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I understood you, but was replying only to your specific post. I haven't had a chance to think fully through the previous post - whose sentiments I agree with.
One thing I was thinking about was a "close thread" button (essentially your "thread is done" button)
If I remove the "delete" button then I'll get endless questions about why messages sometimes do, and sometimes don't have a delete button, with many members feeling it's a seemingly random event (yes, I know it should be obvious, but it won't be to first timers)
There's a further issue: What does the "thread is done" button do? Prevent further answers from being posted? What if there is a great discussion going on in a thread and the original poster closes the thread thus stiffling the active discussion? I don't think that's fair or encouraging.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: what does "thread is done" button do?
nothing much, basically it does two things:
1. it lures the enquirer into clicking it rather than clearing the question;
2. when clicked it adds " [done]" to the subject line.
That is all it does. People can continue to vote, bookmark, reply, what have you.
And that is why I didn't use the word close.
And the "remove" presence should be obvious: leaf is removable, non-leaf isn't.
If you doubt the intuitiveness, do it the other way: have a "remove" widget everywhere, and when clicked for a non-leaf, pop up a message box "sorry, you can't remove a message that has replies attached to it" (I bet you'll get some comments "hey, joker, why do you give us such a widget then?" which is what we get already when replying "please don't remove").
As always, you can choose your pain.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
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Luc Pattyn wrote: As always, you can choose your pain
Never a more true word spoken.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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0 posts and 0 questions. How did you run into him/her?
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: 0 posts and 0 questions. How did you run into him/her?
He was looking for just any bastard.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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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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I'm guessing it's related to the -7 author points.
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Does that mean they've deleted 7 articles?
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No. Could mean many things. My guess is the author posted a tip/trick, it got downvoted a few times, and the tip/trick was deleted.
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Article and Tip/Trick needing approval.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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They're cousins from across the pond to the Fockers.
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In Australia that's perfectly acceptable. However, if there are complaints I'll ask politely for a change.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: In Australia that's perfectly acceptable.
I'm happy content with that.
I must get a clever new signature for 2011.
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This page seems to be unvailable for all my articles ??
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/Statistics.aspx?aid=37768
or
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/Statistics.aspx?aid=104937
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this bug has been fixed a couple of days ago. apparently not.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
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Apparantly yes (at least now). Just a missing control.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm fairly sure it was me who just uploaded the missing control file 2 minutes ago (the original issue was because that file was missing, and in the upgrade last night that file - due to an incorrect datestamp - was missing again - so I manually uploaded)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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All should be good then.
BTW: is that graph also going to be O'Silverlighted?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
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It has been pointed out that when I upvote someone in the lounge they are getting +20 points from me.
Surely as a Platinum it should be +40?
Am I not understanding the weighting properly or is there a problem?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Just imagine the points to be age and all will be sweet.
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the FAQ says 5 points (Authority in programming forum, Debator in general forum) and "Points are weighted by voting member's level". It does not specify what voter's rep category matters. If you were sevenfold platinum, I'd guess you would be right. But you are not, we don't have all-platinum people yet, and we aren't going to get some any time soon, as those high authority people seem to also be notoriously poor enquirers.
You may be on to something; so if you could upvote this message[^], then I'll report back to you.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
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Yep - I'm sure the number of rep points you have is a deciding factor in how much weight your vote carries. For instance, a vote of 5 from me for an article earns the author 80 points. I'm sure Dave's vote (even if he was just barely a platinum Author), would count for less than my vote. I'm sure Sacha's vote would count for more than mine since he has SIGNIFICANTLY more Author points than I do.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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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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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: the number of rep points you have is a deciding factor in how much weight your vote carries
Of course it is, we all know the principles; however I'm a little unsure about the details (which you carefully avoided). The main point that still needs clarification in the FAQ is which rep category is relevant for weighing the votes.
Examples:
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voting for an article may take the voter's author color, IMO it could as well take the higher of his author and authority color, as one does not need to write many articles to recognize an excellent one, some authority could suffice.
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voting on a forum message that has "answer" as message type, I would hope it takes the voter's authority into account; however if it was added with "general" type (the unfortunate default for nested replies), does it factor in "debator" color? Since debator color can be earned in very non-technical ways, that would be wrong IMO.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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