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You have not broken any rules per se.
People are downvoting because they are not able to understand what you are trying to say (to be honest, neither am I).
Just do remember that programming questions are not generally taken well in the Lounge - you can try some other forums for that.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
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Advertising your articles is considered bad form. If everyone who posts articles advertised them in the Lounge it would be overflowing with such messages. The formal rules of the Lounge are displayed at the top of the page. The unwritten rules you have to learn as you go along. If your message gets downvoted then that is an indication that you have done something which people think is not appropriate so you should avoid doing it in the future. Remember that all these forums are largely policed/monitored by CodeProject members so you may find inconsistencies in the way that some rules are enforced.
Happy posting.
The best things in life are not things.
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It's the nature of a mob I'm afraid. The problem is, rather than just ignoring the comments you tried to attack them for doing so - repeatedly posting the same thing. Most of the people in the lounge have been active participants for a very long time, so attacking them provokes a fairly primal response and their friends leap to their defence.
Next time, just ignore them. Don't descend to the same level.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Most of the people in the lounge have been active participants for a very long time, so attacking them provokes a fairly primal response and their friends leap to their defence.
I was thinking the same thing.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Next time, just ignore them. Don't descend to the same level.
Nonsense. We use the clueless to hone our skills.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: a fairly primal response
primal? as in: primitive, by primates? speak for yourself, Chinner.
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Unless you are a popular regular in the Lounge, people don't like it when you advertise your articles there. A more accepted approach is to add a link to your signature. Many people do it (including myself).
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We aren't allocated enough space in our sigs for me to get 'em all in there. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Kinda funny that the one message I mention having links to articles in one's signature would end up without the signature getting posted. 
I'm guessing that was a bug, as I would not delete my signature on purpose.
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You didn't hit Ctrl-A did you?
(BTW - that issue should now be fixed)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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 I suppose that is a possibility. And I'm glad to hear that's fixed.
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If I write a message in Site Bugs / Suggestions (much like I'm doing now) and end the message with the confused emoticon (  ) and press CTRL+A (in preparation to select all and copy the message in the event the message has an error when posting), the entire message is erased. 
IE9. Doesn't happen all the time, but I was able to reproduce it when I started typing this message (and have modified this message a few times and now I can't reproduce it, though I could reproduce it in a new tab). Ah, there we go, I can reproduce it again:
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FYI, when I edit the above message, set the focus to the message textbox, and press CTRL+A, the entire message disappears from the textbox.
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I think I've fixed it - thanks!
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It keeps happening. I just had an interesting message for everybody in the Lounge to enjoy and now they will never know what that message was because I am too frustrated to type it again. 
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I haven't had a chance to upload the new code yet. Someone's been mumbling about "testing" or something. Whatever.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Pfft, testing is for monkeys, not Maunders, silly.
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FYI, this just happened again in the JavaScript forum. Still testing?
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Still trying to reproduce it. It's stubbornly refusing to not work properly.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It is changed to fixed from fluid. Please change back 
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Take a peep at the bottom of the pages (and also see below  )
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Is that new?
I had noticed it before.
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It's hours old.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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