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# Report a user

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**Warning** ! By submitting a report to ProtectList reviewers, you may be subject to **penlaties** if we consider your report to be **troll**.
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## Make a report

To create a report, you just need to run the command `/report` and indicating, as in the example below, the user, the reason and a valid proof.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/956608874121691156/1090655100629946559/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of the command <code>/report</code></p></figcaption></figure>

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**Warning** ! ProtectList does not take into account reports for **games** or other, we only take reports **related** to the **Discord platform**.
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You will then need to validate, or not, your report by clicking on the two buttons proposed.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/956608874121691156/1090665075502747779/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of the report validation</p></figcaption></figure>

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**Congratulations**, you have just sent a report to **ProtectList reviewers**, we can't wait for your report to be **answered** !
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## The response of the report

Generally, you will have the response to your report within 24 hours and it will be sent to you in private messages.

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Be **careful** to check that your **private messages** are **open** to **everyone** so that ProtectList can **inform** you of our response !
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### Your report is approved

Congratulations, your report has been approved by our examiners ! Often, we add details about your report :

1. **Tags** : we add tags so that your report is classified in certain categories (like `Token grabber`, `Scamming` etc...)
2. **Translation** : we translate your report into all ProtectList languages.
3. **Author** : we add your information, as the author of the report, namely, your nickname.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/956608874121691156/1090665875402653758/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of an approved report</p></figcaption></figure>

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We keep the **evidence** you provide to us in **our servers** so as not to cause further **harm** to the reported user and also to **keep** our evidence **unique** so that it is not **replicated** and used by **third parties**.
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### Your report is refused

Ouch, your postponement is refused! There may be several reasons for your postponement to be refused, here are the main ones :

1. **Proof** : your proof does not correlate with the reason you provided to us or it is not explicit enough or it is distorted.
2. **Reason** : the reason you specified to us is not clear enough or does not correlate with your evidence or is not sufficient for a blacklist or finally, we do not take this kind of reason for a blacklist.

<figure><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/956608874121691156/1090663679592239235/image.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example of a refused report</p></figcaption></figure>

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Please do not return the **same report** immediately after its **refusal**. Instead, be sure to **redo** your report so that it is accepted as **quickly and efficiently** as possible by the examiners.
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