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I've largely stopped posting in Q&A too, for exactly the reasons Pete outlined. OK, my few answers per day are not a huge loss to the community, but there are others who have had problems (see this thread[^]) and at least one other person has stopped answering.
Its not just this "Sheriff of London Town" attitude, but also the "See My Answer" thing, as if there is something incorrect or even deficient about the answer he is commenting on, which often there isn't. Like Pete I'd hoped he was in some sort of larval stage and would calm down, but a quick squizz at his recent replies shows this isn't the case.
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OK Slacker007 has already seconded Pete. So I'll third him.
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Keith Barrow wrote: I've largely stopped posting in Q&A too
Which is a pity (in Pete's case too), as it's a loss to both the site (lots of people value your comments/opinions/answers), and the people who post questions. Sometimes a question can have more than one answer, and it's that multiplicity of information which is most useful to the questioners, and the rest of us who learn new things as we wander by.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: lots of people value your comments/opinions/answers
Wow, thanks.
Richard MacCutchan wrote: Sometimes a question can have more than one answer, and it's that multiplicity of information which is most useful to the questioners, and the rest of us who learn new things as we wander by.
To be honest, I prefer the discussion boards for this reason, though these are now naturally much slower as Q&A has taken up most of the burden.
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I got sick of being told, your answer is substandard and my way is the only way, and the OP is an idiot because he wants to solve a real world problem, and not the ideal problem that he should have asked.
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Here is an egg, please suck it.
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I didn't know you were related!
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: it's that multiplicity of information which is most useful to the questioners, and the rest of us who learn new things as we wander by
well said.
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Bill, I try to do my bit with some of these questions via editing them for Appearance, Syntax, Grammar etc as this may often help to clarify and enlighten those that may wish to answer.
It is often easy to forget that many visitors do not have English as a first language and the fact that they have struggled enough converting into as good an attempt as they have done needs respecting. I am sure that their English is better than my Arabic, Urdu, Chinese etc.
If they lack precise details I always give a pointer, along the lines of "Do you mean...such and such? If so then...whatever, otherwise please be a little more detailed in order to get a better response".
It only takes a little thought and the whole process is easier and much more pleasant.
I will not join in the Ad Hom Attacks on certain members.
SAK may rile some of the more tenderfoots, but he at least does give good service generally and puts in a lot of effort.
Perhaps #1 could just have a quiet word in his shell like then we could all move on.
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I'm always after ideas from those posting questions and those answering them, and from those who wish to do neither. I've reached out to SA for his comments on this.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Dalek Dave wrote: SAK may rile some of the more tenderfoots, but he at least does give good
service generally and puts in a lot of effort.
I think you might be slightly missing the point here. The comments he posts don't always help the poster of the original question - you might have answered their question, but where he butts in with this is the answer to the question that should have been asked, could end up confusing the OP. What ends up happening is a comments bickering which does no one any favours. For that reason, to quote Duncan Bannatyne, I'm out.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: What ends up happening is a comments bickering which does no one any favours. For that reason, to quote Duncan Bannatyne, I'm out.
Hopefully this[^] might help.
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As someone that tries to answer question on the QA for furthering of my knowledge / troubleshooting skills I have to admit, while there are a few people that I do pay detailed attention to, his comments have become more blunt (insert more appropriate word here!) I feel lately.
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Dave,
I also have written perhaps a few hundred comments on QA original posts, asking the OP to clarify what technology is used, what they mean by use of certain terms, etc. Some of these comments have been lengthy.
And some have been followed by dialogs in comments with the OP which, gradually, sorted out what they meant. At the times my efforts at clarifying led someone else to post a good solution that was accepted, I always feel good 
I respect SAK's intelligence, and his obvious depth in computer science; the reservations I have expressed here, while having an immediate focus on SAK's current "big red" behavior ... because I think it's disruptive ... and completely inappropriate within the QA forums ... are not intended as an attack on his character or his "soul" !
But, I have tried to focus on the larger issue beyond the behavior of one member which is, to me:
How can we create a non-intrusive, friendly, facility, for QA, that will clarify questions at the moment they are asked about such basic issues as whether its WPF or WinForms, or ASP.NET, etc.
Let me ask, rhetorically: what person with a real question they want answered would object to checking a checkbox or two, or making a selection from a DropDown ListBox, which then would enable their question to be posted ?
If JSOP were around, I'd suggest we call that the "head 'em off at the pass" strategy
best, Bill
"Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the surface of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what's going on here. Then we can at least wail the right question into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise." Annie Dillard
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How did this[^] happen? Looks harmless though
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nvm, looks like I also quoted the "Post" button.
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Looks like you quoted an opening HTML tag but not the closing (or vice versa), and since our script to quote text is very literal (it quotes exactly what you provide) you can get issues where it crosses boundaries. I'll make a note to clean up its act.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hello All ,
First of all thanks for running this site. I got usefull answer to the tech related question I had . Thanks again.
While my searching towards what we can do best with regards to appreciation for member posting reply , answer on question , reply on answer , I came up with new feature which we could add in this forum.
We are seeing number of question posted by CP members on this forum. so of them are not clearly stated or some time happen that not a valid question. Someone post a reply on to this question saying that "Not a valid question" Or some thing like "did you have orginal question ?" and some good reply that would say you have to do this so that you can get better answer in quick time span.
Here we can provide feature through which we can vote the reply .
For example see the below link
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I really loved the second reply than the first one posted on this question. and I am hopping to vote that one.
--Thanks again for all that works you are doing to maintain this site.
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I'm not sure if I fully understand your suggestion.
Are you asking for the ability to vote for replies to questions? If so, you already can.
If you are talking about voting on the comments associated with questions and answers, then yes, this will be...enabled. (We have plans. Dastardly plans)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I am asking for
voting on the comments associated with questions and answers
And thanks good to here that you have such plan .
I will watch your next site upgrade.
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Rahul Dhoble wrote: I will watch your next site upgrade
You'll have to keep watching a few more than just the next one  (We update twice a week)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Ali,
I tested all the links in your article and they all seem to work fine for me. Which one in particular is giving you trouble?
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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I was referring to "A Restaurant and Waiter helper app in WPF and Windows Mobile"
Just cleared the cache and problem resolved. Thanks.
Ali Daneshmandi
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Ali, it's showing fine for me. Try clearing your cache and trying again - this is sometimes the cause.
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Just cleared the cache and problem resolved. Thanks.
Ali Daneshmandi
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