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Hi,
Not sure whether to report this or not, related to this threadhttp://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=4360536#xx4360536xx[^]
The OP's account has been de-activated. When I took a look at it last night, he had 7 articles and a rep of 30,000, mostly based on his Author score. If this is due to people [understandably] reporting the message as spam, it might be worth taking a look at what happened & possibly re-instating. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.
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I've reinstated the account. Thanks Keith.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Thanks, he doesn't seem used to the whole forum side of things so I doubt he'd have raised this himself.
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Poor fellow got re-banned. The sad thing is his link is genuine. But people see his foreign (and Islamic) name and just vote him down. 
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: But people see his foreign (and Islamic) name and just vote him down
That's a bit of a generalisation there, Nish.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: That's a bit of a generalisation there, Nish.
I agree, although there is still some level of established history here on those lines.
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Chris Maunder wrote: That's a bit of a generalisation there
He lives in the United States, Chris. We Yankees are full of generalizations.
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Slacker007 wrote:
He lives in the United States, Chris. We
Yankees are full of generalizations.
Only the sith and the yankees deal in absolutes.
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I'd say that some people have trouble differentiating between somebody who posted spam and somebody who is a spammer.
In the case of this message, it basically said "get started" (with what?). Easy enough to see that specific message as spam (without looking at the name of the person who posted it).
Nish Sivakumar wrote: But people see his foreign (and Islamic) name and just vote him down.
I doubt he'd have been downvoted had he posted something substantive.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I doubt he'd have been downvoted had he posted something substantive.
Yes, I agree, but I was thinking of the reverse. If you are posting something that resembles spam, it just makes it worse to have a name like he had. So had his name been something regular and normal here like say Jack Black, some may still have voted him down but not as many this guy got.
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I vote him down too do you think the same reason?
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: Seems he got re-banned
His account looks like it's not banned, now.
best, Bill
<color>"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images." Niels Bohr
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Hello,
I have observed several cases where users editing answers by simply changing variable names and aligning the code. i think users are doing this purposefully to increasing there points.
Thanks!!!
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Oh the irony. Posting in pre tags in the area where we can't edit to improve. Why does it matter to you what motivation they have for editing?
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Editing required whenever some mistakes need to be corrected, but intentionally changing the scope of the answer is not acceptable.
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Can you be specific so we can decide for ourself?
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"Improve question" and "Improve solution" should be enabled only for the owners not for other users. If they have any comments on the question or answers they can use the "Have a question or Comment" button to question it.
Normally i observed some situations where others modify questions and solutions just to improve their points even though the answer and questions are correct. This is just a concern to notice the admin. If it is not valid just ignore it.
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Vinod Viswanath wrote: "Improve question" and "Improve solution" should be enabled only for the owners not for other users
This defeats the purpose of the system. It's there to allow other members to correct the copious spelling, grammar and general composition errors that many, many members make when posting questions and answers.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Sri Vinod,
Please read the "Member Reputation System" FAQ[^].
You will see that there are minimum reputation points required to perform editing on Articles, QA Answers, etc.
And, certain categories of responses allow the OP to limit who can edit their response.
Your assumption anyone can edit here is incorrect. I believe that anyone who takes the trouble to even re-format code, so it's more readable, is helping the quality of CodeProject content.
Further, someone who believes their content/response has been edited in such a way that it has been de-valued, or whatever, can complain here (make sure you keep a copy of your original content/response on hand, so you can point out what you think has been messed-up).
Now, whether an 'Edit deserves a 5 point rep increase; or, whether more than Bronze level rep should be required to edit in certain categories: those are other issues.
best, Bill
<color>"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images." Niels Bohr
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Thanks Bill,i just had a concern in message has been de-valued by editing.As you said complaining will be helpful, Thank you once again for your valuable time...
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You know what? this question also required small editing.
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I have thought the same thing, on occasion and I feel their is some truth tho what you have pointed out. However, you can't set crazy limits as to what gets edited and what doesn't in relation to points.
Just go with the flow and don't make a big deal of it. The real purpose of this site is not about points or how you get them.
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Slacker007 wrote: The real purpose of this site is not about points or how you get them.
Well said. I'm surprised how long it took me to realise that - of course, I am a little bit dense.
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Slacker007 wrote: The real purpose of this site is not about points
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