re "Specflow - Part 1 - The first steps:" no source, not free, and author is soliciting user's e-mails

Rick York29-Apr-19 6:23

29-Apr-19 6:23

These two users : https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=14289958 and https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=14346286 seem to be having a contest of who can post the most spam. It's coming so fast they appear to be posting with a script of some sort.

others are doing it too : https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=14346331 and https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=14346334

Their format seems to be fairly consistent so they are making it easy for you to make a little filter that could notify you when it sees an article posted with lots of Unicode text in the title.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

modified 29-Apr-19 13:43pm.

Re: Spam Battle

Chris Maunder29-Apr-19 12:07

Chris Maunder

29-Apr-19 12:07

Yep - we're actively working on this. It's a continuation of what those guys have been doing for the last few weeks. Looks like they have up'd the ante and intent on wasting our time.

cheers
Chris Maunder

This Is Acceptable?

Rick York24-Apr-19 6:42

Rick York

24-Apr-19 6:42

Article : C Program for Strassen's Matrix Multiplication of Any Order (Power of 2)[^]

This article is horrible. It is very little more than a header file dump. It has no discussion of the implementation or examples of use or anything else that would be helpful.

I can't believe it was approved. I would have voted against it if I had seen it before.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

Re: This Is Acceptable?

Chris Maunder25-Apr-19 6:15

Chris Maunder

25-Apr-19 6:15

The article has been deleted.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Article or a Blog Post?

Rick York2-Apr-19 9:54

Rick York

2-Apr-19 9:54

The #1 Rule of Cryptography[^]

This guy has been writing a series of blog posts and I think this one was mis-categorized. It is way too short to be an article so I think it should be another of his blog posts.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

Re: Article or a Blog Post?

Chris Maunder2-Apr-19 9:56

Chris Maunder

2-Apr-19 9:56

Agree. I've recategorised it.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Article or a Blog Post?

Rick York2-Apr-19 10:05

Rick York

2-Apr-19 10:05

Many thanks.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

re "Specflow - Part 1 - The first steps:" no source, not free, and author is soliciting user's e-mails

BillWoodruff12-Mar-19 7:11

BillWoodruff

12-Mar-19 7:11

Specflow - Part 1 - The first steps [^]

Quote:
Note: Specflow+ Runner is not free. But we can try it out by requesting a trial licence. I have included a link for your convenience.

After you register, you will receive an email with the license key.

«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot

Not sure about this

Jochen Arndt11-Jul-18 1:25

Jochen Arndt

11-Jul-18 1:25

Imran Abdul Ghani - Professional Profile[^] is an active user with 13 articles and 92 blogs.

But the two recently posted articles What Everyone Ought to Know about Big Data[^] and An Introduction to Blockchain Technology[^] contain both a link to takethiscourse.net.

If this would be articles from a new user I would have reported them as spam / site driving.

Maybe @sean-ewington can have a look and maybe a word with him.

Re: Not sure about this

Sean Ewington11-Jul-18 5:25

Sean Ewington

11-Jul-18 5:25

Thanks for the report. I have sent the author a message about the links in the articles.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Can't approve nor vote for block articles/tips

Kewin Rausch1-Jun-18 4:43

Kewin Rausch

1-Jun-18 4:43

I see the classic review need message in the homepage (box on the right with article/tips list), but there is no link to the pages, just the name of the user which "posted" the article.

Seems like a bug of some sort for me... anyone else?

How to Optimize ASP.NET Core Performance with Distributed Cache?

Simon_Whale6-Apr-18 0:26

Simon_Whale

6-Apr-18 0:26

Not sure what to make of this one in the queue

How to Optimize ASP.NET Core Performance with Distributed Cache?[^]

A Quick search shows that the author has also posted the same article in DZone.com which is ok, But when I get to the bottom of the article he has links that point to a commerical website. which also is hosting a webinar with the same title.

Live Webinar: How to Optimize ASP.NET Core Performance with a Distributed Cache?[^]

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Commercial product link in article - Resolved

Richard Deeming26-Feb-18 7:07

Richard Deeming

26-Feb-18 7:07

SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection[^]

In the third paragraph, the text "... paid software solutions exists ..." is a link to a commercial product. Seems like it would qualify as spam, but the rest of the article looks useful.

Maybe one for @Sean-Ewington to judge? Smile | :)

Edit: The user has removed the link: SQL Server Brute Force Attack Detection[^]

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 27-Feb-18 10:50am.

Corrupted article

Сергій Ярошко25-Feb-18 7:00

Сергій Ярошко

25-Feb-18 7:00

What happens with article "Weiler-Atherton algorithm in MFC" by Petrov Vladimir: invisible pictures and broken discussion

Re: Corrupted article

Chris Maunder25-Feb-18 13:52

Chris Maunder

25-Feb-18 13:52

We had a network upgrade this weekend that has caused some file system issues. They are working on it now and should be sorted out very soon.

[Update: all fixed]

cheers
Chris Maunder

modified 25-Feb-18 20:10pm.

Tip misses proper citation indication

Jochen Arndt29-Jan-18 0:56

Jochen Arndt

29-Jan-18 0:56

Maybe @sean-ewington can have a word with him. It is a long time member with many articles so I decided to post it here.

In the C++ Tip: Erase-remove Idiom Revisited[^] he cited from the C++17 STL Cookbook without proper indication:

Quote:
Deleting items from somewhere in the middle of an std::vector takes O(n) time. This is because the resulting gap from removing an item must be filled by moving all the items which come after the gap one slot to the back.

While moving items around like this, which might be expensive if they are complex and/or very large and include many items, we preserve their order. If preserving the order is not important, we can optimize this, as this section shows.

That is followed by naming the author and the source:

Quote:
Jacek Galowicz, author of C++17 STL Cookbook propose his quick_remove_at function for removing elements from std::vector by moving the last element to removed position.

But the citing is not indicated and from reading it is not clear that it is a citation.

Re: Tip misses proper citation indication

Sean Ewington29-Jan-18 4:16

Sean Ewington

29-Jan-18 4:16

Thanks for the catch. Words are being had.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

To Sean

Wendelius8-Oct-17 9:50

Wendelius

8-Oct-17 9:50

Is it ok to include links to your own site like in this article: How to Create a Primary Key in Oracle.

Could @sean-ewington have a look. I actually think this same issue might have been raised up earlier, not sure though...

Re: To Sean

Sean Ewington10-Oct-17 4:21

Sean Ewington

10-Oct-17 4:21

No, it is not OK unless it is for a download that you're already hosting on CodeProject. I've removed the link and warned the author.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Blog Articles don't indicate if new or update in submission queue

Graeme_Grant19-Sep-17 1:37

Graeme_Grant

19-Sep-17 1:37

this pending blog submission: Xamarin.Forms Tip : Implement Show Hide Password using effects[^]

Looks like: Xamarin.Forms Tip: Implement Show Hide Password using Effects[^]

How do we tell if it is a duplicate post or an update to the original??? D'Oh! | :doh:

Re: Blog Articles don't indicate if new or update in submission queue

Sean Ewington10-Oct-17 4:20

Sean Ewington

10-Oct-17 4:20

Sometimes if a blog author changes their RSS feed our aggregator pulls in another. I've deleted the duplicates.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

About the article "Real Time Health Data Acquisition and Processing Using Python and Lyfas"

Kewin Rausch14-Sep-17 21:27

Kewin Rausch

14-Sep-17 21:27

I appreciate the effort of the author of showing how to use the App in order to perform some rudimentary self-check on your own health, but the Articles is basically a presentation on how the app works, and the code itself is limited at 53 lines which just plot incoming data.

There is basically nothing personal, custom, in this project.

I was about to mark it as "Extremely Poor Quality", but then I thought it was better to see what other people think about it.

Sean?

Thanks787211-Sep-17 3:58

Thanks7872

11-Sep-17 3:58

@Sean Ewington, would you please look into my reputation history. No big deal, but such an abuse needs your attention i think.

I'm sure it's an act of Hardevsinh Mori[^] who created different account as H M Mori[^] once the older one got blocked somehow.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning

modified 11-Sep-17 12:40pm.

Re: Sean?

Sean Ewington12-Sep-17 5:03

Sean Ewington

12-Sep-17 5:03

Thanks for the report. The votes should disappear by the end of the day. If this happens again, please let me know.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Sean?

Thanks787212-Sep-17 20:07

Thanks7872

12-Sep-17 20:07

Sean Ewington wrote:
The votes should disappear by the end of the day

It's totally fine if it remains there. I'm more concerned about the act. Thank you.

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