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All right, I think your observations are generally correct and valuable, but suggestions need thinking. They should be viewed based on holistic approach. And I would not risk big changes.
So far, the most interesting suggestion is the ability to see the report counts.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Yes these are just suggestions and I did not mean to do a complete development of everything from scratch, but just "If possible". Even I find that one (flag reports count) helpful, and hope to see that one soon. 
Thank you sir.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Yes, I know; thank you for the discussion. Apparently, there is a room for many improvements. And the overwhelming number of low-quality or abusive posts in this forum is a big problem.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: add a redirect link ... to the related article ..., tip/trick ... or to the previous question (if already answered!). Since OP is able to open the question thread, but comments and other posts are not accessible for him. This link would at least help him to go to the helpful material on CodeProject to accomplish the task
Do you mean: have members be able to add a link to the question itself? Or as an answer to the question? Or have the question itself redirect to the "answer" article?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I am sorry for not fully explaining the suggestion. I did explain it in reply to Sergey[^].
However, let me answer your three questions.
Quote: as an answer to the question?
No, it is (however) already implemented. Not a good way for a question and answer forum. Because it would create a loop where users would answer the questions in a manner to redirect them to another answer. Annoying. 
Quote: Or have the question itself redirect to the "answer" article?
Somehow, but still not the one I am asking. Redirecting the question actually forces the question to loose its actual state. Once the question would be redirected back, user won't actually know whether it is the page he wants to be on or another question. So not.
Quote: members be able to add a link to the question itself?
Exactly. Just the way users see the message saying this thread is closed for not being on-topic by this user. In a very similar way, show the user that this thread already has a solution on this {article, tip/trick, previous question} with a link. Users should be allowed to report the question (just they do so for an off-topic question) and after a number of reports (5?) the question should be closed as a repost of a previously solved problem.
As I have already mentioned, it is not for fighting the spam. Spam should be removed. It is for questions that are repost. Closing the thread is not at all helpful, closing the thread and letting the OP (and other readers) find a solution to the problem would be a good substitute.
I hope it would reduce chances of answers containing the URLs to previous answers or articles (that can be easily accomplished in the comments).
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: Exactly. Just the way users see the message saying this thread is closed for not being on-topic by this user. In a very similar way, show the user that this thread already has a solution on this {article, tip/trick, previous question} with a link
What is wrong with posting solution to currently open thread? Reposts get closed just because it has something very similar existing.
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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Why to redirect him somewhere from closed question when he already has one open thread?
e.g. Q2 is posted same as Q1 while Q1 is still open. Q2 closed due to repost reports. Why not to post solutions on Q1 itself?
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: This link would at least help him to go to the helpful material on CodeProject to accomplish the task.
Solutions were meant for this stuff only. Correct me if i misunderstood your post.
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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My apologies to you Rohan since you have read the first post only. Please read other threads also. I have explained that I do not want a(n) (actual) redirect from one question to another (I have discussed this one under comment reply to Chris).
See those posts and check if you get my point.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I've studied your suggestions, Afzaal, but I cannot see anything in them that would address the structural problems with QA, which I see as "behavioral."
imho, nothing will ever address the issue of people who are (at best) eager to learn, possibly confused, (at worst) stupid, or shirking homework, etc., posting questions that could have been easily answered by a quick search on CodeProject, or Google. But, I think it's only "humane" we give people the "benefit of the doubt," particularly when they are newcomers to CodeProject.
I observe some CP members (including MVP's) feel fine about answering such questions with a lecture on "homework, or, a link to a search of Google, or CodeProject, or a link to that "let me look that up for you" irritating web-page.
Others, like me, make a personal choice to never post a "solution" which is a "moral lecture," or just has one link to a web, or CP, search.
Some members (including very high-rep MVP's) feel free to cut-and-paste previous answers often full of links to other answers they've given which are irrelevant to the OP's concerns.
Until we, the active CP members choosing to help-out on QA, get our act together, I think it's a waste of time to "fiddle with the dials" of QA as it is now.
Until the "rep-bloat arcade game" aspect of QA is fixed, I think there will be no progress.
imho CP MVP's should lead by example, but we are very far from having any "ethos" that unifies CP MVP's as a group ... again, in my opinion.
Yet, I do think that CP QA, warts-and-all, does provide some value. I know it provides value for me:
Even if those rare moments in responding to QA where I feel I have possibly made a contribution to someone else's intellectual growth are "illusions" ... they still feel good.
I have always found that the best way to learn something new, and/or to revise/refine/increase the understanding of things already (you think) known is ... to teach. And, for me, that is inherently pleasurable, and meaningful: why that is "so" I have no need, at this late point in my life, to analyze
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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The plea (on the home page) to vote in the Article Contest contains the word "Catagories". The correct spelling is "Categories".
/ravi
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Seems to be an intermittent bug. I am hesitant to experiment on the site to see if I can reproduce it.
I had to edit one post I made today several times to get the generic parameters properly formatted.
thanks, Bill
«To kill an error's as good a service, sometimes better than, establishing new truth or fact.» Charles Darwin in "Prospero's Precepts"
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That happens because they are sometimes regarded as HTML tags if < and > are not escaped (to < and >), and those are automatically converted to lowercase.
The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.
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Thanks, ProgramFox, but, in this case, I am speaking of code that has been formatted as C# by selecting the pasted-in code, and selecting 'C# from the 'code drop-down menu.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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The vast majority of issues with members are caused by such a vanishingly small percentage of members.
I find it hard to justify taking time away from helping those who come here for the love of programming to help those who come here for the love of stirring the pot.
Regardless: the reports have been reversed. I'm sure in another 3 months or less we'll be discussing this same member
cheers
Chris Maunder
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3 months? You think it'll take that long?
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I was being nice.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm sure in another 3 months or less we'll be discussing this same member
I am sure we will Chris. Its sad isn't it, that people are so vindictive they misuse the abuse/troll button, but what can you do. Perhaps close their accounts for abusing the button! 
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Or just remove the button.
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Suddenly, I am seeing the text in all "<code>" blocks missing - that is for all forum messages including any signatures. I hope that's not just me. 
I can see that on the latest Chrome.
-- EDIT
Hm, I can see the text in the code-block after unchecking the "font" for the "pre" tag. Maybe it's due to the XP machine I am using temporarily. 
Apologies.
I ain't got no signature.
modified 11-May-15 6:22am.
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I don't know if this has been brought up before, but ALL of the pages for personal settings are very slow in performance. For some reason the keyboard and mouse are not working well with these pages, and there is
a lot of lag time between when I type or click, and seeing the result on the page.
I am thinking this may be a Chrome issue with the page, somehow, but not sure. It only seems to affect me when I am on the settings pages and not the rest of the site, so far.
https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/Modify.aspx[^]
Web03 - Windows 7 - Latest version of Chrome.
Edit: Same is happening on Web02
modified 11-May-15 8:00am.
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Speed is fine for me, using Chrome on Web01.
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Do you have any Chrome add-ins?
I'm running Chrome on Win7 and can't replicate the issue on any of my machines.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Do you have any Chrome add-ins? |
Wellllllll, yes.  AdBlock Plus.
I have deactivated the add-on for this site, and all is well now. Sorry for the troubles.
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