to report the spammers to sp...@panoramio.com

The Team are working on minimizing the harm and on a long term solution as well.

Please stop posting spammers URLS. It is unnecessary.

Thanks in advance.

It seems that the comments are frozen during the time the team is cleaning up the mess!

[stephen sommerhalter]

Quote hvbemmel:

I am not reporting spam. I am trying to report offensive comments. Do you know of a way to report such things?

[hvbemmel]

sorry, the links you give are all from the same spam attack that happened since yesterday evening (MET).

When you don't have other links with comments not simular to the several people with cute wives, girls etc. the quote i gave from Draken is valid.

[hvbemmel]

one alina maslowski put three copies of the same question in q&s, bop and miscellanious. I answered in q&s, can you delete or close the others? (you can gladly delete my answer in bop too).

[hvbemmel]

Can a moderater make a sticky of this post of the team before it gets away in the dark grounds of the forum:
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22320

[FSup]

Quote hvbemmel:

Can a moderater make a sticky of this post of the team before it gets away in the dark grounds of the forum:
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22320

Done

[hvbemmel]

can you remove this post?
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=258400#258400

and this thread
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22326

and the posts below this one
Hallelujah

[Draken]

This http://www.panoramio.com/user/3830798 is spamming here: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21914

Please remove the link. Thanks in advance

[FSup]

Done

[Draken]

In this http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21397 an (ab)user has added a commercial link (tv antenna). One of those who doesn't upload photos, of course.

[FSup]

Done

[skida]

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22422

The link on this post leads to a site that seems to describe how to add a virus to a picture file.

[skida]

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12109092

And another comments spammer

[Jani Salvataggio]

Spammer:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/3810195

[AustinMN]

Spam with malware:
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=260495

[Bits-n-Pieces]

Austin - good to know about that Forum spammer. At least he's not making photo comments, like the spamers Jani and all are alerting us to. last week's spammer is re-activated and many many accounts are again sending out comments with malware links. Obviously, lots of new threads about it all.....

everyone should just know not to click on unknown links.

[Daniela Brocca]

Alert - a new spam sender with multiple user names. Don't put the link to the photos if you post a message . The message is always the same.

Don't open the link

Make your photos are much better with a new program Color Corrector v.2.1. Full version for free !!!

I alerted the team and they answered that they are working on it and on a long term solution.

[Mira]

Should be moderated
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22526

[leolund]

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22182
Looks like spam to me
edit
"Paulfinn" that is

[FSup]

Done

[CliveM]

The "National Trust, United Kingdom" thread has been moved from "Share your photos" to "Panoramio Sightseer" but the original "Share your photos" thread hasn't been locked. To avoid confusion, would it be possible to lock the "Share your photos" version?

[Daniela Brocca]

Done

[CliveM]

Quote ©Daniela Brocca:

Done

You appear to have locked the "Panoramio Sightseer" version. Now the "Share your photos" version, where it was originally, says it is "Moved", but new posts can be made, but the "Panoramio Sightseer" version, where it was moved to, is now locked. I'm getting more confused...

[Daniela Brocca]

It was already moved, I only locked it. But now reoponed it because when I open it , it is in the "Panoramio Sightseer" . I will let it stay as it is.

[Mira]

Please remove the link(s).
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22667

[FSup]

Done ;)

[Ralf_G.]

Hi PA moderators,

on 04-Nov-09 I made this suggestion in the thread "List of Forum Moderators" - well, maybe I should have better posted it here, as it concerns your activities, i.e. the forum moderation ...
What do you think of my idea of showing a small logo (maybe a "Mod" badge) next to your names in the left column of forum posts, so that everybody can see at first glance who is speaking "officially" in the name / on behalf of PA?

Best regards, Ralf

[Draken]

Quote Ralf_G.:

You seem to have a misunderstanding: none of us speak on behalf of Panoramio unless we quote words from someone from the Team (information provided through private conversation and when we are authorized to disclose it). Mind you, we have the exact way of communicating with the Panoramio staff as any regular user.

[Ralf_G.]

Draken, I'm well aware of your status as you and the other moderators quite often have to repeat similar statements in the forum ... Maybe my expressions were inappropriate, but anyway the moderators have got an exceptional position among the regular PA users, just thinking of your privileges of moving or closing subjects, deleting links in spam posts and admonishing spammers, reducing big images to thumbnails or links, giving advice from your vast knowledge and overview concerning most matters, forwarding questions/suggestions/bug reports and so on to the PA team, which will hopefully find more attention by them because they know / expect that you have already filtered the matters ...
Don't be too modest about your important role in and for the forum!

Have you read my linked original post, with the example of the recent confusion in the forum by the massive spam attack? Nawitka several times gave the (well-meant) advice that we should report each spammer's user ID by email directly to the team, causing a flood of unnecessary multiple reports to their email address?! This could have been avoided if everybody (especially PA newbies and seldom visitors of the forum) could easily see at once from a "Mod" badge next to the moderators's name that this user is speaking as a primus inter pares, to whom the PA team has entrusted the tasks of administrating some functions within the forum. Even if - as it was the case in this late-evening emergency situation - the present moderator only has privileges in another language sub-forum, his posts would have more weight towards the regular users.

After all, I would still like your (and the other moderators') opinion on the content and aim of my suggestion ...

[Draken]

Quote Ralf_G.:

Have you read my linked original post, with the example of the recent confusion in the forum by the massive spam attack? Nawitka several times gave the (well-meant) advice that we should report each spammer's user ID by email directly to the team, causing a flood of unnecessary multiple reports to their email address?! This could have been avoided if everybody (especially PA newbies and seldom visitors of the forum) could easily see at once from a "Mod" badge next to the moderators's name that this user is speaking as a primus inter pares, to whom the PA team has entrusted the tasks of administrating some functions within the forum. Even if - as it was the case in this late-evening emergency situation - the present moderator only has privileges in another language sub-forum, his posts would have more weight towards the regular users.

Yes, I have.
You are a sensible user who appreciates and respects the sometimes silent job we are doing but perhaps a badge would be taken wrongly.
I guarantee it was me who had to exercise self-control during the spam attack since I was the only moderator present and without any privileges in the English Forum!! My hands were tied up and yet I continued struggling against the wrong suggestions for four or five hours without overlooking my responsibility in the Spanish Forum. Very few users thanked me -mind you, I was not expecting any show of gratitude- and I guess many users still don't know I was acting in my capacity as a moderator. I have already said that I would have centralized all in only one thread but... alas! in the English Forum I am only a regular user. The most reasonable users would be understanding and perhaps they would pay attention to our advice but I can't help feeling that the great majority wouldn't.

Quote Ralf_G.:

After all, I would still like your (and the other moderators') opinion on the content and aim of my suggestion ...

I like your idea. I don't think it will hurt us or put in risk our position. I will do whatever the Team decide.

[Ralf_G.]

Quote Draken:

I guarantee it was me who had to exercise self-control during the spam attack since I was the only moderator present and without any privileges in the English Forum!! My hands were tied up ...

Oops ops: - I remembered in error that it was hvbemmel, maybe mixing it up with another sub-forum ... but that's not the main point now.

And thanks for your answer to my suggestion, I'll wait for more reactions and maybe then post it in the suggestions forum, with a link to these post here. Regards, Ralf

[Panamon-Creel]

Yes the mod badge is usually standard in forums and to my knowledge only Mr. Manchón has that badge here at the Panoramio Forums.
IMO it isn't a must to have that a mod badge displayed and in all honesty it wouldn't have made a hoot of a difference during during the recent spam attack or the ones prior to it.
Btw thanks Draken and anyone else helping out for being there when the recent attack happened, I know how crazy it gets when something like this happens from previous instances. It's like being a traffic cop at a busy intersection during rush hour and road raged drivers come from all directions .

[Draken]

Quote Panamon_Creel:

Yes the mod badge is usually standard in forums and to my knowledge only Mr. Manchón has that badge here at the Panoramio Forums.
IMO it isn't a must to have that a mod badge displayed and in all honesty it wouldn't have made a hoot of a difference during during the recent spam attack or the ones prior to it.
Btw thanks Draken and anyone else helping out for being there when the recent attack happened, I know how crazy it gets when something like this happens from previous instances. It's like being a traffic cop at a busy intersection during rush hour and road raged drivers come from all directions .

I agree the badge wouldn't have made a difference.
The most experienced users had to "fight" against the well-intentioned newbies to the forum who kept giving the wrong advice. A quick official statement would have been very helpful. Users thought the Team were not aware of the attack when it was, in fact, quite the opposite.

Herman (hvbmell) was as helpful during the spam attack as he always is and if we haven't seen much of him of late it is simply because he is currently on holiday.

[Ralf_G.]

Another question: Would you please move this thread Help in Understanding a Compact from the Questions & Support forum to the Photography forum?

In the Q&S forum it is rapidly moving down in the list of threads, but in the Photography forum (which is not so crowded) other readers could possibly benefit more from the subject ...

[Maarten Outlet]

I think this user: http://www.panoramio.com/user/3728001 is spamming here: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=266245#266245

Thanks, Maarten

[Panamon-Creel]

Thanks, the spam post has been taken care of

[Ralf_G.]

Edit: Hello moderators, it seems to me that you have overlooked my suggestion!?

This thread Looking for a good photo stitch software also belongs into the Photography forum (instead of Q&S forum) - and maybe you could extend the title "... for Mac computers"?!

[Draken]

Could a moderator please have a look at this thread http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23075 and the OP's (http://www.panoramio.com/user/3681797) profile? I smell a rat.

Thanks in advance

[Panamon-Creel]

OK

[Draken]

Could you please check this http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=272478#272478 ?

please also check the photo titles of this user.

[Matthew Winn]

User 3906298 (jackslatess) is another spammer. See http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=272678#272678

[Panamon-Creel]

Message deleted

[Draken]

Our daily spam: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23196

[Ralf_G.]

Quote Ralf_G.:

Edit: Hello moderators, it seems to me that you have overlooked my suggestion!?

This thread Looking for a good photo stitch software also belongs into the Photography forum (instead of Q&S forum) - and maybe you could extend the title "... for Mac computers"?!

Another attempt ... Could you please check this?!

[Ralf_G.]

Thank you!

[Panamon-Creel]

No problem and sorry for being late

[Maarten Outlet]

I think possibly this user should be checked out:


http://www.panoramio.com/user/3838761

Thanks, Maarten

[Draken]

Quote Maarten Outlet:

I think possibly this user should be checked out:


http://www.panoramio.com/user/3838761

Thanks, Maarten

Maarten

Moderators don't check users (outside the forum). If the user is doing something wrong in the forum please point it out, otherwise please report it directly to the adminis.

It is part of the same issue dealt with here: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19104

[Maarten Outlet]

I understand and will use the email address pointed out in the link you referred.

Thanks Draken

[FSup]

Team is informed about the missionary

[Draken]

Mods.

Please check the almost hidden, tiny spam here: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=278635#278635

[Panamon-Creel]

Done, did you report him? (so I don't do it again)

[Draken]

Quote Panamon_Creel:

Done, did you report him? (so I don't do it again)

No, sorry I didn't. Would you mind?

[Panamon-Creel]

Quote Draken:

Quote Panamon_Creel:

Done, did you report him? (so I don't do it again)

No, sorry I didn't. Would you mind?

Okay I will then

[Ralf_G.]

I stumbled over the user m_himmi@menara because of his post in the forum thread "Changes in some Features in Panoramio". This post looks like a quote from millotaurus 1 for some obscure reason, but having a short look at m_himmi@menara's page I discovered that originally this text is one of his photo comments. And it seems to me that this user misuses Panoramio for tourism advertising, by his own photos and by spamming other user's photos with his comments.

Moderators, what do you think of this case? Should I report it to the Team, and is spam AT panoramio DOT com the appropriate address?

[Daniela Brocca]

Yes, Ralf, do it, thank you. I will delete the post in the forum. I was searching the original Daniela

[Ralf_G.]

Done - and thank you for agreeing with my opinion on this user. I believe his quote from millotaurus 1 was faked: The author's name in the quoting code can easily be exchanged as well as the text, and the quoting code does not provide a link to the original message, nor its date and time.

[Draken]

Spam: http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=280120#280120

I have already reported the abuser to Eduardo.

Could any of the moderators delete the spamming link?

Thanks in advance

[Ralf_G.]

Quote Ralf_G.:

I stumbled over the user m_himmi@menara because of his post in the forum thread "Changes in some Features in Panoramio" ... And it seems to me that this user misuses Panoramio for tourism advertising, by his own photos and by spamming other user's photos with his comments ... Should I report it to the Team, and is spam AT panoramio DOT com the appropriate address?

Hello moderators, I reported this spammer to the Team by email on 10-Dec (very early morning), but up to now (2 working days later) the account, the photos and the spam comments are still existing ...
How long does it usually take, or could it be a malfunction of the spam... email address (without notification to the sender that the email did not arrive), the same way as it recently was with the review... email address?

[Ralf_G.]

Hello moderators, please urgently delete this forum post (and watch out for more posts from him!) by a user who insults Eduardo Manchon because he feels angry after the deletion of his account with 2.500 photos.

I will report this user to the spam email address right now. But maybe the Team should consider warning a user instead of deleting accounts immediately.

[Draken]

Quote Ralf_G.:

Hello moderators, please urgently delete this forum post (and watch out for more posts from him!) by a user who insults Eduardo Manchon because he feels angry after the deletion of his account with 2.500 photos.

I will report this user to the spam email address right now. But maybe the Team should consider warning a user instead of deleting accounts immediately.

I reported the thread directly to Eduardo.

Ralf_G, How do you know the user wasn't given enough warnings? Why do you draw the conclusion the account was deleted immediately?

[Ralf_G.]

Quote Draken:

Ralf_G, How do you know the user wasn't given enough warnings? Why do you draw the conclusion the account was deleted immediately?

Well, Draken ... now that you asked me, I have to admit that I don't know for sure if this user had been warned before. ops: I reacted spontaneously, and I concluded it from his obvious enormous anger, knowing from various complaints in the forum or in photo comments that it is a usual handling of the Panoramio team to delete accounts even of long-time users without warning in case of breaking the rules.
And the post of FxxxEduardoManchon before mine seems to confirm this assumption ...

[Panamon-Creel]

Quote Ralf_G.:

Well, Draken ... now that you asked me, I have to admit that I don't know for sure if this user had been warned before. ops: I reacted spontaneously, and I concluded it from his obvious enormous anger, knowing from various complaints in the forum or in photo comments that it is a usual handling of the Panoramio team to delete accounts even of long-time users without warning in case of breaking the rules.
And the post of FxxxEduardoManchon before mine seems to confirm this assumption ...

Please don't jump to hasty conclusions, we already have enough of them here on the forums.
The users in question are long known, and the one in case was already PNG in the forums due to his behavior. Although PNG in the forums the user(s) still regularly harassed other users via comments on photos which already resulted in account deletion a couple of years ago but some just never learn. What you see here are just samples of the type of harassment these users use --> very very sad

Edit to add: The PNG remains no matter which account is used and messages will be deleted unread

[Avagara]

I'm seeing a problem in the photo critique forum. There is a frequent poster who typically posts rather amateurish shots and yet resists any attempts of people to help (either arguing with or ignoring any suggestions). He seems to have a style that incenses some of the regular posters.

But the problem is that the regular posters have started making very inappropriate responses, such as high sarcasm or warnings to others "not to feed the trolls." Not only does this behavior itself violate forum rules, it seem that it generates flame wars of its own.

I suppose my view is that one person's improper behavior doesn't justify another's. I'm asking that the forum moderators take a more active role to insist that comments be constructive, and to step in when the discussion veers from discussing the photo to discussing the poster. Just a request.

[AustinMN]

Last post in this thread smells like spam:
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18067

Austin

[Ralf_G.]

Quote Avagara:

I'm seeing a problem in the photo critique forum. There is a frequent poster who typically posts rather amateurish shots and yet resists any attempts of people to help (either arguing with or ignoring any suggestions). He seems to have a style that incenses some of the regular posters.

But the problem is that the regular posters have started making very inappropriate responses ...

I'm asking that the forum moderators take a more active role to insist that comments be constructive, and to step in when the discussion veers from discussing the photo to discussing the poster. Just a request.

I'm strongly supporting Avagara's request - all the worse that this person - commented by the moderator Draken as "Not yet a PNG (persona non grata), but surely a disruptive user" - now has started to poison not only the Photo Critique forum, but also the Photography forum and the Tips for Panoramio forum with his provocations and personal attacks ...

Yesterday I sent a complaint about this user by email to the Panoramio Team (providing them with all links to the forums), now let's wait for their reaction, and for the moderators' reaction as well! In the meantime I'm appealing to everybody (also the moderators reacting with sarcasm on this user in the Photo Critique forum) to keep cool and simply disregard this annoying troll!

[Panamon-Creel]

Ralf, a troll yes but not enough of one to be announced forum PNG. That may change in the future but we'll see.

Avagara, sure could insist however it will just give a temporary forced relief and the damage is already done by the time one of "regular posters" makes the first attack reply. Hopefully the last incident in the critique forum makes the regular posters that like to respond more careful and resist the temptation to post. Time will tell.

[BWS's ghost]

some tasty new year's spam over here! actually, i don't know what it is - didn't click on it - but looks very suspicious. thanks, brian

[FSup]

Quote brian w. schaller:

some tasty new year's spam over here! actually, i don't know what it is - didn't click on it - but looks very suspicious. thanks, brian

Done

[hvbemmel]

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24266
SPAM

[Draken]

Quote hvbemmel:

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24266
SPAM

Dealt with.

[FSup]

These Real Estate guys seems to be crazy - they deliver 50+% of the SPAM-attempts at Panoramio.

Maybe we should open a RealEstate-Pano where they can do these things officially and for a small fee per month

[Mira]

Spam in the 'More languages' Forum:
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24378
Seems that the only purpose of the account is advertising.

[Draken]

I don't have moderation rights in that forum but I have already sent an e-mail to Joaquín.

[Mira]

Quote Draken:

I don't have moderation rights in that forum but I have already sent an e-mail to Joaquín.

Thanks Draken. Do you know who is moderating that forum? This is not for the first time that I notice a thread there should be moderated, but I don't know who to contact.

[Draken]

I don't know for sure but I think the only modertor with rights there is Panamon_Creel. It is difficult to have a proper moderator becasue there are so many languages involved.

[Panamon-Creel]

Post deleted

[Mira]

Thanks Draken and Panamon, now I know who is in charge. ;)

[FSup]

Quote Draken:

I don't know for sure but I think the only modertor with rights there is Panamon_Creel. It is difficult to have a proper moderator becasue there are so many languages involved.

I just checked and learned I have mod-privileges there too - just for info and upcoming events

[Hans Sterkendries]

Could the moderator who's responsable for the "Share your pictures" forum, please have a look at

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24390
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24389
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24388
and
http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24387

I call it spam.

[Panamon-Creel]

those forum posts will sink quickly out of view and I'm not worried about them but I think his account will be suspended in the near future due to repeat ads comments to his pictures ;)

[FSup]

Somewhat strange but not directly SPAM I think, therefore I locked the threads.

[Ralf_G.]

Last night I gave some advice to that new user (gyanendra1) from India by a comment to one of his photos (his photos had been clicked only once or twice, if any views at all). I told him:
a) to delete all his comments (only to his own photos up to then!) with the long list of links, to avoid the deletion of his account,
b) to consider deleting the portraits of himself and his family, to protect his privacy,
c) to search for already existing threads in the SYP list of themes before opening multiple new threads,
d) to use the thumb creator instead of clumsy links to his photos,
e) to avoid permanent capital letters (as in the titles of his threads) as this is regarded as impolite shouting on the internet.

All in all, these mistakes seemed to me to be a newbie's ones - but now his account is already deleted (by the team or maybe by himself?), maybe this was not enough time for him to read my advice and react ...

[FSup]

AFAIK it's not the first time that guy is doing these things at Panoramio. However - all of the things you told him are global standards in every forum so if he looks around he could see that he is doing thing others don't do. And I think 'maybe he is a new user' is not an apologize for everything - if using a forum is new to anyone it normal to have a look on the thing first. It's like driving a car - you have to learn the basics before you should use it

[hvbemmel]

can one of the mods please delete this spam from the Dutch forum? thx

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24421

and every other forum as well

strange enough, when you try to acces the user page it says:

Quote:

Not Found

The page your have requested does not exist in our server. You may have used an outdated link or may have typed the address (URL) incorrectly.

[Hans Sterkendries]

Quote hvbemmel:

can one of the mods please delete this spam from the Dutch forum? thx

http://www.panoramio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24421

I was about to post the exact same message. Strange thing: this user has user number 0. How did he do that?

[Mira]

Quote Hans Sterkendries:

I was about to post the exact same message. Strange thing: this user has user number 0. How did he do that?

Seems that the user has been deleted, but the post in the Forum is still there. Probably this time someone from the Team was faster than the Dutch forum moderator.

[Draken]

However the thread needs to be edited (e-mail addresses) or deleted. Panamon_Creel will surely do it as soon as he reads this post.