Spam and Abuse Watch

OriginalGriff22-Sep-12 1:57

22-Sep-12 1:57

I agree - spam - and have hit the "report" button.

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

Sean Ewington24-Sep-12 5:41

Sean Ewington

24-Sep-12 5:41

This one is OK. Apologies for the confusion.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Manfred Rudolf Bihy24-Sep-12 8:50

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

24-Sep-12 8:50

A bit of explanation would work wonders for me as the account had NOTHING published before that article, which would have been an indication to me that everything was good and well.

Still suspicious! Suspicious | :suss:

Regards,

— Manfred

"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."

Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925

Sean Ewington24-Sep-12 9:20

Sean Ewington

24-Sep-12 9:20

We’re hosting some Ultrabook reviews and this is one of them. Smile | :)

Some of the authors simply haven’t posted an article to CodeProject before, even if they have had an account for years. Hope this clears things up. I do admire your diligence though!

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Would-be Article again

OriginalGriff21-Sep-12 20:31

21-Sep-12 20:31

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=38104&aid=463586[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Grand-Brands[^]

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

Plagiarist in Tips

OriginalGriff20-Sep-12 6:36

20-Sep-12 6:36

This one: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/yadavshravan[^]
has at least three (and probably more) would-be tips, all of which are copied from various sources:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=37797&aid=462693[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=37790&aid=462688[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=37788&aid=462687[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=37786&aid=462684[^]

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

Re: Plagiarist in Tips

Pete O'Hanlon20-Sep-12 7:19

20-Sep-12 7:19

I have deleted the articles - there is no place for plagiarism here. Voted to remove account as well.

*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

Re: Plagiarist in Tips

OriginalGriff20-Sep-12 8:00

Sock-puppet guy <strike>is still kicking</strike>

20-Sep-12 8:00

Thanks - when I got to strike three I also voted the account.

Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

fjdiewornncalwe20-Sep-12 4:37

Re: Sock-puppet guy is still kicking

20-Sep-12 4:37

This guy: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=8317285[^]

now has at least 3 sock-puppets going in Q&A:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9443712[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9429441[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9443093[^]

Have a look. Every one of the sock-puppet account questions are answered by the OP account, marked as correct and upvoted by the other sock-puppets.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

modified 20-Sep-12 11:14am.

Pete O'Hanlon20-Sep-12 4:45

Re: Sock-puppet guy is still kicking

20-Sep-12 4:45

Please be aware that I will now delete the sock puppet answers. The accounts need the usual kicking.

*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

fjdiewornncalwe20-Sep-12 4:49

20-Sep-12 4:49

Thanks Pete.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

Lounge Spam

Andrei Straut19-Sep-12 22:32

19-Sep-12 22:32

Message[^]
User[^]
Let fly!

Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater.
Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater.
Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.

Spam in the Lounge.

SoMad19-Sep-12 13:51

SoMad

19-Sep-12 13:51

Normally I don't report these as everyone see them right away, but I want to add that it is now a little difficult to report posts. The popup selection is very temperamental.

Message: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4372493/online-shop.aspx[^]
Member: anderson20[^]

Soren Madsen

Re: Spam in the Lounge.

Chris Maunder19-Sep-12 14:53

Chris Maunder

19-Sep-12 14:53

Which browser / OS are you on?

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Re: Spam in the Lounge.

SoMad19-Sep-12 15:09

SoMad

19-Sep-12 15:09

I am on WinXP SP3, IE 8. Sorry if that is the reason Sigh | :sigh:

Soren Madsen

Offensive Q&A question

Andrei Straut19-Sep-12 4:17

19-Sep-12 4:17

Link here[^]
Member here[^]

The reason I'm finding this offensive is that the user implies CP users are not professionals for not answering his question (as also heavily stated in my comment)

Also, out of rage I wrongly posted this in Site Bugs. Nuked it and moved here

Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater.
Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater.
Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.

Wes Aday19-Sep-12 4:23

Wes Aday

19-Sep-12 4:23

For whatever reason, the question has been deleted.

Why is common sense not common?
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert.
Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy
Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

Andrei Straut19-Sep-12 4:25

19-Sep-12 4:25

Noticed. The member is still here though. Hopefully if the hamsters decide not to chew him, he'll learn a lesson

Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater.
Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater.
Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.

Wes Aday19-Sep-12 4:29

Wes Aday

19-Sep-12 4:29

Andrei Straut wrote:
still here though

I do not think he meant to be offensive. He just kept changing the title of his question in order to bump it. That and I think that he thought that we are all paid to answer questions so he was not getting why someone was not immediately answering his question.

Andrei Straut19-Sep-12 4:38

19-Sep-12 4:38

Wes Aday wrote:
I do not think he meant to be offensive

That's what I wanted to say with "in case hamsters decide not to chew him". I do not know if he meant it or not, I just found it so, and I am perfectly aware it's ultimately Chris and Co's decision.

I may be one of the more vocal ones in Q&A, but I can't stand people thinking it's our duty (actually scratch me, your duty, as you're more regular than I am) to do the job they're usually paid to do.

If you go swimming with the sharks, you might damn well read what not do around them before you jump in, IMO.

Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater.
Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater.
Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.

Abusive

fjdiewornncalwe19-Sep-12 3:54

19-Sep-12 3:54

Another guy who is using sock-puppets, but has decided to become abusive as well:

OP[^]

At least two of the sock-puppets: 1[^], 2[^]

In this question, the OP is just a bit abusive, specifically Solution 1 & 4: Store procedureQuery problem[^]

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

Re: Abusive

Pete O'Hanlon19-Sep-12 4:13

19-Sep-12 4:13

I have deleted the offensive posts. It doesn't look like they are sock puppets - they have other activity on their accounts. They are, possibly, friends of his.

*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

Re: Abusive

fjdiewornncalwe19-Sep-12 4:49

19-Sep-12 4:49

I shall defer to your greater experience on this one, but I remain skeptical of this one. Thanks Pete. Smile | :)

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

Re: Abusive

Pete O'Hanlon19-Sep-12 4:50