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Those who have blog entries being automatically downloaded will no doubt have received emails saying that their blogs have once again had the joy and privilege of being downloaded again.
We just released an update to the blog aggregation system and, unfortunately, a bug we were not able to discover on our testing machines snuck through causing the re-downloading to occur. We've jumped on it, removed the doppelgänger articles, fixed the hole and have redeployed the updated code.
Sorry about the confusion. Casualties were, mercifully, few.
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just got this message:
"Your article feed notes about has been successfully consumed at 14 Feb 2013. 1 new article was pulled."
I posted it a year ago and it was published on CP at the same time. Why again? Did you change CP time a year back? I removed duplicate post, so no worry. Just fix your hamsters to don't do it again
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How do you remove the duplicate post? I have 3 articles in pending and I want to delete them before they are published
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there is 'Delete' button in the top right corner, as in any other article
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You just pulled the last three of my blog entries across, but you already have them. Are you sure you meant to do that?
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The same thing happened to me, now they are in pending
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I have a bad feeling.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Better hide the "Blogs needing approval" panel in home page temporarily till ....
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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I've manually deleted mine.
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I share Sean's bad feeling, see my post below. We need the big broom this time.
The scariest moment is always just before the Start - Stephen King Die Frauen warten auf die Liebe, und die Männer warten auf die Frauen - Wolf Wondratschek
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Big broom deployed. All clean.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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How nice was I? Self cleaning
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The nicest.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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And you better run for the Dev Team, I just spotted about 6 or 7 Blogs in the Queue which were apparently were doubly-consumed by the engine - I deleted the duplicates, but as I returned I found another 6 to 7 Blogs waiting - Duplicates, apparently consumed by accident.
The scariest moment is always just before the Start - Stephen King Die Frauen warten auf die Liebe, und die Männer warten auf die Frauen - Wolf Wondratschek
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+1
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Hello sir,
Im an individual security searcher i have found an XSS Vulnerability at your Website, please Contact me at my Email for Further explanation Thanks
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Here[^] you could find webmaster mail id. Send details.
thatrajaCode converters | Education Needed
No thanks, I am all stocked up. - Luc Pattyn
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is - Henry Minute
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Hey Paul - I've not heard from you.
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...I assume that is what is happening.
Have a look here: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4768170/Spammer-in-the-database-forum.aspx[^]
We get a spammer, we squash him.
He re-registers, presumably under a new name but with the old email, and he has all the old rep points.
Some of these guys are getting high reps in some categories, which is wrong: when you register you should start with no points. If this continues, soon spammers are going to get access to the moderation queue and be able to approve each others "articles" which will make them a lot, lot harder to spot.
I'm pretty sure it's the email - if you look at this guy: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10629187[^] who I know has been banned a couple of times this month, and his account shows he started on 27th Feb this year, but his points history goes back to November last year.
I'm not saying "take his points away" - just if you want the points from a closed account, you need to apply here to get it reinstated: it shouldn't be automatic on a new member with the same email. I'm not sure the same email should be allowed immediately anyway!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I'm not sure if it is the E-mail. I could be the username as well (if the account gets banned you can use the same username again).
Another suggestion: If you let them keep their points: Don't add additional points for signing up again ... (or remove those rep points when the account gets banned)
I remeber that contracting clown last year that got like 5'000 participant rep just by signing up and getting banned
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It is the same e-mail. But I think it is a good thing. For example I got wrongly banned for getting 4 reports on this post[^]. Thankfully it was no big deal as I didn't have to create a new e-mail account as my old one was still registered and whatsmore I got my account back. There have been others that have got wrongly banned too and what with the amount of people reporting anything nowadays it is good to make it nice and easy to get your account back.
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I don't! If you are incorrectly banned, then ask here and Chris and Co will reinstate it, after looking at what happened. And easy way just encourages people to post whatever they want, and sign straight back up again when the account dies.
At least if Chris looks at the circumstances, he can politely remind people not to abuse the system!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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But the abuse of the report button is so prevalent now. Looking at my history I have had 6 reports since being re-instated.
OriginalGriff wrote: At least if Chris looks at the circumstances
Do you know if he wants to spend time doing this?
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