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I am not convinced those message types are worth the trouble.
I trust the first message in a thread is a question (except in some forums), and all
the replies are either answers or somewhat off-topic (joke, rant).
Do we really hope/trust everyone will use the right icon? if not, do they still help us?
I do not object the icons are available to whomever chooses to use them judiciously, but
I would not expect that to be the normal situation.
If we want the icons to be relevant, there should be NO default, and the edit box should
be disabled until the author chooses an icon. That way he has to spend a few milliseconds
on his choice.
BTW: sorry I can't resist, linking the kind of votes one can cast to the message type
seems to complicate things.
[ADDED]: really useful icons could be "good answer" and "bad answer", i.e. an answer becomes
one or the other based on the votes it collects. Doing so, one could read the original
question and the first good answer to get a first impression on an entire thread.
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Luc Pattyn wrote: [ADDED]: really useful icons could be "good answer" and "bad answer", i.e. an answer becomes one or the other based on the votes it collects. Doing so, one could read the original question and the first good answer to get a first impression on an entire thread.
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...and there's even more than that we can do. Stay tuned.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Stay tuned
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Can the confusing and apparently redundant links "Spam" "Abuse" at the bottom of posts be simply consolidated into one link "Report this"?
The intent on the part of the end user is to get rid of a message that is inappropriate for *any* reason.
What's the point of cluttering up the UI with two links that specifically exclude a lot of messages that don't fit either category but should not be there? Surely if a distinction needs to be made the person responsible for deleting the post can decide.
"The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying."
- David Ogilvy
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They actually report different things, but yeah - splitting them is probably of no relevance to anyone but me.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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At least with how they are at the moment, the icons are too big in comparison to all of the other icons (ex: MessageType icons when compiling a message). Could that be fixed?
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Visit my homepage Oracle Studios[ ^]
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I deliberately biggie-sized them to draw attention.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I think is a good idea 
Greetings.
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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
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
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Sorry - just a little overwhelmed at the moment.
Good idea but I do worry about abuse. It's on the TODO.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Restricting it to platinum members would probably help alot on that front.
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4....
-- El Corazon
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Hi All,
When updating an existing article, this is the result after pefroming Step 2/3 and clicking next.
Jeff
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But did you preview the article?
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Hi Hans,
Hans Dietrich wrote: But did you preview the article?
Actually No - I uploaded a newer zip file, so it did not occur to me that I would need to preview.
Jeff
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Hi Hans,
I just verified a Priview does not help.
Jeff
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The error's been logged so I'll dig in today and see what it's complaining about. Sorry about that
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Should be OK now.
Sorry again for inconvinience. Thanks for reporting.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it! 
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Purpose: to stop the publication of obviously inappropriate material, plagarised content or articles that are clearly not an actual article. If the author has genuinely tried to provide a decent article, even if they may need some encouraging to improve it, then let it through.
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fixed
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I'll see your one missing article and raise you. I'm missing four articles. Ho hum.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: missing four articles
 - that make me feel comfortable
Actually I thought they are moving it from unedited to edited section, but that it is also not the case..
They will get it sorted out!!
- A random opportunity is like a tall chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall
L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
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Are they magically back now?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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