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So many spams in these article's comments!

8-Aug-13 23:18

Do you think that a spammer will use his own email address to create spam-accounts? That would be very idiotic, even for them.

What if the address of that account is from someone who has nothing to do? Nickname is not necessarily related to the address you used to create the account and receive the confirmation email.

He spammed, he got nuked. We don't play such "revenge game" (at least I don't)

M.D.V.

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Marc Gabrie5-Aug-13 16:53

Marc Gabrie

5-Aug-13 16:53

Spam Comment: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4628596/EAN-13-barcode.aspx[^]
Spammer: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10189688[^]

Spam Comment: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4122909/generate-EAN13-in-Csharp-NET.aspx[^]
Spammer (seems to be inactive): http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=8552094[^]

Spam Comment: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3252613/Re-why-its-limited-in-12-digits-how-can-i-use-pdf4.aspx[^]
Not sure if it's a pure Spammer but: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=2231306[^]

Re: So many spams in these article's comments!

AlphaDeltaTheta5-Aug-13 20:06

Re: So many spams in these article's comments!

5-Aug-13 20:06

Marc Gabrie wrote:
Not sure if it's a pure Spammer but: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=2231306[^]

He is a pure spammer. See all his answers, all are links to his own website.

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SoMad5-Aug-13 20:58

SoMad

5-Aug-13 20:58

Yes, I agree. The account is closed, so here are the links to his posts.
Answers: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=answers&mid=2231306[^]
Messages: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Messages.aspx?fmid=2231306[^]

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Plagiarised article

OriginalGriff5-Aug-13 3:43

5-Aug-13 3:43

This: Shortcut Key in SQL Server Management Studio[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Karthik-J-Coimbatore[^]

Is copied from this: http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2413/sql-server-management-studio-keyboard-shortcuts-part-1-of-2/[^]

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Re: Plagiarised article

Nagy Vilmos5-Aug-13 4:37

Nagy Vilmos

5-Aug-13 4:37

4 reports so far.

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Re: Plagiarised article

Nelek5-Aug-13 7:01

5-Aug-13 7:01

Both nuked

M.D.V.

Is this abuse?

AlphaDeltaTheta5-Aug-13 0:20

5-Aug-13 0:20

A website[^] is displaying articles posted here as if it were posted on the site and then hosting a link to the article in an embedded iframe with the site logo on the top. My tips/tricks as well as some others too, are landing on the site. The real authors are "claimed" to be authors of the posts in that sites. And this, (as per my understanding of CPOL, correct me if wrong) is a clear breach of the CPOL terms.

The offending link:[^]

The "HTML" page[^]
And the "Authors" page[^]
Screenshot[^]

**An interesting thing to note, the Code Project click-jack buster comes into operation and "blasts" the iframe, redirecting us to the original page. But if you're quick enough or on a slow internet connection, you can see the the header and the article being hosted in an iframe, before the scripts are loaded.

Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
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Richard Deeming5-Aug-13 1:56

Richard Deeming

5-Aug-13 1:56

Looks like abuse to me.

The site claims to be "a project by Maniar Technologies[^]" - contact@maniartech.com / https://twitter.com/maniartech/[^].

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- Homer

AlphaDeltaTheta5-Aug-13 20:07

5-Aug-13 20:07

I think it's the time for the hamsters..

Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
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Simon_Whale5-Aug-13 4:59

Simon_Whale

5-Aug-13 4:59

I had a checked on some authors and they have listed there Sasha, ScottGu, Sean Ewington.

But if you click on the links it sends you direct to the authors codeproject article or their own site depending on what they have put as a link,

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AlphaDeltaTheta5-Aug-13 20:01

5-Aug-13 20:01

Simon_Whale wrote:
But if you click on the links it sends you direct to the authors codeproject article or their own site depending on what they have put as a link,

Did you read the footnote, actually they try to embed it in an iframe, but the codeproject clickjack buster, moves the iframe to top level.

Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.
Carl von Clausewitz
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Sean Ewington6-Aug-13 6:42

Sean Ewington

6-Aug-13 6:42

Thank you kindly. We're on it.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Ripped article

jgauffin5-Aug-13 0:03

jgauffin

5-Aug-13 0:03

I couldn't figure out how to report an article as a ripoff.

But this article: Microsoft C# Coding Standards and Best Practices[^]

is a copy/paste of: http://net2008-mehul.blogspot.se/2008/02/introduction-anybody-can-write-code.html[^]

OriginalGriff5-Aug-13 0:19

MainFrameMan_ALIVE_AND_WELL$$

5-Aug-13 0:19

This is the place!
You can start the ball rolling (if you have the rep points) by clicking the flag next to the stars at the top of the article - this should open a drop down from reports, including "plagiarised" - which is the one you want. But reporting it here is good as well, as it means our crack team of voters can blitz it PDQ.

(You can optionally do the same with the article "author" as well)

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Message Closed

7-Aug-13 11:51

7-Aug-13 11:51

Message Closed

OriginalGriff7-Aug-13 12:00

7-Aug-13 12:00

You are (of course) welcome to your own opinion.
However, this site does have a 'zero tolerance' approach to plagiarism, and part of our efforts to maintain article quality via moderation does mean that we keep an eye open for copied material.

And when we find it, we do our best to ensure that it does not remain on the site...

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

SoMad5-Aug-13 0:40

SoMad

5-Aug-13 0:40

His other article Best Practices to Improve ASP.NET Web Application Performance[^] appears to be ripped off from this: http://ananthram4u.blog.com/2010/07/07/how-to-improve-asp-net-web-application-performance/[^]

Soren Madsen

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

OriginalGriff5-Aug-13 3:47

5-Aug-13 3:47

And well done! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

You will be please to note that both the articles are gone, and the member's account is not closed as well...
Perfect! Keep up the good work.

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

Nelek5-Aug-13 7:03

5-Aug-13 7:03

OriginalGriff wrote:
the member's account is ~~not~~ now closed as well

Giving 2nd chance? or missing clicks?

Edit:
I think typo, the account is actually close

Edit_2:
FTFY

M.D.V.

OriginalGriff5-Aug-13 7:26

5-Aug-13 7:26

I type slower than I think... Laugh | :laugh:

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Spam in reference.

Pete O'Hanlon4-Aug-13 23:37

Pete O'Hanlon

4-Aug-13 23:37

This[^] user attempted to add his portfolio as a reference article. Unfortunately, you can't moderate references (there's only an "option" to approve), so I've deleted the offending item.

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Re: Spam in reference.

Nelek5-Aug-13 2:41