Spam and Abuse Watch

1-May-13 6:47

Because I've only been here for four years and some people got quite upset when I overtook them in the reputation stakes, when they had been here for twice as long, or more...

If people had that ability, some of them would have used it! Laugh | :laugh:

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Plagiarism

Richard Deeming1-May-13 1:50

Richard Deeming

1-May-13 1:50

All of the posts on this blog[^] are direct copies of CodeProject articles. The links to download the source, as well as all of the images, are pointing to the codeproject.com domain. None of the articles were written by the author of the blog[^].

Could someone send an attack hamster round to deal with him?

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Sean Ewington1-May-13 3:42

Sean Ewington

1-May-13 3:42

Thanks for the catch. We'll take care of these.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Sean Ewington16-May-13 4:46

Sean Ewington

16-May-13 4:46

Attack hamster victorious.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Richard Deeming20-May-13 2:21

Richard Deeming

20-May-13 2:21

Sean Ewington wrote:
Attack hamster victorious.

Are you sure? There still seem to be quite a few posts which are direct copies of CodeProject articles, and still have images hosted on the codeproject.com domain.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Sean Ewington22-May-13 10:50

Sean Ewington

22-May-13 10:50

What we have here is a repeat offender. In the days it took Google to process the DMCA request, he copied more articles. This now classifies him as a repeat offender and I have requested Google de-activate his account entirely on these grounds.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Plagiarised article

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 23:44

30-Apr-13 23:44

I've seen this face before: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Praveen_Kumar_Chauhan[^]
and his latest "Article" is a direct rip from MSDN: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=72180&aid=586106&msg=4554103#xx4554103xx[^]
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/translation/p/gettingstarted1.aspx[^]

I'm also pretty sure that I've marked him as a plagiarist before as well. Anyone else remember him?

A quick look says that this Tip of "his": Resize and Compress Image in C#[^]
Is copied from here: http://ryblogs2012.blogspot.co.uk/[^]

Looks like a serial copy'n'paste expert!

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Richard Deeming1-May-13 1:43

Richard Deeming

1-May-13 1:43

For the "resize and compress image" post, I suspect it's the other way round. Looking at the ryblogs post[^], both the code download and the images are pointing to the tip on CodeProject. The tip was first posted here on 2013-04-13; the blog post claims to have been posted on 2013-04-14.

All of the other posts on the blog seem to be copied from CodeProject as well. I'll report the blog in a separate post to make sure it gets noticed.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

QA spam

NotPolitcallyCorrect30-Apr-13 11:54

NotPolitcallyCorrect

30-Apr-13 11:54

This[^] member posting spam link here[^]. I removed the spam link but left the message.

Plagiarised article

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 4:34

30-Apr-13 4:34

Just got a reply on this article: ASP.NET Membership[^]
posted by http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7942473[^]
which would indicate that the version here is a copy'n'paste job from here: http://revenmerchantservices.com/page/ASpnet-20-step-by-step-Membership-Provider-.aspx[^]
So the version here and it's "author" need a good kick!

(took the originator three months to come back to me! OMG | :OMG:

)

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Pete O'Hanlon30-Apr-13 4:49

30-Apr-13 4:49

Article gone. Time to kick the author.

His other articles are copies as well. I'm just deleting them.

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 4:57

30-Apr-13 4:57

I didn't think of that!

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Pete O'Hanlon30-Apr-13 5:28

30-Apr-13 5:28

Well, I do have delete privileges, so it's natural for me to think to check the others as well, just in case.

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 5:37

30-Apr-13 5:37

That did seem to be getting a bit abused, didn't it? Any chance we could do the same with downvotes on noobie questions? Laugh | :laugh:

Grey is such an unappealing colour for QA once SA wakes up... Smile | :)

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Pete O'Hanlon30-Apr-13 8:42

30-Apr-13 8:42

I believe I still have the powers to delete QA as well.

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 8:43

30-Apr-13 8:43

What? The WHOLE thing? OMG | :OMG:

You would collapse the student economy at a stroke! Laugh | :laugh:

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Pete O'Hanlon30-Apr-13 8:50

30-Apr-13 8:50

Just push one button and it'll be coding nirvana for the rest of us.

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 9:09

30-Apr-13 9:09

Think of the children man!

Think of the children!

Oh, heck. Want a hand with that button? Looks kinda stiff from here...

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Pete O'Hanlon30-Apr-13 9:14

30-Apr-13 9:14

Okay, who's channeling the spirit of Jimmy Savile here?

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

OriginalGriff30-Apr-13 9:24

30-Apr-13 9:24

Guys n gals, guys an gals...clunk click every trip.

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Hardware spam.

SoMad29-Apr-13 21:25

SoMad

29-Apr-13 21:25

No, not that kind of hardware. It's something about power tools.
Member: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10019046[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=10019046[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: Hardware spam.

OriginalGriff29-Apr-13 22:13

29-Apr-13 22:13

Not very reliable tools, they are all gone already... Wink | ;)

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

Re: Hardware spam.

SoMad29-Apr-13 22:33

SoMad

29-Apr-13 22:33

I never saw that coming. Blush | :O

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: Hardware spam.

OriginalGriff29-Apr-13 22:48