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Re: text error in answer or question

2-Aug-13 1:18

Can you please clarify what you mean?

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Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

super2-Aug-13 1:54

super

2-Aug-13 1:54

Why this much emoticons?

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Super
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Re: text error in answer or question

Dholakiya Ankit2-Aug-13 2:07

Dholakiya Ankit

2-Aug-13 2:07

ha ha ha sry should i remove??

You may already know, but...

Tom Clement1-Aug-13 9:19

Tom Clement

1-Aug-13 9:19

The timestamps on reputation points seem to be 1 hour earlier than when they actually occurred (at least here in PDT). For example, when I post a comment, it shows up as posted 1 hour earlier. Not a big deal of course. But in case you feel like taking a look.... This comment will appear to be posted at 11:18 AM, but really it's 12:18PM here.

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Re: You may already know, but...

PB 369,7832-Aug-13 1:35

PB 369,783

2-Aug-13 1:35

Are you in daylight saving hours? I think theres a box you can tick in the settings when you select your time zone.

Re: You may already know, but...

Tom Clement2-Aug-13 4:17

Tom Clement

2-Aug-13 4:17

Yes, it is dst here, and I do have the box checked in my settings. So that appears not to be working.

On a separate but related note, why would you need a "Are you currently in Daylight Savings Time?" checkbox? Wouldn't that require the user to update his settings twice a year? Other sites don't require this that I know of, and I'd think that local time offset from UTC (including any local daylight savings time offsets) would be readily available.

Tom Clement
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Newbies

Kschuler1-Aug-13 6:34

Kschuler

1-Aug-13 6:34

Not sure if this is really a good idea or not, but figured I post it here for discussion at least. I sometimes feel bad when a newbie asks a question in quick answers and gets voted down because they haven't tried google yet or they didn't include their code. These downvotes do not always include a comment that explains why. I imagine that the newbie might get discouraged and decide not to try posting again because of down votes. Perhaps newbies could get temporary immunity? Like the first five questions they ask cannot be downvoted. Or for their first month of being a code project member the questions cannot be downvoted?...just a thought.

Re: Newbies

Thomas Daniels1-Aug-13 22:00

Thomas Daniels

1-Aug-13 22:00

But in that case, questions can still be reported (as "Unclear or Incomplete" for example). If a question of a new user gets closed, he might also get discouraged (and removing the report flag for the first 5 posts is a bad idea, then we wouldn't be able to report spam).
So it will still be the same: you can't downvote -> you report as "Unclear or Incomplete" -> question gets closed after 3 reports -> user gets discouraged.

Another problem: in cases of downvoting the user could know that his question was bad and then he can learn which questions are good and which are bad. If you disable downvoting for a month, then a new user can keep posting very bad questions and then he doesn't know that his questions are bad.

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Re: Newbies

Kschuler2-Aug-13 2:48

Kschuler

2-Aug-13 2:48

I agree about not taking off the report flag...I never meant to suggest that THAT should be removed.

With regard to your second paragraph, I think that's exactly the scenario that I'm thinking of. But I disagree that a downvote "teaches" the newbie that they have a bad question. It's not as constructive as posting a comment that explains what the question is missing. And if downvoting were shutdown for a month, I'm pretty sure a newbie would still get the message via comments. We don't seem to be shy to patronize posters don't google first or include their code in the question.

Re: Newbies

Thomas Daniels2-Aug-13 3:15

Thomas Daniels

2-Aug-13 3:15

You're right, new users can get the message via comments, but there're still some other points:

The first post of new users can be more than a month later than they created an account.
If you disable downvoting for the first 5 posts, then perhaps some new users stop posting questions after they've posted 5 questions, because they've fear of getting downvoted.
People will report a bad question faster because they can't downvote it. I think closing a question is more discouraging than getting downvoted.

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Very urgentz important requirement / major showstopper bug

Rajesh R Subramanian1-Aug-13 6:11

Rajesh R Subramanian

1-Aug-13 6:11

We need a :shrug:[^] emoticon! Smile | :)

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Re: Very urgentz important requirement / major showstopper bug

Chris Maunder2-Aug-13 1:36

Posts stay grey after a Downvote even if

2-Aug-13 1:36

That's it: all dev work is on hold while we attend to this.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Joezer BH1-Aug-13 1:50

Joezer BH

1-Aug-13 1:50

An initial downvote, even after several consequent upvotes lift the score to 4.94 keeps the post coloured grey
An initial Upvote does not keep it green though after several downvotes

It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality.
That means of course that they don't exist.
However, they do!

∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer
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modified 1-Aug-13 9:42am.

Chris Maunder1-Aug-13 3:48

1-Aug-13 3:48

Caching.

We are, at this very moment, getting some newer, better caching servers installed. One by one these caching issues will disappear.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Joezer BH1-Aug-13 3:54

Joezer BH

1-Aug-13 3:54

It would seems strange to me if it were to be caching - I saw this on 2 several years old posts as well...

It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality.
That means of course that they don't exist.
However, they do!

∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer
∑_k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

Chris Maunder1-Aug-13 4:44

1-Aug-13 4:44

Send me a link and I can investigate.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Suspicious boost in rep. points (maybe bug)

Joezer BH3-Aug-13 21:12

Joezer BH

3-Aug-13 21:12

e.g.:
- A Grey 4/5 from Nov 22nd 2010[^]
- A grey 4.43/5 from Mar 15th 2011[^]

It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality.
That means of course that they don't exist.
However, they do!

∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer
∑_k(this.Kid)k = this.♥

Martin Mitáš31-Jul-13 22:44

Martin Mitáš

31-Jul-13 22:44

I've recently got big boost in author reputation. When inspecting, it seems I've got few times 100 point for publishing of an older article when I made some small editation. Actually I've just added a link to new article in the same article series to the older ones. I mean I do not remember to get the same for older edits of the same kind. Also consider the amount of work for creating new article or so just minor edit is incomparable, still they are rewarded the same. So, is it intended or is it a bug in the reputation system?

Re: Suspicious boost in rep. points (maybe bug)

Thomas Daniels31-Jul-13 23:05

Thomas Daniels

31-Jul-13 23:05

That's a bug: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4624852/Im-getting-lots-of-points-for-updating-an-article.aspx[^]

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A big thank you to Smitha Vijayan

Espen Harlinn31-Jul-13 11:47

Espen Harlinn

31-Jul-13 11:47

I noticed that Smitha Vijayan really improved my latest article. Can somebody pass on a big thank you - and perhaps a bunch of Rose | [Rose]

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Pete O'Hanlon31-Jul-13 12:10

Pete O'Hanlon

31-Jul-13 12:10

If you include a card saying the Rose | [Rose]

are from Nish, you'll have his eternal thanks as well.

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Nish Nishant1-Aug-13 2:33

Nish Nishant

1-Aug-13 2:33

It's good to have friends who always got your back for you! Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Chris Maunder1-Aug-13 2:14

1-Aug-13 2:14

Consider it done.

The thank you, not the flowers from Nish.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Espen Harlinn1-Aug-13 2:16

Espen Harlinn

1-Aug-13 2:16

Chris Maunder wrote:
Consider it done.

Brilliant

Espen Harlinn
Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS

Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra