Admin Contact

[thomas]

I usually receive a fair amount of spam every day, we all live with this predicament. Today ALL of my email addresses that pertain to Japanref-related domains were bombarded with junk. I assume someone must have signed me up to a few lists. I therefore decided to delete my entire set of email addresses @ japanreference.com, japanref.com and japanbanner.net and to disable my "catchall accounts". For the time being I will only rely on web-based accounts.

You can always reach me through the forum's email function or via PM.

Thanks for your understanding! :wave:

[Unregistered]

How can I recover lost password ?

[thomas]

If you enter an invalid password, the error message prompt displays a link to recover your password

=> http://forum.japanreference.com/member.php?s=&action=lostpw

[Twisted]

That's what we have this form for:

http://forum.japanreference.com/member.php?s=&action=lostpw

Make sure you fill in the email address that you used to register here, otherwise it won't work.

[Twisted]

sniff :D

[Thomas Quinton]

I need to make a correction on my thread, and how do i go about correcting it? My thread is in the japan people search, Chihar has a u at the end and i need to get it there. Chiharu. Thomas Quinton is my name. Help me if you can.

[Twisted]

There's an "edit" button beneath your post, to the right. With that button, you can edit all of your own postings.

[cowo (as a guest)]

hi thomas

i registered myself for this forum a few days ago.
when i login under my name and password i even get this welcome:

"Welcome back, cowo
There have been 29 threads and 42 posts since your last visit!
The time now is 19:04. You last visited: 09-09-03 10:48."

but i'm not allowed to do anything (not even reading any threads).
what's the matter? did i miss something like an activation or
confirmation-mail?

so long
andre (cowo)

[thomas]

Hi Andre, sorry for the inconvenience. Did you enable cookies in your browser?

[cowo]

yes, cookies are enabled in my browser.
but that was not the problem.

i did a new registration yesterday (after my first one has been deleted ore something) and this time i got the activation/confirmation mail.

so as you can see, i'm in :)
thanks anyway

cowo

[thomas]

Glad to know it worked, and welcome aboard! :)

[Clarence]

Is there anyway to correct my username as my name is spelt wrongly?

[kirei_na_me]

How should it be spelled?

[Clarence]

i understand you are working on it!

[Meiji Lythtis]

Hi... well my question is a little different...

I'd like to add a link to Japan Reference's forum since my website I almost released. If you agree I'd like to ask you some questions about the forum.

Thanks.

[Meiji Lythtis]

uh... nobody wants to answer me...

[Twisted]

Uhm... well, what questions did you want to ask about the forum then?

[Meiji Lythtis]

Ah! Hi Twisted... well, these are the questions:

1. I can see the number of members in the forum's homepage, but I'd like to know the growing percent it has.
2. The date when the forum began, and,
3. The host country (where the forum owners are from)

Thanks Twisted.

[NPC]

Would it be possible to change my profile or Shown name to 'Areekisu'. Apparently this is my name in Japanese, pronounced in English.
Note to self: Learn Japanese

[Twisted]

No, sorry, it's not possible to change usernames.

[Jean-Francois]

Can someone tell me what is a Danshaku?

[jeisan]

*points at my sig*

[Maciamo]

Can someone tell me what is a Danshaku?

You are a baron ! Congrats ! JREF titles use Japanese nobility titles of the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa eras.

[Jean-Francois]

Thanks.

Ha? Now I have to lengthen my message to 15 characters.

Okay. This is long enough.

[Mikawa Ossan]

I think super_power should be banned.

[RockLee]

I think super_power should be banned.Will be done anytime ;-) Already posted about it...But I don't have any power outside of the Entertainment section.

[nice gaijin]

celtician's responses to super_power's threads really raised my eyebrow. After looking at his thread history, all of his previous posts are angled at being insulting, most specifically to Japan and its people. Criticism is one thing, but his comments are crude, unconstructive, and seem to be the pointless blatherings of a blindly ethnocentric individual. I'm surprised he's flown under the radar for this long.

[Cue]

Dear Admins,
um, i'm not sure if this is the right thread to post this... forgive me if i'm doing something wrong.

My question is:
I've received a couple of email notification that says "****(someone's name) has just replied to a thread you have subscribed." and there's a link to the thread just like other email notification from JREF does.

However, when I click the link, there's no new post there.
Is this some kind of mistake at your side? or my side? or could it be that someone already delete their post?? or could it be... a spam mail pretending to be JREF?
I'm afraid my last guess might be it, as both the messages I received are exactly the same, though they were meant to be posted at completely different threads one another.
it says,
"Hi, my name is ****(her name). *****(someone's name, not mine), i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send a mail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.Here is my email address (her address) believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my email address above. (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)"

Anyone, any idea??
please help.
Thanks

Cue

[nice gaijin]

The first messages you described are just subscription notifications; you can turn them off if you click your "my settings" button, then go to "List Subscriptions" on the left side.

The second e-mail is an unsolicited message and is definitely something a moderator or administrator should address. You should not have to suffer from any unwanted ナンパ, online or in real life. The question is, are you sure the "profile" they're talking about is from Jref? If you're sure they're someone from Jref, I'm sure an Admin would be happy to do something about it (send them a warning or something along those lines).

[Dutch Baka]

I'm afraid my last guess might be it, as both the messages I received are exactly the same, though they were meant to be posted at completely different threads one another.
it says,
"Hi, my name is ****(her name). *****(someone's name, not mine), i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send a mail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.Here is my email address (her address) believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my email address above. (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)"


No worries about this one, she's banned. * thanks to mike*

[Mycernius]

She was spamming up the forum. The post you're looking for has been deleted, along with the other 15 identical posts in other threads.

[Cue]

ohhh, so that is!

thank you so much for all your help, mike san(Mycernius
san?), dutch san and nice gaijin san!!

...i really wished i had been able to make myself understood a little better than that. sorry for the confusion or misunderstanding i've caused.
yeah, what i meant to say was i got the notification from JREF's address saying those NAMPA messages have been posted to my threads, but there weren't any posts. ^^;

...so, she wasn't really interested in me, huh? lol

anyway, thanks again, you all. phew, now i can go to sleep quietly. xD

Cue

[nice gaijin]

Oh! The ナンパ content was in the "subscription" e-mail! I thought they were two separate things! Oh well, I'm glad the spammer is canned.

[Mycernius]

mike san(Mycernius
san?),

Same person. Mike's my name, Mycernius is my username.:-)

[JoRuDeNnA]

Hello!! I dont know if this is the correct place, I really didnt want to make a whole thread, but Ive notice this member who is making really annoying threads around JREF talking bad and stuff abput Japan, dunno if ista a troll but I think the admis should check him/her out.
Is nothing personal, but I think he/she is being quite rude by starting these threads. Here are the links to some of them!
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=25595
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=25603
If this isnt iportant Im sorry!! hehe just thought that person wasnt acting correct, oh and his/her username is perrier
Thanks in advance

Edit: This subject is being discussed already! but I dont see any action! I hope some one do somthing about it

[kirei_na_me]

That's been taken care of, for the time being.

I'm sure another one will be back soon... :okashii:

[DoctorP]

Is it just me, or is the forum clock off by about 15 minutes?

[DoctorP]

Nope....it's only 13 minutes off! Maybe someone could check on that!

[thomas]

Nope....it's only 13 minutes off! Maybe someone could check on that!

Thanks for the heads-up! I will need to tinker with the server's NTP daemon...

[Mars Man]

BAd person on line now...help !!

[miki78]

I have a question about a post can someone tell me where to post my question please

[leonmarino]

Bad person online!!!

[Mars Man]

I wish I had been there to help cover over those bad posts. Unfortunately, I had been away from the PC today. Sorry. MM

[Elizabeth]

I have a question about a post can someone tell me where to post my question please
It depends on the nature of the problem (is this your own post, reporting a bad one...etc :?), but I would first try contacting one of the admins (Thomas, Maciamo) or a moderator of the forum in question. If that doesn't work, any of the mods should be able to help on a general inquiry.

[miki78]

Well it's about a post of mine thats gone missing i guess it was deleted so i'm trying to find out why :?

[Elizabeth]

Well it's about a post of mine thats gone missing i guess it was deleted so i'm trying to find out why :?
You mean like a thread that you started ? I dont think individual posts can be deleted....What was the subject and where did you post it ? AFAIK something has to be off-topic, obscene, personally defamatory, etc. to get permanently trashed. I wouldn't try raising it again though until you're sure of the reason. :relief:

[miki78]

Sorry i'm always calling threads posts :sorry:

It was in the Japan on the web section i posted about my brothers website which is about Yugioh and Digital art and anime its called digital white dragon

I wanted to ask so i didn't post the thread again when i wasn't suposed to like you said :-)

It was there one day and gone the next:souka:

[Dutch Baka]

Well it's about a post of mine thats gone missing i guess it was deleted so i'm trying to find out why :?

It's back! sorry I got confused with the website.

[miki78]

Thats OK thankyou very much:-)

[Iwark]

How can I make threads in this site? I tried to figure it out but it doesn't say "new thread".

[RockLee]

@Iwark: http://www.jref.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20 in this page under the Site Feedback/Admin Contact Post your ideas, suggestions or complaints (open to guests). There is a button "new thread" :) Hope it was helpful.

[jeisan]

also you have to be viewing a forum, not a thread; otherwise it just says "post reply"

[darknoonthirty]

please tell me there is a way for you to ban people posting beheading photographs around here? not only is it sick, twisted, and gross..its just plain wrong.

please PLEASE tell me there is something ou can do.

his user name is Lorento
pleae, make this stop.

[DoctorP]

Judging by the number of posts Lorento was able to put up, I'm guessing there has been no admin/moderators in for at least an hour? Please clean that mess up!

[Broken Rose Ren]

Please, Lorento's post are pure hatred. Ban him now and delete all the he has done. No if, and's or but's. Delete the little sh!t.

[darknoonthirty]

please.
this is insane. theres enough going on in the wrold, stuff that we cant control dealing with hate.

we can stop this. if even by getting it off this site.
this is just pure evil and insanity.
dont we see enough of this in the news?

not that you guys cn help that, im just saying..please..do soemthing about this. please/

[Broken Rose Ren]

It's getting ridiculous now. Please, stop him! Now he's posting feces pics, next to the beheading pics he posted earlier! My God, it has to stop~

[darknoonthirty]

please
make this stop

this stuff doesnt need to be here..or anywhere.
just please. delete his hatred.
please.

he needs to be stopped

[-Rudel-]

still going

[Kyoko_desu]

Admin-sama, thank you so much for deleting all the bad posts.:-)

[leonmarino]

Wow. It seems like the same guy striked again.. There was a similar incident a few days ago.. And a few days before that!!

I know the admins made a rule about a minimum number of posts (15) one has to post before he can post links (or was it pictures? I can't remember), but I guess that didn't stop him.. I guess all we can do is push the bad post report button (http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22679) and wait for a admin or mod to come online. :relief:

[thomas]

Wow. It seems like the same guy striked again.. There was a similar incident a few days ago.. And a few days before that!!
I know the admins made a rule about a minimum number of posts (15) one has to post before he can post links (or was it pictures? I can't remember), but I guess that didn't stop him.. I guess all we can do is push the bad post report button (http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22679) and wait for a admin or mod to come online. :relief:


I am not exactly sure what happened as I am in office right now, but I have increased the number of posts you must have in order to post URLs and pics to 20 (and I will not hesitate to further increase it in case of repeated attacks) and also set the minimum number of characters in a single post to at least 20.

Furthermore, I am going to lock this thread, as it is not meant for emergencies. We appreciate your vigilance, but please open new threads in case of alerts or just report the post in question.

:wave:

[jeisan]

well he made 77 posts last night which was over the minimum of 15 i guess he just blathered on about other stuff until he could post links.