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I've marked Dave's reply as the answer because it best meets my requirements, to wit: I needed to handle an off-topic reply in another thread but I didn't know it was covered as abuse -- until I read Dave's reply. ...Sorry, Richard. (Both you guys have massive point totals, so I suspect my choice is not really critical :-) Regards, Mark.
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- Edited by markfilipak- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:23 AM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 6:48 PM

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One method of contact is if you had some issue with a post you can use the Report as abuse which flags the post for moderation. The dialog also present a comment box where you can provide any details. Only moderators can see abuse details.

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- Edited by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 11:19 PM
- Marked as answer by markfilipak- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:14 AM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:26 PM

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Determining who the moderators are is not easy. Contacting them is also difficult. Advice in this Wiki article:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7078.how-to-find-out-who-the-moderators-are-in-an-msdn-or-technet-forum.aspx

Each forum has different moderators and owner. Which forum are you concerned about?

Edit: Possibilities include:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=win10itprosetup

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install

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- Edited by Richard MuellerMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:08 PM
- Proposed as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:45 PM
- Marked as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:56 PM
- Unmarked as answer by markfilipak- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:15 AM
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A quick check in that forum for stickies reveals a moderator and the forum owner.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7605d653-eec1-40e8-bae8-3f769c34490c/windows-10-forum-faq?forum=win10itprosetup

but as Richard mentioned finding a contact for them may be difficult. The forums do not have a direct messaging option.

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
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- Marked as answer by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:56 PM
- Unmarked as answer by markfilipak- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:16 AM
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A quick check in that forum for stickies ...

What are "stickies"?

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:21 PM

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Determining who the moderators are is not easy. Contacting them is also difficult. Advice in this Wiki article:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7078.how-to-find-out-who-the-moderators-are-in-an-msdn-or-technet-forum.aspx

Each forum has different moderators and owner. Which forum are you concerned about?

Edit: Possibilities include:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=win10itprosetup

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install

Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)

No help, Richard.

May I pose my question to you?

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:27 PM

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Dave linked to the "sticky" thread in that forum. A sticky is a thread that a moderator has marked to stay at the top of the list of threads in the forum until a set date. In that thread, Anthony_Mann has "owner" next to his name, so he is the owner of that forum. Dave and I have "moderator" next to our names in this thread, but that only means we are moderators in the "Forum Issues" forum.

Edit: In that forum I see user "yilia zhau" is a moderator.

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- Edited by Richard MuellerMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:46 PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:37 PM

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What are "stickies"?

Regular forums posts appear in chronological order. Stickies (such as the one I linked) are locked to the top of a forums by moderators and or owners.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:55 PM

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Edit: In that forum I see user "yilia zhau" is a moderator.

How do you see that, Richard? What is the URL of the page you are looking at?

I tried https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US?forum=win10itprosetup but I don't see anything indicating a moderator.

May I simply pose my question to you?

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:55 PM

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You can see by looking at any of the threads a user participated in, in that forum such as this one.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/317dcb89-cfa0-4dc9-a133-3fa62369f1c1/windows-10-pro-windows-update-not-recognizing-unhidden-patches-trough-kb3073930?forum=win10itprosetup

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
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Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:59 PM

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I saw the moderator in this thread:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7cea7671-e327-4d77-bcd4-a724a4b15a4a/windows-10-1803-gt-1809-upgrade-disables-local-administrator-and-replaces-custom-user-account?forum=win10itprosetup#f0e10081-f52d-4a24-abf5-13e02256c88e

This user also shows as "MSFT CSG", which I think means a contractor. I see no contact information in the profile. I saw another moderator, but it was in an old reply, so may no longer be active.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:03 PM

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You can see by looking at any of the threads a user participated in, in that forum such as this one.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/317dcb89-cfa0-4dc9-a133-3fa62369f1c1/windows-10-pro-windows-update-not-recognizing-unhidden-patches-trough-kb3073930?forum=win10itprosetup

Well, I don't see "yilia zhau" there, but I do see "Brandon Records". I went here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/brandon%20records/?ws=usercard-mini
but couldn't find a contact link.

How do I contact Brandon?

May I simply pose my question to you?

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:08 PM

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Yea, there is no option in these forums for direct contact. You can but note that I don't have any interactions or connections in the Windows 10 IT Pro forums.

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
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- Edited by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:13 PM
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One method of contact is if you had some issue with a post you can use the Report as abuse which flags the post for moderation. The dialog also present a comment box where you can provide any details. Only moderators can see abuse details.

Regards, Dave Patrick ....
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows Server] Datacenter Management

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights.
- Edited by Dave PatrickMVP Tuesday, December 4, 2018 11:19 PM
- Marked as answer by markfilipak- Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:14 AM
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