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It's nice to see articles recognized for being well written and insightful. Having the best article of the month medal is really nice...
But how about put a small mention on all good articles that have competed for best article of the month but did not win. It doesn't need a medal, but a small gray label near the rating would please a lot of contributors and I think it is well deserved.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Hi CP admins,
A few months ago, I reported a bug, and because of that bug, I got 350 Participant points when I updated my settings. This bug is fixed already, but now I realize me: I've updated my settings 3 times before the bug was fixed, so I've 1050 Participant points too much!
Can someone remove these 1050 Participant points?
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Your honesty makes you worthy of keeping those points IMHO.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Paradox! *universe explodes*
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I say, spend them in good health.
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Shhh!
(In all seriousness I've been meaning to run a recalc which will fix (and trim) the points.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Okay, maybe it's not that serious, and I've probably posted this before, but I can't believe a place like Code Project has no Python section. It's pretty much my 'goto-language', very popular, and a google favorite. Remind me again why there is no Python section?
I queried another favorite site of mine about an "embedded code" or "Arduino, ATMega, etc." section and was told that there simply wasn't enough time or man hours to implement it, and that tags would be better suited for this, and I should just tag C projects with the proper "embedded" tag. Is it something like that going on here? I wouldn't know where to start with a "python"-tagged post. There's not even a "Scripting" section, though things like Javascript have a home in "Web Development".
I see python-tagged articles, and a few python quick answers in "General Programming" but that doesn't seem right.
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There just hasn't been that great a demand for Python here unfortunately. You could always ask questions in Quick Answers and tag them with Python. Also, could I ask a favour? As you write in Python, could you write some articles on it for Code Project? We are always after new and interesting material, and this could be a great new addition to the site. Who knows, you could be the person who stimulates enough interest in Python here to get that coveted Python section added.
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Ahh... I see. I thought everyone loved Python  . The article thing, I'm not so great at, but if I think of anything good to write I definitely will. Thanks for your reply,
-Chris
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Chris, the last time I used Python was back in the 90s. I'd love to see you write some articles on getting to know Python; there's no need to get fancy, just write some decent examples. As I'm one of the Code Project mentors, I would be more than happy helping you to polish your text and get the text up to article standard.
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Well, you have inspired me. Can't say it'll happen tomorrow, but I'll be thinking of some ideas about what to write.
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I am with Pete on this one. I don't know much about Python, but I will help in any ways I can.
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
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We typically try to avoid language sections except in the case of articles specifically dealing with syntax or framework specifics. Sections are about the Topic or subject of the article, and tags are about what's used in the article. So yes: use the Python tag for python articles.
Hope this clarifies things.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Image.
Just noticed that most of my tips were categorized under "LINQ" → "General". I don't have that many LINQ tips.
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Might have been a rendering bug, as I don't see that in Chrome.
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
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Confirmed. Probably an unclosed tag or something.
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Or just a hamster missing a few lines of code. 
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
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http://www.codeproject.com/Competitions/637/Windows-Azure-Developer-Challenge.
Go to the very bottom of that page, and look at the diagnostic information. I have tried this a few times and seen:
Web01 | 2.6.130513.1 | Last Updated 29 Nov 1999
Web03 | 2.6.130513.1 | Last Updated 29 Nov 1999
Web04 | 2.6.130513.1 | Last Updated 29 Nov 1999
Notice the year. I thought this was limited to that page, but now looking at the bottom of the page I am writing this on, I see:
Web03 | 2.6.130513.1 | Last Updated 10 Aug 2007
If I start seeing "Server OS: Windows 3.11", I might  .
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That date defaults to the date the page (ie the actual wiring) was updated, which is a manual value set at page creation date. I'll update it so it reflects the last time the content was updated. Thanks
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Having just written my Azure challenge article, I noticed some issues with code downloads attached to the article. Here are some suggestions:
- Show files of unknown extensions. In the "browse code" tab, files with an unknown extension just don't display at all. Examples include cscfg, ccproj, settings, browser, asax, and csdef. It would be nice if you displayed files with unknown extensions as plain text (i.e., no syntax highlighting). You could still maintain an exclusion list of extensions you intentionally do not display (e.g., images, flash files, videos, sound files, other media).
- Collapse tree. When in "browse code", it can be confusing to browse through large projects. It would be nice if the hierarchy could be collapsed (like in Visual Studio). I'd either collapse everything by default, or show a button that collapses everything (like in Visual Studio 2012).
- Track external downloads. For my article, I had a large code sampe (17.6MB), so I had to link to it externally rather than upload it to Code Project. I'm pretty sure these external downloads are not tracked (which makes the download count shown next to the article potentially very inaccurate). Some ideas for tracking external downloads: JavaScript that detects when the link is clicked, or pass through an intermediate redirect page before reaching the download, or allow a Code Project server to act as a proxy through which the externally hosted file is downloaded.
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We're close to releasing a fairly major upgrade to our code storage system.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Putting 'Part 1 of...' makes article titles too long, plus authors have to know in advanced how many part articles are going to be.
I suggest that 'CP' allows authors to connect a set of related articles to each other and also provides readers a navigation mechanism, like a simple box of links to all parts beside such articles.
Thanks. 
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It's a simple matter to put your own links into articles that form a series; see the Introduction section in WPF: A Beginner's Guide - Part 1 of n[^], by Sacha Barber. And the length of the title is up to ther author.
Use the best guess
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I have already seen such articles and it was clear if my message is read again!
I just thought it'll be a great feature, it brings a good order to how articles with multiple parts should be handled, best of all is that it isn't that difficult to implement and the result will be very useful and very cool. Just imagine that information box next to such articles.
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