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11-Sep-20 7:39

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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Richard Deeming13-Sep-20 21:23

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13-Sep-20 21:23

01-05 terminated. Everything else is on 9, except for 17 which is on 8.

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OriginalGriff11-Sep-20 5:49

Can someone go to the Questions moderation queue ...

11-Sep-20 5:49

Trying to hide his hosting company link: Aditya Goutam - Professional Profile[^]

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OriginalGriff11-Sep-20 4:40

Re: Can someone go to the Questions moderation queue ...

11-Sep-20 4:40

...and try accepting the message by Member 14686752?
It doesn't look like spam, but I can't let it through - every time I click an "Accept" button, it just reappears ... Confused | :confused:

I'd just like to know if it's just me.

modified 11-Sep-20 10:59am.

CHill6011-Sep-20 5:26

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11-Sep-20 5:26

It's not just you. I did think it was just me for a while though. Glad we're in the same boat.
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Re: Can someone go to the Questions moderation queue ...

Richard MacCutchan11-Sep-20 5:27

Richard MacCutchan

11-Sep-20 5:27

Seems it was just you. Or perhaps the weight of our combined hammers worked the magic. Laugh | :laugh:

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Richard Deeming11-Sep-20 0:38

Richard Deeming

11-Sep-20 0:38

Spammer: Member 14935728 - Professional Profile[^]

Joined today to resurrect a question from 2015 with a link to his blog.

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Greg Utas11-Sep-20 23:56

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11-Sep-20 23:56

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Spammer from moderation queue (glucafi6544)

OriginalGriff10-Sep-20 21:35

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (glucafi6544) - gone

10-Sep-20 21:35

Supplements: glucafi6544 - Professional Profile[^]

Greg Utas11-Sep-20 23:56

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11-Sep-20 23:56

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Nelek10-Sep-20 20:59

Re: spam wannabe "article" (Member 14935552) - gone

10-Sep-20 20:59

At best not an article, the link in the first paragraph is to a blog of the company selling it.
How To Play Spaceport Volumetric Live Video In Unity[^]
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Greg Utas11-Sep-20 23:55

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Sandeep Mewara10-Sep-20 20:17

10-Sep-20 20:17

Q&A: How fix the error message saying "couldn't find ACME setup" while installing VB 6.0
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Peter_in_278010-Sep-20 20:28

Peter_in_2780

10-Sep-20 20:28

Remember to indicate it's Solution 3 that is the problem.

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Sandeep Mewara10-Sep-20 20:37

10-Sep-20 20:37

... I have done that in past. But once someone deletes it or it gets autodeleted, it does not make sense to point to something not visible.

For your read/comments:
Beginner’s Guide to understand Kafka
Beginners Quick Start to Learn React.js

Nelek10-Sep-20 21:05

10-Sep-20 21:05

Sandeep Mewara wrote:
it does not make sense to point to something not visible.

Yes it does... that the people going to the link afterwards don't waste time looking for what you reported.

If you say it is solution 3 and there is no solution 3, then I close the tab and go to the next item.

Additionally, if you get the permalink of the solution itself, we can see it in the address bar too, so it is easier to avoid wrong reports to the question.

M.D.V.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-20 21:13

10-Sep-20 21:13

Sandeep Mewara10-Sep-20 22:03

10-Sep-20 22:03

Nelek wrote:
Yes it does... that the people going to the link afterwards don't waste time looking for what you reported.

as long as the understanding is there that if a pointed solution is missing, it is nuked, sounds good. A PermaLink of the solution sounds good in context.

For your read/comments:
Beginner’s Guide to understand Kafka
Beginners Quick Start to Learn React.js

Nelek10-Sep-20 23:37

10-Sep-20 23:37

In this case...

If I get the permalink of the solution 1 it is:
<a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/1119242/How-fix-the-error-message-saying-couldnt-find-ACME#answer1">How fix the error message saying "couldn't find ACME setup" while installing VB 6.0</a>[<a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/1119242/How-fix-the-error-message-saying-couldnt-find-ACME#answer1" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]

The link specifies answer 1, but the auto generated text doesn't. So I usually add it manually

<a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/1119242/How-fix-the-error-message-saying-couldnt-find-ACME#answer1">How fix the error message saying "couldn't find ACME setup" while installing VB 6.0 - Solution 1</a>[<a href="https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/1119242/How-fix-the-error-message-saying-couldnt-find-ACME#answer1" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]

At the end the result is:
How fix the error message saying "couldn't find ACME setup" while installing VB 6.0 - Solution 1[^]

For me not that much additional work, for the rest easier to see about what I am speaking, for the not reported users more security to not get reports due to misunderstandings.

M.D.V.

Sandeep Mewara11-Sep-20 0:34

11-Sep-20 0:34

For your read/comments:
Beginner’s Guide to understand Kafka
Beginners Quick Start to Learn React.js

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Richard MacCutchan10-Sep-20 22:48

Richard MacCutchan

10-Sep-20 22:48

It does not matter. And for those of us that have the ability, we can always edit your message to strike out the link.

OriginalGriff10-Sep-20 20:01