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Wendelius15-Jul-17 22:10

15-Jul-17 22:10

Tips posted by an author starting from the end of last year seem all to contain a link to his site.

As far as I can see, earlier posts are fine so he probably means no harm but those posts could be interpreted as site driving.

Few examples:
- How to Use COALESCE with Different Data Types, look at sentence "The Oracle COALESCE function allows you to check..."
- How To Use Oracle's TRIM, LTRIM and RTRIM Functions , look at sentence "The Oracle TRIM function allows you to remove characters from..."
- What Are The NVL and NVL2 Functions And When Should I Use Them?, look at sentence "The NVL function is..."
- and so on...

If @sean-ewington could have a word with him, if needed.

Re: If Sean could have a look

Richard Deeming17-Jul-17 1:07

Richard Deeming

17-Jul-17 1:07

There's also a link in his article from May last year:
How to Insert a DateTime Value into an Oracle Table[^]
(First paragraph under "Insert a Datetime Value Using the TO_DATE Function")

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Re: If Sean could have a look

Sean Ewington17-Jul-17 5:36

Sean Ewington

17-Jul-17 5:36

Thanks for the catch. I have removed the links and sent a warning.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: If Sean could have a look

Wendelius18-Jul-17 19:07

Wendelius

18-Jul-17 19:07

Thanks!

There seems to be one more How To Use Oracle's TRIM, LTRIM and RTRIM Functions .
In the sentence "The RTRIM function trims characters from the right of the string. "

Spam would be article

OriginalGriff15-Jul-17 19:31

OriginalGriff

15-Jul-17 19:31

This: How to Customize an Input File Upload[^]
Same author as the post below.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Re: Spam would be article

phil.o16-Jul-17 0:31

phil.o

16-Jul-17 0:31

Gone

selfish adj. Defines someone who does not think of me.

Potential Site Driving Spam Article (How to Create a Popup Notification)

Bryian Tan15-Jul-17 14:14

Bryian Tan

15-Jul-17 14:14

How to Create a Popup Notification[^]

Kessitek Web Design - Professional Profile[^]

1. Too little contents to be consider as an article
2. The user name is a company name
3. The company offer web design service
4. The profile image spell out the company name and the same logo is use in the company website.

Bryian Tan

He's a site driver allright.

OriginalGriff15-Jul-17 19:29

OriginalGriff

15-Jul-17 19:29

Just removed 3 QA posts from moderation, all linking to the same site, one of them from 2013.
Kick away, folks!

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Spammer from moderation queue (Ireland Assignment Help)

OriginalGriff15-Jul-17 2:04

OriginalGriff

15-Jul-17 2:04

Essay writing service: Ireland Assignment Help - Professional Profile[^]

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Gone

koolprasad200316-Jul-17 23:17

koolprasad2003

16-Jul-17 23:17

Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Spammer from moderation queue (Member 13311050)

OriginalGriff14-Jul-17 23:18

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-17 23:18

"Huge muscle development": Member 13311050 - Professional Profile[^]
He doesn't specify which one is my "huge muscle" or why i'd want to develop it, but I'm still not interested.

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Gone

koolprasad200316-Jul-17 23:17

koolprasad2003

16-Jul-17 23:17

Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Spammer from moderation queue (Member 13311057)

OriginalGriff14-Jul-17 23:17

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-17 23:17

Joined today, site driving: Member 13311057 - Professional Profile[^]

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Gone

koolprasad200316-Jul-17 23:16

koolprasad2003

16-Jul-17 23:16

Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Spam in QA (pxlmale1)

OriginalGriff14-Jul-17 20:23

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-17 20:23

This: Simply just what is embova RX and exactly how does it work?[^]
And this: What is the dose of PXL male enhancement?[^]
Both from this: pxlmale1 - Professional Profile[^]

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Re: Spam in QA (pxlmale1) - Gone

Richard Deeming17-Jul-17 1:09

Richard Deeming

17-Jul-17 1:09

Spammer terminated.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Spammer from moderation queue (pxlmaleenhancement)

OriginalGriff14-Jul-17 20:06

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-17 20:06

Male enhancement again: pxlmaleenhancement - Professional Profile[^]

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Potential Site driving / Plagiarized article (Programming Snapchat Like Filters)

Bryian Tan14-Jul-17 17:18

Bryian Tan

14-Jul-17 17:18

Article in question: Programming Snapchat Like Filters[^]

Author: Alex Dubois - Professional Profile[^]

1. Similar article from PixLab Blog - Artificial Intelligence News & Resources.[^] . Not sure if they are the same author.

2. Lots of link about 80 in the article that link back to pixlab website

3. seem to me pixlab is a commercial software with 14 days free trial

Bryian Tan

Site Driving Article

Brisingr Aerowing14-Jul-17 18:23

Brisingr Aerowing

14-Jul-17 18:23

The 'Author' works for the company that develops PixLab.

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.

Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

Site driving spam (Programming Snapchat Like Filters)

OriginalGriff14-Jul-17 19:19

OriginalGriff

14-Jul-17 19:19