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We are currently working on updating the search, regardless of whether this was a case of Mondayitis for the database.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm sure everyone here is aware of the problem with people adding an answer to their own question. My solution is to hide the Answer button from the OP for his own questions.
Also, comments should also have a "Reply" button. In fact, "Add a Comment" should only be available under the original question, and answers should have a "Reply" button instead of "Add a Comment". I think that would make it more clear as to what the user is expected to do.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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A simple elegant solution! I'm all for it.........
but, after a few days, the OP has still not had an answer, and has found the solution to his own question elsewhere, what should he do to share his new found knowledge?
a) delete the question
b) add a comment saying he has found the answer, but as the comments wont format code, no point dumping it in there.
c) nothing, and let the question drift off into the sands of time for the garbage collector to come along and scoop it up.
d) something else?
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daveauld wrote: but, after a few days, the OP has still not had an answer, and has found the solution to his own question elsewhere, what should he do to share his new found knowledge?
He should "Improve" the question by adding the solution. This could be implemented by adding a "Solved" (or "Solution Found") button that prompts him to supply the solution.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001
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It might just be me but there is a member giving what appear to me to be answers that are totally unrelated to the question.
e.g. here[^].
As I say, it could just be me misunderstanding, so I'd appreciate someone else checking him out.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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One of them at least seems fine (the txtTime one); the one you linked to has only a link to a zip, I did not look into that; and his third message only had two links, also a bit mysterious.
I'd say the jury is still out. And maybe his English fluency is a limiting factor; you don't have any tablets recommendation for that?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Luc Pattyn wrote: you don't have any tablets recommendation for that?
Only these[^].
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Nah. I didn't want you to turn Mozes' tablets over to a newcomer.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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Sorry it took so long for me to get to this but here's another spammer[^].
"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.
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Thanks mate.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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No problems. I think I'll change my sobriquet to the Spammer Hammer.
"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.
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Hi, I am not a fan of the personal attacks I see in questions edited by members: ICantGoogle, ICantFormat... and rececently found ImaRetard. Yes, the flood of lazy people looking for a quick fix for their homework (or worse for actually paid work) is annoying. But I don't like it if QA will be dragged down to the level of the problematic users. Can't we just vote idiots down or find another way of handling them?
What do others think?
/M
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Yep I totally agree. If people see a bad question, they should either ignore it or those with edit-rights could delete it. But to reply rudely and insult the OP just makes CodeProject look bad. Whoever indulges in that is doing a big disservice to this website.
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Yes, you have a valid point. However many of these so-called 'questions' merely demonstrate that the poster is too stupid or lazy even to read the posting guidelines. On that basis I'm tempted to say they deserve what they get.
It's time for a new signature.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: On that basis I'm tempted to say they deserve what they get.
They deserve it, perhaps! But surely Chris M does not deserve this? It's his website that looks like it's populated with rude, arrogant, and not always knowledgeable people!
The reason some people were given edit/delete rights (via reputation points) is so they can moderate and remove crappy questions. Instead of using that wisely, people think it makes them look cool to post a sarcastic insult.
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Thank you, Nish.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I think it's simpler to ignore them than making efforts to insult them. I've almost completely stopped visiting the Q/A section for this reason. There's way too much tripe to wade through.
Most of the questions are completely ignorant (a simple google search must give the answer in a plate), and some of the responses given are insulting (not helpful in any way) and such answers get upvoted. This has become like a trend there, and it needs to change.
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I like looking through the Q&A section looking for the pearls among the swine. There have been some decent questions in there.
"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
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This begs for statistical information; in a given location (Q&A, each of the forums) and time period (the last month, the last three months) how many questions were there? how many answers? how may question up-votes/down-votes? how many answer up-votes? etc.
We have a rep system for members, we now need a rep system for site subsystems.
The graph of overall questions (or answers) over time would be interesting too.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
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I wouldn't claim that the Q&A system was in any way near to being perfect, but as long as people are posting there, I'll try and help out. The issue with it is that people have been seduced into thinking that StackOverflow is a really good model to follow and it's doing its damnedest to be a wiki, but that's not a solid model to base an answer system on.
"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
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I agree having a good wiki around would be nice, StackOverflow does not have one AFAIK, and neither does CP. Wikipedia does hold some very nice pages.
I also think forcing programming questions and answers in the current Q&A format is not very suited to discussion, and will not lead to a wiki ever.
However all I was saying is some statistical and historical information about the site and its parts would be interesting to see.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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The vote statistics may not be an indication of the quality of answers, since the most up-voted answers will invariably be the smartest insults.
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Measuring quality ain't easy; the voting system is an honest attempt, however it can be abused. I trust Chris is open to every suggestion you or anyone else can come up with.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read formatted code with indentation, so please use PRE tags for code snippets.
I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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Luc Pattyn wrote: I trust Chris is open to every suggestion you or anyone else can come up with.
I've directly or indirectly expressed my thoughts on this to Chris several times in the past. And I do believe that he does not really approve of the rude default reactions in the Q/A and the other forums either.
What's needed is an official response to individuals who consistently reply in an abusive fashion. Something like:
"Dear Xyz, while we truly appreciate your efforts in our programming forums, we are also quite concerned about the negative nature of some of your responses. We request that you make an effort to correct this behavior and if that's too difficult for you, then please refrain from participating in our forums"
That will piss a few people off, but the majority of CPians will probably appreciate the core idea and act accordingly.
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Of course I agree the abuse is bad and should be banned, except maybe against extreme repeat-idiots who refuse to take several suggestions and hints.
Abuse has been present in the forums for a while, it mostly ended when Chris has put up the howto stickies saying it wasn't within the site's policy. AFAIK it did make one knowledgeable CPian move out, and brought many others back in line. Basically the same instructions are shown on the Edit Answer page in Q&A, however they seem less effective. Of course it is people who offend, and they need to be told off, however I also blame the Q&A format: it makes things look more anonymous and more volatile than the forums do, by mostly showing a single question at a time, and somewhat hiding the author's name. On forums you have an overview of threads and messages, with a column holding author names, and colors indicating scores; it gives much more of a community feeling IMO.
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I'm not participating in frackin' Q&A, so if you want my opinion, ask away in a real forum (or on my profile page).
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