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We do have systems in place to try and spot these but people who vote 1's also vote 5's.
If someone votes 1 then you can vote on their voting message and vote to remove their message. Removing their message will remove the vote.
So you've got the power to undo this kind of abuse.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Cool - Nice work guys. I remember a while back one of my articles got a 1 vote and there was no message. I have no problem with 1 votes but I figured it was pretty uncool to vote 1 and not even say why,.. doesn't give the author much chance to address the issues. Anyhoo, if a message is now required then it sounds like the whole problem is sorted. Thanks for running such a great site - keep up the good work  .
Paul Coldrey
http://www.lumient.com.au/
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Admin,
This is not an important thing anyway but a cosmetic one to group related messages within the same timespan or a similar criteria.
Just observe message id 3076789 and 3076790. We both have shared the same thought and it seems they have been posted in a timespan of less than a minute, when one can not know that another thread exists. Perhaps in these circumstances, if there is an option to move or club one of the message as a child of another or similarly, it would help in easy reading through of messages right, at least for the posterity right?
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Good idea that is already in the works.
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Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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CP Team,
I haven't been watching the 'high load' messages for a while but at least for the last couple of days, the message "-- Unable to load messages due to high load. Please try again --" keeps hitting at least 6 times for the strike frequency of 10 and hence I would like to bring the same to your kind attention.
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Hi,
ASP.NET Forum is showing error after it gets loaded:
"-- Unable to load messages due to high load. Please try again --"
Regards
Saanj
There is no foolish question, there is no final answer...
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I'll see if anything has changed or if there are some processes that are running at the wrong time.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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We seriously do need. I suggest that pick something like 5 people for each forum (from different geographical locations) so that there is at least 1 to 2 moderators active always. I am willing to explain or discuss on this more, but I would like to know your thoughts first.
Here is a thread, that you might want to read: Answering questions in the forums[^]
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: 5 people for each forum
5 might be too small figure. If the query appears too late, then a few users would get turned away. A model similar to ASP.NET forums might be adopted which works fine in ensuring that rotten apples do not get mixed up in the basket.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: 5 might be too small figure. If the query appears too late, then a few users would get turned away.
HELLO!
I'm not proposing a "filter" moderation. I'm proposing a moderation, which can take place as and when required (like, if an abusive post is made, the moderator will remove it, warn the user or ban him if he repeats this stuff).
I absolutely, by no means am proposing that someone should sit and click "OK" before every message can appear on the forum! That would be insane. 
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Thanks for clarifying Rajesh. I think then it should be fine. Currently, I think, our BackRoom has been designed that way. If you see the headers of BackRoom, CG is one of the moderator.
Perhaps, CP Team can consider that implementation as a pilot and invest that experience of moderation to other forums too.
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Great idea. I am agree with you. So many times, irrelevant questions get flooded into forums. Those need to be filtered and sorted out. But on the other side, answers may be delayed because of the late publishing of questions. Because we can not guarantee that 2-3 users will always track. I think all gold or above contributor should have rights to moderate so that the queue does not become lengthy. But I really like your idea. 
Regards
Saanj
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Saanj,
Rajesh has just clarified that he didn't wanted a Filter Moderation but some one who can clean up the dirt immediately on detecting it so that bad stench does not remain on the surface for long. It is the third/fourth message down the first thread.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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I think it's a good idea but due to work pressure and time zone more then five would be needed.
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Rajesh, Excelent Idea. I think there should be some moderator for each forum.
Hope to here from Chris Soon..
Thank you.
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I agree. It's a pity, but people just don't seem to Google. Having a few moderators from each continent would make answering questions a lot easier
[edit] Mr Maunder's response is here[^]
Between the idea
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Between the motion
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No, we don't. We have mechanisms in place to reject messages, and we should just use it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Open a message. Pin the message immediately below the open message. Open a third message. The first message remains open as well.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
-- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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I've tried this on IE, Chrome and Firefox and can't reproduce the issue.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I can't reproduce it now. Are you sure you didn't do a deniable ninja patch?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Not sure if this has been reported already, but the "Question Time" section on the front page has not been updated since January 15, 2009. If you are not going to be updating that section anymore then it would be better to remove it totally.
You may be right
I may be crazy
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Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Doesn't it pull the latest questions from the tech forums?
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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That is what it is supposed to do. I have noticed that if I set the 'Article Category' to any thing other than 'All Topics' it works fine, but it is totally out of date when I have 'All Topics' selected, which is the category I always use.
It seems to only be a problem when 'All Topics' is selected as the category.
You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --
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PJ Arends wrote: It seems to only be a problem when 'All Topics' is selected as the category.
Thank you! I was just digging into the code and that little hint allowed me to find the problem in about 2 seconds flat.
A "<>" where a "==" should have been. All fixed.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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