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Hidden adv in question Richard C Bishop8-Oct-13 11:11 Richard C Bishop 8-Oct-13 11:11  This user was advertising a business in a question. http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10307367[^] Re: Hidden adv in question RedDk8-Oct-13 11:17 RedDk 8-Oct-13 11:17  Leave the spam alone, call attention to it. Sure. But don't erase it. Re: Hidden adv in question Richard C Bishop8-Oct-13 11:18 Richard C Bishop 8-Oct-13 11:18  Very well. Is the point of that so that others can see it for themselves and treat it as such instead of just taking my word for it? Re: Hidden adv in question Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 11:36 Manfred Rudolf Bihy 8-Oct-13 11:36  Everybody can still have a look at the previous version, so it's OK to remove the SPAM content IMHO. Cheers! "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: Hidden adv in question Richard C Bishop8-Oct-13 11:42 Richard C Bishop 8-Oct-13 11:42  Thank you sir. I couldn't see why we would want to keep the advertising up for free ya know? Re: Hidden adv in question OriginalGriff8-Oct-13 19:54 OriginalGriff 8-Oct-13 19:54  Partly, but there is another reason. From time to time, Chris tries out automated antispam systems - and if you edit the message and remove the spam content itself, then the system has nothing spammish to learn from. This causes the systems to either be ineffective, or to learn entirely the wrong things! I used to edit the message, but Chris did ask us all very politely not to for this very reason. Spam reports (or a staff member / Protector) will remove it soon enough! The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. Re: Hidden adv in question Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov8-Oct-13 11:31 Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Oct-13 11:31  What are you talking about? Spam should be removed, but it's more important to cancel spammer's account. —SA Sergey A Kryukov Re: Hidden adv in question OriginalGriff8-Oct-13 19:55 OriginalGriff 8-Oct-13 19:55  Spam should be removed, yes - but it is important hour it is removed. From time to time, Chris tries out automated antispam systems - and if you edit the message and remove the spam content itself, then the system has nothing spammish to learn from. This causes the systems to either be ineffective, or to learn entirely the wrong things! I used to edit the message, but Chris did ask us all very politely not to for this very reason. Spam reports (or a staff member / Protector) will remove it soon enough! The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. Re: Hidden adv in question Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov8-Oct-13 20:07 Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Oct-13 20:07  Agree. That's why I was concerned about reporting the spam posts: it may leave no time for reporting on the spammer account instead. Spam content should not be replaced. I used to edit it a while ago, until I realized that it's counter-productive. In this very thread, I only discussed spam reporting and fighting spam as such. As to the antispam systems, please see my short article: A Plan for Spam[^]. What do you think? —SA Sergey A Kryukov Re: Hidden adv in question Richard C Bishop9-Oct-13 4:41 Richard C Bishop 9-Oct-13 4:41  Thank you for the clarification. Re: Hidden adv in question Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 11:35 Manfred Rudolf Bihy 8-Oct-13 11:35  richcb did the right thing. Anybody can look at the original post by using the versioning link. SPAM should always be removed and the corresponding account shall be nuked. Best practice is to also place a link to the question and the perpetrator in this here forum. Best, — Manfred "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: Hidden adv in question Pete O'Hanlon8-Oct-13 12:03 Pete O'Hanlon 8-Oct-13 12:03  I believe he's responding to OG's comment here[^]. Chill _Maxxx_ CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier Re: Hidden adv in question Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 12:15 Manfred Rudolf Bihy 8-Oct-13 12:15  Aha, now what Griff said in that post does make sense. I guess instead of rambling on RedDK should have just linked to that. Cheers! "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: Hidden adv in question Brisingr Aerowing8-Oct-13 14:45 Brisingr Aerowing 8-Oct-13 14:45  Gone! Keep Clam And Proofread -- √(-1) 23 ∑ π... And it was delicious. Hidded advertizement disguised as a question [the offender's account disabled by now] Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov8-Oct-13 8:02 Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Oct-13 8:02  This is the copy of the original post, as a Q&A question: "Hi i have a big team for captcha solving. i want to make a captcha server but i have no idea how i can make it. if your compani provide any captcha solving server or admin panel for new compani then ping me i will show you good supporte please guide me currently we are working at www.captchatypers.com and blog.fasttypers.org" by http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10323613[^] (http://www.codeproject.com/Members/User-10292879[^]). The original post is about to be automatically deleted as it already got third abuse report, but I think the member should go. —SA Sergey A Kryukov modified 8-Oct-13 16:37pm. Re: Hidded advertizement disguised as a question Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 9:21 Manfred Rudolf Bihy 8-Oct-13 9:21  Strike four has been administered! "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: Hidded advertizement disguised as a question Richard C Bishop8-Oct-13 10:34 Richard C Bishop 8-Oct-13 10:34  Gonzo! Done! (Re: Hidded advertizement disguised as a question) Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov8-Oct-13 10:36 Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Oct-13 10:36  Ha! you did it! —SA Sergey A Kryukov Re: Done! (Re: Hidded advertizement disguised as a question) Richard C Bishop8-Oct-13 10:39 Richard C Bishop 8-Oct-13 10:39  Thank you, thank you. I must give all the credit to all the spammers out there. For without them, I could not have done it. SPAM would be article waiting for approval Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Oct-13 2:50 Manfred Rudolf Bihy 8-Oct-13 2:50  This article is a blatant advertisement: Msys Test Automation Solutions (MTAS)[^]. OP's other two articles are from 2007, but can hardly be called an article. Were the standards that low back then? Cheers! "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: SPAM would be article waiting for approval 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" Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help end the violence EAT BACON Re: SPAM would be article waiting for approval Nagy Vilmos8-Oct-13 3:29 Nagy Vilmos 8-Oct-13 3:29  Mr Spam has responded with some more[^] by others. speramus in juniperus Re: SPAM would be article waiting for approval 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! The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. Re: SPAM would be article waiting for approval 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. Regards, Manfred "I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!" Ron White, Comedian Re: SPAM would be article waiting for approval 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! 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. The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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