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This gentleman is calling CHill60 and myself out (for reporting his previous answers as spam), but I still think he is a spammer. Not to mention he resurrects old questions to spread his message.
I am not going to link directly to his profile, but if you agree with me, you know what to do.
how to convert pdf to array jpg file - Solution 4[^]
convert pdf to tiff format - Solution 3[^]
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 agree with you but... on the other hand, there are more Solutions on both questions with comercial solutions links. So if the one is to be reported as spam, the others should be as well, at least the Platinum members in both give other options too.
The point of resurrecting very old threads (even some that are already solve) just to add a "Solution" (that not always is such) is quite common and can't be avoid so easy.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 5-Jun-13 3:46am.
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Yes, the questions in this category are often littered with spam answers. A while ago I identified a whole bunch of accounts advertising the same product, but I got distracted before I could post a full report here. The scariest thing is how they have managed to boost one of the accounts to platinum Author level.
I will post that one of these days if those accounts are still alive.
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: This gentleman
What "gentleman"? Gentleman != spammer 
SoMad wrote: answers as spam
And rightly so. I am kind of surprised he did not call me out too. I seem to recall de-spamifying a couple of his spam. And yes, I just invented "de-spamifying".
SoMad wrote: he is a spammer
Probably because he is was.
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ThePhantomUpvoter wrote: I am kind of surprised he did not call me out too.
So am I. I did notice you guys going back and forth, modifying his posts. Perhaps he was scared of challenging a Phantom, but not a Chill or Mad guy. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Neither of the two posts in queston have any answers at all. At least not any more. What happend?
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I am not really sure. I just scanned through the other solutions without committing to memory since they were older. Nelek pointed out above that there were other spam solutions to these questions - I just can't say if all of them were spam.
We used to be able to see deleted answers, but I remember Chris changed that within the last 12 months. However, I think Protectors (and Admins) can still see them. Maybe one of them can verify if all the solutions deserved to be removed.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Gone
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I thought that name looked familiar. Yeah, his entire problem is that he needs to go back through the beginners books again and attend classes and a little critical thinking course and ....
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So yes, he can learn new tools. That's a given, but in reading that through I see the following:
"Ever used a debugger" (followed by a comment on how he doesn't know how to use a debugger)
"Yes, use a debugger" plus the actual reason for his issue
- "I figured that out literally seconds before you posted this" from the OP plus a further question followed by some really unnecessary snipiness from 2 others.
This is stupid. Why couldn't someone just say
a) you need to actually use the "return" keyword to return a value
b) after swapping values you need to return the result (mi or last, depending) instead of myString
Really, really simple. He's a newbie front end dev who has worded a question clearly, formatted it nicely, and admits he doesn't know how to phrase things properly (and clearly doesn't understand enough to see what he's doing wrong).
So why dump on him? Just answer and move on, or if it's a poor question vote it down and move on. Let someone who doesn't feel the need to make someone feel stupid have a go at answering the question.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I can see the point. I have to agree.
Thank you.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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This member[^] is spamming the QA forum in an apparent anti spam protest 
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage."
Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Ironic isn't it? 
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His history (8 months) is not looking like a spammer. He has messages 50+ no-spam messages. (You even answered him a copule couple of times)
He has made a mistake, yes. But I think a warning about spam could be enough, I think he appretiates his account and will correct himself.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This[^] member joined just today and has done nothing but posted (40 at last count) comments telling people to go to another website to get their questions answered, but in his words, it's not spam.
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ThePhantomUpvoter wrote: it's not spam.
Hybrid spammers, deserve to be nuked out!
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I respectfully disagree with the good Trevor30. Of course it is spam.
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[^] member is pretty much doing nothing but posting links to his own website in order to drive traffic there, 3 out of 4 "answers" and 2 out of 3 comments. I warned him that it was abuse but he came back posting links again.
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I think it's a borderline case. I'd give him enough rope and see what happens.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage."
Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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