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I concur with Richard, and added my +5 as well.
Don't give up - do just try to ignore the downvotes - we need all the intelligent people we can get over there to counteract the idiots! And as Richard says, I also learn a lot by answering questions (even if it is quite often that I could use an anger management course  )
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I'm starting to think that voting for answers on Quick answers is the one place where having only a "good answer" button makes sense. An answer is either a good answer, an answer, or inappropriate / off-topic. Maybe it's worth an experiment.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm not sure about that. I have seen some pretty bad answers in Q&A, and have probably been guilty of one or two myself.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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What happened about voting on comments - that seemed like a good idea, it would discourage some of what is hacking those of us who have been hacked off in Q&A.
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I gave you my 5, too.
I also experienced the same thing, fast 1 star only vote, in the last weeks.
If there were an explaining comment, why the answer is downvoted, someone could better understand.
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You are not alone in this, I too have pretty much curtailed my Q&A activities. Pity because I (as others have said) also learn from the process, and I get to put back into the community I found so helpful when I was starting out.
After a big gap in Q&A I was shocked by the number of people who were emulating the bad behaviour, especially the number of *snippy* "You haven't put any effort in" type comments to questions coming from new members. This behaviour has obviously been learned.
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I submitted this article The use of MS Chart Control and VB.Net for Statistical Purposes: Plotting Kaplan-Meier Estimate.[^] hours ago. It was not commented on but still not approved, and there is no way for me to tell the precise status of my article except the term "pending" with no further details. I recently learned that an article requires a specific number of authorized users to review and approve the article. My "fear" is that if my article title is not "attractive", this will compromise the chances of getting the article approved. Is there a way to find out exactly whether my article has been reviewed or not, i mean more details not just the word "pending"?
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I can view the article (don't have time to read it right now but will later)
That usually means it has been approved since I normally can't see the unapproved articles.
So either your article went 'live' or there is a bug allowing me to view it or I suddenly have more rights now or the system for approving articles changed.
I'm going to be optimistic and say your article has been approved 
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Articles are approved usually very quickly. If it isn't approved quickly it's probably because it has issues, and members will usually provide feedback on those issues.
As you saw, your article has been approved.
There is no further precision to "pending" status that can be provided. It either has, or has not, been approved.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hello
I am having some members who sometime just post a "My vote of n" (n being a number) with nothing else.
For example I have a "My vote of 1" here A USB Library to Detect USB Devices[^] from Lavrekho.
I have another one "My vote of 5".
If I look at Lavrekho's messages, he is only posting and probably voting of 1 to several of us, see below.
Is this a bug?
Thank you very much, Regards, Steph.
My vote of 1 [^]
by Lavrekho at 20:56 16 Oct '12
Article "A USB Library to detect USB devices" (Article)
My vote of 1 [^]
by Lavrekho at 14:29 17 Aug '12
Article "Firewall using Vista's Windows Filtering Platform APIs" (Article)
My vote of 1 [^]
by Lavrekho at 13:20 21 Aug '11
.NET Remoting Message Redirection Channel Sinks (Article) Score: 5.00 (1 vote).
My vote of 1 [^]
by Lavrekho at 18:39 23 Jun '09
How to create crystal reports in .net (Article) Score: 1.00 (1 vote).
My vote of 1 [^]
by Lavrekho at 11:25 2 Jan '09
How to create Control Array in C# (Article) Score: 1.00 (1 vote).
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slelong wrote: Is this a bug?
No, it is just that some people, for reasons of their own, do not bother to leave useful comments when they vote. You can reply to them and ask for feedback, but in general it is best just to ignore it.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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A vote of 1 on an article requires a comment to explain your vote. Lavrekho has posted a comment of "-" to circumvent this.
"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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On each comment you can use the "Report" dropdown (lower right of the message) to mark it as abuse. Enough votes and it will be nuked, as will the vote.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi
Thanks to you all!
Regards, Stephane.
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How hard would it be to ping a user's IP address when they are creating an account and have it use that location's country as the default country setting? It seems most people use USA without realizing it. Also, why is CP's default USA instead of Canada, eh?
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hostip.info[^] seems to work pretty well, and they provide the data in a MySQL script[^] so you can use it without hitting their servers.
"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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I think the best default is ... use void.
Automatically flagging may be perceived intrusive by some users, especially if it happens without them realizing it.
For a few of us, this comes on top of the problem of the definition of "country" : Country you are working in, country you are from, or country you just happen to be... the automatically flagging could be as wrong as any arbitrary flag.
So leave it to void by default, and let people who wants it modify it in their settings.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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The country you happened to be in might be a problem for Europeans who travel a lot. Otherwise, put the country where your ass sits in on most days. 
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Not only using void as default.
void as default + not being able to end the registration without a valid entry.
It could end with people lying, but once you must search one... why don't search the correct one?
Regards.
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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 helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Doing so is easy. Having accurate data is hard.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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What about void as default + not being able to end the registration without a valid entry?
It could end with people lying, but once you must search one... why don't search the correct one?
I think that would drop the number of "plz", "urgentz" and "fully wrong spelling" USA-Members
Regards.
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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 helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: "fully wrong spelling" USA-Members
There is no other type of US member.
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Because the value returned is not always accurate - it depends on the ISP who allocates the IP address. Most geolocation from IP services will return a country, but (certainly in my case) if can be hundreds of miles out - it depends on which IP addresses were available when my router connected to the ISP which one of their pool I get. I am in Wales, but I have had geolocations for Germany, France, or -worse- England...
And of course, if a proxy is used, then it could be anywhere!
BTW: I just checked, and no location is available for me today - but the consensus is I might be in Amsterdam. Oops! 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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