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Didn't see that 
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I just didn't see that. That's all.
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Doing just that already... :EvilGrinSmiley:
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We don't promote it. Actually we fight against it. With more than 10 Million users is quite difficult to have it all under control. Our response time can sometimes be slower as desirable. We are all volunteers after all.
You did it right, you found it, reported it here. Article is gone
M.D.V. 
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Its true that the article was gone! 
But strict ACTIONS have to be taken so that from future this just not happen. I can realize that handling 10 Million user is not an easy task.
People can read out this thread any time , right? We have caught one plagiarist and if we don't take strict actions now then what message these 10 Million user would get from this thread actually?
The plagiarists delete his post and we are happy with it ???
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We don't. Every article and tip which is posted needs to be moderated, which means that members with sufficient experience read and check it, and it takes five such to agree it should go through, or be refused. One of the standard checks is generally to try and find the article on the net somewhere and if we do, the article is marked as plagiarised and will not be approved. However, it isn't always easy to spot and sometime a copied article will get through - but even then, then is a mechanism (or actually two) for removing plagiarised material.
Firstly, there is a "report" button on every article which can be used to mark an article as copied (or otherwise unsuitable) and again sufficient such votes will remove it.
Secondly, there is this forum, where such abuse can be reported directly by any member in exactly the way you did (this will generally ensure a faster response than just hitting the report button, but doing both is a good idea.
It is also quite common for plagiarists to have the account deleted if this is not an isolated incident. (The "author" of the offending article only needs a few more strikes and his account will be history.) To that end, I have just about to go through the other two articles by the same author with a fine tooth comb... 
We do not condone plagiarism (just look at some of the posts here) - but we are all human, and we do make mistakes from time to time. Things don't happen instantly - it takes multiple people to remove an article or account for everyone's protection - but they do happen when we are alerted to a problem.
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The first one: Windows Phone Camera Application[^]
Under normal circumstances I wouldn't flag this as plagiarised, but...there is a lot of similarity with this document from 2012: http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/wp7/article.php/c19919/Writing-a-Windows-Phone-75-Camera-Application.htm[^]
A small amount of the text is almost identical:
"A camera need not be present (for example, front facing camera was not a part of the original devices). our application would need to handle that condition gracefully."
"A camera need not be present (for example, front facing camera was not a part of the original devices). Your application would need to handle that condition gracefully."
And chunks of the code match absolutely, and the indentation in the version here could indicate copy and paste - but it's not definitive as the code is very simple. The images would appear to be new.
The second article though: Local Database on Windows Phone[^]
Is definitely a copy from here: http://www.f5debug.net/post/2012/02/26/Learn-Windows-Phone-7-Development-in-31-Days-Day-26-Working-with-Creating-a-Local-Database-in-WP7.aspx[^] although he has provided his own images, and reworked some of the text, he forgot to proof read it properly:
From his:
"Once we add the reference for System.Data.Linq to the application, we need to add the below namespaces to the code-behind page of MainPage.Xaml as shown in the screen below. "
From the original:
"Once we added the reference for the System.Data.Linq to the application, we need to add the below namespaces to the code behind page of the MainPage.Xaml as shown in the screen below.
--- only the original has the screen it refers to, and the copy doesn't.
Given that the subject is the same, and the code is the same except with "student" instead of "Employee" I am pretty sure it's a copy, although a good one.
I'm happy to say all three articles are copies, and he should be smacked about the head repeatedly...
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I did not get time to check his other article before, after reading your part I just went to check what he had in his bag and I found stolen items, aah...
Its clear maximum part of his article are copied from varies site. The author "Rahat Yasir" from North South University, Bangladesh should be ban from codeproject for plagiarism.
If we don't take strict ACTIONS now then the 10 Million user who is currently have access to this thread would be inspired to commit plagiarism.
And this is what we really don't want !
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OriginalGriff wrote: Under normal circumstances I wouldn't flag this as plagiarised
Why don't you remove them? You're a Protector, so you have this privilege.
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I do, don't I?
I try hard not to use it - I do for spam, because I don't want that generating any links or whatever as far as google and rankings are concerned. But for plagiarism, I'd rather they were deleted in the usual way, and take the perpetrator with it...if the articles aren't there, it's not so obvious that the "author" should get a kicking as well as the material.
A plagiarism post here normally means they don't last much longer anyway! 
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I have deleted the articles. Stamp on the account.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'm happy to say all three articles are copies, and he should be smacked about
the head repeatedly...
3 of 5 delivered in every item, including user
EDIT: Mr. Yoda's nuke was faster and more powerful 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I reported this one as abuse, as well.
Hope that helps.
Michael
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Article gone, user needs one more invitation to leave
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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He's been shown the door.
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I killed three questions, but the perp still needs a couple of smacks.
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I suspect this will be an Arnie though..."He'll be back!"
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