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Sounds very cool !
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How does 'Rate this message' (at the bottom right of every comment) fit into the reputation system?
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IMO this is it at the moment:
- your question or reply yields +5/-2 of Authority when upvoted/downvoted (not sure how 2,3,4 maps unto those)
- you up/downvoting a question or reply doesn't bring you anything (?)
FYI: your guess is as good as mine, available explanations and observability are limited...
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Luc Pattyn wrote: +5
Ok. Then I just +5ved your answer. Hope it worked .
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My reputation graph just went through the roof. Thanks.
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It depends on the type of forum and type of message. I know.. we'll have to clarify the descriptions on the FAQ page. 
For programming forums (where you are the message owner):
* Question/answer up-voted: +5
* Question/answer down-voted: -2
For discussion forums (e.g. Lounge):
* Message posted: +1
* Message up-voted: +5
* Message down-voted: 0
No points are awarded for the member performing the vote for any forum messages.
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Thiru Thirunavukarasu wrote: For programming forums (where you are the message owner):
* Question/answer up-voted: +5
* Question/answer down-voted: -2
Many people very often don't post an actual answer, but just a comment. If someone else votes for this comment, does the poster (for the comment) get +5? I apologise if I'm being a little too inquisitive here.
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Yeah that is true but we've decided to only award points for questions & answers specifically. One thing we don't want is regular comment posts to get points simply because another member likes or agrees with it.
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Organizer is US english
Organiser is UK english
There are many words that admit both... like realize or realise.
Regards.
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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?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Actually the Oxford English Dictionary prefers Z to S on soft sibilants, it is just most people think that Z is an Americanism, but it is not.
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce
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Dalek Dave wrote: it is just most people that aren't American think that Z is an Americanism
There...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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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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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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I am not so fit in english grammar. I just used dict.leo...
Regards.
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M.D.V.
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?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The quick answers thing lists answers in the REVERSE order they are submitted. This means that the first guy with the correct answer will probably not get credit for the providing answer. It happened to me yesterday.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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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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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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I expect the order of the answers to vary when they accumulate votes, putting the best answer on top. So chronology is lost, and when answers start building on or reacting on others, it becomes a complete mess.
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It isn't in reverse order. At times I've noticed that when I post a reply, it is inserted somewhere in between other replies.
This new system needs a lot of work to be done upon it.
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Thanks - will fix this.
We'll have the Top Rated tab first sort by rating then by date posted (oldest first).
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Having just reviewed and article that is entirely in arabic script, I double checked the article sumission guidelines, hoping to reference some guidance that the article should be written in English. Much to my surprise, the guidelines make no statement at all about this. I think they should, since most members will reject an article in any other language, usually with remarks that this is an English language site. It would be better if this were in the guidelines.
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Rob Graham wrote: this is an English language site
people repeatedly claim this, however it is stated nowhere as far as I can see.
Rob Graham wrote: I think they should
I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it?
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Not sure I've seen it explicitly stated anywhere, but it has been implicitly stated. For example, when you post an answer in Quick Answers, you are told:
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If they expected people to post in different languages, they might have stated "Understand that others may not speak your language as their primary language". Sure, they may have said "English" just because that's what the majority of users speak, but it seems pretty obvious that everything is intended to be English based. As another example, the site is entirely in English (unless there's a language setting I don't know about). Maybe somebody from CP will clarify things explicitly, but for the time being it seems pretty obvious that articles and such should be in English.
Luc Pattyn wrote: if that results in a better text, why "reject" it?
Perhaps CP wants to attract a certain target audience (English speakers), and allowing articles in other languages would lead to higher levels of "noise" (as percieved by those who speak only English). The more noise added, the more time is wasted, and the less that target audience may frequent CP.
Anyway, those are just some ideas. I'd like to see it explicitly stated somewhere how to handle those who use non-English languages (e.g., let 'em be or disallow that behavior). Also, explicitly stating it somewhere would help to encourage or prevent non-English information.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: I don't. I do not mind seeing articles or posts in some other language; if that results in a better text, why "reject" it?
I don't mind neither, but it can be quite difficult to know if it is good/helpful/useful if you can not understand it
Regards.
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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?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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There is no Android section
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I am afraid code_breaker is asking for Google Android Section. 
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