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I said that would be what it was.
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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
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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And you were right.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Woo Hoo!
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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
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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It was a good idea to have somewhere to put these, but I'm not sure it works in it's current form. Perhaps what we need is less a forum and more a list, broken down into categories? As it stands, it is very difficult to work out what tool does what - or even find an appropriate tool unles you know it's name, which kinda defeats the whole idea.
If we had a list of categories, each tool could have a vote against it (controlling the display order). Click on the tool to get a description from the OP, and a list of comments hanging from that. Just a thought...
We also appear to be getting non-tools related questions, which further muddies the waters...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I understand what you're saying. I agree it would definitely help to have more structure, to make it easier to find things. Maybe use tags?
I don't think it would be good to have an 'approval' cycle like we do for articles. That would increase the barrier for people to add entries. I like the current format, because people get to comment on tools, what they like/dislike about it. It would be nice to be able to post screenshots of tools, but I don't think it should go too much further than that; again, let's keep it simple, and not increase the barrier.
I do like your suggestion about categories. I think there already is a form set up to handle stuff for the old products list (I think that is now defunct), so maybe that could be used as a start. Hopefully, the form can be kept to one page:
- name
- url
- category and/or tags
- short description
- long description
- screenshots to upload
The random questions bit is noise-level, solved very simply by adding a few moderators to the forum.
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I'm think more along the lines of:
Regular expressions:
Expresso ***** Edits, creates, tests and explains regexes. Link to fuller description and comments
Another **** Edits and tests regexes Link to fuller description and comments
Text Editors:
... So you can see the various tools in a list by category, ordered by what people think of them, with the description and comments in a separate page. If possible the name should link to a download site?
This would also make it more obvious that a tool has been recommended already.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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Yes, this is what I was (unclearly) getting at when I was talking about filling in a form. Once the member fills in a form for a tool, it would appear in the table you show.
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I've already voted to remove him. Feel free to do the same.
I also thought that my new icon meant I'd be able to delete his posts, but I can't so I'm not sure why I have the icon.
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Actually it's a very very old icon, at least according to CM it is : http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3919694/Re-What-is-a-Code-Project-Protector-and-How-do-I-b.aspx[^]
My guess is CM is planning to give you those rights but is still in the process of implementing them.
According to the description you should be able to edit / remove / ... articles tho
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Types.aspx?#protector[^]
Explantion wrote:
The Code Project Protector
These dedicated members help ensure that a million members sending hundreds of articles each week do the right thing. They can moderate and remove inappropriate articles, edit eye-straining formatting and move under-performing (or recovering) articles to and from Purgatory. If you see an article that needs attention then let these guys know. Spot them in the forums by their protectors icon .
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I've already voted to remove him. Feel free to do the same.
Oh, I did, but those forums aren't the most frequented, so it might take a few days before there are enough votes to remove the posts, and I thought I might speed up things a tiny bit if I mention it here.
Actually, there should also be a voting button to remove user, but I'm afraid it would be quite misused...
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There is a vote to remove user button on the profile page. It takes 5 votes to do so, and (assuming Maunder uploaded the change sometime in the last two days) is only available to silver or higher members.
fat_boy's lost several accounts due to it over his refusal to stop posting global warming stuff to the lounge, (although his most recent account killing was by CM for conduct unbecoming). If this is abuse is eye of the beholder.
3x12=36
2x12=24
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Time for an eye check I guess.
"Report Member" even has a choice of "Abusive / Troll" or "Spammer".
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It's a fairly recent feature. Maybe a month or two old, and was never aggressively advertised; which considering that it launched without sockpuppet abuse protection is probably a good thing.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Oh, I did, but those forums aren't the most frequented, so it might take a few days before there are enough votes to remove the posts, and I thought I might speed up things a tiny bit if I mention it here.
The way I see it, if there aren't enough users seeing the post to remove the spammer, the spammer isn't a big enough problem to warrant the attention of more members and and Scooby gang. My recommendation is to use the functionality to report spammers on their member page (as somebody mentioned). If the spammer problem increases, so will the community awareness of the problem, and they should vote the spammer into oblivion. In theory, it should be self-regulating.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
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The spammer is getting an elevated link count for his blackhat SEO even if CP users aren't seeing his message. In either case he needs stomped hard and fast.
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His blackhat SEO is only a problem for CP if the number of links on CP mucks things up for users or the number of links grows so much that it messes with CP's SEO. The bar is so low on deleting these posts/users and these posts are so infrequent, it should be taken care of.
Driven to the ARMs by x86.
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I just gave a rather low vote on an article. I types a whole story in the [My vote of x] box, only to NOT see my comment when I clicked 'vote'. Typed the whole story over again in the regular message section.
Quite an annoying bug which I have seen before...
It's an OO world.
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refresh the page
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Just along for the ride.
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Yeah I know, did not work... Hence this post 
It's an OO world.
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Which article was it?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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You mean this comment[^]?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yeah, I added that comment manually (after I voted) because the original comment I typed with my vote did not show up.
It's an OO world.
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