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Dalek Dave wrote: No sh*t Sherlock!
Watch out this is a kid sister website 
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I'm confused. I had to go to my messages page and I see this has attracted a 1 vote. Has downvoting been reinstated in the lounge and I missed it?
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I had to go to my messages page and I see this has attracted a 1 vote.
Possibly "Report abuse/spam" option. Check your Rep.history.
There's not even a single reason to report your message 
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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thatraja wrote: Possibly "Report abuse/spam" option.
Ah, fair enough. I didn't think of that. Doh!thatraja wrote: Check your Rep.history
I don't like doing that. I could end up getting depressed.thatraja wrote: There's not even a single reason to report your message
Someone obviously thought there was - which is fair enough; everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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How about PITA icons, you could have a whole range of them for serial askers of lousy questions, serial garbage answers, the various stalkers, serial jokers .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: a whole range of them for serial askers of lousy questions, serial garbage answers, the various stalkers, serial jokers .
Now that, Mycroft, is out-of-the-box thinking !
I think the medieval use of public shaming in "stocks" as punishment could be adapted for use on CP.
What would be the term for a forum so full of icons that text-content is hard to find ?
cheers, Bill
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
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This is the same vein as advocating whipping for masochists - there would be a fight to see who could get the most.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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More tears from Blubba Watson after he wins the Masters.
He needs to man up and stop weeping.
I let it slide when he cried last time, but hell man, are you going to cry like a little girl everytime you do your job?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Quote: are you going to cry like a little girl everytime you do your job?
You know you tear up a little when you write some VBA code that does awesomeness. Admit it. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Recently I have been visiting quick answers - view unanswered questions. Today, a member posted the question
How to get count of occurrence of characters in string using c#?
That was it! No attempted solution. No report of Google searching. No nothing!
OK. So now I agree with OriginalGriff regarding misuse of the discussions forums. So I think that we, as a community, need a way to tell the OP that his question is rejected for lack of trying. We also need a mechanism to tell the OP that we think that the answer to his question could be used for nefarious purposes that we, as a community, do not support. Under the Report flag, all we have is
Unclear or incomplete.
Repost.
Not a question.
Off-topic.
Spam/abusive.
The question cited above is none of these. A Google search of "c# occurrences of a character in a string" returned more than 90K answers. So apparently the OP didn't try Googling. The OP may not have been aware of the wealth of online resources. So how do we educate our junior members?
I would suggest adding two items to the list
Rejected by the Forum. You must at least try to get a solution before you post here.
Rejected by the Forum. The answer could be used for bad things.
Both of these should remove the question from the forum and send an email to the OP explaining why the action was taken. The OP should be able to click a link in the email and defend his question.
Gus Gustafson
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Or just make the [Post] button disabled if length is short and there is no code tags in the post?
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No, I don't think that's good - there is a minimum length limit on answers which frustrates me from time to time, and I have to add "this added to make the answer long enough to post"...
Trouble is, something like that is difficult for real beginners, who do need our help - not the solution to their homework, but actual help to start working out where to start!
I remember when I got started, I didn't have a damn clue where to begun writing a program, and that can "freeze your mind" and you can't produce code. If the site you turn to for help won't let you even ask the question and you don't understand why not... It's bad enough that some people will just be rude because you didn't ask using exactly the right words... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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A fair point - maybe a link to a "How to ask a good question" post
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There is already a list on the right hand side of the screen when you post your question, and they don't read that!
A few simple rules when posting your question.
Be courteous. Everyone here helps because they enjoy helping, not because it's their job.
Have you searched or Googled for a solution?
Be specific! eg "How do I change the dialog colour?" instead of "My code doesn't work. Help?"
Tag your question appropriately.
If you have a school or university assignment, assume that your teacher or lecturer is also reading these forums.
Do not remove or empty a message if others have replied.
Your question may be edited or retagged by others. Anything inappropriate will be removed.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yes, but the clueless newbee is OVERWHELMED by the sheer volume of data on a site like this; data so extensive that the most realistic survival technique is to "fog it out" mentally while focusing on the immediate problem in the newbee's head.
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I shouldn't be allowed near a computer on Sunday 
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100% agreed with you. +5
My Latest Article : What is DRY ?
Nothing is Impossible for Willing Heart.
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Given that Mr. Maunder's goal for this site is the maximum amount of visitors possible, I don't think he will agree to any policy that makes people feel unwelcome, no matter how dumb their questions are.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I agree with Richard Andrew x64
I'm smirking: How many of us (including myself) would be here today with an anti-stupid-question policy ?
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I think that's an excellent way to phrase it - an anti-stupid question policy.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Unless they are using textspeak  . CM hates that, so lobbying for a "Text speak not allowed" report option just might get through  .
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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