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Then there's a very simple solution. Don't allow members to double post. This shouldn't be a problem because you can edit your post any moment you like, and it's even marked with a [modified] tag (which was a very good idea, not many forums have that).
You could optionally allow them to post if there hasn't been a reply for 24 or 48 hours, but only once. 
That way you won't need any moderators, and the system is foolproof.
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Bumping has been a problem on all the other forums I have been on, even with all the safe guards that you have mentioned, and even more. The only to prevent it from happening sometimes is to not let it happen at all.
The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec² - Marcus Dolengo
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I don't think the disadvantages of bumping are greater than the advantages of answers longer than one post actually getting answered, instead of digged into the eternal void of oblivion.
Bumping also isn't that horrible. It's mainly done by people that didn't get their question answered, but ended up quite far in the page ranking, sometimes just because of bad timing.
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Jitse wrote: That way you won't need any moderators, and the system is foolproof.
That's a bold claim. You get used to the way the system works, and I must admit that I happen to like it.
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And what to do when you made a new topic at an unfortunate moment, and it gets digged to the 20th page in no time? Just make a new one?
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If it gets bumped then so be it. Although I'd be really surprised if something got moved that quickly.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Although I'd be really surprised if something got moved that quickly.
Here you go, got chased into oblivion in no time, although it doesn't look too hard to solve. =/ I explained it thoroughly, gave my code, and it's a pretty specific question. Is it possible this topic has been assaulted by a... page-tsunami? (DUN DUN DUN...)
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/View.aspx?fid=1649&msg=2440450[^]
I can see alot of other no-replies-topics at pages higher than 25 or so. Those are all victims of the Codeproject-Forums-don't-want-you-to-bump-dictatorship. 
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For new users who register at CP till the display name is customized by the user, the system actually generates beguile names like Member <memberid></memberid> for example <small>Darren Hinkley Member 2239923</small>.
I just wanted to suggest if the display name could be a combination of First Name and Last Name to the extent of 50 characters. Wouldn't this be more friendly?
Numerical figures representing a person's display name looks very weird.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
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Vasudevan Deepak K wrote: Numerical figures representing a person's display name looks very weird.
Hey!
But who is the king of all of these folks?
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"Member X" is generated when the person doesn't supply a name. If they supply a name we use it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: when the person doesn't supply a name. If they supply a name we use it.
Can there be a mandatory filling criteria set for this field?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
Tech Gossips
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. --Leonard Louis Levinson
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This[^] post of Brad Kelly's is quoting what it claims is text I wrote but which actually was written by Josh Gray[^] in another thread.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop.
-- Matthew Faithfull
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Our quote system will only enable you to quote what's currently on the Reply page.
His post was made using CPHog which means there's a chance he highlighted text from a different message when quoting, since CPHog allows replys directly from the messages.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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My settings page will not save that I want to recieve a news letter.
After saving, I return to my settings and find that the newsletter check box is again unticked
I have confirmed my email address
Help!
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This should now be fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Is there a way to private message members on the forum? If not I think some kind of system should be added.
I saw an active member's profile, namely Luc Pattyn, and wanted to ask some questions.
It would be a cool thing to be able to do.
The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec² - Marcus Dolengo
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Every member's post has a "Email" link that allows you to send a private email to that person.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I really need to learn more about the feature of CP... That is the third time I have made a suggestion that is already in place. 
The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec² - Marcus Dolengo
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Give anyone who has posted a reply and gained a favorable vote permission to modify it.
(If the advantages of such a system aren't immediately obvious, then please ignore this post completely - i may well be full of it)
But who is the king of all of these folks?
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As long as the modified code is kept separate from the author's code, AND the author's code is still linked to the article.
I can just see someone posting a comment that gets a favorable rating, and then converting the article's code to VB. 
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The advantage of a wiki is that there's a history, and you can go in and correct things like that... 
---- ...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
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Could you explain a little bit more? You said "forums" not "articles", so how will this wiki-enabled forums work? 
Maxwell Chen
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I suspect i was thinking of a FAQ.
---- ...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
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Not quite what i'm thinking... I don't honestly think there's much of an advantage to having collaborative editing or history for individual posts.
---- ...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
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