CodeProject article ripoff site detected

This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov8-Nov-12 20:37

8-Nov-12 20:37

Even though it's not so apparent (this time, this is software, not lady's bags or attorney services), but in fact this is a trivial spam: Shapzzle - Review Request[^] by http://www.codeproject.com/Members/RV-AppStudios[^].

Selling games on Microsoft store, even in a legitimate way, in not an excuse for advertising them at CodeProject.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Nelek8-Nov-12 20:56

Nelek

8-Nov-12 20:56

QA Item: banned
User (at the moment): 4 of 5

Regards.
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Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov9-Nov-12 2:24

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

9-Nov-12 2:24

Thank you, Nelek.

I'm not sure I got it. Are you saying that you know a way to see how many members reported for spam/abuse on a member account? How? Or and I missing something? Then how you see "4 of 5"?

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Brisingr Aerowing9-Nov-12 3:18

Brisingr Aerowing

9-Nov-12 3:18

When you report, it gives you 'N Votes', where N is the number of votes given. As 5 is needed to eliminate the perp, one can figure out how many votes out of five have been administered.

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Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Nelek9-Nov-12 7:24

Nelek

9-Nov-12 7:24

Next time pay attention to the field where the report button is. After you click on the reason it changes and says how many reports are saved for that user.

Regards.
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Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov9-Nov-12 7:30

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

9-Nov-12 7:30

Somehow, I failed to see it so far. I'll try again when I face a need to report again.

Thank you, Nelek.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: This "review request" is merely a shameless commercial spam

Nelek9-Nov-12 7:33

Nelek

9-Nov-12 7:33

You are welcome Smile | :)

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CodeProject article ripoff site detected

Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Nov-12 3:26

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

8-Nov-12 3:26

While searching for articles on the net I chanced upon this site sporting an article that was obviously stolen from CodeProject.

RipOff site: http://netcode.ru/dotnet/?lang=&katID=30&skatID=283&artID=7833[^].

Article here on CP: Creating a non rectangular form using GDI+[^]

The ripoff site gave proper credit to neither the author nor to CodeProject and they even removed the authors data from the article. They were not very clever though as they left this little gem in it: "This is my first article for CodeProject". Which is pretty much a dead give away.

BUSTED!

I hope Chris will unleash the hamsters upon them and have these guys torn to shreds. Mad | :mad:

Regards,

— Manfred

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

Re: CodeProject article ripoff site detected

Sean Ewington8-Nov-12 5:18

Sean Ewington

8-Nov-12 5:18

Thanks very much for the catch Manfred, consider the hamsters unleashed.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project

Re: CodeProject article ripoff site detected

Manfred Rudolf Bihy8-Nov-12 5:19

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

8-Nov-12 5:19

Thanks Sean!

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

Existing article update spam

OriginalGriff8-Nov-12 0:59

OriginalGriff

8-Nov-12 0:59

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=49172&aid=54834[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/alisissa[^]

The TIp is just a link, the link document is lttle bigger than teh tip and contain almost no info. I have to conclude this is just to get links and / or traffic to his site. Spam.

[edit]
A quick check shows all but one of his Tips are the same:
Unable to translate Unicode character \uD8E4 at index 16 to specified code page[^]
cannot access a closed file[^]
Smart Navigation [^]
Exclude folders while building in web deployment projects[^]
Error 32 An error occurred when merging assemblies: The relative virtual path 'S3.0/global.asax' is not allowed here. aspnet_merge 1 1 Mems_deploy [^]
BC30456: 'CreateResourceBasedLiteralControl' is not a member of[^]
-OriginalGriff[/edit]

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

modified 8-Nov-12 7:42am.

Re: Existing article update spam

Jochen Arndt8-Nov-12 2:20

Jochen Arndt

8-Nov-12 2:20

I noticed this too but did not had a look on the others. Don't know why these has been approved in the past. The tip has been updated because the old link does not work anymore. The same with the others: All links are dead.

I did not approve the updated tip, because there is not enough content. But I also did not reported it because that would let the old version with the dead link stay here.

EDIT:
Just recognized that the new version has been rejected. Than the old versions should be also deleted.

New kind of spam: promoting PHP diet!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov7-Nov-12 13:55

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

7-Nov-12 13:55

This is how I understood this remarkable invention, by http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Marlys-Gisler[^].

Here: Is Body By Vi a safe and fast diet?[^].

I'm really afraid about the health of our members: PHP would provide too poor nutritional value. Smile | :)

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Another one that needs squashing.

fjdiewornncalwe7-Nov-12 8:20

fjdiewornncalwe

7-Nov-12 8:20

This user has posted both a spam answer and message...
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=3939951[^]

Answer: Out of memory exception + C# Winforms[^]

Message: Cache, Session, and ViewState[^]

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

Re: Another one that needs squashing.

SoMad7-Nov-12 15:28

SoMad

7-Nov-12 15:28

I was a little hesitant with this one since the profile is over 5 years old. However, he woke up the QA Question after it had been solved over a year ago and besides the two postings you link to, I do not see any other activity from this member, so I support reporting the postings. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Soren Madsen

Re: Another one that needs squashing.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov7-Nov-12 17:58

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

7-Nov-12 17:58

I vaguely remember the member name; I'm afraid I wasted time trying to answer this person's questions; that's a pity. Smile | :)

I don't know why just the life time of a profile should matter...

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Car parts

OriginalGriff6-Nov-12 23:33

OriginalGriff

6-Nov-12 23:33

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=49028&aid=490495[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/mercedes01[^]

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Re: Car parts

Nagy Vilmos7-Nov-12 0:39

Nagy Vilmos

7-Nov-12 0:39

I think the merc's gone off the road. Big Grin | :-D

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Is this legal

MT_6-Nov-12 18:29

MT_

6-Nov-12 18:29

Asking for betting software.
The member http://www.codeproject.com/Members/sehej13[^]

Message link
i need cricket betting software[^]

This account is just opened today and this is first question !

Milind

Re: Is this legal

OriginalGriff6-Nov-12 21:00

OriginalGriff

6-Nov-12 21:00

Yes. He isn't trying to advertise a betting company, just asking for help (or possibly the entire code) for software to handle betting.

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Double entries in articles

cptKoala6-Nov-12 3:42

cptKoala

6-Nov-12 3:42

Found these 2 users posting very similar articles...

Thoughts[^] by http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9533011[^]
and
Ideas[^] by http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9530788[^]

Re: Double entries in articles

Chris Maunder6-Nov-12 14:33

Chris Maunder

6-Nov-12 14:33

I've asked the authors to explain. It's certainly not helping their chances in the competition.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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

Pretty funny example of rudeness

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov5-Nov-12 12:14

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

5-Nov-12 12:14

This post saltation genetic algorithm[^]
by http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9543469[^] (no friendly URL yet).

I'm talking about comments to the question. "Moron", "spend the rest of your miserable life", etc., and it all after getting an answer.

Interestingly, there is only one ridiculous question and four comments, all four apparently attempting to offend.

Thank you.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: Pretty funny example of rudeness

Nelek5-Nov-12 12:17

Nelek

5-Nov-12 12:17

You were seconds faster. I already gave my 5 cents to show him the door.

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Re: Pretty funny example of rudeness

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov5-Nov-12 12:20

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

5-Nov-12 12:20