# Suspended by mistake **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 11, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281 "2022-03-11T23:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/1 "2022-03-11T23:07:26Z")
Hello! I’m the Park Interpreter at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, NV, USA. In preparation for a BioBlitz we’re holding next month, I was reaching out to people to ask for permission to use their photos and asking how they’d like to be credited if we use them in some social media posts on the park’s official social media pages. Because I was copying and pasting a template (only changing the links to which observations I wanted to inquire about), the site flagged me as a ‘spammer’ and suspended my account. Is there a way to have this reversed? ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/2 "2022-03-11T23:15:39Z")
i would write a note to [help@inaturalist.org](mailto:help@inaturalist.org) explaining the situation. that’s probably the fastest way to a resolution. ---
**Author:** ![wildlandblogger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/wildlandblogger/32/271_2.png) [@wildlandblogger](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/wildlandblogger)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/3 "2022-03-11T23:25:58Z")
I don’t see you as still suspended- not sure what happened? ---
**Author:** ![kevinfaccenda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kevinfaccenda/32/10265_2.png) [@kevinfaccenda](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kevinfaccenda)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/4 "2022-03-11T23:34:46Z")
Tangential, but if the photos are already listed as CC-BY (or CC-BY-NC and you’re not selling anything), you don’t need to ask for permission, by them selecting that license you already have permission as long as you credit them. ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/5 "2022-03-11T23:37:10Z")
It’s still better to ask, especially about how to credit the author. ---
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/6 "2022-03-11T23:37:20Z")
It was a different account- I made this one to ask for help :) ---
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/7 "2022-03-11T23:38:04Z")
Yeah, looking back I should have done it that way and then perhaps just left a comment on the post stating it would be used. Thought the users might like a heads up and might like to know that they’re being featured somewhere. :) ---
**Author:** ![silversea\_starsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@silversea\_starsong](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/silversea_starsong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/8 "2022-03-11T23:39:27Z")
Has this been resolved yet? I think any curator can revert this without having to go through the iNaturalist help email. ---
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/9 "2022-03-11T23:40:05Z")
Not yet. ---
**Author:** ![silversea\_starsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@silversea\_starsong](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/silversea_starsong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/10 "2022-03-11T23:47:02Z")
I don’t recall the exact requirements, but I think if you are also posting observations and such, it’ll prevent any spam flags from happening in future. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/11 "2022-03-11T23:57:05Z")
The account has been flagged as a non-spammer and reinstated. > [@silversea\_starsong](#): > > Has this been resolved yet? I think any curator can revert this without having to go through the iNaturalist help email. Yes, any curator could reinstate it but the flags were all on messages, which curators can’t read. So they wouldn’t know if the messages were indeed legitimate. > [@silversea\_starsong](#): > > don’t recall the exact requirements, but I think if you are also posting observations and such, it’ll prevent any spam flags from happening in future. iNat’s spam filter analyzes content posted by accounts with fewer than 4 research grade observations. ---
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/12 "2022-03-11T23:58:54Z")
Thanks to everyone for your replies! Reaching out to [help@inaturalist.org](mailto:help@inaturalist.org) via email is worked. :) They replied super fast and were great. ---
**Author:** ![kwolfe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kwolfe96](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kwolfe96)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/13 "2022-03-12T00:03:46Z")
This solved the problem! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suspended-by-mistake/30281/14 "2022-03-12T00:16:28Z")