# My account has been flagged **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/my-account-has-been-flagged/139193 "2017-07-31T05:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LukieID](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@LukieID](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/LukieID)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/my-account-has-been-flagged/139193/1 "2017-07-31T05:11:31Z")
Hi, about a week ago my freeCodeCamp account was flagged for academic dishonesty. I am not completely sure why, but I think it may have been because of my algorithm scripting challenges. I copied and pasted the hint for many of the challenges, but I was planning on going back and doing them all on my own before I claimed the front end development certificate. The reason I had copied and pasted the hints was because I wanted a dark green square for every day, and I had a hard time doing that since on some days I would spend a lot of time working on the front end development projects, which would leave no time for challenges. I know that may sound dumb, but I am a very OCD. This was an honest and stupid mistake on my part. I have already deleted all of the code that was copied, but I was wondering if it would be possible to have my account unflagged? I have worked really hard on freeCodeCamp all summer and I would be devastated if I wouldn’t be able to receive the front end development certificate due to this silly mistake on my part. I did send an email about this to [team@freecodecamp.com](mailto:team@freecodecamp.com), but it has now been a week with no response, so that is why I am posting here. Sincerely, Luke ---
**Author:** ![ArielLeslie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/arielleslie/32/264841_2.png) [@ArielLeslie](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ArielLeslie)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/my-account-has-been-flagged/139193/2 "2017-07-31T15:51:01Z")
Since the FCC community is huge and the core team is small, emails to the team may be slow to get a response or possibly be missed in the flood. In some cases, there is a team member that you can try contacting directly via Gitter (see “Whom to Contact About What” on the [about page](https://www.freecodecamp.org/about/)). ---
**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/my-account-has-been-flagged/139193/3 "2021-01-16T18:05:36Z")
Closed on January 16, 2021, 6:05pm UTC