Why did my question get close because of spam?

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I asked one whole question on Code Project and it gets closed as spam. It was legitimate question with a link to code pen for the code. I can't seem to contact the person who closed my issue either. Very annoying. I have a programming question and people have to be jerk about it.

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I tried to contact the person who rudely closed my issue.

Posted 10-Oct-22 12:49pm

Member 8428760

Updated 10-Oct-22 16:04pm

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Don't post this in QA. Post it in Bugs and Suggestions[^] instead. The admins will see it much faster there.

Posted 10-Oct-22 13:32pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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Chris Maunder · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-10T16:04:00

Questions first go through our automatic spam check which scores a post based on what it has seen in other posts marked as spam. Make a post that's too spam-like and it will be flagged and put aside for moderation. A member will usually mark it spam/not spam reasonably quickly.

A post that has made it through that test can be marked as spam after it's been published. This is usually because

- it's spam. We get a lot of spam. A lot.
- it's not immediately clear it's spam, but it sets of the spidey-senses of the members. Pushing a product, trying to get someone to click to another site (possibly seemingly irrelevant site), or just feels like marketing
- is a legitimate post. Except for a line or even just a link that's added that's seems irrelevant to the question and is there purely to drive backlinks.

...among many other reasons.

Keep your posts on point, brief, be careful with links, and don't advertise. If you have questions or concerns just email us at webmaster@codeproject.com and we can help out.