Commit d3b14e9d authored by Luke Bennett's avatar Luke Bennett

Document the "Abuse reports" feature

Add documentation for both admins (/user/admin_area/abuse_reports.md)
and non-admins (/user/abuse_reports.md) to help them use
the abuse reports feature
parent 44d9d72b
...@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ created in snippets, wikis, and repos. ...@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ created in snippets, wikis, and repos.
- [Postfix for incoming email](reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md): Set up a - [Postfix for incoming email](reply_by_email_postfix_setup.md): Set up a
basic Postfix mail server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu for incoming basic Postfix mail server with IMAP authentication on Ubuntu for incoming
emails. emails.
- [Abuse reports](../user/admin_area/abuse_reports.md): View and resolve abuse reports from your users.
[reply by email]: reply_by_email.md [reply by email]: reply_by_email.md
[issues by email]: ../user/project/issues/create_new_issue.md#new-issue-via-email [issues by email]: ../user/project/issues/create_new_issue.md#new-issue-via-email
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# Abuse reports
Report abuse from users to GitLab administrators.
You can report a user through their:
- [Profile](#reporting-abuse-through-a-users-profile)
- [Comments](#reporting-abuse-through-a-users-comment)
- [Issues and Merge requests](#reporting-abuse-through-a-users-issue-or-merge-request)
## Reporting abuse through a user's profile
To report abuse from a user's profile page:
1. Click on the exclamation point report abuse button at the top right of the user's profile.
1. Complete an abuse report.
1. Click the **Send report** button.
## Reporting abuse through a user's comment
To report abuse from a user's comment:
1. Click on the vertical ellipsis (⋮) more actions button to open the dropdown.
1. Select **Report as abuse**.
1. Complete an abuse report.
1. Click the **Send report** button.
NOTE: **Note:**
A URL to the reported user's comment will be
pre-filled in the abuse report's **Message** field.
## Reporting abuse through a user's issue or merge request
The **Report abuse** button is displayed at the top right of the issue or merge request:
- When **Report abuse** is selected from the menu that appears when the **Close issue** or **Close merge request** button is clicked, for users that have permission to close the issue or merge request.
- When viewing the issue or merge request, for users that don't have permission to close the issue or merge request.
With the **Report abuse** button displayed, to submit an abuse report:
1. Click the **Report abuse** button.
1. Submit an abuse report.
1. Click the **Send report** button.
NOTE: **Note:**
A URL to the reported user's issue or merge request will be pre-filled
in the abuse report's **Message** field.
## Managing abuse reports
Admins are able to view and resolve abuse reports.
For more information, see [abuse reports administration documentation](admin_area/abuse_reports.md).
# Abuse reports
View and resolve abuse reports from GitLab users.
Admins can view abuse reports in the admin area and are able to
resolve the reports by removing the reported user, blocking the reported user, or removing the report.
## Reporting abuse
To find out more about reporting abuse, see [abuse reports user documentation](../abuse_reports.md).
## Resolving abuse reports
To access abuse reports, go to **Admin area > Abuse Reports**.
There are 3 ways to resolve an abuse report, with a button for each method:
- Remove user & report: [Deletes the reported user](../profile/account/delete_account.md) from the instance and removes the abuse report from the list.
- Block user: Blocks the reported user from the instance and does not remove the abuse report from the list.
- Remove report: Removes the abuse report from the list and does not restrict the access for the reported user.
![abuse-reports-page-image](img/abuse_reports_page.png)
## Blocked users
Blocking a user will not remove the abuse report from the list.
Instead, the block button will be disabled and explain that the user is "Already blocked".
You are still able to remove the user and/or report if necessary.
![abuse-report-blocked-user-image](img/abuse_report_blocked_user.png)
...@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ methods available in GitLab. ...@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ methods available in GitLab.
user type (guest, reporter, developer, maintainer, owner). user type (guest, reporter, developer, maintainer, owner).
- [Feature highlight](feature_highlight.md): Learn more about the little blue dots - [Feature highlight](feature_highlight.md): Learn more about the little blue dots
around the app that explain certain features around the app that explain certain features
- [Abuse reports](abuse_reports.md): Report abuse from users to GitLab administrators
## Groups ## Groups
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...@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Here's a list of things that will not be deleted: ...@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Here's a list of things that will not be deleted:
Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide Instead of being deleted, these records will be moved to a system-wide
"Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records. "Ghost User", whose sole purpose is to act as a container for such records.
When a user is deleted from an abuse report or spam log, these associated When a user is deleted from an [abuse report](../../admin_area/abuse_reports.md) or spam log, these associated
records are not ghosted and will be removed, along with any groups the user records are not ghosted and will be removed, along with any groups the user
is a sole owner of. Administrators can also request this behaviour when is a sole owner of. Administrators can also request this behaviour when
deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the deleting users from the [API](../../../api/users.md#user-deletion) or the
...@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ admin area. ...@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ admin area.
[ce-10273]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10273 [ce-10273]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10273
[ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467 [ce-10467]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/10467
[ce-11853]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/11853 [ce-11853]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/11853
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