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I hope they also left a lasting impression.
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I was just looking at my tips/tricks and noticed alternates are included. I don't really like that, but that's not the point of this post. My recommendation is that the tip/trick rating average be weighted to account for the votes on each tip/trick rather than a simple average of the rating of each tip/trick. So, if I have one tip/trick with 100 votes of 5 and one tip/trick with 1 vote of 1, I will not get an average rating of 3.
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I second that.
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I think alternates should be able to be voted on at all.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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I agree. That single one vote on the alternate you provided has disproportionately lowered you're average tip rating. I wonder if article average is calculated in the same way?
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier.
Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum.(Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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No, real articles are properly score-averaged, I checked when I implemented similar calculations in CP Vanity.
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I posted a comment to this question[^], but did not vote on it. But now, it shows a vote of 1. Nobody else voted on this question. I saw the same with other questions, showing a vote of one, but no explanation of this vote, just another members regular comment.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Commenting on votes is encouraged (hence the pop out box) but not required. Hitting the Vote button and leaving the box empty casts a vote without a comment.
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier.
Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum.(Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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Ah, all right, thanks Dave. I thought, you couldn't vote one or two without leaving a comment.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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We have a bug. Thanks
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yes that old chestnut again!
I have noticed on the member reputation system page it states under Debator,
General Forum Message Downvoted - A member down-votes a message in a general discussion forum. -2
General Forum Message Upvoted - The author of a message receives points due to their message being
up-voted by another member. 5
Should it not state that not only does the down-voter lose point but also the member who is downvoted?
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pompeyboy3 wrote: Should it not state that not only does the down-voter lose point but also the member who is downvoted?
The voter does not lose points as far as I know.
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According to Chris, that page is created automatically, so unless there's a bug in the code to English conversion the page is correct even though it doesn't seem to be right...
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Sorry the description for General Forum Message Downvoted is incorrect. It should read similar to the Upvoted message: "The author of a message loses points due to their message being down-voted by another member". Will fix this shortly.
FYI, those two reputation points are both from the perspective of the author. The voter's perspective is Vote General Forum Message Up. There is no counterpart to down-voting here meaning the voter doesn't gain or lose any points for this action.
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I am not trying URL directly from the browser, its copied from one of the link, click on Articles Top Navigation Menu>Technical Blogs>FAQ.
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Ah ha - good catch.
I'll have it fixed today.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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The link for "Microsecond and Millisecond .NET Timer" points here[^] instead of here[^] 
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier.
Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum.(Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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Wow.
In digging through the code to see what happened I found out we had an overflow. All because, years and years ago, when I thought "think of a really, really big number tha will account for all articles while still being reasonable" I wildly underestimated where the line between "all articles" and "reasonable" was.
Kinda cool, but it does mean this week's newsletter is a bit wobbly. Next week will be all good.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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My boss likes to say "Good Problem to have".
For those who did not get it: what it means is, the result far exceeded the expectation. 
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It's impossible to guess at numbers like that, you always end up getting bitten in one direction or the other
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier.
Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum.(Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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This article[^]'s zip file is zero bytes - a bug or a screw up by the author?
Edit: Seems good now
DaveIf this helped, please vote & accept answer!
Binging is like googling, it just feels dirtier.
Please take your VB.NET out of our nice case sensitive forum.(Pete O'Hanlon)
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
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You should consider to somehow evaluate "vote of 1" of article in pending state. Approving articles takes time especially when you are voting of 1, you have to write a reason. This activity is not evaluated by any reputation points. On the other hand voting of 5 is evaluated by 1 point and nobody has to write anything.
It's just a suggestion.
Petr.
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I 1 voted on a question (to test something,thinking my vote wouldn't be cast) and noticed that I didn't have to give a reason, the box appears but when left unfilled the vote is cast anyway.
Also the layout after voting is somewhat wrong.
The text 'x votes for this question' + the bar and the graphic seem to be to wide to fit.
The graphic is partially displayed after the search box and after the info box. (have a screen if you need it )
Also the text says '3 votes for this question' counting the new vote but the box underneath is says 2 votes.
Chrome 5
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