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A couple of weeks ago, when I published my CP Vanity[^]article, I was a silver Author (after some 8 articles and being overall Gold for years); and I complained heavily about it, since that made my entry go to the Article-Needing-Approval list (without indicating such), for which I didn't have reading access (nor approval rights).
Chris promised to change that to silver but I could not confirm it had been changed, as since then I'm a golden Author. But now he changed it back to Gold.
You're right about the three normal articles that author had contributed; that was exactly why I suggested the possibility of his account being hijacked somehow.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: You're right about the three normal articles that author had contributed; that was exactly why I suggested the possibility of his account being hijacked somehow.
Oops, I said the same thing to PJ without realizing you had already said that. 
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No problem. Apparently we share the same view.
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PJ Arends wrote: The author in question already has three highly rated articles published. Did he actually have to go through the article approval process or was he able to post that article directly through the wizard?
PJ,
I am sure his account got hacked. His other articles are all very very good. Or maybe some jerk co-worker played a perverted trick on him.
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Hows about instituting a -1000 rep. point charge if you approve an article that is subsequently removed by the admins?
Cheers,
Drew.
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I've edited two questions this morning where the user evidently pasted the text into the editor control. When they do that, it puts PRE tags around the pasted content (it's happened to me as well). The difference between me and these other users is that I know that regular message text doesn't need the PRE tags, and when I see the preview pane with an orange block of non-code text, I know it's wrong, and I fix it.
Sure, it's nice that the preview is forced on them, but that doesn't help when the person isn't "educated" as to proper CP posting techniques. I can't think of any good answer because the editor control is assuming that pasted text is code in an attempt to avoid the inevitable problems with pasting text that actually IS code. In this case, the editor control is too smart for its own good, but like I said, I don't have a solution for you.
.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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Three options I can think of
1. Make the code sniffer super amazingly foolproof smart.
2. Remove it altogether
3. Have a javascript popup when it thinks it detects code with a "This looks like code. Is it?" prompt
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm sure that whatever you decide on won't be enough for some people.
Another solution is to have someone visit the user and slap them in the back of the head when they're about to do something stupid.
.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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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Another solution is to have someone visit the user and slap them in the back of the head when they're about to do something stupid.
Sounds like an RSI lawsuit waiting to happen 
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Another solution is to have someone visit the user and slap them in the back of the head when they're about to do something stupid
We're actually hoping HTML5 / CSS3.0 will provide a little more flexibility in this area. You know how it'll be though: it'll work fine in IE8, completely fail in Chrome and in Firefox it'll slap the person next to them instead.
I hate this current lack of standards compliance, and the overall ambiguity of the standards in general.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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How did this[^] get past the filters?!?
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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?
Yeah, WTF, how did that get through?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
modified on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:55 PM
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Humour? You find child porn/abuse humourous?
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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No, I didn't see that, just the top bit with the granny, was there worse further down, if so, I apologise and shall remove my comments.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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That was the top bit, I did not scroll at all, but the boy in the top pic looked very young IMO.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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It's gone to web hell now.
It seems there is some right dickheads out there trying to spam that sh*t.
But at least it was picked up.
Imagine some poor bugger sitting in an office and that flashed up.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Yeah, sure fire way to get CP blacklisted from schools and offices.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Chris, this[^] person's recent Q&A history needs to be checked.
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Done. Thanks
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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The description of Organiser rep mentions that it is gained by oragnising and retagging content. However, it only mentions getting rep for upvoting or reporting articles, posts, etc.
Is there something I'm missing, or is this an out of date description, or is it something deeper than that? (A hidden plot by the hamsters, perhaps?)
Just something that struck me as odd..
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Good question. I have a strong feeling down-voting is awarded too, but only for some; my best guess is you need a minimum of something, maybe silver Organiser or so. None of that is mentioned in the FAQ, but there is more that should be there and isn't.
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Downvoting isn't awarded.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I recall Organiser points dropped suddenly (by more than 20% for several people), and IIRC you explained that as down-voting no longer being awarded points (the idea was voting is voting and deserves points, but no we don't want to award univoters); then the drop disappeared again, so I assumed down-voting points were back but not for everyone.
If not, what did happen during that temporary dip?
On a related note: when I up-vote a Q&A answer, the org point is there right away. When I up-vote a real top-level-but-1 answer to a real top-level question in a programming forum, I don't see an immediate org or other point, and I just don't know if there is a delayed one. Could you check and comment?
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It's actually a pre-emptive description. Still working on the retagging part.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I guess this guy recently had one of his articles removed. Though his article article rating correctly shows the rating of his remaining article, his article count still shows as two.
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