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Scrotum
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Getting in a sneaky one eh?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'
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I think that some (mostly new) users don't get the Q/A thing.
There are many attempts at conversation by the OP adding answers to the question, rather than adding a comment on an answer. You don't get notification of these.
I would like to suggest a more prominent comment/"clarification request" button. I know there is also a warning on trying to answer your own question, so it's likely that you don't want to prevent users from answering their own.
This came up because I just found a few answers that I had made where the OP asked for additional details but I never saw them and therefore couldn't provide additional help.
Edit: I just had a look-over on the page...perhaps a 'follow question' option would work to solve this as well?
Cheers.
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote: There are many attempts at conversation by the OP adding answers to the question, rather than adding a comment on an answer. You don't get notification of these.
Yeah.. this has been a problem for a while. We have a task to redirect the author to edit their question when they attempt to add an answer. The edit page will have a notice describing what happened - i.e. that we'd like them to improve their question or add a comment rather than a new answer as feedback. They'll also have the option of creating an answer if they actually want to add a "real" answer.
What do you think? Do you have another specific suggestion?
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote: Edit: I just had a look-over on the page...perhaps a 'follow question' option would work to solve this as well?
We have a task that involves creating a subscription mechanism that will allow to essentially do this. It's on our plate but not currently one of our higher priorities.
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Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: What do you think? Do you have another specific suggestion?
Only to make it more painfully obvious.
For example, if you are the OP perhaps the paradigm should be flipped. Hide the big 'answer' area by default and expand the comment areas on the answers by default.
I think users are doing it because they're clicking the "big" buttons.
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Interesting.. I'll bring it up with the team
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How do you find the comment system now? Still too subtle?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Ya know, it's hard to tell now! I'm approaching 300 answers (and I've read so much more) and it's become very natural. It's like typing and saying the word Zamboni until it no longer looks or sounds like a real word.
I've noticed little tweaks along the way, and yes, I would probably say that OPs are posting their responses more in the comments rather than answering their own questions...so I think it's definitely gone in the right direction.
Cheers.
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Ah, Zamboni. It says it all, eh?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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And it has such a better ring than, "Heated ice-shaving vehicle". 
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What exactly are they now? I'd like to avoid having to do page refreshes and then guess about how much longer to wait when I run into the limits.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Why, are you in some sort of marathon voting run?
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It's low enough on the lounge that I've tripped it in normal operation a few times; never mind cheerleadering during a flamewar.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Dan Neely wrote: never mind cheerleadering during a flamewar.
[Note to the Hamsters] increase vote sensitivity during flamewars. [End Note to the Hamsters]
Seriously through, I've come across it many times, I ignore voting when it comes for some time [like 5 minutes]. Usually, it is back to regular scheduled programming when I return.
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I noticed that the Page Views for the Alternate Tips/Tricks stays 0.
Should it not increment with the page view counter when the main original tip page is displayed? (i.e. it won't have the same number as the original tip, as it could have been posted later, but when the original tip page is loaded, iterate each of the alternates and increment their specific counter).
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I agree. There is no point in publishing an alternative if no one is ever going to look at it.
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The alternate is displayed on the same page as the original tip/trick. How are you going to maintain a separate count under those conditions?
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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Like Dave said, give each alternative a view count, and assume the alternatives get read together with the original, ever since they exist. As it is now, the alternatives get listed on your articles summary page with a view count of zero, which is hardly accurate. I had already suggested not to show the view count for alternatives at all, but then Dave suggested the above, which I prefer.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: Dave suggested the above, which I prefer.
Thanks Luc
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Good point. I'll bring it up with the team and keep you posted.
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We're thinking of simply hiding the views for alternate tips/tricks. And also calling out alternates with a "[Alternate Tip]" suffix. I think incrementing the view-count would just cause confusion. It'd also probably be well of the number of times it's actually been viewed.
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As feedback, we might want to open the Hindi forum for other Indian languages.
There are many languages spoken in India. Languages like Kannada, Tamil and Telgu are very commonly used.
A good majority of developers are from regions within India that use Tamil or any of the other languages. It is also highly likely that these developers will then not know Hindi (or may not be fluent in Hindi).
You will require tons of moderators though  .
These languages are very different and often a person who speaks one lanuguage cannot understand what was spoken in the other - let alone reading text written in another script.
The Chinese forum may be better off in this sense - I guess everyone in China speaks Chinese (obviously regoinal flavours will be different but I suppose the script would be the same).
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Abhinav S wrote: I guess everyone in China speaks Chinese
Mandarin?
Cantonese?
Hokkien?
Plus all the dialects, it is a bigger problem than you think!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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AFAIK that while the spoken dialects vary greatly the written form is the same for all of them.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
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Plus there is Pinyin[^].
(The inventor of which is here[^])
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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