Bugs and Suggestions

12-Jul-10 7:26

This is know bug in the forum voting that has just (as in within the last hour) been fixed.

I'll be rerunning the reputation population scripts which will restore any incorrect points.

[Edit: voting of 3 isn't an upvote, and it isn't a downvote. The rep FAQ only lists items for which points are awarded, so the current points system will not award any points for 3 votes]

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

modified on Monday, July 12, 2010 4:55 PM

Pete O'Hanlon12-Jul-10 10:20

Pete O'Hanlon

12-Jul-10 10:20

Uh oh. Rep points rebalancing coming again.... Batten down the hatches, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

Chris Maunder12-Jul-10 10:41

12-Jul-10 10:41

This is the point it's best to imagine me at the top of a tall tower, wreathed in lightning with my assistant Igor cowering in the corner, and me, hand on the creaky knife switch, laughing maniacally...

(BTW, I just found DIY Frankenstein lab items[^]. The internet. What can't it do?)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Pete O'Hanlon12-Jul-10 11:10

Pete O'Hanlon

12-Jul-10 11:10

That's it, I'm getting a X-RAY Tube spark regulator. How cool is that.

"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

Luc Pattyn12-Jul-10 10:52

Luc Pattyn

12-Jul-10 10:52

the OP asked "I wonder how a vote of 3 is rated". The FAQ isn't clear on the subject, and so is your ~~answer~~ reply. All we know now is it is wrong.

Confused | :confused:

Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, and improve readability.

QA Censored?

Johnny J.12-Jul-10 1:57

Johnny J.

12-Jul-10 1:57

I don't check CP on weekends, so normally when I get back monday morning, there's a lot of new stuff around.

This time I noticed this in QA:

This answer posted by [Name] on [Date] has been removed.

Even answers provided by well-known and respected CP members, so it can't only be spam removal...

So my question is: Has somebody started censoring QA and removing less than diplomatic answers?

I don't necessarily have a problem with that, but it leaves other questions open, like:

1) Where do you draw the line?
2) Who should be judging what's appropriate and not?

And more like that, I'm sure...

Re: QA Censored?

Chris Maunder12-Jul-10 3:21

12-Jul-10 3:21

Can you post a link to a specific question that shows these messages? Chances are the answer was spam or simply inappropriate.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: QA Censored?

Johnny J.12-Jul-10 7:00

Johnny J.

12-Jul-10 7:00

This was the one that got me wondering, but I had seen several similar removals in other posts before that.

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/93290/just-to-know-what-it-is.aspx[^]

I know the question here is kind of stupid and probably deserves flaming, but In my experience, Christian and Abhinav normally deliveres quite kind remarks compared to a few others. That's why I thought it looked strange...

Re: QA Censored?

Chris Maunder12-Jul-10 7:16

Requesting details on monthly competition

12-Jul-10 7:16

Sometimes answers simply aren't needed and either the author of the answer realises this and removes their answer, or an answer is considered completely irrelevant and unhelpful.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Nirosh11-Jul-10 17:57

11-Jul-10 17:57

I have one article[[^]] published for the month of June under ASP.NET category that has

- Views 10,960
- Bookmarked 75 times
- 4.92 / 5, 23 votes

Still not being selected for the ASP.NET competition Cry | :((

Let me know, how CodeProject select this list??

- A random opportunity is like a taller chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall

L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Sean Ewington12-Jul-10 3:33

Sean Ewington

12-Jul-10 3:33

Hi Nirosh,

It looks like the original post date for the article is April 1st 2010. This means it won't be applicable to the June competition

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Nish Nishant12-Jul-10 5:12

Nish Nishant

12-Jul-10 5:12

96 revisions. Wow! Author's sure been busy there Smile | :)

After that many revisions, you guys should have given him a break and let him into the competition Big Grin | :-D

Regards,
Nish

Blog: blog.voidnish.com

Most recent article:
An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

Nirosh12-Jul-10 17:36

12-Jul-10 17:36

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
you guys should have given him a break and let him into the competition

Yes surely.... I too can play in the big league..

Nish,

I happen to follow you initially. Your articles are impressive. You are in the big league..

But me, I initially thought that these competitions are not for us 'who are non native English speakers'. But suddenly with couple of my previous articles I was getting better, and started to feel more confident. Then with my last article, I realized that I too can win and I am also in that big league. But I was not lucky, that article was not being selected for the competition.. not a big thing.. I will give it another try if they didn’t find a workaround to get me in this time.. Anyway there are much better articles in the list than mine too..

- A random opportunity is like a taller chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall

L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Nirosh12-Jul-10 17:25

12-Jul-10 17:25

Hi Sean,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, the original post date was April. But that was not the published date. I kept on editing it without making it public. Somewhere in the middle of June only I published it.

So I think there is a mistake in the logic you guy use to find articles belong to a particular month. I think it has to be the published date not the date that I add the article to your version control system.

Let me know, if I am not right..

- A random opportunity is like a taller chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall

L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Nish Nishant13-Jul-10 5:31

Nish Nishant

13-Jul-10 5:31

Nirosh wrote:
Yes, the original post date was April. But that was not the published date. I kept on editing it without making it public. Somewhere in the middle of June only I published it.

If that's so then yeah, it's this date that should be used when deciding whether an article fits within a competition date range. Until that's resolved, I guess authors could delete and make a fresh submission when they think the article's ready.

Try and pester Sean into allowing your article to participate in next month's competition Smile | :)

Regards,
Nish

Blog: blog.voidnish.com

Most recent article:
An MVVM friendly approach to adding system menu entries in a WPF application

Nirosh13-Jul-10 18:16

Am I hallucinating or is there a new colour scheme?

13-Jul-10 18:16

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Try and pester Sean into allowing your article to participate in next month's competition

I'll wait and see.. Smile | :)

- A random opportunity is like a taller chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall

L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Spammer

Pete O'Hanlon11-Jul-10 2:11

Pete O'Hanlon

11-Jul-10 2:11

Here's[^] one you might be interested in.

"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

Re: Spammer

Nagy Vilmos11-Jul-10 2:23

Nagy Vilmos

11-Jul-10 2:23

repost

Panic, Chaos, Destruction.
My work here is done.

or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

This User Must Die

Nagy Vilmos11-Jul-10 2:10

Nagy Vilmos

11-Jul-10 2:10

The user celltech[^] has now double adverted on the lounge. Can we have it killed.

Panic, Chaos, Destruction.
My work here is done.

or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

Re: This User Must Die

Sandeep Mewara11-Jul-10 20:34

Sandeep Mewara

11-Jul-10 20:34

This is new one: jhkjhguy[^]

Rajesh R Subramanian9-Jul-10 8:58

Rajesh R Subramanian

9-Jul-10 8:58

The blue has become much lighter, and it looks... UGLY. Can we the old colour scheme back, please?

It's time for a new sig. Seriously.

Re: Am I hallucinating or is there a new colour scheme?

Chris Maunder9-Jul-10 9:16