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I've seen a few threads as of late complaining about the quality of newer articles. I'll agree that, by numbers alone, there are a lot more stinkers around than there used to be. I think that this means it is time to get rid of the '10 latest articles' section and replace it with a '10 latest good articles' section. The signal-to-noise ratio has gotten such that this is simply a necessity.
This will require that a new group of CP volunteers will have to be created for the sole purpose of reviewing articles and deciding which ones get front page billing. We already have volunteer editors and site maintainers, and I am confident that some of the high calibre, well-known CP members can do an excellent job with this.
When an article was positioned for possible review (ie it is added or updated significantly), the reveiwing team would look it over, rate it internally, and decide whether or not to give it front billing. In addition, the reviewers would comment on why something was good or bad, which would make the ratings actually useful.
I like this system much more than the current '10 latest articles' system because some filtering is performed, and I like it better than the 'Top 3 rated articles' because it will be more than 3 articles, and the ratings will come from a panel of known and well respected CP members (instead of random anonymouse twerps).
What are your thoughts?
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Russell Morris
"Have you gone mad Frink? Put down that science pole!"
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Russell Morris wrote:
What are your thoughts?
I think a more distributed (i.e. not hand picked reviewers) system needs implementing.
CP has this amazingly unique system which allows anyone to post any article and have it viewable to 100,000 members, and millions of others.
The editors already "filter" in a way by editing and promoting to categorised status only those articles they deem worthy. That works fine and does not go against CP's open system because it is not rating, it is editing. Sure it is a tacit nod of approval, but still not a direct rating.
But to appoint a "rating and review board" seems to me so against the whole power of 100,000 members and millions of visitors. We need to harness them more effectively. Out of 100,000 you will get trends and worthy articles will rise through good ratings.
I agree though that the Latest 10 list needs to be suplemented with a longer Latest Top 10 list. We must not remove the Latest 10 though because for ratings to work you need people to read and rate the articles. i.e. be informed that there is a new article.
It is a tough one to crack. No other site has managed it. Though /. and K5 have reasonably well working systems IMO, not perfect, but good enough to work from.
Paul Watson
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I like this idea.
Instead of replacing the top 10 latest with the top 10 greatest, we need to see both.
I don't think we need a panel of experts to rate the articles though. Just let CP's rating system work.
Jason Henderson
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Yes, I think something like this is order.
Regardz
Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining.
Said by Roger Wright about me.
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Would it be too stressful for the server to replace < & > with < & > in posts and articles for code inside <pre> & <code> elements?
It would make life a lot easier for people who write the code and for those who're trying read other peoples code who hasn't used < and >.
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Only in a world this sh*tty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face.
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If you're at it, disable smileys inside
tags as well...
<hr color="maroon"><small>If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [<a href="http://www.cherea.de/sighist.html" target="_blank">sighist</a>]</small>
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There's the "Display message as-is" checkbox for this.
Some people like to include markup inside <pre> tags
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Is there any kind of problems with the mail server?
I don't get my replies to my mailbox anymore!
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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You mean notifications to your articles or notifications as to replys to your messages?
There was a big fat bug in the article notification thing that was due to VBScript's IsNumeric function telling me that 13809 wasn't a numeric value. I have no idea why it's doing this or for how long it's been doing this (roughly since the time of W2K SP3 I'm guessing) but it's been fixed.
Message replies to messages are coming through loud and clear for me (not that that's saying anything...)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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I was about to post the same question, yesterday Friday 13th! I was not getting article notifications, and a couple of days ago, I am sure(?) that I was not getting "Message replies to messages" in the forums. But I am sure I was the other week, it could be me as I am new to these forums!
Keep up the good work.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
You mean notifications to your articles or notifications as to replys to your messages?
Yes, that's what I meant.
Chris Maunder wrote:
Message replies to messages are coming through loud and clear for me (not that that's saying anything...)
They are not coming to me... 
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Rickard Andersson wrote:
Chris Maunder wrote:
You mean notifications to your articles or notifications as to replys to your messages?
Yes, that's what I meant.
So which one is it again? 
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
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What do you mean?
Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing
C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN!
UIN: 50302279
E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu
Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Heh.
Look, Chris asked if it was notifications from your articles or notifications about your replies that you weren't getting. And you said, yes that's the one I'm not getting. So I just jokingly asked which one are you not getting? Notifications from articles, or replies to messages? 
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
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Some weeks ago I noticed that h3 headings: subhead had become orange like the h2 headings: head It could have been intentional, but looked more like an accident.
The two levels are still distinguished by type size, but I thought using bold black for the subheads allowed them to stand out without getting the whole article too orange. At least they used to be black as I remember it.
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The style sheet hasn't changed but it will. I find that the orange heading isn't so good on laptop LCD monitors so for my own sanity I'll be making the headings darker.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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:-DThank you Chris. Thank you.
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past.
-Chris Maunder
Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round.
-Peterchen on VS.NET
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In the wizard the step where you can upload files comes last.
After that step the article is switched live immediately.
The preview button is on the page before.
From my perspective it would make sense to put a preview as the last step. This would enable the author to check all file links and images.
Alternatively some sort of "article posted but not live" feature would be ok as well. Then you could check everything and switch it live after that.
Just my 2c
Chris
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The "My Articles" link doesnt work anymore. The target page does not show the articles, instead is blank and needs input.
I also wonder why is it "VS.NET for $799" but "MSDN from $1,950" ?? 
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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VS.NET for $799 means it costs $799, MSDN from $1,950 means there are many prices, the lowest being $1950.
--Mike--
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Hmm, I see, a detail that any non-native english speaking may easily oversee
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Link was correct. Just didnt return any results. Maybe I just caught it when the DB was too busy once more?
I don't think this is a serious possesion, and the evil most likely comes from your hand. Colin J Davies, The Lounge
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Just like GotDotNet does BUT BETTER...
Have it WORK!
Paul Watson wrote:
"At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall."
George Carlin wrote:
"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."
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