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Good thinking!
I thought it over and decided to report it as plagiarism over spam - not sure why I chose one over the other. I definitely leant in the direction of abuse of one sort or another!
Was still debating with myself on whether to report it here or not - but like you I'm getting more leery about it the more I look at it.
Shall I or will you? Report here that is
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CHill60 wrote: Shall I or will you? Report here that is
No need for the moment - it's gone, and looks like closed by author, which kinda confirms our thoughts! 
If it comes back?
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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 helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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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 helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Spam erased; spammers lined up ready for the firing squad. Do they want a cigarette? Who cares? Fire!
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removed
modified 10-Feb-15 2:37am.
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4 answers to same question should be reported as repost. Other than that, there is nothing to report. Something should not be reported as spam just because the Poster owns the Blog/Site. It should be, if its on large scale. This is not the case.
Nothing to report here. Request you to remove this post.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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I was confused thats why iam not mention the member.I will remove the post.Thank you  .
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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 helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Should we add this as an option when reporting questions?
What I'd like to do is add a watermark or template to the question editor along the lines of
Subject:
Quote: How do I...?
Text:
Quote: I am trying to... [state what you're trying to do]
The problem I'm seeing is ...[state the error or incorrect behaviour]
I have searched
a) [Google]
b) etc
I have tried
a) [What I tried, what happened]
b) [What I tried, what happened]
c) ...
The goal here is to guide members on how to ask a question in a way that will get an answer. If a member, given this guidance, still can't pose their question sensibly, then they get reported and possibly removed.
The aim isn't to turn everyone into a bunch of unhelpful, unforgiving pricks. The goal is to guide, to teach, and to ultimately remove those who simply don't want to make an effort when they are asking for help.
Would this work? Would it help? Would it be counter-productive? Or would this do nothing?
@BillWoodruff: I'd particularly like your input here.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In my opinion this could help in some of the cases. However, the ones that are in a hurry to leave the question will probably also disregards the watermark. I'm afraid that the majority of incomplete questions are the latter ones.
What if instead of using a 'template' the question would actually be split into several portions meaning text boxes that would have to be filled with some amount of characters. Two (or three at max) separate and mandatory fields could actually stop the person to think about what and how to ask.
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The option of separate boxes has been raised a number of times and my issue is that not all questions fit into such a rigid template. Sometimes there simply isn't code, sometimes there's several sets of code, sometimes the person has tried something, sometimes they don't even know where to start, sometimes there's nothing to "try": it's simply a question.
Further, we see enough questions in the title. I'd expect we'd see the entire question in the first box, regardless.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Do I understand the reported question is removed from public view and the author is given the opportunity to republish it in an amended form.
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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Adding the option won't help on it's own: it'll just become another "dump this" button for the usual suspects. But...what if it did something useful as well as removing the question? If a question gets "no effort" reports, then an email is sent to the author explaining what we need them to do, and what is wrong with the question? That hopefully would be a positive response, educating the OP on how to ask an effective question. Dump "Not a question", get rid of any rep points for using "no effort" to discourage casual use and it might help.
The watermark option is a good idea, but it would have to be a number of text boxes each with a separate watermark in order to work properly - and we already get people who post the whole question in the "subject" box so I'm not sure those that need help are going to notice... 
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Emails sent to posters to fix their question won't (in my experience) work that well. If someone's lazy / rushed / doesn't give a toss then an email won't magically change that.
I want the poor questions fixed or removed. They don't even need to be fixed by the author (so my other thought is Serious Points for those who fix up questions).
Agree on the problem with text boxes. See my reply[^] to Mika.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: my other thought is Serious Points for those who fix up questions
Presumably with safeguards against abuse? Otherwise, you'll get people deliberately posting crap questions for their mates to "fix". 
"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: deliberately posting crap questions for their mates to "fix"
If they "fix" them to make them decent questions then I say go for it.
(How much entertainment can one get from doing this all day, every day?)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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OK, how would you verify that the fix actually made it a decent question? Wouldn't you need a new moderation queue for fixed questions?
"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 how would you tell that the fixed version actually asked what the user wanted to know?
I'd be well annoyed if I posted a question and someone changed it to a completely different problem.
And on the abuse side, what's to stop people fixing a question to something they do know the answer to?
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