This article is part of the Wiki series: MSDN/TechNet Forums.
This article explains how to flag or report a user account that you see in any TechNet or MSDN tool, including:
You might want to flag an account that is abusing the system in the following ways:
Click here: https://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/mailform/contactus.aspx?refurl=http://technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ Enter the following information in the form:
Click here: https://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/mailform/contactus.aspx Enter the following information in the form:
Click here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/thread/2cc38c6b-ffe1-4dde-941a-41f68543add3
You might need to flag a specific post as inappropriate (rude, button pushing, etc.) or as spam. But it isn't clear that the account should be banned (this is most cases).
Thanks to Richard. Our conversation on the Forums led to updating this article.
I added the "To Flag a Forum Post as Abusive" section.
Hi Ed !
I think we need to put updated link for Report Forum Spammers as Report Spam 6 is locked now. Okay i am Editing this with new link, hopefully you won't mind me editing.
Thanks, Hasham Niaz
Thanks for updating the link, Hasham!
This article was featured by Jan here: blogs.technet.com/.../community-win-how-to-ban-or-report-a-technet-or-msdn-user-account.aspx
So why was my account banned if I didn't break any of the rules? Is there some way to find out who banned my account and why?
Although wiki pages say 'Report inappropriate content using the Report Abuse link in the footer' there is no such link; could it be added to wiki pages as well as forum posts? As it means the only option for wiki problems is reporting the account rather than the page...
Mary, good catch! We'll at least remove that text and look into re-adding the feature back. Thanks!
Mary, instead we'll link to the appropriate article. Thanks!
Mary, I added this article that's directly about Wiki pages: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../13529.how-to-report-a-technet-wiki-page.aspx