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On my Articles page, the Image Batch Converter article shows as having been deleted from GDI+, but it listed again just below the "deleted" link. It's also listed as deleted under VB.Net. The original link and article are intact. I haven't updated the article. Should I just hit the "X" to get rid of them? I've not encountered this before. The page is here[^].
XAlan Burkhart
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Hi Alan,
Is the article still showing as deleted? It seems OK.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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Sean Ewington wrote: Is the article still showing as deleted? It seems OK.
I clicked the "X" link in the 2 that were showing as deleted and that got rid of them without deleting the "real" one. According to the text beside the delete option, the article had been deleted the same day it was posted. Each one was listed under a different category. It might be that whoever approved the article changed his mind about which category to post it in. Odd though, that this would show up almost a year after the article was posted.
The issue occurred the same day I won a prize for Best VB article of July, although I don't know how that could affect a different article. But that was the only activity I'm aware of on my account that day. Who knows? Probably never happen again.
XAlan Burkhart
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Which tip? The "Elapsed Time to Hours, Minutes, Seconds" tip?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yes. Oops...I Forgot to include the URL. Thanks
thatraja
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Over the weekend we exposed more control of articles to authors. You can now view articles that you may have deleted but are still hanging around as zombies. This gives you the chance to fully delete items and hence reuse the basename of the item.
The basename conflict issue is being resolved very soon.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris,
Have you (as in CP) run a script against the profile db to remove any links from members with a low rep? (but left the text of the link in place)
Going through some older profiles, looking at the formats of the message of known spam bots creations, I get the impression you have.
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Seems unlikely, easier to just delete the accounts
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That's what I would have thought.
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No, not specifically, though we have made nips and tucks occasionally when needed. It's Yet Another Thing On The List.
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Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Kick him out: tb_anywhere[^]
Just check the messages he posted.
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While investigating the above stated allegations another account has crossed my sights which seems to be linked to this sham: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7614616[^]. That member also links to the same website as the article and also left a high vote for that article.
His whole activity here on CP seems to revolve around this "free component", which in my opinion is a very strong indicator that something fishy is going on.
Cheers!
—MRB
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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The plot thickens!
I wonder how many other accounts reference this component 
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Growing thicker by the minute. I thought while I was at it I'd try to spy around some more just to have this account show up in the plot: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7665205[^].
This little spammer asked questions in Q&A trying to get people to evaluate "The Component" for him/her. He was also voting on said article. All activities can be linked to "The Component". If this gets any fishier I'll have to put a clothespin on my nose! 
Cheers!
—MRB
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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I'm using Safari for PC and it does not keep me logged in between sessions. Other websites on the same browser remember me, and other browsers work fine. Oddly enough, Safari for the Mac also works fine.
I did not see any option that would be causing this, other than "block cookies from third parties and advertisers" which I think I also have enabled in the other browsers.
Anyway, I'm sure hardly anyone uses Safari for Windows, in fact I normally don't. I'm just on my never ending quest to compare fonts. So no biggie
[I changed the icon though I'm not sure it's a bug on your end.]
modified on Friday, August 19, 2011 11:44 AM
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Sounds like an issue on your end, unfortunately.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Sounds like an issue on your end, unfortunately.
Thanks for looking into it, it's kind of what I expected. Still a mystery though.
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Follow up: It turns out there was a cookie from CP being stored by Safari, even though it wouldn't remember my login. I deleted that cookie, restarted my browser, then tried it. Now it works.
Not having any idea how cookies work, this surprised me. *shrug*
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I'm glad you got it sorted. Just out of curiosity: could it be that you logged on with Safari many moons ago, then hadn't used it for a long time, then only just recently used it again?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Can we get a "Why I voted 1" feature in Q/A? Some of my answers are being voted 1 by a platinum Authority user, and if I knew why, maybe I could fix them (if they're indeed wrong).
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Nice suggestion.  Infact I have been asking Chris to make comments mandatory for downvotes.
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