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Leslie summed up the issue succinctly
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I thought it was a brilliant idea, but I guess the majority see it differently. Oh well. [Bambi eyes]At least you could give it a try?[/Bambi eyes]
Seriously, making this change will not affect the regulars (we've all made more than 10 posts and been here for a long time). If the number of programming questions in the Lounge continues to swell, you might as well remove it. If the flood *does* subside...
Cheers,
Vıkram.
After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Seriously, making this change will not affect the regulars
Please reread Leslie's reply. It will affect the regulars.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: It will affect the regulars.
What I meant was: Regulars like Colin or CG will not see it because they have been around longer.
You (and Leslie) are saying instead of saying "How do I do X?" the regulars will be seeing "Do not post programming questions here. How do I do X?". How is it any different?
To be very frank, I think this is a very good idea. Of course, out here you are the Boss and if you don't { like it | think it will improve things } you don't have to. I would still urge a trial though.
Cheers,
Vıkram.
After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.
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Chris Maunder wrote: It will affect the regulars.
How so, Chris?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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You kinda side stepped the other point about extremely new members not being able to post in the lounge, I.E. they should be around for a day at least first because it would nip in the bud most of the people who sign up just to ask a programming question and then ask it in the lounge by mistake. I know this has been suggested before I just can't remember why you rejected it the last time. 
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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I thought that the BLINK[^] tag was condemed to the depths of CPs hamster's bowels? Is the filtering code skipping peoples signatures?
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That's a tough one. Do I remove it or chalk it up to "Browser Issue" 
Why oh why does the gecko engine still render this.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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ban it!
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You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Chris Maunder wrote: Why oh why does the gecko engine still render this.
It's an evil plan by Satips and VDK to terminally annoy you 
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Terminate it with extreme prejudice!
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Just saw it in the C# Forum
Look at his last ratings[^]!
No comment on that, from my side!
All the best,
Martin
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It certainly seems it. I periodically go through Colins posts and 5 vote items where he's been voted down and it's clear that he has actually given good value for money in his post.
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What I was wondering is, if this wrong one othes have an effect on his possibility to be an MVP next time?
Or is it like the "Message score threshold" only valid after 3 or more persons voted on the message?
All the best,
Martin
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In Message Editor, when you select Ignore HTML tags in this message (good for code snippets), even the signature is getting disturbed. That should not right?
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This is by design. If your sig has HTML and you choose to post a message with no HTML then the HTML is removed from your sig so it doesn't screw up the message.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yes Chris.
Now I recall one bug with Outlook also when HTML formatting corrupts the attachments (ASCII Text attachments) and GIFs particularly when used with Connectors like Domino.
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Can somebody see why the threads with this subject ("CodeProject Bloggers") are scattered across?
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I think that everyone should have a voting quota - They would not be able to vote any more than X times per day. I think this would solve (or at least reduce) the drive-by one votes.
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Hi Colin,
that does not sound right to me. Maybe someone wants to read every article/message and
cast a vote for it. Nothing wrong so far; it may start to go wrong if those votes tend to
have a strange distribution (all ones, all fives).
My first attempt: everyone can cast votes, the deviations from 3 get accumulated and this sum
must remain in some range, say (-10,+10). So one can vote a 1 and then a 5 as many times as
one likes. The sum could be reset periodically (say once a week).
Another attempt: how about collecting statistics on the votes given by someone
(and also, but separately, the votes given to someone), and showing this information
on the "About Member" page ? That might keep most people in line.
Regards
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Hello,
Luc Pattyn wrote: My first attempt: everyone can cast votes, the deviations from 3 get accumulated and this sum
must remain in some range, say (-10,+10). So one can vote a 1 and then a 5 as many times as
one likes. The sum could be reset periodically (say once a week).
Don't like this one, cause I tend to Up-vote good answers, instead of down-vote someone.
Luc Pattyn wrote: Another attempt: how about collecting statistics on the votes given by someone
(and also, but separately, the votes given to someone), and showing this information
on the "About Member" page ? That might keep most people in line.
This is a great idea, hope it will be implemented.
All the best,
Martin
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Hi Martin,
Martin# wrote: Don't like this one, cause I tend to Up-vote good answers, instead of down-vote someone
I understand that, but maybe you should down-vote bad articles, messy stuff, wrong answers
as much as you upvote good, clean, correct entries. Anyway, all is relative, so the
idea was you have to take some in order to be able to give some (or give some, so you
can take some?).
Anyway, as long as votes are free, you could vote 5 for all but a few entries; that's
a lot of work to indicate you did not like those few entries...
BTW I am happy with a 4 too.
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Hello Luc,
Luc Pattyn wrote: so the
idea was you have to take some in order to be able to give some
Now I understand the idea better.
Hmmm, would mean a little changing in my behaviour but I think the idea of "peronal rating balance" is something I could like.
For that reason I would suggest a fancy symbol at the user profile which tells me the actual value.
Luc Pattyn wrote: Anyway, as long as votes are free, you could vote 5 for all but a few entries; that's
a lot of work to indicate you did not like those few entries...
Sorry, I don't understand the meaning of: "that's
a lot of work to indicate you did not like those few entries"
Maybe you could use other words.
Luc Pattyn wrote: BTW I am happy with a 4 too.
All the best,
Martin
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Hi Martin, if there are say 10 entries in total, and you vote 5 for 9 of them because you
like them, it would be a lot easier to downvote the single one you did not like. That
is what I meant to say.
Greetings
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Ok Luc,
But that's excactly the point, why I didn't liked the idea at first.
I think I than would faster vote a "1" in this situation, for an article which normaly would get my "3".
So, like I said before, it would need my changing of rating behaviour, to make this system run fair.
All the best,
Martin
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