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28-Dec-16 21:29

The later has a message that got through: Latest Messages[^] - but they can't be that good at it, if they can't even get a basic link right... Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff28-Dec-16 20:22

Re: Plagiarised would be article - reposted - gone

28-Dec-16 20:22

This: File handling with python[^]
From this: Anificient - Professional Profile[^]
Is copied from here: Python Files I/O[^]
Search both for "Before you can read or write a file, you have to open it using Python's built-in open() function. This function creates a file object, which would be utilized to call other support methods associated with it."

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modified 29-Dec-16 17:31pm.

Wendelius28-Dec-16 20:52

Plumbers would be Article - gone

28-Dec-16 20:52

Reposted: File handling with python

modified 29-Dec-16 17:31pm.

Midi_Mick28-Dec-16 20:15

Midi_Mick

28-Dec-16 20:15

One Call Plumber Santa Barbara[^]
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Cheers,

Mick
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modified 29-Dec-16 17:30pm.

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Midi_Mick28-Dec-16 18:24

Midi_Mick

28-Dec-16 18:24

Metropolitan Movers Winnipeg[^]
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Cheers,

Mick
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modified 29-Dec-16 17:30pm.

Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify)) Spoken to by Sean.

OriginalGriff28-Dec-16 11:06

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

28-Dec-16 11:06

[edit]Do not report unless he does it again[/edit]
Site driving to his company site on a 2014 solved question: ~~Matt Watson (Stackify) - Professional Profile[^]~~

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modified 29-Dec-16 11:30am.

Nelek28-Dec-16 12:20

Nelek

28-Dec-16 12:20

And his article is in the "Product showcase" section for sponsours of Codeproject, but I would say it is more spam than any other thing.

@Sean-Ewington is he really sponsoring CP?

Because some of his Messages[^] (the latest 4 of 9) are containing links to his company too. If yes... you should tell it is not right what he is doing. If not... do you might to clean up? Smile | :)

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: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

Sean Ewington29-Dec-16 3:41

Sean Ewington

29-Dec-16 3:41

sigh Cleaned up and he'll get a talking to.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

Matt Watson (Stackify)29-Dec-16 4:08

Matt Watson (Stackify)

29-Dec-16 4:08

I provided a valid answer. I also mentioned our competitors. It was not spam.

It doesn't matter how old the question was. People find old questions due to search engines every day.

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

Sean Ewington29-Dec-16 4:22

Sean Ewington

29-Dec-16 4:22

As you can see from the forum, we get hammered pretty hard with spam around here. Awhile back we got hit with horrible downpour of spam that lasted months. One of the ways we tried to combat spam was to have this forum so members could report spam and have the spam removed, and the user account it came from de-activated. Though that horrible downpour is over, it has created a highly sensitive, efficient group of users who hunt down things they perceive as spam that gets users removed usually within an hour or two.

Last night I saw your message get caught in the spam filter and removed it. But I was too slow. You were already caught and reported and here we are. I'd ask the members not to report your profile in this case. But please note that, if anyone opens up an old question to answer it, those answers get reported. People notice such things. And if you resurrect an old question and put a link to a product in there (even if the product was free and it was perfectly helpful to the question) and then you link to your company's blog post (even if that blog post may have good intentions) your answer and your account will get reported, just as you've seen happen here.

I've removed that answer and the reports from your account. Please avoid posting links to Stackify products and blog posts in the future, unless it is on your Product Showcase articles.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

OriginalGriff29-Dec-16 5:10

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

29-Dec-16 5:10

If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck ... Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff29-Dec-16 5:31

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (Matt Watson (Stackify))

29-Dec-16 5:31

Original report modified to prevent further reports.

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Nelek29-Dec-16 11:35

Nelek

29-Dec-16 11:35

Sean Ewington wrote:
Though that horrible downpour is over, it has created a highly sensitive, efficient group of users who hunt down things they perceive as spam that gets users removed usually within an hour or two. But they are still humans and it can sometimes end in such a situation

FTFY

M.D.V.

Plagiarised would be article

OriginalGriff28-Dec-16 4:32

28-Dec-16 4:32

This: Delegates in C#[^]
From this:Vishal24Anand - Professional Profile[^]
Is copied (at least in part) from MSDN: Delegate Class (System)[^]
Which probably explains why he didn't format any code...
Search both for "The Invocation list of a delegate is an ordered set of delegates in which each element of the list invokes exactly one of the methods represented by the delegate." and you'll see what I mean.

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Wendelius28-Dec-16 5:35

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28-Dec-16 5:35

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OriginalGriff28-Dec-16 2:18

28-Dec-16 2:18

Web hosting: Member 12925409 - Professional Profile[^]

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28-Dec-16 1:06

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ZurdoDev28-Dec-16 5:20

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28-Dec-16 5:20

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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

OriginalGriff27-Dec-16 21:57

27-Dec-16 21:57

Testosterone boosters: testabolancyp1 - Professional Profile[^]

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ZurdoDev28-Dec-16 5:21

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28-Dec-16 5:21

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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Wendelius27-Dec-16 21:23