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Re: Spam would be article

10-Apr-14 21:34

Article gone, member needs more kicks.

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

André Kraak10-Apr-14 23:53

André Kraak

10-Apr-14 23:53

This revision is still active: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?aid=758048&av=1116928[^]

Member still needs two kicks.

Spam in QA

phil.o10-Apr-14 21:23

phil.o

10-Apr-14 21:23

This member:
Member 10741235[^]
answers old posts and provides a link to an external site.
Here
Unable to attach mdf files in SQL Server 2008 R2[^]
for example.

[Flags]
public enum Bool {
   True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
}

private interface IShy { }

A cheater accuses CodeProject in a rude manner

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov10-Apr-14 6:04

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

10-Apr-14 6:04

User-10702590 wrote:
this site is for people who act like jerks, both questions i posted i solved myself.goodbye
[Spelling is unedited — SA ]

Apparently, this is not true. Smile | :)

I usually don't bring personally offensive behavior to discussion, but this case is a bit different; this member cheated: after having my answer followed by long discussion on how to actually use it and a lot of wrong OP's codes, he posted how own solution and accepted it formally ("green button"). After my note that it does not look nice, he admitted that he got the solution from stackoverflow (nothing new, of course; but how it could be "solved myself"? Smile | :)

), the rude accusation shown above appeared.

There are only 2 OP's answers, his first answer also was self-accepted. In some cases, this is acceptable, but…

Original page: How Do I Send A Pdf As Attachment From A Pdf That Was Dynamically Created?[^]
Account:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10736689[^],
http://www.codeproject.com/Members/User-10702590[^].

Even if OP tried to impersonate the whole site based on this case, I don't think this is my fault. I don't think this is acceptable behavior. I personally like to help people who can actually use help, instead of blaming colleagues trying to help.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

modified 10-Apr-14 13:03pm.

Re: A cheater accuses CodeProject in a rude manner

Chris Maunder10-Apr-14 7:02

Chris Maunder

10-Apr-14 7:02

People are people. Just act in a way you, yourself, would like to be treated and don't get sucked into abusive conversations.

(As a total off-topic comment: it would have been nicer if question and answers were updated instead of all the solutions / code going into the comments. Makes it very hard to find the actual solution)

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: A cheater accuses CodeProject in a rude manner

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov10-Apr-14 8:14

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

10-Apr-14 8:14

I could be nicer, but just not sure that being nicer to some people would serve the common good. You could have noticed that I did not say any rude words but noted "See how it looks…" I'm not sure if you noticed that I wasn't "sucked in abused conversations" as you put it; right after the rude words were told, I didn't tell a single argument.

Probably you should understand that tolerating some kinds of behavior indirectly offends those who behave decently. I'm not saying the reputation of the whole site suffers much if other users see those bad words are tolerated, but it depends on some cultural differences…

Thank you very much, Chris.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: A cheater accuses CodeProject in a rude manner [Off-topic, no abuse here]

SoMad10-Apr-14 9:17

SoMad

10-Apr-14 9:17

Chris Maunder wrote:
(As a total off-topic comment: it would have been nicer if question and answers were updated instead of all the solutions / code going into the comments. Makes it very hard to find the actual solution)

I have been down that road too where you go back and forth with the poster "Try this code..." followed by "It did not solve the problem" and I reply with "Then try this line of code there..." with the intention of eventually updating the Solution when the problem is solved.
[As an example, our back and forth here[^] stalled, but I still want to go back, solve the problem (this time I will simply create a small project with his code and get it working on my system), then update my solution because it concerns a control that I think is nice, but can be a bit tricky to get working correctly.]

Soren Madsen

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

Plagiarised would be article

OriginalGriff10-Apr-14 2:35

10-Apr-14 2:35

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=121301&aid=757746[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9361211[^]
Is duplicated on his blog here: http://careerbaba.in/2014/03/oops-interview-questions-and-answers-part-one/[^]
But is taken from here: http://www.completecsharptutorial.com/basic/understanding-concepts.php[^], except the pictures, which are taken from Samsung...

Marco Bertschi10-Apr-14 2:58

Marco Bertschi

10-Apr-14 2:58

Article closed, member still needs kicks.

I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.

How to ask a question

Yasser Shaikh10-Apr-14 3:45

Yasser Shaikh

10-Apr-14 3:45

kicks huh ? Seems like I was wasting my time here. Frown | :(

Dave Kreskowiak10-Apr-14 3:52

Dave Kreskowiak

10-Apr-14 3:52

Copying other peoples work and submitting it as your own was you wasting your own time, not us.

Plagiarism is not something we need around here and is not tolerated at all.

A guide to posting questions on CodeProject

How to debug small programs

Dave Kreskowiak

OriginalGriff10-Apr-14 4:29

10-Apr-14 4:29

Very well said!

Yasesr Shaikh10-Apr-14 6:27

Yasesr Shaikh

10-Apr-14 6:27

Really ? You could have confirmed that right ? The site careerbaba.in you state is mine. http://careerbaba.in/our-team/[^]

and my account is closed reason stated - The member is being abusive or is a troll 10 times and is now deactivated.

Now please tell me when and where was I abusive ?

I signed up again just to let you know this. This was wrong. Very wrong.

I was very excited and looking forward to writing and posting articles here, have been very disappointed at how new users are discouraged to write and contribute.

I had written 2 articles back to back, both of them were rejected. But article like this http://www.codeproject.com/Reference/744770/Technical-Interview-Questions-and-Answers is approved.

_AK_10-Apr-14 6:31

10-Apr-14 6:31

Yasesr Shaikh wrote:
The site careerbaba.in you state is mine

True, but as the OP mentioned, you copied the content from Here[^] and that doesn't seem to be yours.

.AK.

Yasesr Shaikh10-Apr-14 6:53

Yasesr Shaikh

10-Apr-14 6:53

Yes Agreed, those 2 question were taken from the site, because they were explained very well. I am new to the site and this was my first attempt at writing a post here, i didnt know whether we had to mention the references, else why would I miss a chance to redirect users to my own site ?

Having said that, just for taking these two questions do I deserve this ? Account closed and reason stated - Your account at CodeProject has been reported as The member is being abusive or is a troll 10 times and is now deactivated.

Still waiting for the mods to reply to this. :'(

_AK_10-Apr-14 7:27

10-Apr-14 7:27

Yasesr Shaikh wrote:
i didnt know whether we had to mention the references, else why would I miss a
chance to redirect users to my own site

You don't have to give reference to your website/blog. You should give credit to the website/person where originally you copied the content from. And this should be done even in your blog.

Yasesr Shaikh wrote:
Still waiting for the mods to reply to this.

I don't think moderators visit this section quite often, you need to post it in Site Bugs and Suggestion section.

.AK.

OriginalGriff10-Apr-14 8:05

10-Apr-14 8:05

_AK_ wrote:
I don't think moderators visit this section quite often

Oh, we do, we do... Laugh | :laugh:

Mostly to post Spam and Plagiarism notices. Wink | ;)

_AK_10-Apr-14 8:17

10-Apr-14 8:17

My bad I got confused between Moderators and Adminitrators. Smile | :)

.AK.

OriginalGriff10-Apr-14 8:19

10-Apr-14 8:19

Oh they visit as well - Sean reads pretty much everything here, I believe.
But in a straight plagiarism case, Admins aren't needed - his account can be closed without bothering them.

_AK_10-Apr-14 9:06

10-Apr-14 9:06

OriginalGriff wrote:
But in a straight plagiarism case, Admins aren't needed - his account can be
closed without bothering them.

Agreed here. But somehow I feel that if it is a first offence and the user is new then it looks harsh to remove them. My personal opinion though.

.AK.

OriginalGriff10-Apr-14 9:23

10-Apr-14 9:23

No, I'd agree with you, it would be harsh.
But... The OP wasn't new, he had been here long enough to know the rules. And as he said earlier, he had tried twice before. Whether those were copies as well I don't know.

_AK_10-Apr-14 9:54