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Re: grammar and spelling issue in approved article

9-Aug-17 4:18

Article: SqlServer Clr functions utility[^]

I think, in general, we should have requested the author to fix the spelling and grammar before approving it. Any thoughts?

Example:

concactened, i setted , directoty, managment, This 3 functions, don t use it, have query more easy., Attacched

Bryian Tan

RedDk9-Aug-17 7:19

RedDk

9-Aug-17 7:19

It depends.

And I think you know why.

Re: grammar and spelling issue in approved article

Kewin Rausch10-Sep-17 22:08

Kewin Rausch

10-Sep-17 22:08

For non-native english writers, like me, is not always so immediate. Especially if the article is long, and not made of just some chapters.

I would say that it depends on the quality of the article itself; I can easily go over some minor grammar mistakes if the article is in a good shape and has interesting contents.

Don't know what to think of this

Wendelius16-Jun-17 21:22

Wendelius

16-Jun-17 21:22

Having a look at the code in this article the Sort method in XmlSorter is awfully close to the code provided originally here. Basically only the name of the first parameter is different...

Perhaps @sean-ewington could take a look?

Re: Don't know what to think of this

Sean Ewington19-Jun-17 4:53

Not to approve C# for beginners Part 3

19-Jun-17 4:53

I've been trying to guide this guy. I'm not sure if he's listening. I'll try one more time.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Bryian Tan8-Jun-17 19:10

Need to fix Copyright image - Object Initializers and Collection Initializers :A synthetic Sugar in C# 3.0

8-Jun-17 19:10

This blog C# for beginners Part 3[^] is almost 5 years old. In my opinion, if someone have the heart to share something today, at least, share something that they contributed recently and not half a decade ago.

In addition the code block was poorly formatted and download link did not work.

Bryian Tan

Bryian Tan13-May-17 10:40

Old Jokes are Spam / Abusive?

13-May-17 10:40

The issue I have is the image from 10 Cartoons for Presentations[^] . The image clearly has copyright watermark and disclaimer on it. The author might need permission to distribute the image and not purposely obscure those fine print.

Object Initializers and Collection Initializers :A synthetic Sugar in C# 3.0[^]

Bryian Tan

NoNotThatBob29-Apr-17 10:37

NoNotThatBob

29-Apr-17 10:37

OK, so Member 0x01AA posts an old joke, drumming, etc.

If you find this Member's posts to be irrelevant or trivial, don't open them. Simples!

To mark them as Spam / Abusive is pretty petty.

Tolerance. (Peace, Love, Respect, ..., too, if you like.)

Self promotion of own Youtube channel ...

Graeme_Grant10-Apr-17 19:09

Graeme_Grant

10-Apr-17 19:09

I've seen this guy promote his blog & Youtube channel in other article submissions this year. I thought that obvious self-promotion is not allowed. Is this type of self-promotion allowed? WTF | :WTF:

Latest example: Visual Studio Collection Visualizers[^]

Re: Self promotion of own Youtube channel ...

Sean Ewington11-Apr-17 3:34

11-Apr-17 3:34

In this specific case, I think he's trying to embed videos but doesn't know how we do it. I'll check out his other stuff.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Reposted tip

Jochen Arndt3-Apr-17 23:35

3-Apr-17 23:35

The tip Schedule a regular task using Quartz.Net[^] has been approved today.

It is basically the same as Schedule a Regular Task using Quartz.Net[^] which has been posted 10 days ago by a closed account with the same user name.

I don't know why the account has been closed but it seems that the user created a new account and reposted his tip so that there are now two version.

Re: Reposted tip

Sean Ewington4-Apr-17 4:55

4-Apr-17 4:55

It was plagiarized. He just took the plagiarized material out and made a new account. I'll have a word.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Missing reference

Bryian Tan16-Mar-17 10:01

16-Mar-17 10:01

I'm not sure if this is a big deal. Look like the idea of this Tip/Trick FileTime to DateTime and back in MySQL[^] is from stackoverflow (tsql - How to convert DATETIME to FILETIME value in T-SQL? - Stack Overflow[^]). I'm not sure if the Author need to provide the reference. Confused | :confused:

Bryian Tan

Acceptable links?

Jochen Arndt28-Feb-17 2:18

Who will see the comments

28-Feb-17 2:18

Posting this here because I'm not sure about it.

The user Yogi S. - Professional Profile[^] has actual 3 articles and a pending one.

In each of his articles there is at least one link somewhere to his website (not counting the link from his profile). The links are to informational content and related but the website offers commercial services (hosting, domains, etc).

Bryian Tan12-Feb-17 6:36

Re: Who will see the comments

12-Feb-17 6:36

I'm just curious, if, I provide a comment under approve or report this [article/technical blog/whatever]. Who will see that comment? The author? The protector? Other moderator? The super moderator?

Comment[^]

Bryian Tan

Sean Ewington13-Feb-17 4:43

Re: Who will see the comments

13-Feb-17 4:43

If that goes where I think it goes then just admins (though 99.9% of the time it's me). This is where you write an additional comment if the report (extremely poor quality, for example) doesn't express enough of what your problem is with the work / individual.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Bryian Tan13-Feb-17 4:51

What up with all this blog "Working With Number – Infinity Adding – Decimal, Precise Float Calculation – [language]"

13-Feb-17 4:51

OK. Good to know. Thanks.

Bryian Tan

Bryian Tan7-Feb-17 16:21

Error when run your example in VS 2012

7-Feb-17 16:21

I used the compare program from Compare Two Web Pages or Articles - Copyscape[^] and I noticed that most of the content are about 80-90% identical.

Working With Number – Infinity Adding – Decimal, Precise Float Calculation – Python
Working With Number – Infinity Adding – Decimal, Precise Float Calculation – Java
Working With Number – Infinity Adding – Decimal, Precise Float Calculation – PHP
Working With Number – Infinity Adding – Decimal, Precise Float Calculation – Perl
etc...

Bryian Tan

Member 769773225-Jan-17 1:01

Member 7697732

25-Jan-17 1:01

Hello Matthias

I try to run your sample in VS2012 , but not succeeded give me error
can you provide new version for your sample and source code

best regard

Re: Error when run your example in VS 2012

Wendelius25-Jan-17 3:37

Wendelius

25-Jan-17 3:37

You're probably trying to send a message to an author of an article. If that is the case, then try posting the message into the discussion area in the end of the article instead of general forum.

Articles with image copyright violations

Jochen Arndt1-Nov-16 2:13

Re: Articles with image copyright violations

1-Nov-16 2:13

Article: Create a Bitcoin transaction by hand[^]

During approval I wrote a message explaining what to do and that the article can't be published while the copyrights are unclear.

At least one image seems to be used without having been licensed. It contains a watermark (shutterstock). Shutterstock images must be licensed and require attribution.
[EDIT]
He has replaced the shutterstock image meanwhile. But the copyright for the other images is still unclear.
[/EDIT]

@sean-ewington : Can you please have a look.

At all others approving articles: Please check and read the comments before approving.

[EDIT]
I reviewed my old article forum messages and found some more:

Consume WEBAPI in Angularjs[^]
See my message during approval:

Quote:
The image "Confused Blond Boy Shrugging Under Question Marks" is not free and requires that you have purchased a license.

If you have licensed it, you must add an attribution line below the image with copyright information and indicate that it is not free.

When not doing so the image would be covered by the article license (CPOL) which would be probably a violation of the license terms.

C#: How the Adapter Design Pattern Can Make Your Life Easier[^]
My comment during approval:

Quote:
There are two problems with the images in your article.

The images are offsite which does not comply with the CodeProject article rules.

There are no indications for the image sources and copyrights.

While many images can be used free they often require attribution (like linking to the source, mentioning the creator, and specifying the license). So you have to check this for each image in your article. Even when there is no specific license, it is good style to provide some kind of attribution.

The official Wikipedia logo for example is published under the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/[^] license which requires attribution. You are not allowed to use the image without attribution.

[/EDIT]

modified 1-Nov-16 9:03am.

Sean Ewington1-Nov-16 4:34

Re: Articles with image copyright violations

1-Nov-16 4:34

Thanks for the report. I've emailed the first guy, my guess is he'll remove those images.

As for the other articles, I've emailed the author about the Wikipedia logo. The other images in both these articles appear to be clip art. I tracked a few of them down to clip art pages. These seem to either be royalty free, or just some variation of "free" and the site didn't even bother to put any kind of page indicating licensing terms.

I would say moving forward not to worry too much about clip art. For as long as I've been here no one has ever come knocking at our door about image attribution or copyright infringement on images. While I wouldn't say no one will ever come, and, of course, it's best to be above board, but I would be surprised to see someone come to our door about images (and I would wager this would be especially true for clip art).

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Jochen Arndt1-Nov-16 4:52