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Cheers! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yeah, I get it. I do.
It just pains me that awesome answers and guidance are being buried in comments rather than being added as new answers or updates to previous answers. The whole point is to provide a solid answer to a question so that when the other 1000 people with that question come to the page they see the question, and they see the best, complete answer in one hit without needing to put on the diving gear.
How do we solve that issue?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I know what you mean, but ...
It's all about communication and conversation: you can be having a relevant conversation with someone who didn't post the original question, just a comment to an answer. Adding a solution doesn't notify them and doesn't help the original poster because he lost interest when his code worked three years ago! 
In an ideal world such conversations would be in a separate forum rather than QA, but that's a PITA to work out for humans, never mind code.
Plus, posting multiple answers looks like rep point hunting to some people (and normally is).
Modifying the solution doesn't help that either as you need the Scuba gear to get through that after a short while - and it disconnects the answer from the comment it replies to.
I don't think there is a perfect solution ... Or maybe there is.
Perhaps the answer is to have a way to branch off a new QA question if you are replying to a non-OP comment and it's a long / technical reply? That way, the new poster gets a good reply, and the original question isn't clogged up with "side issues" that aren't necessarily direct related to the original? Not sure of the mechanics - it's not even 06:00 and I haven't had ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) yet.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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What we need is two things
- A Summariser badge for those with the Angelic patience to wade through the discussion and distil it down to the best answer (and possibly a better question)
- A UI that focusses the casual, harried reader (is that a thing?) on the answer to the problem they are trying to solve
But I totally get your point about communication. Communication, beyond anything else, is the most important thing here.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I think #1 could be a good start. Not sure how many people will be willing to do it, though.
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.
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Would a Summarizer be different than an Editor? Maybe the latter would suffice.
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They're the same thing, really
cheers
Chris Maunder
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If the forum is restricted, and I can't view it, why does it appear in the sidebar?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Because it lied to me.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Now I'm not getting The Daily Insider.
[AG]
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Thanks very much for your message. I have sent you an email confirmation address which should help. Please let me know if you do not receive it OK. Also it might be a good idea to remove your newsletter topics to rule that out as well. So for now, I have removed them.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks Sean. I'm pretty sure I did the confirmation thing already as a part of changing my email address, but I did it again using the link you provided in your email.
Where do I re/select my newsletter topics?
Thanks.
[AG]
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In your settings Your Settings[^] under the Email tab, at the bottom in the Newsletter topics field.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Thanks, I got today's newsletter!
[AG]
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Excellent!
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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in this page: Article Submission Wizard
https://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/SubmissionWizard.aspx
When dropping an svg file, it get renamed and edited in a way that break my svg;
Labels are bigger and moved, lines are removed.
As my svg images are trees, it is a problem to have all the edges removed.
How to drop the svg files without the 'cleaning' ?
Or canyou remove the feature ?
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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I'll dig and and see what's going on. Sorry about that!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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woaw, so fast and after hours on Friday.
Have a good WE.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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What's this 'after hours' thing you speak of? 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The time you answered look very late Friday evening. 
Or did I miscalculated the time lag to Toronto ?
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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No - you were correct. I was just joking about the concept of "after hours". It's been a long time since I knew what that meant
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Could you please send me the image?
Also: is what you are seeing the thumbnail that's being created for the article from the SVG you've uploaded? ie is the original SVG being uploaded OK, but a second image being created that's cropped?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Do I have your Email ?
I already sent all the files to Sean Ewington
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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I dropped article.zip in Members Only[^]
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Thank you!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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