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Hans Dietrich wrote: With respect, I hope they will not. Articles take much more preparation time and work than a 20-line blog. It would be an embarrassment to the site and an insult to article authors if that were to happen.
Hans, what do you think of a different threshold for blogs? Say 75 as opposed to 25 - that way if someone has 12 articles and 39 blogs, he effectively has 25 pro-rated articles (3 blogs == 1 article). And he gets Platinum.
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Nish dear, I have a doubt. 
Seriously, though, I think the ratio of 3 : 1 completely misses the point. I don't want to see any blog entries ever counted toward anything.
That said, I realize I will probably be in the minority, but 3 : 1 is way too much. How about 200 : 1? And to even be included in that, the blog entry must have a rating of at least 4.
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Speaking of ratings, it would be neat if the article rating played a role in membership level. Perhaps a cumulative article rating of 100 gets you platinum status (25 articles with ratings of 4 or 100 articles with ratings of 1). But that makes things complex, which of course the CP team hates. You'd have to worry about when to count those votes... the highest vote achieved for each article would be one option (but that would likely be 5, given that members can rate their own articles right away). Perhaps the highest cumulative vote of all articles at any given time (because ratings smooth out over time, so should be a good indicator of quality). Still, this might encourage users to increase the quality of their articles (although article quality is usually pretty good anyway).
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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Hans Dietrich wrote: the blog entry must have a rating of at least 4
It will be better if It is Popularity rather than Rating. One Single Vote can give 4 rating to an article. So I will suggest for Popularity more than 4/4.5 rather than Rating 4.
Abhijit Jana | Codeproject MVP
Web Site : abhijitjana.net
Don't forget to click "Good Answer" on the post(s) that helped you.
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200:1? You're kidding.
Yes, some blogs are weak, but some articles are also weak. Conversely there are some excellent, excellent technical blogs that clearly have had far more time put into them than some articles.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: 200:1? You're kidding.
I'm sorry, I can't really say that I am.
When blogs started appearing on CP, I read all of them. For weeks and weeks. What I found: they were all unremittingly superficial forgettable crap. I don't want to read about taking animals to vets, problems with UPS deliveries, where to shop for a good deal on socks, how you can set up your password so you can rock your coffeecup back and forth on the keyboard and log in. Yes, I'm exaggerating, and no, if blogs disappeared today I wouldn't miss them.
If blogs aren't held to the same standard as articles then they should not be counted at all for anything.
OK, now you know how I feel, now let's turn the question around. Why not set up a separate "career path" for bloggers? You know, like maybe Iron, Cadmium, Tritium? This would be far better than trying to mix the apples & oranges of articles & blogs.
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The entire point of blogs is the try and weed out this crap and showcase the good stuff. I stopped reading blogs for exactly the reason you pointed out, but found I was missing out on some excellent stuff. We want to collect and distill that stuff.
If a blog is crap then report it, or don't allow it to be published. They all go through the same screening process and the point is that they should be held to the same status as articles.
I am absolutely all for a massive cleanout of blogs if it's the case that substandard stuff is getting through.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hans Dietrich wrote: What I found: they were all unremittingly superficial forgettable crap
I seriously hope you didn't read any of mine then, if this is your opinion of the blogs.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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I stopped reading the blogs a long time ago. I'm not trying to insult anyone, I'm just stating my opinion.
In my opinion, if a blog entry really is excellent in the opinion of the CP editors, they should treat it just like an article sent to submit at codeproject.com, and post it as a regular article.
I don't want to read blog entries, and my personal preference would be not to see any link to any blog-related stuff on any menu, page, forum, list, combo box, newsletter, or wizard on the CP site.
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Do you by any chance have a link to the 'rocking coffee cup' blog.
That sounds really useful! 
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Currently, as ohers have said, this system doesn't take into account Technical Blogs. We have been playing around with a new system that awards points not just for articles, but for blogs, and again not just for writing them, but you get points when they are upvoted, and lose points when they are downvoted. This way it's not just the count but the quality that contributes to status.
I'll double check you're on the beta list so you can have access to the point system. Unfortunately there's not been much discussion from the current beta group (ahem).
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Unfortunately there's not been much discussion from the current beta group (ahem).
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx
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Chris Maunder wrote: there's not been much discussion from the current beta group (ahem).
Maybe I could help you out there . Wanna put me on the beta list?
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I've been sitting here thinking "Hans has been extremely quiet - he must be busy". I was absolutely sure you were on the beta list because if anyone is going to tweeze apart something we're presenting then hit it with the Blowtorch Of Sanity it's you.
You've been added. I apologise. I'll let Thiru know we're about to get a drumming.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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All righty then.
Flamethrower: check
Obscenity Synonym Dictionary: check
Tums Antacid, Extra Strength: check
Good to go!
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Trenches: Dug deep - check.
Supplies, medical aid - check.
Flak jackets, helmets - check.
Salve for bruised egos - check.
"You're still the best" motivational wall calendar - in the garbage.
Um...*gulp*...ready?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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okeedokee. just give me that url.
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Open a new browser window and you'll see the Quick Answers [beta] link. There is a "Help!" link at the top right that takes you to the FAQ, and at the bottom is a brief description of the new reptuation system and a table showing, in gory details, our first rough pass at awarding points for contributions.
Sorry if this comes through muffled. I'm speaking through a 3" steel door.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Been a bit busy (blaim work and renovating a apartment on my own), have a list of possible bugs but haven't had time to double check them and send them.
I'll get on it when I have a couple spare minutes 
Also couldn't really find where to post them exactly (but then again haven't been looking that hard yet  )
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Although I have the correct email configured, and the 'notify' option checked, I don't get any notifications. This has been like this for several weeks.
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Chris - I'm having issues posting messages from Google Chrome - I type in a message, press 'Post Message' and the result is a new, empty 'Post Message' form, with no message posted 
I tried the same thing with Firefox (although using CPhog rather than the standard interface) and was able to post a message fine (that's how I'm typing this one in!).
I then emptied cache, browsing history etc from Chrome and tried to post a message again and got the same result as previously.
The problem seems to have appeared between around 2pm 19/10/2009 (UK time) and now. I'm using Chrome 3.0.195.27 (that's the latest beta channel build)
Sorry - appears to have been a transient thing, possibly due to my mobile broadband having a slight fit?
modified on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:08 AM
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I'm using the same version and don't have any problems here.
(message typed and posted with chrome)
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Hmmm - I shall have to investigate
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Investigate no more; I face the same issue!
It has happened several times to me in the past 2 days, and strangely enough, you can't even close that page (in chrome) after this has happened. You can't exit chrome either (have to kill it from TM). Chris said to me that it was a server that was misbehaving.
It then seem to be back to normal for a while, and today the same issue seem to have cropped up again.
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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Still no problems here 
But at home my chrome did act up for a little while on another site.
Was to lazy to investigate more
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