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Suspicious new user accounts?
These are spam accounts. Their about me says "spam account" because recently a couple of moderators have been editing the original content (which may get indexed by search engines and ...
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Is it acceptable to quote a Nazi claim on Physics SE?
People can put anything they want in the bio section of their profiles, except for egregious hate speech and pornography. The mere fact that a quote was said by a Nazi, or is attributed to a Nazi, ...
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Crackpots and links to crackpot articles in their profile
Is this OK with you, having reputable physicists (like Cosmas Zachos and Valter Moretti or Urs Schreiber to name a few) alongside crackpots?
That's the wrong question. Let's suppose I'm not "OK" with ...
ACuriousMindMod
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Account suspensions
Suspensions go to people who break the rules of the site, are warned about it, and don't stop. There is no requirement that the user does not contribute to the site in a valuable way - or in other ...
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Is this user a spammer?
We prefer to reserve “spammer” for users who use their Stack Exchange accounts to post marketing links here. It’s not really any of our business if a user has a Twitter account which is used for ...
robMod
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Has Physics.SE had this same trolling experience?
I'm promoting this comment by knzhou to an answer:
We get worse questions every day. Downvote, flag, and move on.
robMod
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Crackpots and links to crackpot articles in their profile
Users are allowed to put what they want in their user profiles, within reason.
Generally speaking, users are allowed to put whatever the heck they want in their user profile. This includes links, ...
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A very active (new) user suddenly disappeared. What happened?
User accounts can be deleted for two reasons:
Deletion is requested by the user while logged in
Moderators delete an account because it is used to violate a site policy as a sock puppet. Examples ...
ACuriousMindMod
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Dissociate an account from a question
You need to use the contact link and explicitly request dissociation. See this meta post for more information.
Note also that you cannot delete questions with positively scored answers anyway.
ACuriousMindMod
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Why do we have a profile page and an ability to chat if SE is not a social network?
The distinction between having social features (like a profile page and chat) and being a social network is also discussed in this mother meta question and in particular this answer.
Jeff Atwood ...
ACuriousMindMod
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Reputation of the user increased without activity
Users that have (or had at one time) more than 200 reputation on any site in the network are granted an association bonus of 100 reputation on every other site.
ACuriousMindMod
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Users with identical names
It's not much of a problem. While there may be users sharing a display name with you (many, if your name is Chris or rob), it's unlikely there are other prominent users that share a display name with ...
ChrisMod
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Transfer answer from duplicate unregistered user account
Please use the "Contact" link in the footer of the page and choose "I need to merge user profiles" as the reason and explain your case. SE will handle the merge manually.
ACuriousMindMod
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Is it acceptable to quote a Nazi claim on Physics SE?
I could understand including the quotation,
"There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph."
Firstly, forget who said it - how is the ...
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Many deleted users
It's probably a coincidence. 155 users were deleted and 46 destroyed by moderators, but that doesn't include self-deletions. I don't know of any way to get specific numbers of how many users delete ...
ChrisMod
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What happened to my account on Physics Stack Exchange?
This occurred because your account was deleted on Physics.SE.
If you believe this action is in error and you have not received a message from the moderators or the staff, use the Contact form to ...
- 16.2k
2
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My last question - how do I unsubscribe?
Use the contact us link at the bottom of the page and choose the reason "I need to delete my user profile", then follow the instructions (if any) that you receive. It may take a few days for the ...
ACuriousMindMod
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Offensive user name
There's no way to flag an account, but you can flag one of the user's posts for moderator attention and explain in the message. Of course, now that you've brought it to our (mods') attention by ...
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1
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Crackpots and links to crackpot articles in their profile
I'm not going to bother going over the SE network policy on profiles again, since two answers already have.
Is this OK with you, having reputable physicists (like Cosmas Zachos and Valter Moretti ...
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What happened to [username removed]?
That user appears to have decided to stop visiting the site. There's some non-public information which confirms that their decision was voluntary. They had expressed an intention to return, but you ...
robMod
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How can I change my username, profile, and other settings on the Android mobile application?
It doesn't seem to be possible to edit user profiles from within the Android app. The Meta Stack Exchange page that introduced it does not mention it, and the feature request Ability to update profile ...
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