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It would be nice to tag certain "abused" QA entries as "readonly" to stop people from posting garbage as solutions.
For example, the "Convert language A to language B" questions where noobs think this is a code conversion service and they just post a code snippet thinking they'll get the converted code written for them.
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Please simply delete the question or report it as "Not a Question". No need to have debris lying around.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It's something more along the lines of a legit question, but now old, that people have answered with legit answers, but now, a couple years later, people are posting new "Solutions" with their own code they seem to want converted to whatever language was in the OP's title.
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Ah!
So mark them as "not an answer"!
In all seriousness: Quick Answers needs to be a place of good questions and direct answers. The less debris people have to wade through the more useful it is. We strongly encourage everyone to cleanup (edit, refine, clarify - or delete) any messy bits you come across.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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We do. The problem is we're on Solution 20, 30 something on these questions and they keep getting popped up to the top of the queue over and over again.
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That is why I changed the title. Perhaps they will go somewhere else now.
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...so the ability to lock a question is needed then.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: We strongly encourage everyone to cleanup (edit, refine, clarify - or delete) any messy bits you come across.
I don't want to be like SO but there is really a lot of crap in the Q&A that could be cleaned up wihtout a problem.
We did that a couple of times and then we were "blamed" by some long time users, that we are nobody to delete things and similars...
In my case... I got tired of trying to argue with them.
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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If no one has posted more than an exploratory comment and no answer, those would be safe to delete. How could a long time user find issue if the question no longer exists, and they had never taken part of it?
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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would it be possible to add a :facepalm: icon?
facepalm - Google Search[^]
I know we have the  icon, but it is not exactly the same...
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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How about:
🤦♂️ / 🤦♀️
"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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exact.... I only have to edit now your message to know how you post them 
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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If you're on Windows 10, it's simple: press Win+., type "falcepalm", and select the emoji. 😎
Alternatively, you could search for them on Emojipedia[^] and use copy+paste.
"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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Richard Deeming wrote: f you're on Windows 10, it's simple: press Win+.,
I didn't know about that one...
Thanks 
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Will it be wearing a mask?
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😷
"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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Something is wrong with page presentation - just an fyi. I've seen this for the last month, and I'm not sure if its a browser update or something on the cp server. I see it on the left menu and the right. Scroll down, come back up - all is well.
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Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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oh, let me know if you can't see the image
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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You can paste images to this forum.
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Go to the windows explorer and drag and drop the image here in the message composition.
Images can't be very big, but usually a screenshot in *.png format have no problems
Example:
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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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cool - didn't know I could drag/drop. Note what's in the upper right. This also happens on the left when in various forums. If I scroll to the top, it corrects itself.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I am not able to recreate this issue. Having said that, I have seen this happen some time ago.
Could you clear your browser cache, or Ctrl-F5 on this page, to ensure you have the latest files.
Let me know if this fixes it.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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cache cleared on chrome, I'll follow up. I want to say I've cleared cache before...
i'll keep you posted.
Charlie Gilley
"Biden's lies matter!"
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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