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Chris Maunder wrote: We've given a number of members the ability to delete articles.
I know... I am one of them and I do use the power to fight against spam and plagiarism, but about the quality... I prefer to stay on the back line and use the tools that every other user has (the reports) to avoid "abuse of power" (I already had one or two discussions due to that, although I actually did nothing)
Chris Maunder wrote: so the gut reaction is often "let's try and educate" instead of "let's annihilate".
I have no problem with that... But publishing everything (or 90%) of what gets in the moderation queue (not being spam or plagiarism) is not doing any good, neither to the author nor to the site.
Chris Maunder wrote: If you see instances like this that just don't seem right then let us know.
I try... but I don't want to fill the "article writing" (the only place I think it somehow fits) with such posts. As far as I know Sean tries to have a 2nd look on items we (protectors) report on misleading or poor quality, but I don't think he can manage to check everything we flag
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.
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I went to report Member 13251360 - Professional Profile[^] Instead of the usual shield with a hit count, I got a "!" road sign with a hover title "Database error."
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It does happen occasionally, especially at times of high load or DB maintenance (usually the weekend).
cheers
Chris Maunder
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FYI- @Marc-Clifton
I was reading articles to vote in monthly contests and when i click Marc's article it fails to load.
Create a Dockerized Python Fiddle Web App[^]
Note that the problem is that the link shows up with a %20 (space) at the end of the link.
From Chrome Version 56.0.2924.87 (64-bit). I may be out of date on this VM.
I also tried it from Edge and same problem occurs.
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Thanks for letting us know. All fixed.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Posting needs to be checked:
The article entitled "Porting A .NET Framework Library to .NET Core" posted 2017.06.06 triggered a Threat warning and was quarantined by AGV. The warning was for Win32:Crypt-RNV[Tr].
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An irony for you: your message was quarantined by our system  )
AVG has a history of spuriously reporting our articles. My assumption is because
a) The code in the article is vaguely similar to that of a trojan
b) Their heuristics are a little jumpy in these uncertain times
c) The more noise they make the more they justify their existence.
I'll open (another) case with them. Thanks for the report.
Update Just to prove the point that anti-virus makers are more interested in seeming to be valuable than actually providing value, the page you use to report incorrectly blocked content is itself broken (DNS address could not be found)
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 7-Jun-17 17:38pm.
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I don't know what their official title is, but the lines linking a reply back to the message it's replying to in a discussion thread.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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They had disappeared for me the other day too, but now they are back. 
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.
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So now they are back links.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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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.
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In trying to edit one of my comments in the "quick answers" section produces a "Sorry, the item you requested could not be found." error.
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Should be good to go now
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That worked. Thanks.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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We're seeing an issue with tabs (eg the "articles needing approval") that will be fixed in the next hour or two.
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Does that cover the lack of highlighting for the active tab, which also affects the user profiles?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yep - that's fixed too (pending deployment). jQueryUI changed the names on us and we never noticed. 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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There is a gap of a few pixels between the menu headers "articles", "quick answers", "discussions", ... and the drop down portion that appears. If the mouse position shows up inside this gap while moving from the menu header to the drop down portion, the drop down menu disappears.
Just pick a menu and slowly move the mouse down and you'll replicate it every time in Chrome 58.0 and IE 11. It doesn't seem to happen in Edge.
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No repro in Firefox either.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Do you have the viewport zoomed? I can't reproduce the issue.
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Chris Maunder
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Nope. Zoom is at 100%
I'm going try it on some other machines when I can get my hands on them.
Great. Another one of those problems that only I can see. 
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You're special. Just enjoy it while it lasts.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well, it looks like this one machine is "special". I can't replicate the problem on any other machine.
Sorry!
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I see exactly the same problem. 100% zoom on Chrome 58.
There's a very visible gap under "quick answers" and an unnoticeable gap under the others but you still have to move the mouse very quickly to get over it (sometimes) without the dropdown going away.
Phil
The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of the author, especially if you find them impolite, inaccurate or inflammatory.
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Phil J Pearson wrote: but you still have to move the mouse very quickly to get over it (sometimes) without the dropdown going away.
That sometimes happens to me with the notifications red square and the popup menu
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.
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