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A while back, I saw prompt for CP for best-practice articles.
I put together a small article on PMDs.
It shows only 3 people rated it. It says it has 1.8k views. (not sure I believe that).
Project Post Mortems[^]
I am interested in feedback from others who have used them. Others who might want to but were not sure where to start. Personally we find them invaluable with new teams, etc. We have one scheduled for this Friday for a project that went live last week.
Thoughts? Flame?
Thanks!
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Do you want to delete this second post - they both ended up in the moderation queue and now you have double posted
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Oops.
Already cleaned up the other one...
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Thank you.
Did not realize I posted twice. Sorry.
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Basically, your first post was spotted by the automated spam detector which shunted it to a queue for a human decision. Since it didn't appear, you posted it again - and that went to moderation as well.
Chill had to let both copies through, or you would have been tagged as a spammer - and it takes yet more human intervention to clear up afterwards! 
Just be a little patient - it's worth the occasional inconvenience of a "false positive" to prevent the spam floods we used to have before the detector was added, trust me!
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Isn't it frowned upon for authors to promote their articles via Lounge threads?
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Generally, yes.
But I can understand it - it's his first, and 1.8K views with 3 votes is kinda depressing when you put a lot of work into it... but I've got one with 33,794 views for just 1 vote!
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Yeah, up-votes need to be encouraged - maybe increase the rep score gain 10x on up-votes - what do you think?
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Maybe if you got rep for upvoting instead of increasing the rep you got for being upvoted?
Or perhaps not - it'd be a quick way to get a high rep, just upvoting your own sock puppets...and they would get better quicker too. On reflection, not a good idea at all!
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Yeah I mean, the up-voter gets points, so more people will up-vote. Sock puppets are usually easy to detect.
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Perhaps just have a limit on the number of daily upvotes you can cast that grant rep, and scale it based on current rep. The higher your rep, the more trustworthy you should be (less likely to abuse sock-puppets) and the more votes you get.
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I appreciate realy your work/obligation. But please do not take the votes so tragic and be happy about the 1.8K views.
BTW, also be happy: Many times and article of this scale will only be accepted as a tip.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Thanks...
And I really wasn't positive the 1.8K views was real.
If 1/3 of those are people who read it, and had nothing negative to say, I feel pretty good about that!
Also, I did not realize there is a rule about getting people to read/give feedback from the lounge...
Sorry about that.
Hopefully it gets people talking. I am really curious to hear from others...
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Don't sweat it too much - I've got one with 33,794 views for just 1 vote! Most people can't be bothered, just in, get what they want, and go away. Or sometimes downvote you if it wasn't exactly what they wanted... 
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: I did not realize there is a rule
So when you put new wallpaper in your lounge do you put a notice on the front door saying, "please give me feedback on my decorating skills"?
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I can change the wallpaper?
Wow. Tell me how it looks 
Just kidding.
My Next Best Practice Article: How to NOT get people to read your Best Practice Articles, using the Lounge! [After that, pulling a Hat out of a Rabbit... It aint pretty]
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: when you put new wallpaper in your lounge
Anything wrong with orange?
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I was thinking of CP.
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You still have a much bigger % than me:
Views: 26,061 Rating: 3.69/5 Votes: 15
But... who cares?
I shared it because I wanted to, not because of the reputation or the upvotes.
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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I tend not to vote on something unless my opinion on it could be considered valid. In this case, PMDs are outside my wheelhouse, and even though I learned a bit reading the article, it doesn't really directly help me with anything. In my mind, voting on it (positive or negative) would be disingenuous (since I don't know if you're right or wrong!)
If I already know enough about a topic to weigh in as to its veracity, only then will I vote. I don't consider votes based on whether or not something is well written to be useful (and potentially misleading!)
Maybe it could be useful to have sub-categories for voting that combine to a total vote. I'd vote on readability separately for nearly everything, if I knew that value wouldn't get confused with say, accuracy, or usefulness.
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This last Friday, I decided (based on a social media post) to travel over 5 hours north of where I live for a weekend trip with the family. From first thought of I should do this till we were on the road was a little over 2 hours. Several of my co-workers think I'm crazy and said they could never do something so spontaneous. I've done stuff like this in the past and it amazes me how inflexible people can be. Of interest, it seems that singles and couples without kids (people who should be most flexible) are most likely to find it crazy.
Does anybody else find this to be true?
Hogan
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Well it's all very well if you've got motive, means, and opportunity but those of us who've been on the earth long enough to realise that everywhere you go is pretty much the same (and worse, wherever it is, you will be there), lack funds, and/or have dependents such as dogs for which arranging transport and accommodation is not always easy ....
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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So you're saying you're not very flexible. Got it.
Hogan
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9082365 wrote: verywhere you go is pretty much the same
Amen! I hate traveling. It's a stupid waste of time.
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