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People still use COBOL. People still have Windows XP running on machines. Why do I mention this? Just because there's something new and shiny on the horizon, it doesn't mean that people don't still use old things. Your articles might be just the thing that they need so removing them would be a real shame.
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We can see this in Q&A, albeit not that often, questions asked about very old tech i.e. VB6 etc. When I search for a possible solution, many a time these old articles will pop up and can be used as a solution for the OP (mostly than not grinding our teeth in silence on why they would persist in using old tech  ).
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We don't actively hunt them down for disposal. But if we or someone else discovers an an article the case is something like, "this is deprecated and can't be altered to be current," we will remove the article. Similarly, if an author wants to remove their old articles, we will remove them at their request.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Ok, Thanks.
Based on what Pete O'Hanlon said above I think I will leave them up for now. But it is good to know that you guys are not so attached to old articles that you want to keep them forever.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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In 2019 I found that one of the best articles I read about a concrete Topic was in the MSDN Archive written in 2007. I even shared the page where I found "almost" the whole collection and there were a lot of people saying thanks for that.
At the end... old != wrong
And as Pete said above... We still have some XP computers running old industrial software that wasn't updated to 64 bit architechture and we couldn't make it work in a win7 32-bit edition, I only hope that those places get deprecated and out of production before the PCs get broken... if not, we will have a problem.
And no, sadly porting it to a VM is not an option.
additionally
My only article is MFC VC++ 6 too and it still gets some downloads of the code or even bookmarking from time to time.
Have you checked your article stats?
M.D.V. 
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Floating Point Number errors can sink your app with issues[^]
I know it is a blog, but contains what for me is more links to the own site than it should: it was posted first in... repeated, visit our home page, "sign up our newsletter" (not a link though)
Additionally links to his own book in Amazon (not for free), not enough with the link there per se, it contains Amazon flags I suppose are for affiliate links so he wins a bit more too if people buy it while following one of those. Not sure about this, I know that they exist and to reach the book would be enough with the .../dp/xxxxxx/ without the rest behind the "?".
The paragraph with links is almost bigger than the rest of the post.
Maybe worth to educate him a bit (and have a look to his previous publications)?
Or should I post this in the other forum?
EDIT:
His other blog[^] contains "external redirection" links to msdn going through "mdsol.jiveon.com/external-link.jspa?" first. And they are broken not even 2 months after publication?
The link to the book is in one of his tips[^] and in his article[^] too
I actually am tempted to post directly in the S&A
M.D.V. 
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modified 26-Feb-24 14:53pm.
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Love the subtle "DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN TO AVOID SPANKING!" link. 
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I'm also not keen on the "affiliate links" towards the bottom of his posts.
I know it's a blog, so the rules are a little different. But to me, those push the posts into the realm of "spam". 
"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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Richard Deeming wrote: But to me, those push the posts into the realm of "spam".
At least really close to the borderline.
Let's see what @Sean-Ewington says
M.D.V.
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The blog entry has been edited and the links have been removed and will be moving forward.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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And again... Scrutor in C# – 3 Simple Tips to Level Up Dependency Injection[^]
slow learner... 
Format fully blown up
unneeded "this post appeared first on xxx" at the beginning
subscribe my free newsletter (in Wrapping up)
check my free youtube videos (in wrapping up)
affiliation links where he gets money if people uses them...
more unneded "this post appeared first on XXX" at the end before the CP-auto message from where it got fed
I am starting to think he is really using the site to reach more people to generate clicks in his money sources and not to share information and knowledge as he states in his profile
M.D.V.
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No editor is going to let his links through anymore.
I agree it's a little suspicious, but authors who share their blog don't come to CodeProject and edit blog entries that come in. They share their blog, turn it on, and look away. If we expect them to act differently, the only logistical option would be to disallow blog sharing entirely. They simply will not edit their entries.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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I can see that, but still... specially the "affiliation" and the youtube links where money is involved.
Do you want to put money links? For me ok, write them in your original Blog AFTER it has been fed here (or would it re-upgrade itself after some changes there?)
For me is the same that those guys that fed items where you needed the sun glasses... once OK, twice Mmmhhh OK, third time "knock knock... all neurons in the correct place?", fourth time "blog entry deletion"
We are a techie group, we are supposed to be able to write things properly following a couple of basic specifications.
M.D.V.
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See Sean's message in Bugs and Suggestions[^]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Hi Codeproject Admin,
I submitted an article and they showed 'not found'. I don't got an message.
Article Nr.: 5377506
Thanks you
Veikko
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Your article was promoting a "freemium" product - a commercial product with a limited "free" tier - and was therefore deleted as spam.
Your account is now on the verge of being closed for posting spam.
If you want to restore your account, then you will need to contact the site admins and promise not to post any more spam. But be aware that if they agree to restore your account, it will be subject to increased scrutiny. Any hint of further misbehaviour will result in a swift deployment of the "ban hammer". 
"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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Hi,
the article should be an experience report on a helpful tool when working with databases and no spam. As mentioned in the article, there are no good open source tools in this segment. Many developer products are commercial and you want to know how to use them, for example Visual Studio (Microsoft), Rider (JetBrains). There are also articles about this tools on codeproject. I can't understand.
Veikko
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The tool your article was promoting is a commercial product. It costs money. Therefore, your article was spam.
The existence of a limited "free" tier does not exempt the product from these rules.
"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'm working on an update for an article.
The field "Briefly comment on what was changed"
can be filled out and the draft can be saved.
Next time I open the draft the field with the notes what has been changed is always empty.
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Thanks very much for your message. Could you please look at these revisions (checking Show Minor Revisions) and let me know what draft number you started on, and what draft / version that became that was wrong?
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks very much. I have reproduced this error and reported it to the dev team.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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