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Was just attempting to help with approving some articles and the first one I chose contained plagiarism from wikipedia without any citation and was basically just a cobbled together thing to insure the person was published? However, it really didn't explain the technology.
What is the point of this? Do people think there is some kind of fame or fortune which comes from publishing on CodeProject?
Newton Saber says: I just don't understand what someone could get out of publishing an obviously terrible, short, poorly explained article on CodeProject.
Does anyone understand it?
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It seems to be a status thing. There are a certain type of people who think that people (potential employers perhaps?) will be impressed by quantity of articles published, rather than quality. There's a reason we have a moderation queue. Unfortunately, the employees of one company in particular seem to be really prolific in trying to publish plagiarised articles.
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Thanks for the explanation. Just thought it was crazy and wondered why anyone would think they'd get something out of such mindless blather and plagiarism.
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newton.saber wrote: why anyone would think they'd get something out of such mindless blather and plagiarism
Because there exist some employers who consider such rubbish contributions.
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Believe me, its true.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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I'm just guessing - but it's an educated guess - that the "author" works for a company called Mindfire in India.
Apparently, the company doesn't pay extra to people who get something, anything, published - but you wouldn't believe that if you saw the level of submissions from that company in the last couple of weeks. Plagiarism is the norm, combined with an obvious lack of any understanding of the subject matter. There's been quite a few references to the company in "Spam and Abuse" recently and I think and number of accounts have been closed already.
See here: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4931170/OT-silly-question.aspx[^]
It may generate a new CP meme! "Mindfire" : "to witlessly copy or post rubbish."
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That is exactly right. I was just curious about it and figured someone in here would know.
Thanks for the explanation.
Very funny new meme. I'm all for it.
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Yeeesh. Hopefully Tadit can convince his officemates to stop orking the cows. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Hopefully; at the moment they aren't doing the company image any favours...
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This is really embarassing for the company as well as the people doing good. Scrutinization has been started and seminars would also be conducted by Tadit regarding how and what material should be posted in this forum. 
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Yes, I can believe that.
It looks like an orchestrated campaign to "get the company name noticed" - and if so, it has worked beyond somebodies wildest dreams. Just not in the direction they hoped...
It's a problem, I suspect: it's very difficult to get a good reputation, but a bad one can follow you for years...and be created in an instant (or a couple of weeks in this case).
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Ironically (or maybe not) I just got a Mindfire banner ad here on CP. 
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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So, all your QA responses could be deemed Mindfire?
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Ouch!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Damn! I've been rumbled!
You'll never take me alive copper!
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You said yourself you have a list of standard answers from which you copy'n'paste.
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Yes. 
But I wrote them! 
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Old eyes in the afternoon; the man has been watching too much film noir and reminiscing about his days as a boomer youth. Days and nights of programming and posting have taken their toll. Then he sees the message
You'll never take me, Alice Cooper!
cat fud heer
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Welcome To My Nightmare!
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I commented to someone the other day that one of the advantages of getting older is it expands my view of women who I find acceptably attractive. I thought this was a sign of my maturity. He assured me it's more related to no longer having the sharpest of eyes.
Ah! The silver lining!
(Yes, I've been called a pig and a dog. Both are considered to be intelligent, as well as tasty in different cultures.)
cat fud heer
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I reckon that Tadit Dash is working for this company, and IIRC they give employees paid hours working on CP Articles.
The console is a black place
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I suppose is a Stack Overflow move.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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newton.saber wrote: Does anyone understand it?
Understand what? 
Just report the article and move on. It is an exercise in futility to try and understand why someone does what they do. It is a waist of brain power.
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Slacker007 wrote: It is a waist of brain power.
Does that mean that dieting makes you stupid?
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I guess so.
Common sense then dictates that a diet high in bacon fat makes you smarter.
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Explains a lot about this place.
And thinking about it, I put on weight when I gave up smoking, so maybe getting smarter increases your girth as well...any idea how you go about getting grants for research towards an Ig Nobel Prize?
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