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Let us summon the Ultimate Hamster, to deal with it: @Sean-Ewington
Summon, summon... 
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Thanks very much for the report. I'm on it.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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With that many links to "isn't this wonderful" reviews?
I think he has just changed jobs and decided to post this advert.
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Probably, but the question is if it's malicious or not.
BTW, I removed the link just in case.
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And I've put it back.
Would you have accepted this as spam from a newbie? So why should experience - which should have told him not to do it - exempt him from the rules?
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Because they have shown better intentions, but also because they have more to lose.
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If it's unintentional, then he can argue his case with the hamsters.
But does it really look unintentional to you? If a newbie had posted that, you've have kicked him without any problems. Or do you mean I should start accepting fees to post "biased" articles? 
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How many people do you think would argue the case with the hamsters, I think they mostly would say f*** it.
No, it looks like someone that didn't understand better.
Yes, I would have kicked a newbie, they would have lost nothing more than a bit of time.
You mean the product showcase[^], sounds like an idea. 
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: How many people do you think would argue the case with the hamsters,
The ones who are invested with their accounts; who care about their contributions; they do argue the case - at least when it comes to plagiarism, so I'd expect "inadvertent spammers" to do the same.
It's the ones who don't care that will say "elephant it".
If I accidentally posted an article that was considered spam then I'd argue my case, and promise to be more careful in future - as would you. It's only those who know exactly what they are doing and don't care that would quietly ignore it (or post something that blatant in the first place).
We can't have a double standard here, that's not fair. And if we kick "long time members" who suddenly start plagiarising (and we do) then why would we apply a different standard to those undermining the financial basis of the whole site?
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I'm not so much talking about "long time members" as those that have actually previously contributed with articles that are ok.
But anyway, I buy that last argument, even if I don't like it.
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The OP had other valid article under his belt. So does it make sense to hide his member's link
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Spam is spam.
If we let him go this time, he'll repost it.
If he gets kicked, he knows it's serious and and ask nicely to get his account back - the hamsters will understand and probably let him. But he'll know that it's a big no-no.
If it was plagiarism, they won't, but remember that advertising is what pays for the servers and staff to run all this!
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I believe having the article revoked would be a good enough hint.
If he reposts, then by all means he should be removed.
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Gone
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