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I concur.
A message that got replied to should be modifiable (to correct small mistakes, or to
add information), but not so that it can be erased or deleted by the author. Hence my earlier suggestion
to keep the original in gray at all times.
modified at 13:07 Tuesday 25th September, 2007: "by the author" added
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
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I agree partially. But if the original message is a SPAM or an offensive message then it is not wiser to show the message. At least the contents ought to be removed but a standard message like 'Message removed because reported spam/offensive by readers' is to be shown.
-- modified at 13:02 Tuesday 25th September, 2007
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that's what I intended; message has been adapted.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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If a message can be modified it can have its contents completely removed. How do we distinguish between a deleted and expunged message?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
if the author wants to modify his message, we can prevent the original message to disappear
completely in one of two ways:
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keep the original message, unmodifiable, and show it in gray:
- above an editable copy of same when the author tries to improve on it
- above the final version for regular readers
2.
keep the original message, and show it unmodifiable upon clicking some "original" link
In both cases this increases the storage requirements; some intelligence (similar to
source versioning) can exploit the similarity between the original and the final versions.
IMO as most messages are not modified, or just slightly corrected/expanded, this should not
result in a significant size increase with respect to just keeping the final version.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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Heck id just make this easy for you Chris... if someone wants to go to the trouble of hitting modify, highlight all, delete then fine. This is more work than just hitting one delete link but leaves the actual message header in place thus preserving the look of the thread if not the content.
This should also happen to threads removed by spam/abuse reporting IMO.
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I've asked for something similar to this before. The best would be to either remove the subsequent posts when the top level post is deleted, or move all of them to a "deleted" status that is hidden unless you explicitly choose to see it. Personally, I prefer the first option. It really gets bad when a post is removed because of spam or abuse, but all of the follow-up posts are still there.
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That could be done, but sometimes the subsequent posts that follow the deleted one have useful information. I generally highlight the original message sometimes if it sounds okay, to prevent the original message from being deleted. I.e. a fair question someone asks, they get barked at for cross-posting, they delete all of their messages, others come along, see the topic in the subject line and become interested in it, so I try to keep most of it intact.
"Try asking what you want to know, rather than asking a question whose answer you know." - Christian Graus
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Every time I try to view the CP membership list, the server just ups and dies. Seems to be a bit of a problem.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Int32 overflow ?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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Luc Pattyn wrote: Int32 overflow ?
And the current snapshot is
4,534,463 members and growing! 19,278 now online.
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It's load. At risk of sounding like a broken record this has been addressed in the new vesion currently in beta
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Time to feed the hamsters Chris.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Hi,
first of all: Thanks for the great site!
But why is the newsletter archive not updated? Last entry is from 2006 ???
Cheers
Oliver
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We have a new system that I've not managed (read: fell off my todoo list) to get in place
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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One thing I do not like about Code Project is the syntax highlighting in the PRE sections. In general it looks fine, but there are much better implementations out there. For example, Google[^] has one that looks really nice and has a button to "copy to clipboard".
Any chance of getting this intalled for use on Code Project?
Take care,
Tom
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We have a better one[^] which will be rolled out as part of the rewrite.
The current one broke a while ago and it's been painful for us as well.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Excellent, thanks!
Take care,
Tom
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tanvon malik wrote: articles are unedited yet
How do you say they are not edited. Unedited items come under /useritems/ virtual directory. Also a couple of randomly chosen articls show good number of votes earned too. 
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Hi
my point is just to highlight the problem.
yes there are, but my suggestion is to just
put them under DirectShow rather then DirectX
category, This way it will be easy for the
members and other to find them.
and get help.
Hoping you have understand the point.
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Maybe this has been suggested before, but it would be nice to have faint vertical lines on a message board, especially when posts get more than two or three deep. That way you could tell which message a particular post is in response to.
Gary Kirkham
Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
Me blog, You read
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I've thought about it a lot but always been scared by what it would do to the size of the download payload. Maybe something client side would work...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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