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1-Oct-07 0:00

We already have something close to this at the bottom of articles but are working to tighten it up and make the article list much closer to the current article

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Malcolm Smart29-Sep-07 7:22

Malcolm Smart

29-Sep-07 7:22

Most probably mentioned before, but if somebody asks a nobby question (read NIIT in C# forum, or similar), and they get 'suitable' replies, they delete their original question. This a) screws up the boards by having dangling posts, and b) gives the OP anonymity from his stupid question / interview question / homework question, which he may have had an answer too, and he can 't be caught 'cheating'.

I always think twice before asking a question or even ansewring, as I know my current boss frequents the boards, and any future boss could well have a look.

So - without the waffle, can we stop questions that have had a reply from being deleted?

Luc Pattyn29-Sep-07 8:15

Luc Pattyn

29-Sep-07 8:15

Malcolm Smart wrote:
Most probably mentioned before, but if somebody asks a nobby question (read NIIT in C# forum, or similar), and they get 'suitable' replies, they delete their original question. This a) screws up the boards by having dangling posts, and b) gives the OP anonymity from his stupid question / interview question / homework question, which he may have had an answer too, and he can 't be caught 'cheating'.

I always think twice before asking a question or even ansewring, as I know my current boss frequents the boards, and any future boss could well have a look.

So - without the waffle, can we stop questions that have had a reply from being deleted?

Hi Malcolm,

I fully agree.
It has been discussed several times before.
Arguments against it are:
- original author can remove the contents of his message; how to prevent that while allowing
him to apply corrections/additions. My answer is by keeping the original ALSO.
- whatever approach to prevent deletion will cost more disk space. My asnwer is the first
reply should copy the entire original message. From then on, any other solution will
actually save disk space!

Smile | :)

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Paul Conrad29-Sep-07 10:42

Paul Conrad

29-Sep-07 10:42

Malcolm Smart wrote:
gives the OP anonymity from his stupid question / interview question / homework question, which he may have had an answer too, and he can 't be caught 'cheating'.

Malcolm Smart wrote:
can we stop questions that have had a reply from being deleted?

That is why I usually add the majority of the post to my reply. The OP can't get rid of it then.

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martin_hughes29-Sep-07 11:07

martin_hughes

29-Sep-07 11:07

Damn straight - and I thought my NIIT reply was one of my better ones Smile | :)

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Chris Maunder1-Oct-07 0:03

1-Oct-07 0:03

Maybe we do this:

Add the ability to mark a question as "solved". We count the number of times a person deletes a question that's been marked "solved" and if it's over a threshold they get kicked for abuse.

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ChandraRam1-Oct-07 1:00

ChandraRam

1-Oct-07 1:00

Chris Maunder wrote:
Maybe we do this:

Add the ability to mark a question as "solved". We count the number of times a person deletes a question that's been marked "solved" and if it's over a threshold they get kicked for abuse.

Right... but who decides that it is "solved"? In all fairness to _normal_ posters, it should be the OP, but this doesnt solve the issue at hand.

Luc Pattyn1-Oct-07 1:20

Luc Pattyn

1-Oct-07 1:20

Chris Maunder wrote:
Maybe we do this:

Add the ability to mark a question as "solved". We count the number of times a person deletes a question that's been marked "solved" and if it's over a threshold they get kicked for abuse.

Who is to decide whether a problem is solved? IMO only the OP can do that. So how does
this help?

Smile | :)

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Chris Maunder1-Oct-07 1:27

1-Oct-07 1:27

Luc Pattyn wrote:
Who is to decide whether a problem is solved

Either the poster (for a definitive "Solved" mark) or other readers (for a "N votes = solved" consensus). That way answers will, hopefully, get marked quickly, but we also allow and encourage others to mark answers as the solution which will then lock the question.

Yep - it's got holes, but it's a step

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Duplicate article listings on the latest updates page

Luc Pattyn1-Oct-07 1:41

Luc Pattyn

1-Oct-07 1:41

Chris Maunder wrote:
Either the poster (for a definitive "Solved" mark) or other readers (for a "N votes = solved" consensus). That way answers will, hopefully, get marked quickly, but we also allow and encourage others to mark answers as the solution which will then lock the question.

Yep - it's got holes, but it's a step

Hi Chris,

I don't think this will help at all:

IMO the disappearing messages are the ones that are not solved at all, but get removed:
- because some reply said "wrong forum"
- because the OP got aware and ashamed it was a silly question
- etc.

None of these would get a "solved" mark anyhow; questions that really got solved
by one or more good replies tend not to disappear AFAIK.

IMO the only category that may be covered by this is the question that did not get
answered but got solved by the OP using other means; I am afraid that is a small minority...

Maybe you should gather some statistics on disappearing messages (i.e. keep them, hidden,
for a while, and manually try to figure out why they got deleted).

Smile | :)

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Dan Neely28-Sep-07 10:34

Dan Neely

28-Sep-07 10:34

Most of hte articles I'm seeing here are listed twice in immediate succession.

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Re: Duplicate article listings on the latest updates page

Chris Maunder1-Oct-07 0:03

Re: Duplicate article listings on the latest updates page

1-Oct-07 0:03

Still happening?

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Dan Neely1-Oct-07 2:13

Dan Neely

1-Oct-07 2:13

yes.

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[BUG] Survey MailForm shows HTML Tags in Your Name:

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar28-Sep-07 4:23

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

28-Sep-07 4:23

Just went to Survey MailForm (Suggest a Survey) page. In the 'Your Name' textbox, I could see the name with HTML tags. I think it has just filled the profile name from database to the textbox. However, in this case and typically while filling it in textboxes, it can cut off the HTML tags. Isn't it?

The page URL is: http://www.codeproject.com/script/common/mailform.asp?option=Poll[^]

P.S.: HTML Tags in textboxes might also give rise to Script Injection Attacks. Isn't it?

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Re: [BUG] Survey MailForm shows HTML Tags in Your Name:

Chris Maunder1-Oct-07 0:13

Two unedited articles not showing

1-Oct-07 0:13

Fixed

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N a v a n e e t h27-Sep-07 2:30

27-Sep-07 2:30

I have written two article 1 year back.

1 - http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/controllibrary.asp[^]
2 - http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/smtpmail.asp[^]

But in my article listing page, these two articles are not listing. Please tell me how can I correct this ?

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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar27-Sep-07 6:23

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

27-Sep-07 6:23

Navaneeth,

When I clicked the usericon of your message, I got the profile as this URL:

http://www.codeproject.com/script/profile/whos_who.asp?id=1844917[^]

The Article Author has this profile URL: http://www.codeproject.com/script/profile/whos_who.asp?vt=arts&id=2795733[^]

As an Article Author, you only have and 4 messages and 2 Articles.
As the Bug Poster, you have 1281 messages and 1 Article.

Does anything ring?

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N a v a n e e t h27-Sep-07 19:57

27-Sep-07 19:57

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
Does anything ring?

YES.. Both member number also different. Is it taking as different user names ? But I have only created the one what I am using now. And I wrote those from this userid only. Don't what's going wrong

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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar27-Sep-07 22:54

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

27-Sep-07 22:54

I think different ids should mean different login names (login email addresses). You can email webmaster (at) codeproject.com so that your credentials can be advised. But I don't know whether CP can merge both your acccounts into one.

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N a v a n e e t h27-Sep-07 23:03

27-Sep-07 23:03

Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
I think different ids should mean different login names (login email addresses)

But how ? I have not created the second one. Any way will mail to webmaster. Thanks for pointing this out

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Chris Maunder1-Oct-07 0:14

1-Oct-07 0:14

I passed this to Sean who should have emailed you about this. Is everything now sorted out?

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N a v a n e e t h1-Oct-07 18:19