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A user has managed to make a question in QA which can't be opened without digging into the HTML source of the page:
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.0">[^]
Screen-shot of the problem:
Quick_Answers_-_CodeProject_-_Mozilla_Firefox.png (17.4 KB)
HTML source:
<h3 id="ctl00_ctl00_MC_AMC_Entries_ctl02_SearchDoc_H" class="title">
<a id="ctl00_ctl00_MC_AMC_Entries_ctl02_SearchDoc_ArticleLink" class="link" data-ref="2_1037893" href="//www.codeproject.com/Questions/1037893/compilation-debugequals-true-strictequals-false-ex?arn=2"></a>
</h3>
As you can see, the entire title has been stripped out of the link. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks for the report. On the TODO.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Message Removed
modified 14-Oct-15 16:47pm.
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There's a first: my vote/comment for this article: [^]
Leads to this e-mail:
from: Webmaster <webmaster@codeproject.com>
"Your message 'My vote of 5' has been marked as potentially being spam and is currently in the moderation queue pending approval.
CodeProject"
Note my status page does show that the comment appeared to have been posted twice: I have no idea what caused that.
9-Oct-15 4:32PM 1 Debator Post a General Forum Message Forum Message My vote of 5
9-Oct-15 4:32PM 1 Debator Post a General Forum Message Forum Message My vote of 5
Perhaps a "double vote" has registered and that "tripped a wire" somewhere ?
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 9-Oct-15 5:55am.
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Spam detector detects messages based on keywords,so many messages get trapped frequently. At the moment,i see no messages in moderation queue,not even yours. Both your messages are published.
Duplicate message seems bug to me.
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
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Thanks, Rohan, It's strange that both those messages now have the 'Delete option disabled ... so I can't remove one of them.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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I see the delete option. I can remove one of them on your behalf if you wish to.
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
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Why don't you ask Chris and crew to place you in the trusted member list. That way you don't have this spam issue anymore, like I used to get. Just a thought.
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Hi, Slacker007,
Naive moi: I wasn't aware I wasn't a trusted member 
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Like I mentioned to Rohan, Chris did something and I no longer get my posts flagged for spam. What exactly he did, I don't know. So, the terminology I am using is probably incorrect, but it wouldn't hurt for you to reach out to him or Sean on this.
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Slacker007 wrote: trusted member list
As per as i know, there is no such thing. Everyone's message got caught in past, even of Protector's.
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
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I don't get blocked for spam anymore. Chris did something on his side, and I am good to go. Maybe "safe sender" "trusted member" list is not the correct terminology, but I no longer get my posts queued for spam.
That is what I was trying to convey.
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The spam filter is learning and is getting better, that's all.
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The latest competition doesn't appear to be tagging articles with the usual "this is a competition entry and doesn't follow the usual rules for articles" header when they arrive in moderation - is this a mistake, or are we supposed to treat them as "full articles" and recommend them as tips or reject them this time?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: are we supposed to treat them as "full articles"
Absolutely.
This is an article writing contest. Entries must be articles.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Just when I was starting to feel like I wanted to spend time answering QA questions again: [^].
Note the listing of who closed version #1 of the post shows this member: [^]. This person is a newcomer to CodeProject with very little participation in the site.
The other two people listed as closing the post, for version #2, Tadit Dash, and Rohan Leuva, are, however, "veterans" here, and, imho, far too "quick on the trigger" to close questions, as are many other CP old-timers.
I would like to think that my over 13 years participation in this site, and my track record of quality answers to QA questions ... is respected.
thanks, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 9-Oct-15 4:27am.
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Sadly, there are way too many itchy trigger fingers. I'm happy for posts to be closed if they are abusive or spam but closing due to some perceived quality issue, that I have a problem with. I don't know why we don't just try to help improve the way people ask questions.
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I know how you feel, this happened to me once and then I just gave up on actively participating in Q&A, in other words I don't often write answers any more.
To me the problem is not just with the closing of badly written or duplicated questions, the problem lies with how the veterans often treat these newcomers.
There questions are being down-voted on regular basis, now I don't think the newcomers mind or care or even are aware of this, but to me this just comes off as if the Q&A is full of impatient or even hateful developers...
I don't know why most of developers participate in Q&A, but I just got a feeling that the reason is not in order to help other, it seems like its about something else...
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I always report such questions because it is expected that OP atleast try something. Even guuideline says that you Google something before posting question.
As per as that post is concerned, i would have left that question if OP had some doubts. That answer can clearly be answered just by learning those concepts (Which are very very basic and not at all complex).
I've not gone against any Codeproject guidelines at all.
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
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Perhaps you would care to remove the stick from your butt and learn a bit of empathy. How do you know that they haven't Googled? Perhaps they haven't found the right keywords - even giving them a Google link showing the keywords is a better answer than just kicking their question off. It's an arrogant approach and is one of the reasons I don't help in QA - the arrogance of the people in there who seem to be obsessed by their "expert" ranking is, quite frankly, disgusting. To my mind, this goes against the whole spirit of the site which was originally designed to be helpful and welcoming.
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Excellent reply, I couldn't agree more.
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I completely agree with you.
I should really think @chris-maunder should take a call on such trigger happy response.
Newbie should feel welcome and should learn from community. A proper comment or reply will go a long way than nuking it,
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: learn a bit of empathy
I don't need your advise. Keep it with you.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: How do you know that they haven't Googled?
After reading the question,one can easily figure out the same.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: this goes against the whole spirit of the site which was originally designed to be helpful and welcoming
And that is something which has made quality of QA worse.
Cool down. You are not judge or Admin.Advise someone whenever they act against Codeproject guidelines. You are free to give your opinion,not to order someone aggressively. This is community site and everyone is free to use the functionalities provided by Site Admins. Bill has expressed his opinion and let the Admins think over it. If they decide to make changes in reporting mechanism,we will follow that also. Before asking me to learn something, learn how to express something. Blaming someone for not helping in QA is not quite appropriate.
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
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