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I don't know whether I can ask this question here or not.
Is there any rules to answer a question here?Because I answered some questions which is working fine.Still my answer is down voted.Is there any rules for answering a question?If yes where can I find those rules.?Please help me.

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Posted 20-Sep-15 19:59pm

Shivaram_i

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Kenneth Haugland 21-Sep-15 2:35am

You can (perhaps unfortunately) vote as you please, so it could just be that he doesn't like you, miss clicked, found a spelling mistake etc. Some people dont have any standards you know :laugh:

If you find something that should be improved or you find simply wrong here is the place to say that:
http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx

Shivaram_i 21-Sep-15 3:03am

Thanks for your reply Kenneth Haugland

OriginalGriff 21-Sep-15 3:43am

I suspect it was that the question was set in 2011 and already had answers...rep point farming?

Kenneth Haugland 21-Sep-15 3:56am

Ah that would explain it, but there aren't really any strict rules here, we kind of just self police this Q&A section, for better or worse.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2015-09-20T21:43:00

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Only the person who down voted you can say for sure, but if you mean this one: How to calculate no of sundays between two dates[^]
Then I'd guess it's because your answer was to a question that was posted in 2011 and in practice added nothing useful.

Answering old questions is a bad idea: it may seem like an easy way to get reputation points, but it is considered a form of abuse and may lead to you being banned from the site. I would strongly suggest that you keep to modern questions if you want to remain...

Posted 20-Sep-15 21:43pm

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Shivaram_i 21-Sep-15 3:48am

Thanks OriginalGriff. Thanks for your suggestion.Actually I didn't observe date of that question.Its coming on the 1st page of questions list.So I thought this is new question.Anyway I will not repeat this.

OriginalGriff 21-Sep-15 4:12am

That's why I mentioned it here rather than starting a new thread in the "Spam and Abuse" forum - which would have meant your account would close in very short order! :laugh: