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I'm not sure about this member: Bilashcse[^]
- When I go the the
ListVersions.aspx?aid=<answer> page, and when I change <answer> into the number of one of his answers, then I can see that nearly all his answers are 1 or 2 times bookmarked. Example: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ListVersions.aspx?aid=610131[^]
Looks suspicious... - He answered two times to a question of Maria_007[^]. That doesn't look very suspicious, but the 2 questions of Maria_007 are one time upvoted, however these questions don't deservere a vote of 5 (in my opinion), so I think Bilashcse upvoted these questions, so I think Maria_007 is (one of) his sock-puppet(s).
I think this is sock-puppetry, but I'm not sure, so would anyone check whether my presumption is correct?
Thanks in advance.
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I have no idea how this[^] made it through the review process. It should have been pushed back because there's no way that it's an article.
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I am glad someone brought this up. The article came into the queue several times and each time I was a finger twitch away from voting it as advertisement (not for the Ducascopy company, but for the company he is linking to). It does seem to solve a problem, but it looks more like a Tip if anything.
BTW, did you try to click on the download link? It seems to just takes me back to the article. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I didn't try the link. I went to the browse code section and saw that nothing was there.
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Thanks for letting us know. I've opted for a more permanent approach. No need for him to waste any more of our time.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Ahhh, the classic "two identical strikes, you're out" rule. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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This question[^] was cross-posted on C# Corner and stackoverflow.com (see the disclaimer I have addded to the question), discovered the cross-posts by accident while searching a solution for his problem.
However, I decided to not report him yet, even though I suppose the question on C# Corner was posted after after I told him not to cross-post.
I also think that he is not a case for the S&A watch, since I do not see it as a major crime. But maybe someone of the editor/admin staff can contact him and tell him that there are some members out there who tend to nuke even cross-posters.
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Approve them 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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 I can do that.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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How do I contact the editor?
I did not find an obvious way to do it.
Specifically, in
this post items in bold were used as a sort of paragraph headings, and the editor moved them into the middle of the paragraphs, making the text to appear much less structured. Not the end of the world, but personally I don't think that was a good idea.
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I've tweaked the editing a little
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thanks, this version is much better!
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Due to massive abuse in the Q&A forum (sometimes elsewhere), we do a lot of reporting on the posts, such as "Repost", "Not a question", "Spam/abuse" and the like. Reporting on the member account also takes place.
It seems to me that the authors of the posts being reported or the owners of the accounts being reported get no notification on such reports. Is that so?
If the notifications on reports are not provided, how people being reported can use this information for some correction of their use of the site or particular posts? Wouldn't such notification be useful, but that reason. And, if the notifications are not provided, is it recommended to just comment on the problem?
For example, the comment "Sorry, not a question" (too bad, we are presently overwhelmed with non-questions) is useful to help a member to ask a question properly next time or fix existing post to turn it into a real question. But if just reporting "Not a question" (under a red flag) could simply automatically inform the author of such feedback, it would work the same way, but simpler.
Any ideas?
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: It seems to me that the authors of the posts being reported or the owners of the accounts being reported get no notification on such reports. Is that so?
If a question/answer/article is closed, then you get a notification. I posted an article in August, and because it was incomplete, it was reported 5 times (Unclear or Incomplete), and I got a notification after the article was closed. But you don't get a notification if a particular user reports your article. In my opinion, it's not necessary to send a notification if a particular user reports a question/answer/article, because if the question is clear for one member, for example, but unclear for another member (who should read the question again, if he doesn't understand the question after reading one time), then the second member will perhaps reporting the question before reading it again. In that case, the OP would get a notification "Your question is reported as 'Unclear or Incomplete'", then the OP will think "What's wrong with my question?", however there's nothing wrong with it.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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I don not mean some of the events you described. I only meant the reports the member sends, under the red flag: "Unclear or incomplete", "Not a question", "Not an answer", etc. They are different.
As to "unclear" report, yes, everyone understands that only one members expresses such opinion, as in case of any other report. You would see it you have no reports, or three "Unclear or incomplete" reports; wouldn't that be good to know? And these days, the most needed reports are "Not a question", "Not an answer". I write them several times a day, and that's annoying. Deleting a question without motivation would be, well, counterproductive, so I have to…
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov wrote: Deleting a question without motivation would be, well, counterproductive, so I have to…
Yes, you have to! The privilege of deleting questions/answers isn't longer available for Gold Author, Authority, Editor and Organiser, but deleting is currently only available for Subeditors, Protectors, Editors or Admins.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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Well, yet another reason to use reports and to provide notifications to the author or reported object, isn't it?
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Perhaps it's a good idea to provide only a notification if the user who reported wrote a comment in the "Comments?" textbox.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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I think, just the opposite. If a reported writes a comment, the notification is already sent. Let me put it this way: my suggestion is about a way to avoid redundant and trivial comments.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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I didn't even notice that had changed. Since it appears we pushed the Live Stream Spammers out (for now) or Chris deployed a new batch of spam eating hamsters, I don't have a pressing need for being able to delete questions and answers.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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SoMad wrote: I don't have a pressing need for being able to delete questions and answers
I also don't have, but I always delete spam questions after the spammer is gone. I never delete them before the spammers are gone, because in that case there's no proof that the member was a spammer.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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