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We try to add sections on Topics, not languages that implement the topic. If you're after a Python section to discuss the Python Language, then sure. If you want to write an article on MongoDB access using Python then it should probably go in a database section tagged with Python.
Are there any specific examples of articles you're thinking of? Or is it more of a "I want to post Python stuff and have it appear in a section that Python devs would most likely read".
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Chris Maunder
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I have no vested interest either way, but...
The counter-examples are the forums:
"C / C++ /MFC", "C#", "Delphi", "Java", "Objective-C and Swift", "Visual Basic",
and sort of: "LINQ", "Regular Expressions" and "XML / XSL".
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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Forums are articles are treated differently because articles are more easily categorised by topic, whereas questions and discussions don't always fit in nice buckets (not that articles always do, either).
Articles tend to be discovered - either through Google, site search or newsletters, whereas the forums are more of a place where an expert in a given language can wait and have questions come to them (in a manner of speaking).
For those reasons we have language specific forums, topic specific article sections.
And then we have Quick Answers which is one big ball of mud specifically for questions, filtered by tag.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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OK, apparently I misinterpreted the thrust of the discussion...
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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Matt T Heffron wrote: apparently I misinterpreted the thrust of the discussion
I do that all the time. Sometimes even by mistake...
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Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Are there any specific examples of articles you're thinking of?
This article[^] on making property-like events in Python
Also, suggestions for where The Dangers of Duck-Typed Languages[^] is best? It's in the scrapbook for now.
Thanks!
Marc
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So, I accidentally put in a different email address while asking for my password to be reset, and CP has very thankfully created a new account using this email address.
If you could please delete this account, I'll get back to using the correct account and other scheduled chaos.
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You can do it yourself, if you want.
Hover the mouse over your username at the top of the page, and select "My Settings" from the dropdown that appears.
On the right hand side of the page (under your avatar picture, if any) is a checkbox "Close my account"
Tick this, and press the "Save my Settings" button at the bottom of the page.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I've tried to download 12 different projects that were submitted at different times and EVERY ONE of the zip files are corrupt!
At first I thought it was because I wasn't logged in, but I was. Is this possibly a problem on my side?
ANY answer would be appreciated...
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Please tell the affected articles (at least some of them) so that the admins can take a look.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I must apologize. I was "right clicking" and "save as" and fount that this doesn't work.
I "clicked" the link and the download was fine. Thanks for the quick reply!
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Glad you could sort it out, thanks for the info!
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Since a number of moderators are in here, I'm reposting this here.
Chris and I have been talking about Tips and Tricks posts. Over the years there have been number of issues with the classifications of tips:
- The line where you draw the distinction between an article and a tip is somewhat nebulous
- New authors coming in to share content being held at the door and lectured on the difference between an article and a tip before they're let in
- The time moderators spend on educating new authors on this distinction
- The sad feeling new authors get in their hearts when they think they've written an article and are told "no you haven't"
I think over the years this idea that a tip is, "anything that is unworthy of being an article," or, "a tip is anything that is too short to be an article" has developed, but that's not what we had in mind.
So we're going to clarify what a tip is: A Tips and Tricks post is a single problem, with a single solution, and a super-short write-up. Ideally you could consume it in under 30 seconds. Here is an example of a tip:
Kendo UI NumericTextBox Enable/Disable Issue[^]
I realize this goes against the understanding of many (and I believe everyone has a slightly different line). I also realize that the majority of existing tips are actually articles under this clarification. We'll be doing a reclassification at some point of all existing tips to help make the distinction between what WAS a tip and what IS NOW a tip a little easier to follow moving forward.
I will be in the trenches of the articles needing approval queue to help transition this new definition to new content as smoothly as possible and I'm happy to help answer the case-by-case post question we get as we forge this new distinctive line together. Thank you.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks Sean, a timely reminder (for me at least).
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I thought a tip was the money you gave to a lady that performed tricks.
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It's probably right on the line. But it does seem to be closer to a "single solution to single problem" type so I would say Tip. Not sure you could consume it 30 seconds, though 
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Speedy reader! 
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I've seen some questions in QA that have been spam or reposts but am unable to report them as the flag doesn't appear next to the question (it does appear against solutions)
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Yes it does - or it does on my Nexus7 with Chrome: just scroll the question down so you can see the author's name, and tap the text of the question. The "bookmark", "delete", and "report" icons appear at the right hand side.
If they don't, check you are logged in - anonymous users can't report IIRC.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Tried that but no go. Samsung S4 (rather battered!).
I'll just have to "borrow" the wife's kindle fire 
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Quote: survey You do not have sufficient Reputation to vote in this survey
How much reputation is required ? This also forces user to have a rep on the site. I'm regular guy that read articles. Dont want to have a rep. Not interested That's all.
modified 17-Apr-16 14:20pm.
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Where are you trying to vote?
Edit: just noticed you mentioned "survey". I'm assuming you mean the article competition survey. We restrict voting on the survey very deliberately. If we open it up then it gets abused. For other surveys we're happy to get all and sundry vote, but when it comes time to have a serious vote where reputations and prizes are at stake we need to be as careful as possible.
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 17-Apr-16 20:00pm.
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I get the point. What is the minimum(sufficient) requirement to have voting ability?
Don't say you must be CP citizen.
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You said you read articles. Perhaps you could upvote the good ones and leave a few grateful comments? That will build up your rep and also be a very good thank you to the authors.
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