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... me too Agree on this.  It was very nice. Atleast, we were able to see Articles, Blogs and Tips separately. Now, we may miss new Article, Blog and/or Tips in the long run. What the hell is going on? I like the previous tab structure.
Regards - Kunal Chowdhury | Microsoft MVP (Silverlight) | CodeProject MVP | Software Engineer
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It was great
- if you had a wide screen
- if everyone clicked all tabs instead of just scanning the top tab and leaving
- if we promised never to add another tab (oops, too late)
We upgraded Alternate Tips to be their own thing which meant a new tab appeared. As soon as this happened things no longer fit. We're also adding a new tab and this would have simply made the problem worse. Further: who clicks the other tabs? And more importantly: why should someone who has posted a technical blog, or a tip, or an alternate tip, etc, not have the same exposure as an article author? They are all information, albeit it in different forms, lengths, and from different sources, but they are all worthy of being presented front and centre to reward those who took the time to post.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: And more importantly: why should someone who has posted a technical blog, or a
tip, or an alternate tip, etc, not have the same exposure as an article author?
Tips and blogs are usually easier to write, so eventually they'll out-number articles. When this happens, the front page will end up having 2 or fewer articles at most times. Not good at all I'd think.
At least consider having one tab for articles only, and one tab for everything (articles + tips + blogs).
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Regards - Kunal Chowdhury | Microsoft MVP (Silverlight) | CodeProject MVP | Software Engineer
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I just checked the front page. Every single entry is a blog. This is really bad news for article authors. New articles will now get a lot smaller period of time when they are on the front page. This will mean reduced exposure and less peer feedback. Not sure that's a good thing. The core of this website is the article content. Blogs and tips are good but should always be extras that complement the articles, they should not directly affect the effectiveness/visibility of the primary content.
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This is because a single member just added their feed and their blogs were consumed. For the most part blogs are far less frequent than articles.
Technical Blogs are articles and are subject to the same level of quality control as articles. Just because an author decides to publish on our site by using our blog feed system doesn't mean they should be treated as second class citizens.
If you see technical blog articles that are inappropriate then report to ensure we continue to improve the level of quality.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Agree. The layout can be simplified but adding more levels, tabs, etc. would be evil.
Please, don't add extra controls to the site, especially of the click-only types.
Just my opinion based on my own taste and convenience.
Thank you,
--SA
Sergey A Kryukov
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Couldn't you have the tabs in multiple rows? That wouldn't take up too much more vertical screen real-estate.
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Adrian Cole wrote: when Articles, Blogs and Tips were separated into different tabs on the main screen. Just my opinion.
Of course it was nicer - that's why it was changed. CP is supposed to be a challenge.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" ~ Patrick Henry, Republican and anti-Federalist
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0) How many *unique* userID's have logged into the site in the last year
1) How many have been back at least once per month.
2) How many have logged on at least once per week.
3) How many have logged in at least once every day.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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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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Yeah it would be good to see. Just one modification from my side:
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 3) How many have logged in at least once every day.
To make it 90%+ in a year instead of per day.
List of once per day would be too big and not much of a stat... but list of who logged in almost all the days in an year would hold significance. What you say?
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I'm not asking to list them, I'm just saying to count them.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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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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Oh! Ok. Yep, count is fine. 
Some sort of list too would be good to look at.
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Like the 25 most active or some such thing?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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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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Yup! 
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Not deleted, reported. You have The Power (and it saves us running around mopping up the debris)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Not deleted, reported. You have The Power (and it saves us running around
mopping up the debris)
This will take a while, Chris.
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The question discussed here is by far not the worse.
What do you think about this, for example:
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/186731/You-guys-are-supposed-to-help.aspx[^]?
(By this moment it was deleted but readable. My comments were deleted and related to OP's previous question and discussion which probably was a reason for such behavior.)
You can see, I'm not trying to consider this as a big deal. I also don't hide my role in this "conflict"; this is really outrageous case of demanding help in a pretty much hopeless situation. However, even this case is not the worse one.
I do not care too much about plain rudeness or offensive behavior — it can happen at some moments of desperation or frustration. I know some cases when people behaved quite friendly and even decently after certain outbreaks.
I more care about behavior I could call "destructive". I just want to understand what kind of moderation can be considered and how appropriate reporting should be done, from my side, in particular. I do know that this question is very unpleasant, but some extreme cases are really rare. One example could be deletion of the question after valuable contribution was done to provide a solution, another example would be total down-voting of all questions motivated by "I found real solution" and denial to share the found "solutions". No, I don't care about voting system (it cannot be perfect by definition and possible "improvements" are not necessarily good). I'm thinking about moderation in most extreme cases, such as a warning possibly followed by a total bun. I have my personal ignore list; and it's quite short (considering my 1,713 answers by the moment of writing).
In my practice, it's some 5-10 extreme cases of destructive behavior per thousand, may be. Really disturbing fact is that the site gets worse due to attack of some aggressively ignorant newcomers. Maybe, a tolerance to rare but most extreme destructive cases is a big loss in expert's motivation? I really value the this site and provided services to the community and am really interested in keeping its really high quality standards.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Here's my philosophy:
I enjoy helping people who in turn appreciate being helped, who enjoy the learning process, and who in turn help others who follow in their tracks. I especially enjoy interesting and well-posed questions and strongly believe that the types of questions that are posed reflect the types of questions we allow. If we wish to improve the quality of the questions posted then we need to improve the average quality of the questions currently posted. Remove the awful, fix the ones with potential, guide the community into a habit of helping us help them.
I am not paid to help, nor do I ask anything for my help other than to be treated professionally and with consideration. I understand there are cultural differences in how a question can be asked, but the difference between cultural faux pas and rudeness is usually easy to pick. I am under no obligation to put up with demands or abuse.
I will not help someone who has clearly made no effort to help themselves, and worse, who make no effort to help others to help them. I don't see the point. I also won't help those who consider it their right to have their questions answered, as opposed to it being a favour the community does for others in the community.
I will delete that is abusive and remove these members, and report anything that is truly inappropriate such as verbatim homework questions, or questions along the lines of "I have to write a system that does X. Please send the code". These people don't want help learning, they want others to do their work for them. That's not why we're here.
And for those who have tried everything and need the community's help, who have narrowed their problem down, have thought about what they need and have simply and clearly asked for help? I'll do whatever it takes to help them.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thank you, Chris.
I would probably sign under every you word.
Nevertheless, I would appreciate any advice on dealing with concrete situations — extreme destructive behavior, reporting my and others' concerns in such cases and moderation which can possible be consider. In particular, is "Bugs and suggestions" an appropriate place for expressing such concerns? I'm asking because reporting options do not contain and field for textual motivation anymore. I noticed some experts report in "Bugs and suggestions" and suggest some action, simply because there is probably no other place for posting such things.
Thank you again.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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SAKryukov wrote: In particular, is "Bugs and suggestions" an appropriate place for expressing such concerns?
Reporting is best, but it can take a while for others to find and report spammers. I have a particular dislike for spammers on this site so reporting them here is a perfect option.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Chris,
No wonder you dislike that . Spamming is maybe the worse case so far.
Thank you for your reply and your notification about action on the next case I detected (spamming). I think I have a better idea on what to do .
—SASergey A Kryukov
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