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I would like to see a kind of forum where you can make requests for articles on a specific topic.
- Sebastian
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Something like: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1641/Article-Writing.aspx[^] ???
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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No  I meant a forum where you can post ideas for articles that you would like to see.
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We had this and it simply wasn't used.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Oh well. Thanks for the reply, Chris.
cheers, Sebastian
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Neither one of the people listed as closing this article have written an article for CP, or a Tip/Trick: [^].
Of course, relatively lower reps, and the fact of not yet having written at least a Tip/Trick, doesn't mean these two question-closers are not illuminated masters with psychic powers. I certainly respect their achievements to date.
And, yeah, the OP's "question" was kind of borderline, I admit.
But, should we "throw out the baby with the bath water," when CP MVP's take time to respond and post working code ?
thanks, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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I agree - maybe it would be a good solution to make the amount of required reports to close a question depending on the reputation of people already having answered; or silently ignore reports from members with a reputation < X ?
- Sebastian
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Hi Sebastian,
May I congratulate you on your outstandingly thorough and helpful answers on many QA questions in the last few months ! It is heartening to see someone "paying the iron-price" to earn their rep
This problem is a bit sticky because those who may not have high reps are also important members of our community, and no one wants to de-value their common sense, and potential contributions, no matter what areas of site participation they choose to invest in.
My personal view is that if a number of answers have been posted, and voted on, comments made, etc., the question ... and its answers ... should stick around.
cheers, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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BillWoodruff wrote: My personal view is that if a number of answers have been posted, and voted on, comments made, etc., the question ... and its answers ... should stick around.
Bill, I have tons of respect for your contributions here, but I think it is much more complex than that.
What if it is Griff telling them, that we don't do their homework or something similar?
What if it is a spammy question with spammy answers/comments?
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: What if it is Griff telling them, that we don't do their homework or something similar?
I think those kind of replies, regardless if it's Griff or someone else, should strictly be posted as a comment.
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This one has been around for a long time. Many new Q&A respondents take their lead from the old hands.
I agree with others regarding your good work.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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pwasser wrote: This one has been around for a long time.
I see...
pwasser wrote: I agree with others regarding your good work.
Thank you, Peter!
- Sebastian
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Sorry, I don't get it. Please enlighten me. Also I don't think I included anything in this conversation, I just replied apart from my initial suggestion which I don't think is what you're aiming at here.
edit: In case your link doesn't open the search that you meant to show to me and you're talking about posting "we don't do your homework" as an answer instead of a comment - yes, I also have posted some as answers. But I decided to stop and did stop doing that well before posting here. As you can read from my rep history graph, my activity here doesn't reach that far back yet and I hadn't formed an opinion on that until then.
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modified 18-Mar-15 14:19pm.
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Hi Bill,
thank you very much for your kind compliment! It's nice to see it gets recognition
I have to agree with your objection to my suggestion. Your proposed solution is fairer.
cheers! Sebastian
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I saw the question and answers and am puzzled how it could have been deemed a poor question. In fact I was expecting some discussion on it.
Perhaps as questions are answered and voted on it should become progressively harder to remove them.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I totally understand your concern,but its more difficult to handle than you think. If we stop removing such posts, QA will be full of crap(It's already on its way though). If we start removing such posts,what about the comments/Answers provided?
One common solution would be to apply moderation queue here as well.
- Question posted
- Comments added
- Solutions posted
- 3 reports and question gets closed. This comes to moderation queue
- It can than be reopened by X-votes.
Moderation queue will display full thread,including each comment/solution(Just like normal question). If it gets enough votes to close, it will be closed immediately otherwise it will be reopened.
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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Rohan Leuva wrote: If we stop removing such posts, QA will be full of crap
I, personally, wouldn't consider the question linked "crap". Maybe there isn't one clear solution to it, and maybe the forums would have been better suited for that discussion, but this is a general issue with codeproject.
What I would like to see is:
Quick Answers: Specific questions (e.g. "How can I fix the error I get when doing X?", etc.)
Discussion forums: discussions about language features and algorithms where no definitive answer is expected or even possible.
How should a new member (or one who doesn't frequent the site often) know where to ask questions when there are two locations?
I think the problem is that both kind of questions are asked in both locations. Probably because the forums have been sticking around for longer and have been used for questions since the beginning. Codeproject is a great resource when it comes to articles (and tips) and offers an okay platform for asking questions and getting answers to it but I find it kinda sad, that it isn't really a platform for discussions about coding.
I occasionally take a look at questions in the QA and some of the forums, but keep myself mostly out of as I think it's currently just a big mess...
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Nicholas Marty wrote: it's currently just a big mess.
That's all i wanted to say...
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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But you can't resolve that by just closing or deleting such questions.
Maybe the most "simple" (disregarding the work inflicted on Chris  ) solution would be to add the possibility to move those questions from the QA to the discussion forums (or vice versa) where either
a member with a certain amount of reputation (authority and/or organiser?) can either vote to move it or move it directly, or the user posting the question may do so. (Maybe add a button to the question where other users can click so the poster gets notified that the question might be better suited in the discussion forums, etc.)
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Nicholas Marty wrote: But you can't resolve that by just closing or deleting such questions.
That's the reason i suggested the moderation queue so 'debatable' questions can be reopened. Inshort, theres still possibility that it can be discussed.
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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Hi Rohan,
I think your idea is practical in the sense it puts the burden for the work of "resurrection" of closed posts onto the membership, rather than CP staff.
Another "thorny" issue I see is: how one can change the behavior of certain very high-rep frequent QA respondents who post frequent "solutions" that are nothing more than "sermons," or "lectures," that, at best, fumigate with technical rhetoric and very general advice the OP's question. That such "solutions" seem to almost auto-magically get a 5 vote within minutes of their posting is an interesting phenom.
I am as concerned about the issue of how we "elevate" excellent, stand-out, content so it "floats above" the great churning cosmic ocean of "other."
Does the rating/rep system as it is now encourage/enable that optimally ?
cheers, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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Bob ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif)
in teddy bear form.
I would definitely buy one ! (for my son of course )
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I'm not sure if a 3D-incarnation of Bob could be G-rated 
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