Re: And some more of the same serie

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Re: Frequent Non Question poster

Thanks78722-Sep-13 0:22

Thanks7872

2-Sep-13 0:22

Sure.

Rule of debugging: "If you get a different error message, you're making progress."

Is it spam?

Nelek1-Sep-13 2:10

Nelek

1-Sep-13 2:10

Hi, this is a question more than a report.

After the full list by SoMad and myself below pointing to that Spire library... I have found an article using the trial version of that. The article has quite a big popularity (230k+ views, 18k+ downloads, 300+ bookmarks, 80+ votes = 4.59).

If it is something working with a free version (limited but functional)... is it spam as well?

On the other hand... The user is writing in other articles related pointing to his article or to the 3rd party product, saying "it is easier with..." or similars.

As I am not sure about the "legality" of this action, I will wait for your answers before posting user and article.

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 helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Re: Is it spam?

SoMad1-Sep-13 11:26

SoMad

1-Sep-13 11:26

I believe you are referring to the article I linked to earlier. In my mind that is spam, but I would also like hear what the higher authorities think about it.
That article alone has given the member +15K Author points, but when someone asks a question in the article's forum, he is unable to answer it (unless it is about how to register the component).

Soren

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: Is it spam?

Nelek1-Sep-13 11:56

Nelek

1-Sep-13 11:56

I didn't check those link of your message. But yes, I am speaking about them. Although SummiG has 4 Articles and two tips. And you are right, the contributions are only to say thanks, to point to the site or to help purchasing / registering.

M.D.V.

User is dead, but spam article still there

Nelek31-Aug-13 23:40

Nelek

31-Aug-13 23:40

Helping to clean up the list below I have found Generate Excel from XML and Generate XML from Excel[^] it looks quite OK, but it is actually pointing to the same product that all spammers, the user is gone time ago.

I don't really understand if the method described at the beggining is OK. but after the "Generate XML from Excel" (4th code snippet) it is the spam.

If the first half is legitime... should we delete the spam and leave the rest?

EDIT:
This article Reading and Writing Excel using OLEDB[^] seems OK to stay, but it has some links that could be deleted too, "you may buy a component for it (...) Here are some ideas:" (one is not existing anymore). What do you think?

M.D.V.

modified 1-Sep-13 6:40am.

Live Stream Spammers [All Gone]

SoMad31-Aug-13 17:13

SoMad

31-Aug-13 17:13

Member: tulsasesimondol[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=10238939[^]

Member: alisramjan[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=10244919[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

modified 1-Sep-13 1:49am.

And some more of the same serie

Nelek31-Aug-13 16:11

Nelek

31-Aug-13 16:11

M.D.V.

modified 1-Sep-13 6:08am.

Re: And some more of the same serie

SoMad31-Aug-13 17:00

SoMad

31-Aug-13 17:00

I have a few more. Their bag of tricks include pointing to a package on CodePlex, which just contains samples for their product, pointing to articles on CodeProject posted by other spammers and pointing to answers on another site that has sample code based on their product.

Member: CandyT[^]
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Member: SmilySo[^]
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Member: Wen Mick[^]
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Member: pinkeruc[^]
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Member: codeprojj[^]
Answers: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=answers&mid=10089628[^]

Member: privacy space[^]
Messages: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Messages.aspx?fmid=1625716[^]

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Authors
These articles are at times trickier to brand as spam because they cover it up quite well and before you report them as spam, you should make sure you have no doubt about it:

Member: rlejason[^] (Note: Platinum author, but has very vague answers to the posts on his article)
Article: Export Data to Excel, Word, PDF without Automation from DataBase[^]

Member: SummiG[^]
Answers: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=answers&mid=7939532[^]
Tip: How to Insert an OLE Object (Adobe Acrobat Document) in Word with C#[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

Nelek1-Sep-13 0:10

Nelek

1-Sep-13 0:10

M.D.V.

modified 1-Sep-13 8:34am.

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

SoMad1-Sep-13 9:30

SoMad

1-Sep-13 9:30

In a weird way I am a bit surprised you found more Spire spammers that I have not seen before (I actually have some additional links).

I am not sure about TracyLandy in your list. I am just not seeing any real spam in the 3 answers, but maybe that's because the spammy answers have already been removed.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

Nelek1-Sep-13 10:24

Nelek

1-Sep-13 10:24

I was following the answers of the first link and I start to find the others, when you see the spammy answers in a row, you start seeing similitudes in the code snippets or things like that.
On the other hand, they somehow give clues, they changed the username, but the member ID is the same, so when you spot one commenting the answer of another one in such a positive way, you check the other nick and see that from 50+ answers in the list, 30+ were always in the same thema. Legitimate users usually answer in very different questions, not always the same thematic.

That's how I spot them

about TracyLandy, you are right. Only 3 messages: 2 with code, in one of them she says "I create it with a third party component", the other one I don't know if it is really a legitime Word-Automation and not part of that lib. The 3rd post is just junk non-answer in a message where 3 other spammers of the same group answered. If you think it is not enough, then don't report.

M.D.V.

Re: some more (they appear from under the stones :doh:)

SoMad1-Sep-13 10:53

SoMad

1-Sep-13 10:53

Yes, I do pretty much the same, but also by checking the posts to the spam articles and checking up on the members that only have positive things to say.
A while ago I spent a lot of time doing that and found 3 or 4 other Spire spammers (they are now down to zero answers, so I did not list them), but you still found 3 Spire spammers I had not encountered before. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup: