Spam and Abuse Watch

Simon_Whale8-Oct-13 3:27

Simon_Whale

8-Oct-13 3:27

I would agree as a quote from the article

"I am Balaji working for MasterSys Tech pvt ltd(India) http://msys-tech.com as Lead Developer for MTAS"

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Nagy Vilmos8-Oct-13 3:29

Nagy Vilmos

8-Oct-13 3:29

Mr Spam has responded with some more[^] by others. Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff8-Oct-13 4:35

OriginalGriff

8-Oct-13 4:35

He's now trying it as a Reference: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=96262&aid=659959[^]

This is him: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=3686642[^] - two more kicks required!

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 6:51

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

8-Oct-13 6:51

Account seems to have been nuked!

I do have a question about this though, Griff. OP linked to another "Third Party Product" article in one of his replies to my comments about his article. It was about some use of a Telerik control. I viewed said article and found no links to the "third party product" manufacturer. Is an article OK if it just shows a use case for an official product, but does not actually link to the manufacturers site?

If the answer was yes, wouldn't it have been enough to try to get OP to just remove the link and have him post his article in the correct category?

And the last question is about the two former articles OP had already done in 2007. Why were those two even considered as an article? They were very,very short, mostly code and no real explanation.

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Manfred

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OriginalGriff8-Oct-13 8:05

OriginalGriff

8-Oct-13 8:05

Yes - it's fine as far as I can see. If it wasn't allowed then I think half of the answers in QA would technically be spam, given that (other than the Express editions) VS and MSSQL aren't exactly cheap! Laugh | :laugh:

If you look back into history, many, many articles were shorter - a lot shorter - and I suspect that was why the Hamsters introduced Tips as a separate category in (don't quote me, I'm working from memory here) around 2010. They wouldn't pass muster as an article now, but they did then because there was nowhere else for them.

Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 9:06

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

8-Oct-13 9:06

OriginalGriff wrote:
around 2010. They wouldn't pass muster as an article now

That seems a probable reason. In 2010 I became more active on CP even though I had already signed up January 25^th 2007. I think there already were Tips/Trick type articles by 2010.

Cheers!

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Abusive?

Nelek7-Oct-13 22:59

7-Oct-13 22:59

~~This user[^]~~ has posted 6 questions in the QA (so far)
~~http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=6086409[^]~~

The weird thing is that he answers himself in 4 of them within a minute with a bunch of code. So it is clearly a "ask question" + "paste ready answer".

Then there is this "question" ~~Just Test Test test ddsds sd d[^]~~
In another one he even posted a comment his own solution as "good one"

I have told him he should stop doing that and if he really wants to share his code to make that, he should write a tip/trick or something, but I consider it "rep hunting" in the QA.

Not reported him yet. I would like to know your opinion first.

Edit: Cleaned up

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.

modified 8-Oct-13 8:43am.

Pete O'Hanlon7-Oct-13 23:02

Pete O'Hanlon

7-Oct-13 23:02

Looks like a clear case of abuse.

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Nelek7-Oct-13 23:05

7-Oct-13 23:05

Thanks for your opinion. I though it too, but wanted to be sure.

M.D.V.

Thanks78727-Oct-13 23:15

Thanks7872

7-Oct-13 23:15

Member needs 3 more.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

SoMad7-Oct-13 23:19

7-Oct-13 23:19

On a side-note, I modified the Just Test Test test ddsds sd d[^] question and answer. Without the pre-tags, the whole thing was displayed at half the normal width and the reporting flags were not visible (both in Chrome and IE). I had to switch to Mobile site mode to make "Improve solution" visible and actually [Tab] through the elements to get to "Improve question".

I figured I would share that little tip here.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Nelek8-Oct-13 2:41

Plagiarized would be article.

8-Oct-13 2:41

Good to know, thanks Smile | :)

M.D.V.

SoMad7-Oct-13 22:43

7-Oct-13 22:43

Since the previous one got cleaned up so quickly, I figured I did not need to report this one here, but it is still hanging around, so...

Member: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/sahashemi[^]
Article: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=96217&aid=665002[^]

Copied from here: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/nipuntomar/sql-server-2008-recovery-models/[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Thanks78727-Oct-13 22:49

Thanks7872

7-Oct-13 22:49

I think you are in mood to use your new boots..!!! Laugh | :laugh:

I suspect he has sock puppets also because this[^] also has got an Upvote.

Well done. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

SoMad7-Oct-13 22:58

Plagiarized would be article.

7-Oct-13 22:58

Well, they are so shiny. Blush | :O

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

SoMad7-Oct-13 21:58

7-Oct-13 21:58

Article: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=96229&aid=665003[^]

Copied from: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/dhananjaycoder/four-steps-to-create-first-wcf-service-for-beginners/[^]

[EDIT]
Updated the article link.
[/EDIT]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

modified 8-Oct-13 4:23am.

OriginalGriff7-Oct-13 22:04

OriginalGriff

7-Oct-13 22:04

I was just about to report it copied from here: http://debugmode.net/2013/04/16/four-steps-to-create-first-wcf-service-beginners-series/[^]

In this case, I think the poster deserves a kick as well: he has been here long enough to know we don't allow it, and its is very deliberate plagiarism - just he forgot to file off a few of the serial numbers!

Poster: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/monroymagura[^]

SoMad7-Oct-13 22:09

7-Oct-13 22:09

Interesting. I didn't even see that one.

OriginalGriff wrote:
In this case, I think the poster deserves a kick as well

I will put my shiny new boots on then. $Shucks | :-\$

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Nelek7-Oct-13 22:18

7-Oct-13 22:18

I don't know if the article is already nuked, but the link you gave brings to a full empty auto-saved version without flag.

User needs one more at the moment

M.D.V.

SoMad7-Oct-13 22:22

7-Oct-13 22:22

I believe he re-posted. This time with a file for download. Let me check and update the link. Thanks for the heads up.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Nelek7-Oct-13 22:30

7-Oct-13 22:30

You are wellcome.

I am being directed to the same place after the update. But Mr. O'Hanlon said both are nuked. So I consider it cleaned up

M.D.V.