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6-Nov-14 4:30

It isn't - and we all take it seriously.
Hence Sean's comments below - the staff are involved now and will do what what they think is right.

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Thanks78726-Nov-14 2:56

6-Nov-14 2:56

I am very sad to see link to such Member. Really....

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

Sean Ewington6-Nov-14 4:02

Sean Ewington

6-Nov-14 4:02

Very concerning indeed. Please allow us some time to dig into the full extent, speak with the author, and figure out the ramifications.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

OriginalGriff6-Nov-14 4:27

6-Nov-14 4:27

Please do - it is as you say concerning.
Hence not just a "this is copied, kick him" message.

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OriginalGriff8-Nov-14 22:48

8-Nov-14 22:48

Sean, did anything come of this?

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Sean Ewington10-Nov-14 3:24

Sean Ewington

10-Nov-14 3:24

We're still investigating, discussing. Resolution is coming.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

OriginalGriff10-Nov-14 3:36

10-Nov-14 3:36

That's fine - I had a message from him and I wanted to know what was going on before I replied.
It can wait: I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to say anything that disagreed with The Management Laugh | :laugh:

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Ranjan.D14-Nov-14 23:07

Ranjan.D

14-Nov-14 23:07

I have to completely disagree on what you say about the article content. It is very sad that you are mentioning this without reading my articles.

Quote:
Just looking at his article history, the sheer number posted in a short time (two, three or four a day! OMG | ) kind of says these articles[^] aren't all written by him.

How arrogant you are ? You will face the consequences of dis-respecting CP Authors.

If you are not aware, those articles including Beginners Guide Series HTML5/CSS3, Android etc are selected by CodeProject including judges who have completely reviewed all submissions.

I have to report to CodeProject on this regard in false allegation. All those article references which includes the links to the resources which I had inspired and few open source code samples were reused. Go ahead and review all my submissions than judging my abilities in publishing articles.

Thanks,

modified 15-Nov-14 5:23am.

Misuse of Tags

dr.samuel.john5-Nov-14 22:29

dr.samuel.john

5-Nov-14 22:29

This - www.codeproject.com/Articles/803009/WCF-Service-for-Android-Applications[^]

By - http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9548109[^]

First it has nothing to do with Android, Secondly should have been a Tip (my thoughts) and Most importantly how did this became a 'Best Pick'?

Re: Misuse of Tags

Thanks78725-Nov-14 22:48

5-Nov-14 22:48

Misuse of Tag is neither Spam nor Abusive. You should remove the member link from your post.

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

Re: Misuse of Tags

priti@cp6-Nov-14 20:13

priti@cp

6-Nov-14 20:13

I came here to report the same. Why is misuse of tags not considered as an Abuse?

This article is now appearing in the Survey for 'Best Mobile Article of October 2014'. So, an article that has nothing to do with Mobile platforms is appearing in the Survey without abusing the system?

@OriginalGriff Sir, I'd like to hear what's your take on this.

Re: Misuse of Tags

Thanks78726-Nov-14 20:24

How did this make it as an article?

6-Nov-14 20:24

Abusive langauge or abusive behaviour comes under 'Abuse' category. We see tons of content wrongly tagged, that is not at all an Abuse.

priti@cp wrote:
This article is now appearing in the Survey for 'Best Mobile Article of October 2014'

So what? You already mentioned that its in no way related to Mobile, than ignore it. Its that simple. If you still have some issues, Report it at http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1641/Article-Writing.aspx[^]. Some one will help you out there.

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

OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 21:34

5-Nov-14 21:34

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=147804&aid=838725[^]
At best, a tip!

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Jochen Arndt5-Nov-14 21:59

Jochen Arndt

5-Nov-14 21:59

He had changed it to a tip for approvement. But then I wrote him that it should be better a blog and it appeared again in the article queue. We should give him some time to manage this.

OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 22:06

5-Nov-14 22:06

I'm not suggesting we should kick him, but this is already published as an article - and it plainly isn't!.

As a tip, it's fine. As an article, it's an insult to thousands of hard working people! Laugh | :laugh:

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Jochen Arndt5-Nov-14 22:18

Jochen Arndt

5-Nov-14 22:18

If you look at the article history[^] you will see that the initial version was a blog.

Maybe some people hit the approve link without deeper checking for updated articles. So it may happen that such is approved when the type has been changed inadvertently.

Thanks78725-Nov-14 22:39

5-Nov-14 22:39

I suspect, now a days Articles are getting approved (By some of the Members) by seeing height of the scroll bar... Laugh | :laugh:

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

Sean Ewington6-Nov-14 3:36

Sean Ewington

6-Nov-14 3:36

Good catch. It has been made blog again

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

And another...

OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 20:21

5-Nov-14 20:21

Three spammers on the same article?
This: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4904650/Great-Post.aspx[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=11087347[^]

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Nelek7-Nov-14 23:29

Nelek

7-Nov-14 23:29

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OriginalGriff5-Nov-14 20:16