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Ha. I mentioned that at a post in the lounge about all the new changes. Glad to see I wasn't alone. 
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Is there a way if i want to read only the threads that I created. Say, i created a thread in C#, lounge, XML forum, then it will only show the threads and replies associated with that thread. I find it difficult to navigate through the entire forum especially if i've posted a lot. Thanks for considering this.
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There was, but it was removed because it was cause too much load on the servers.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Done
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Chris Maunder
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Out of curiosity, why would this help on CodeProject?
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cuz there are spammers too. Not much, bt you can't say you never saw any here, can you?
<paranoia>Even if there weren't spammers, and rest of internet used nofollow, where do you think spammers would go?
Was me who 5'ed Chris' response - cuz I liked that quickness...
David
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AFAIK the forums are not visible to search engines so nofollow is of no use there.
Articles that are just spam are removed quickly, likely before any search engines get a chance to index them.
Articles that contain valid links however should be followed correctly because they could be related topics, support pages, demos, etc.
So I just don't see how it would be useful on CodeProject? 
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You almost got me. I was like, again, I forgot that search engines don't index forum. BUT comments on articles ARE indexed. Example[^].
And spammers misuse it. Coder4rent[^]
David Wulff wrote:
Articles that contain valid links however should be followed correctly because they could be related topics, support pages, demos, etc.
Yes. Same goes for valid links in blogs... Bt what is valid link and what isn't?
David
Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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dnh wrote:
Yes. Same goes for valid links in blogs... Bt what is valid link and what isn't?
If you start treating every link with mistrust by default then the whole idea of the Internet breaks down IMO. Spamming is nothing new.
Out of interest, that link you gave for Coder4rent, what is wrong with those matches?
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David Wulff wrote:
If you start treating every link with mistrust by default then the whole idea of the Internet breaks down IMO.
hmm. I must agree with this. Anyway I was talking about links in comments and blogs... In this (limited) playground I think links more confuse search engines than they bring someting good. IMO you are right that mistrust links by default is bad. I belive nofollow being default is temporaly solution, before search engines became more advanced and being able to figure out what is relevant information and what is garbage (they are already trying, bt there is long way to go).
In articles is highly probable that links are relevant, I am aginst nofollow tag there.
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Out of interest, that link you gave for Coder4rent, what is wrong with those matches?
Have you seen his posts? Maybe I am paranoic (or desperately trying to prove my point), or he is simply dumb (or both), bt I consider most of his posts as a plain spam.
David
Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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dnh wrote:
Have you seen his posts?
The first couple I looked at seemed legit, but I admit I didn't read them all.
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I am not going to argue if he is or isn't spammer, bt how many members have profile like his?
I consider this as kind of spam[^]
Whole biography:
"I am a member of a large software development firm that is always seeking new, intelligent programmers to join our team."
Photo? Company logo/URI
May not comply with most of definitions[^] of spam, bt smels like spammer. 
Judge yourself...
David
Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)
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dnh wrote:
but how many members have profile like his?
I've seen plenty. There is nothing wrong with saying a bit about yourself and your job in your profile. For many people that is what the profiles are for (myself included). If I was advertising to have a position filled I would probably add a link to both my profile and my message signature.
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ok. I shouldn't have problem with somebody who don't want to say anything about himself, bt loves his company. I said I am not gonna argue about it, and I'll keep it.
Bt I still don't know why these links should be counted by search engine (see me going back to topic?) You can say few links make no difference or that there are much more relevant links. You may be even right. Still, I think there should be some mechanism for search engines to help them figure out what is relevant and what isn't. We are still waiting for AI, so we have nofollow. OK, I admit that nofollow in comments etc is problematic (despite I think it's positive thing). Would you agree with nofollow in sig? or in profile?
David
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dnh wrote:
Bt I still don't know why these links should be counted by search engine
IMO those links are valid to the topic (software development) and should be counted. Even in signatures, even in profiles. In open-topic forums like the lounge or the soapbox then any topic is valid.
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David Wulff wrote:
IMO those links are valid to the topic (software development) and should be counted.
yeah. So if I (having link to my company in sig) write "Cool article" in comments to thousand of articles in CP, my company should climb search results? (due to more links pointing to it from my sig?) :shaking head:
David Wulff wrote:
topic (software development)
 That's quite general topic, don't you think?
David
hey! that's  !
So you only change one number in sig's link... clever 
Since now I'll pay attention to sincerity bar.
hope you don't mind I used your picture without your permission ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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dnh wrote:
So if I (having link to my company in sig) write "Cool article" in comments to thousand of articles in CP, my company should climb search results? (due to more links pointing to it from my sig?) :shaking head:
Yes, it should. If people abuse the system by posting loads of spam then the moderators/editors should remove them. In my opinion the legality/ownership problem you inherit by editing 'free messages' like in the lounge or a language forum doesn't apply to edited articles. I think article authors should be able to flag messages in their articles for deletion anyway, and have a moderator accept or reject their request. That way the author retains responsibility.
dnh wrote:
That's quite general topic, don't you think?
How would you describe the theme of CodeProject then? 
dnh wrote:
Since now I'll pay attention to sincerity bar.
There are sincerety, humour and anger ratings from 0 to 5.
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Looks like InLinkErAte() has a math error. Type in a URL and click the link[^] button, and the selection will be 2 characters to the right of where it ought to be.
[edit]Fixed now, thanks [/edit]
--Mike--
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It's always a tricky thing making a suggestion on a free site, but here goes Could the editors start doing a better job of cleaning up the text on articles? They obviously clean up any HTML formatting issues, but it appears as though there is no attempt to edit things such as grammar, spelling and so on. It would definitely make the articles more readable.
Cheers,
Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group
Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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There's always a balance between editing an article and destroying the author's style. I've passed this onto Nish and Smitha but we definitely welcome feedback on the editing process.
If you do read an article that needs work then you can tag it for re-editing by cliking on the 'broken article' link at the top left of the article (under the main title)
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Chris Maunder
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Hello Tom,
Thanks for your feedback. It would definitely be helpful if you can give me links to the articles you specifically found to be lacking in grammar/spelling. I appreciate any kind of feedback that would help me improve the quality of editing.
Thanks,
Smitha
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Editors, please don't 'correct' 'an SQL statement' to 'a SQL statement'. SQL is an acronym that starts with a vowel sound - es-que-ell - not shorthand for Sequel even if some people choose to pronounce it as such. If an author chooses to use one or the other then that should remain their choice. Reading about 'a SQL statement' destroys the flow of a sentance for me just like reading about a elephant eating a apple.
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Not to be overly-pedantic, but the abbreviation SQL starts with a consonant.
However, as it's an abbreviation and not an acronym, each letter is pronounced with the first word being the word for the letter 's' - "es".
Therefore, the article "an" should be used as the word "es" begins with a vowel.
Cheers,
Tom Archer - Archer Consulting Group
Programmer Trainer and Mentor and Project Management Consultant
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Tom Archer wrote:
However, as it's an abbreviation and not an acronym
SQL is an acronym of Structured Query Language? Surely an acronym is an abbreviation, but not necessarily the other way round? 
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