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Plagiarism in QA (Member 14056446) - STILL ALIVE

23-Nov-18 4:38

Plagiarist: Member 10578187 - Professional Profile[^]
Plagiarism: how to add rows to WPF datagrids[^] (solution 4, posted February 2014)
Source: how to add rows to WPF datagrids[^] (solution 3, posted February 2011)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 10-Mar-19 17:03pm.

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:36

Site-driving spammer in QA (Member 14063062) - gone

23-Nov-18 4:36

Plagiarist: Member 14056446 - Professional Profile[^]
Plagiarism: how to add rows to WPF datagrids[^] (solution 5, posted yesterday)
Source: how to add rows to WPF datagrids[^] (solution 1, posted February 2011)

Helpfully even copied the typo in the comment, in case the plagiarism wasn't obvious enough. D'Oh! | :doh:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 1-Dec-18 14:24pm.

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:30

Acer support spam in QA (Member 14063130) - gone

23-Nov-18 4:30

Spammer: Member 14063062 - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: javascript validation for age[^] (already deleted)

Joined yesterday to post a link to his blog as a "solution" to a question from 2015.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:07pm.

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:26

Old site-driver (Imtiaz.Ahmed) - gone

23-Nov-18 4:26

Spammer: Member 14063130 - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Member questions & answers[^]

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:08pm.

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:08

Old site-drive (szulak) - gone

23-Nov-18 4:08

Spammer: Imtiaz.Ahmed - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Latest Messages[^]

Nine messages. The first three, and the last one, seem clear. The other five (from 22nd to 28th May 2011) are nothing more than links to his blog.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:09pm.

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:04

Spam in QA - Facing a strange issue, with a small website I developed - gone

23-Nov-18 4:04

Spammer: szulak - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Latest Messages[^]

Thirteen messages, all but two of which are just links to his blog.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:09pm.

Bryian Tan23-Nov-18 3:52

Bryian Tan

23-Nov-18 3:52

Quote:
I am really confused and did some research and found this link

Coincidentally, he found his own website during research and didn't recognize it.

Facing a strange issue, with a small website I developed.[^]

Member 14062105 - Professional Profile[^]

Bryian Tan

modified 11-Dec-18 15:09pm.

Old site driver (Peace ON) - gone

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 3:51

Re: Old site driver (Peace ON) - Add plagiarism to the list

23-Nov-18 3:51

Spammer: Peace ON - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Latest Messages[^]
Spam: Member questions & answers[^]

Far too many messages and answers which are just links to "jinaldesi.net". Seems to start around May 2012.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:10pm.

Nelek23-Nov-18 8:37

Re: Old site driver (Peace ON) - Add plagiarism to the list

23-Nov-18 8:37

I think we need the hammer of a big cahoona...

@Sean-Ewington would you make the honor, please?

EDIT:
Visual Studio Coding Themes[^] is accused of plagiarism in its message board and full of links pointing to other places (not his of course)

Special Character # in URL Query String[^] copy paste error leaving the links to the original source in "H2" and "H3"

Tip: I found this in MSDN Link. And it solved my problem.... Visual Studio 2008 / 2010 - unable to start program element not found[^]

I really think that Simple Encryption in C#[^] is a clear copy+paste job too... but I didn't find any source on a quick check
And same on parseInt in Javascript [^] the <the> after the bold sentence stink to copy paste

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

modified 23-Nov-18 14:54pm.

Sean Ewington23-Nov-18 9:26

Sean Ewington

23-Nov-18 9:26

I destroyed everything I could. Thanks for the report!

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Old training spam (Mayank_Gupta_) - gone

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 3:46

Re: Old training spam (Mayank_Gupta_)

23-Nov-18 3:46

Spammer: Mayank_Gupta_ - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Latest Messages[^]

Every message since August 2016 (after "Re: Unary plus operator to evaluate IIFE") is nothing more than a link to his training site.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:15pm.

Bryian Tan23-Nov-18 4:07

Bryian Tan

23-Nov-18 4:07

lol, did you click on each message? Poke tongue | ;-P

Bryian Tan

Re: Old training spam (Mayank_Gupta_)

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 4:11

Old site driver (BhavyaJ) - gone

23-Nov-18 4:11

Everything back to July 2016, and a couple of random earlier ones. I'm assuming the spam started in August 2016, but it's possible there might be examples in some of the earlier messages. Smile | :)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Richard Deeming23-Nov-18 3:41

old site driver (Developer Hemu Patel) - gone

23-Nov-18 3:41

Spammer: BhavyaJ - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Latest Messages[^]

Following the rabbit hole from Nelek's post below. Smile | :)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 11-Dec-18 15:15pm.

Nelek23-Nov-18 2:38

Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog - gone

23-Nov-18 2:38

Developer Hemu Patel - Professional Profile[^] posting a lot of links to his blog in Latest Messages[^]

M.D.V.

modified 11-Dec-18 15:16pm.

CHill6023-Nov-18 1:45

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

23-Nov-18 1:45

This article - Checkin with reviewers in mind: how to speed up code reviews[^] - is largely a blog featuring the product produced by the member's company. It reads like an advert, at best a blog but is currently awaiting moderation in the articles queue.

I'm not sure what to do for best - thinking wrong section for now but thought I'd throw it out here for thoughts.

(Member profile link deliberately omitted for now)

modified 1-Dec-18 14:34pm.

Nelek23-Nov-18 2:41

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

23-Nov-18 2:41

Words by Sean answering me in another message:

If it comes as a blog (there is a bug when changing type to article when staff edits a blog)... OK
If it comes as article in the first place... report. Th feed option is there, let's them use it.

So... I would go reporting the article anyways. About the user... you might give him a friendly warning and see what happens

M.D.V.

CHill6023-Nov-18 3:05

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

23-Nov-18 3:05

Yeah - I reported is as the wrong type in the end. I'll go back and leave a (friendly) comment

Nelek23-Nov-18 8:27

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

23-Nov-18 8:27

You know that wrong type is not "nuking" report, don't you?

M.D.V.

CHill6025-Nov-18 21:05

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

25-Nov-18 21:05

Quote:
You know that wrong type is not "nuking" report, don't you?

Yes - I decided it was a blog in the end. I tend towards giving members the benefit of the doubt on stuff (unless it is obvious spam). However the "article" is gone and the member is still here so someone must have had a word Big Grin | :-D

Sean Ewington26-Nov-18 2:19

Sean Ewington

26-Nov-18 2:19

When I deleted the article I had a word with the member. They seem very understanding and reasonable. I liked it.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Re: Can't decide if this is spam or should be a blog

CHill6026-Nov-18 3:03