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Chris Maunder wrote: Some people will like them. Some people won't. Some people will put lots of effort into thinking through their vote. Some will vote from their gut. Some will vote because they absolutely positively disagree with the methods used in creating a solution, even though the article was beautifully written and simple to use. Some will vote because it was the only thing they could find that solved their problem and let them get their work done.
Don't forget the "(un/)friendly votes" which IMO is very extended in parts of the community.
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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You have to remember that anyone can read an article here, just as anyone can write one. And that means Joe Moron from Kansas, Ohio cna read it expecting it to be exactly what he needs to hand in as his homework. And when it isn't, he is free to vote it as he pleases. That's democracy! The system has algorithms in place to exclude "spurious" answers once sufficient "real" ones are in place, and each vote it "weighted" by the reputation of the source. So a 1 from Joe doesn;t make a lot of difference compared to a 5 from me for example. If the article gets sufficient 5's, the spurious 1's will not only have minimal effect but will eventually be discounted completely.
Equally, if Joe writes a poor article and gets several 5's from his mates, they can be countered by high-rep 1s, and they will eventually be discounted as well.
For example, look at this: List<T> - Is it really as efficient as you probably think?[^] - it got 16 1's because people didn't really read past the introduction, and 83 5's. And those 1's prompted me to rewrite the intro to "persuade" people to read further. It's sitting there with a solid 4.38 and someday the 1 will be discounted.
And this: Using struct and class - what's that all about?[^] won "best article of the month", and still got downvotes from Joe and his mates! 
It's not a perfect system, but it's pretty good - it works out in the long run. If you like an article, vote it up. If you don't, walk away or vote it down. If it's spam, plariagrised, or abusive, report it. But don't take any of it personally!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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modified 11-Oct-18 7:26am.
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OriginalGriff wrote: ... gets several 5's from his mates, they can be countered by high-rep fives, ...
High-rep ones, surely? 
"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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Fixed.
![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) required...
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I needed to attract Sean to a problem: How do I fix image links[^] but @sean-ewington doesn't get changed to a link in QA answers, or in the comments - so presumably Sean doesn;t get notified. It works in the lounge (and presumably here)
I'm pretty sure it used to work in QA, but it's quite possible I'm losing my mind...
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I don't believe it worked in QA answers since they are meant to be answers, not discussions, but I could be wrong and am certainly open to changing this.
I'll add this to the TODO list since it actually fits in neatly with the massive refactor we're currently working on
cheers
Chris Maunder
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We already use the syndication-source meta tag for blogs for exactly this reason.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Good point. I'll update this to be a canonical link.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Awesome!
When will I can expect this implemented?
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I think when the content is the same, you need to pay attention to canonical tag
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Why is it that I have to do several refreshes to get anything to come up on the reputation history page?
This problem is not specific to any browser, nor even OS. I'm currently on a Linux laptop, running firefox, and it does it. It also does it on Windows in IE11, Edge, FireFox, Chrome, and Opera.
It's been this way for years.
What's up with that?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The obvious answer is that the system is scared of your reputation.
The more banal answer is we probably have a load / efficiency issue with listing rep events.
I just bought up your page and it took 89ms to get the data for you, so there's got to be something else going on,
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Once I get data, it's fine, but sometimes, it takes anywhere from 2 to a dozen F5 refreshes to get any data at all.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You can refresh the Rep History as it's got its own URL. How do you refresh the main rep graph as it's just a tab on your profile? Refreshing that just reloads the profile page defaulting to the first tab.
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Never mind, just realized it's got its own Refresh icon/button.
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This happens to me constantly especially when it's somewhere around midnight in Toronto area. Backups?
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Wendelius wrote: when it's somewhere around midnight in Toronto area. Backups?
Hopefully... someone feeding the hamsters after midnight... that could end bad 
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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Just don't get them wet. 
"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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And keep out of sunlight
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Are you guys still entirely on RDBMS? or do you have parts of your data in NoSQL databases?
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Mostly just loose scraps of paper around the office.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Ah, loosely coupled distributed databases then.
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