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possible spam bait... thoughts?

28-Oct-19 3:29

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User 1106097929-Oct-19 4:39

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29-Oct-19 4:39

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It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question

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Nelek28-Oct-19 3:28

Re: possible spam bait... thoughts?

28-Oct-19 3:28

Registered today and has a friend with a problem, he looks for an iPhoneApp to do XXX

But looking at his profile and being CEO of a pool spa... I can't avoid thinking on spam, but posted no URL (yet)

https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=14636957 >> nambeboi - Professional Profile (to not trigger @OriginalGriff's tool without need)

If you think spam as me... I will reactivate the link

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Richard Deeming28-Oct-19 8:42

Richard Deeming

28-Oct-19 8:42

Nelek wrote:
to not trigger @OriginalGriff's tool without need

This will be a good test of the tool - does it pick up the @ link to Giff's profile as a potential spammer? Big Grin | :-D

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Re: possible spam bait... thoughts?

Nelek28-Oct-19 9:50

Spam Article (How to Develop an ERP Project Plan) by Member 14636810

28-Oct-19 9:50

I don't think so... it didn't pick the ones summoning Sean Big Grin | :-D

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super28-Oct-19 1:27

super

28-Oct-19 1:27

This Spam article [^]

and user is coursedunia - Professional Profile[^]

cheers,

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modified 29-Oct-19 13:21pm.

Richard MacCutchan28-Oct-19 0:49

Re: Spam Article (How to Develop an ERP Project Plan) by Member 14636810 - Gone

28-Oct-19 0:49

How to Develop an ERP Project Plan[^]

By Member 14636810 - Professional Profile[^]

Richard Deeming28-Oct-19 8:39

Richard Deeming

28-Oct-19 8:39

Spammer terminated.

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Spam would-be article (https://supplement[DELETED].com/alpha-testo-boost-x/) - gone

Richard Deeming27-Oct-19 23:45

Richard Deeming

27-Oct-19 23:45

Spam: https://supplement[DELETED].com/alpha-testo-boost-x/[^]
Spammer: anthoillia - Professional Profile[^]

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modified 31-Oct-19 2:14am.

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Kats251227-Oct-19 20:46

Kats2512

27-Oct-19 20:46

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Joined today, opens an OP.
Dumps random garbage as an answer.

Solution 3:
https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/412183/Description-An-unhandled-exception-occurred-during[^]

modified 31-Oct-19 2:15am.

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Nelek27-Oct-19 20:36

Spammer from moderation queue (Aye Thu) - gone

27-Oct-19 20:36

Search for topic and answering: This has been solved in [youtube link]

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some comments got through: Comments by Member 14234215[^]

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modified 31-Oct-19 2:15am.

OriginalGriff27-Oct-19 10:45

27-Oct-19 10:45

First post, and it's just a link on a nine-year old question: Aye Thu - Professional Profile[^]

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modified 31-Oct-19 2:15am.

Still alive spammers

OriginalGriff27-Oct-19 6:26

27-Oct-19 6:26

Still alive from 2019-10-19 to 2019-10-27:

001 : Member 14636094 - Professional Profile[^]
002 : jamesjohn101 - Professional Profile[^]
~~003 : Member 14592954 - Professional Profile[^]~~ only one to watch, nothing wrong yet
~~004 : Blake Hazel - Professional Profile[^]~~
~~005 : bukunmiblogger - Professional Profile[^]~~
006 : josejonasj - Professional Profile[^]

Feel free to edit this and strike out members when they are gone.

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modified 31-Oct-19 2:16am.

Re: Still alive spammers

Nelek27-Oct-19 7:45

Spammer from moderation queue (Member 14636094) - gone

27-Oct-19 7:45

Sorry, I forgot your automatic tool...

003 was just one to watch. I have removed the link of my OP and striked him here in your message

M.D.V.

Re: Still alive spammers

Kats251228-Oct-19 4:48

Kats2512

28-Oct-19 4:48

OriginalGriff wrote:
Still alive from 2019-10-19 to 2019-10-27:

~~001 : Member 14636094 - Professional Profile[^]~~
~~002 : jamesjohn101 - Professional Profile[^]~~
~~003 : Member 14592954 - Professional Profile[^]~~ only one to watch, nothing wrong yet
~~004 : Blake Hazel - Professional Profile[^]~~
~~005 : bukunmiblogger - Professional Profile[^]~~
006 : josejonasj - Professional Profile[^]

Feel free to edit this and strike out members when they are gone.

OriginalGriff27-Oct-19 2:36

Plagiarised would be article ("3 Basic Web Languages For Coders That help you in web design and development.", Kuldeep2607)

27-Oct-19 2:36

Advertising and translation services: Member 14636094 - Professional Profile[^]

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modified 31-Oct-19 2:17am.

OriginalGriff26-Oct-19 4:50

Spammer from moderation queue (jamesjohn101)

26-Oct-19 4:50

This: 3 Basic Web Languages For Coders That help you in web design and development.[^]
From this: Kuldeep2607 - Professional Profile[^]
Apart from being a very, very poor "article" is copied and pasetd.
HTML is from Quora: Why is HTML language used?[^]
CSS is from here: What is CSS?[^]
Blah, blah...

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OriginalGriff26-Oct-19 0:52

Spam would be article ("[DELETED] UK - Male Enhacement Pills Cost, Review or Side Effects", Member 14635510)

26-Oct-19 0:52

Recruiter: jamesjohn101 - Professional Profile[^]

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OriginalGriff26-Oct-19 0:51

Velofel UK - Male Enhacement Pills Cost, Review or Side Effects[^]
Member 14635510 - Professional Profile[^]

26-Oct-19 0:51

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Spam Article (Encryption ..., Curstom reports ...) by Member 14634693

Richard MacCutchan25-Oct-19 22:34

25-Oct-19 22:34

Whilst not a bad article, it is ruined by a request for donations at the end: Encryption/Decryption JS/C# - Encrypt, decrypt and securely hash with Scrypt between .NET Core and JavaScript[^]

And another: Report-From-DocX-HTML-To-PDF-Converter - Create custom reports based on Word docx or HTML documents and convert to PDF with .NET CORE[^]

Author: Member 14634693 - Professional Profile[^]

I'm not sure.

OriginalGriff25-Oct-19 22:44

25-Oct-19 22:44

If these were articles, I'd agree with you - but they aren't, they are Projects, which means that like Blog entries, they are pulled direct from the source data at GitHub.

Which means that they should presumably be allowed the same latitude as Blogs as far as company mentions and "donate" banners go.

Can we hang fire on reporting these until we have a ruling on what is and isn't acceptable in a Project, given that we can't contact the author to ask for changes until it's published?

@Chris-Maunder
@Sean-Ewington

Any thoughts, please?

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Richard MacCutchan25-Oct-19 22:57

25-Oct-19 22:57

Yes, I wasn't really certain and, as I said, the actual articles are quite well presented. I guess the management need to have a word.

Chris Maunder25-Oct-19 23:44

Chris Maunder

25-Oct-19 23:44

Articles need to be judged as if they were submitted directly via the submission page. Just because they are imported using our webservice instead of being typed / cut-and-pasted directly has no bearing on the bar for quality. The manner of submitting an article is merely an option for convenience, not an option on quality.

cheers
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Richard MacCutchan25-Oct-19 23:50

25-Oct-19 23:50

As I said above, I thought the articles were quite well presented. My concern is the soliciting for donations, which goes against the principles of CodeProject.

Nelek26-Oct-19 8:12