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I just checked a couple of articles, none of them holding anything related to youtube.
That must come from your browser/plugins; CP cannot be held repsonsible for these.
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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I reported a repost in QA, adding message as a 'Solution' telling the OP why. This morning I received the following message:
Quote: Your answer 'My project on office 365,' has been reported by Chris Maunder and has been closed, with the reason being given as This exact post has already been posted by another member.
If you wish to revise and reopen your article based on the feedback from these members then simply visit My project on office 365, and click the "Update my article" link. This will enable you to edit and update your article and will re-open your article for other members to enjoy.
Is that correct?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I reported a repost in QA, adding message as a 'Solution'
This elegantly illustrates the conflict between what is a solution, call me old school on this, and what is a comment.
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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The reason for adding the comments as a "Solution" is to remove the question from the "All Unanswered" list. The original message most likely has already been answered.
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That was my fault. I accidentally reported your answer instead of another's and when I saw my mistake I went back to undo it but couldn't find your answer. I meant to email you but was hit with 10 distractions from all sides and totally forgot. Sorry mate.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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No apology necessary. Just checking if there might have been a problem.
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People more and more use the online Fiddle to prove or show code.
Perhaps a collaboration with those guys would be nice to allow some sort of "fiddle" integration in the forums.
basic idea
eg. If you press the "Fiddle" button you're presented with the fiddle of the correct forum (javascript, C#, ...) a button on the Fiddle forum allows the code to be copied in the answers with the correct formatting and pre tags. You could also select the code from the question itself and send it to fiddle.
just a thought. 
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CP and Fiddle integration is a great idea. 
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Whenever the title of a thread changes in its answers the Discussion tab shows a new entry, as if it was posted at the top level. Take a look at the thread:
And the Discussion tab
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Thanks for the report.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Users like this poster: [^] can repost away without consequence. Note: by mentioning this, I do not mean to imply this user is engaged in any form of "deception."
I think not requiring the name visible is a mistake, and, I do not buy the idea that "rep-shame" is a significant causal factor in high-rep members not posting questions with a similar frequency as "modal other users."
You may not like my saying this, but another possible scenario is that high-ranking posters know it is much easier to quickly find relevant content on StackOverflow because, possibly, said high-reps are not lost in static, know what they need to know. Do CP high-reps post fewer questions in general because of acquired skills in search, and awareness of how to get to select resources ?
... let me know when my courts-martial is held 
I'd say some high-rep users are far too busy throwing whatever-instant-solutions at questions pop into their heads based on their psychic powers ... in order to be even more high-rep ... they don't have time to program, let alone ask questions
Want to improve the quality of QA ? Require posters to tag/state the OS/stack, programming language, etc., before they can post. It is ludicrous to see fine minds of many CP members who generously devote time to QA ... again and again ... having to "beg" posters to at least tell them what language, or FrameWork, the question is about.
yada, yada, yada, you've heard me bang this gong before 
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Part of the data set we looked at in making this decision was actually Stackoverflow's 
To address your concerns
1. We need a better way to identify and link reposted questions. It should never, ever rely on your having to remember that a member posted the same question previously, or to search manually. Our system should find the issues for you
2. A question should always be reported on on its own, regardless of the author. Once you report a question the author's name will appear in a tooltip over the report widget. Further, I'm making a change so that question posters' names will always appear to moderators.
BillWoodruff wrote: t is ludicrous to see fine minds of many CP members who generously devote time to QA ... again and again ... having to "beg" posters to at least tell them what language, or FrameWork, the question is about
I totally agree. Unfortunately I can't recall the details of your previous suggestions, but is there a UI or flow that would make this easier?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Hi Chris,Chris Maunder wrote: We need a better way to identify and link reposted questions. It should never, ever rely on your having to remember that a member posted the same question previously, or to search manually. Our system should find the issues for you
It's hard for me to imagine the AI that you could off-load repost analysis onto, and, I'd guess the cost of dedicated human eyeballs doing it would be a waste of valuable resources ... talk about a shyte job !Chris Maunder wrote: I'm making a change so that question posters' names will always appear to moderators.
If "moderators includes MVP's and Mentors ... great.Chris Maunder wrote: totally agree. Unfortunately I can't recall the details of your previous suggestions, but is there a UI or flow that would make this easier?
Gosh, I wish I could blush  ... no one ever totally agrees with me. The gist of my many suggestions, over years, is:
1. before a member can post a new question on QA (and the language discussion forums ?):
1.a. a UI of some type appears with some controls that require the poster to specify the language used, the .NET stack used, FrameWork version, etc.
2. ... a more "radical" idea: if an MVP or Mentor responds quickly to a new QA post with a comment that the post as-is is ambiguous, unclear, etc., and asks the OP specific questions:
2.a. while those questions remain unresponded to: block the thread so that posting solutions will not occur however, allow further comments on the OP.
Admittedly, the second idea is probably a no-go in terms of CP culture, and could create problems: rare folks like OriginalGriff who have awesome abilities to sniff the real issues in jumbles of verbiage and shards of strange code should, of course, never be constrained.
May I suggest we somehow have a pow-wow (Mentor and MVP forum ?) to try and harvest our collective wisdom around improving QA ?
My 2 baht worth (2 Thai baht currently worth CAD $ 0.079).
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Chris Maunder wrote: We need a better way to identify and link reposted questions. It should never, ever rely on your having to remember that a member posted the same question previously,
At the current time that's the only method we have and it has effectively been removed. 9/10 when I report a repost it's because I think "that kinda sounds familiar, I'm sure someone previously suggested XYZ but there are no replies to this", or I have some other vague suspicion. By clicking the user profile and checking their history I can verify it is a repost 100% and report it. This can often involve comparing the two questions to see if I think the new one contains enough difference to warrant a repost. With this update it takes more detective work than I'm really prepared to do to find if something is a repost.
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BillWoodruff wrote: I think not requiring the name visible is a mistake, and, I do not buy the idea that "rep-shame" is a significant causal factor in high-rep members not posting questions with a similar frequency as "modal other users."
There is no "rep-shame" for me, I have only 3 questions because I found answers to my other questions by myself.
I am a dinosaur coming from an era before internet, at this time the main help was documentation and debugger. So the answer was self studying and experiments.
As of today, I have enough experience so that when I Google, I am able to extract useful partial answers from what I find on internet to build my own solutions.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Have y'all noticed that when you reply to a comment on a Q/A question, your reply appears as if it was made to the wrong comment. Hitting F5 to refresh the page fixes it, but it's causing people to delete and re-reply (only to have the same thing happen again.
".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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I'll get this looked at
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It's been this way for quite some time, for me at least. I believe it was reported long ago.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Looks like you guys need to do some image massaging in terms of dimensions.
On my own websites, uploaded images are reduced (at highest quality) to a specified dimension (if necessary), and then compressed until they are <= than a specified file size. For example, regardless of how large the uploaded image might be, it is store at no larger that 640x480 and consume no more than 75k on the disk.
Having said that, I think the image should at least be in a div with overflow set to auto.
".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
modified 21-Feb-18 7:41am.
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Yeah - this has been on our TODO for ages. Is there a specific image that's causing grief?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It was an image posted in a Bugs/suggs question below (Starry starry night). The image way overflows the intended display area.
".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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Finally done
cheers
Chris Maunder
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As everybody know, few days ago Chris Maunder added new functionality to QA forum. Now we can post questions anonymously.
How can i report user who's posting spamm on QA forum?
I reported only messages: Spammer in QA
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Click the spam flag, and wait for the shield to appear. Hover your mouse over the shield and a link to the user will be revealed in a small popup.
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Looking a little odd...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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