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Deleting messages is a crap idea (except maybe in the most extreme cases). Censorship of any kind is abhorrent to most Americans.
Instead of *deleting* messages that get voted as abuse/spam, why don't you make it part of the "message score threshold? In other words, if a message is marked as abuse or spam, it is included in the 1.0 threshold level.
Next, the voting threshold should be MUCH higher than it currently is.
Finally, this "feature" should not even be implemented in the soapbox.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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But should we tolerate all those scrap spam too in the forums.
We can endeavor to keep the forums neat, clean and beautiful. Isn't it?
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Hi John,
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Deleting messages is a crap idea
I have to humbly disagree. I've engaged with posters when the conversation (battle) should have gone offline. Later, I deleted most of my messages since they did not seem appropriate.
The other individual was simply being argumentative. I would receive comments such as "here is how you do it" with a disclaimer of "Note: this code has not been tested".
I presume he left his comments up since his Code Project rating is based on number of posts.
Jeff
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Jeffrey Walton wrote: should have gone offline.
You can't "go offline" here at CP.
Jeffrey Walton wrote: The other individual was simply being argumentative.
So what?
I think you're missing my point. I'm talking about marking a message as abuse/spam simply because it somehow damages someone's overly-delicate sensibilities. The deletion is automatic, and is not subject to moderation by a human, and there's no appeal process. If they're going to do that, the number of votes needs to be much higher that it currently is.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Hi John,
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: You can't "go offline" here at CP.
I was suggesting using the email feature so dirty laundry does not get aired.
Jeff
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Let me know what the magic number of votes should be to mark a message as spam/abuse and I'll set it at that level.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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In the soapbox, it should be # of registered users + 1.
Everywhere else it should be a 1% of the number of gold and platinum members.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Really sucks, after I spend 30 minutes writing a hopefully v educational post, 20 minutes trying to post it as a reply in the comments in an article on ECC cryptography, and neither IE nor Firefox will do it - just seems like the server is not responding to the submission.
Sigh.
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It could have been a high load period or a server simply playing up. The fact that you've posted a message here shows it's possible. I'm sorry it was being recalcitrant for you on the article's board.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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why I still got the bronze level after on year ?? 
When you get mad...THINK twice that the only advice
Tamimi - Code
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Because even though you have only been a member for a year, you still must either post 500 messages or write 5 articles.
You can see how CP calculates member levels at the bottom of your member page.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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The year + activity counts right? 
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Hi Jeff
Sales of new licenses for the Ultimate Toolbox were discontinued as of May 1st, but the support site is still maintained for current users.
Cheers,
Tim
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Time and again we encounter little to big debates and discussions on technical topics in Lounge/Soapbox forums inspite of disclaimar/warning texts that stipulate that these forums are purely for non-technical discussions only.
I feel that technical discussions are dropping into Lounge because it alone is hyperlinked separately in the Green Toolbar.
Would a reclassification/defragementation/more-suitable-categorization of links in the 'Green Toolbar' help minimize this problem, if not eliminate it?
Long time back, I have also shared my thoughts on 'How best to harness the benefits of discussion forums' here: http://www.dotnetspider.com/kb/Article1703.aspx[^]
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Programming questions are banned. Technical discussions are fine (and often interesting)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I've uploaded some files(zip files) for my article[^]. The size being displayed for them is wrong.
It say's 146kb and 46 kb but actually it's 163kb and 93 kb respectively.
I guess there is a problem with article updation. If I upload same files again this problem occurs. Ironically the size is displayed correctly with the article updation/submission wizard.
Another problem is with the main picture, If I upload a new picture( with same file name) whose height/width is less than the old picture's, it's stretched to the old picture's height/width, the picture looks distorted.
I tried Ctrl + F5 several times but to no avail.
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Hi Nibu,
The article submission wizard only updates the sizes the first time around. After that, you have to do it within the article manually.
Let me know if you have any questions about this.
Thanks,
- Sean Ewington
Lead Technical Editor
The Code Project
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Sean Ewington wrote: Let me know if you have any questions about this.
Thanks sean,
Just one more issue, on pressing next( Submission wizard step 2 ), the preview window pops up, don't know why. I thought I was being forced to preview, but even after clicking preview it still pops up( on pressing next ), then I had to click back button and then again click on next, this time it worked, but remember I didn't click preview. This happens if I click preview then after previewing click next.
Submission wizard is real nice, except for some minor issues faced due to my ignorance. Good work.
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Hi Nibu,
Nibu babu thomas wrote: Another problem is with the main picture, If I upload a new picture( with same file name) whose height/width is less than the old picture's, it's stretched to the old picture's height/width, the picture looks distorted.
I've experienced this also. What I do is select the picture (you know it is selected by the grab bars). Next click the Insert Picture icon. Finally, delete the old size values. The new values will be added to the graphic.
Jeff
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Jeffrey Walton wrote: I've experienced this also. What I do is select the picture (you know it is selected by the grab bars). Next click the Insert Picture icon. Finally, delete the old size values. The new values will be added to the graphic.
Thanks Jeff.
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If I try to open the Zip archives attached to an article (any article and any Zip file), the Unzippers I use do not recognize the Zip file format. I tried 10 different Zip archives downloaded from codeproject, and 3 different Unzippers: WinZip, 7Zip, PKZip, to no avail. I don't think that the 10 Zip archives I chose were all corrupted, so the file format used by codeproject seems to be special?
Well, problem resolved: codeproject's Zip archives do not like download managers, as it seems, like StarDownloader. Up to now, this problem did not occur when I downloaded Zips from other websites using a manager. Somehow the download pieces from codeproject get scrambled.
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maqi wrote: I tried to open several Zip files
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maqi wrote: "Cannot open ZIP file, invalid archive."
Which Unzipper do I have to use?
No idea. It says it is a zip file, but it doesn't open which suggests two possibilities
1. It isn't a zip file at all
2. The file is corrupted.
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Hi Maqi,
maqi wrote: Well, problem resolved: codeproject's Zip archives do not like download managers, as it seems, like StarDownloader. Up to now, this problem did not occur when I downloaded Zips from other websites using a manager. Somehow the download pieces from codeproject get scrambled.
CodeProject is a Microsoft shop - IIS and AJAX. I would be lead to beleive StarDownload Manager is having issues with the way the files are being served, not the files themselves. Perhaps the files are being served correctly, but StarDownloader Manager is not saving them correctly.
Does StarDownloader Manager have a position on this?
Jeff
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CP Downloads require an active logon session. A few download managers know to share session with the web browser. GetRight does. Mozilla Firefox has an integrated download manager.
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