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Yes, just a quick five minute one :-> ( but policy is there must be at least one at the server while the others go on break, and they rotate so no one gets ripped off a break  )
"Try asking what you want to know, rather than asking a question whose answer you know." - Christian Graus
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Paul Conrad wrote: Hamsters went on break, be back in a few
I like that message.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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willing has been changed to able. It's not by choice - all pages have timeouts
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Maybe Chris should add the following to that error message:
"It's obvious that our servers are overloaded, but you can help. Please enter the amount of money you'd like to donate toward the purchase of an additional one."
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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There is something bizarre about the algorithm that makes an excerpt of a message board reply to email to users. It seems to rely heavily on line feeds and cuts off the rest of the message if someone puts a blank line in their response.
So if a reply contains this:
"Hi!
I totally disagree with what you said..blah blah"
You get a notification with this:
"Hi!"
If the reply is this:
"Hi!
I totally disagree with what you said..blah blah"
You get the whole thing.
Personally I don't see why it's cut off at all, I'd like to see it include all the text and compile several responses together if possible into one message.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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As we say back home: it's cactus.
I've added this to the bug list.
The reason we cut off text is because we had a lot of complaints about people posting large posts and having those posts clogging up their email. I can certainly look to increase the size cutoff to allow more of the message to come through.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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When a message is modified in CP discussion boards, it shows a 'modified' tag in Subject and as well a Modified timestamp.
I just thought if it were possible to have a Message History feature also like a Wiki. If not for Lounge or Soapbox, for technical boards, I think it should be useful. Isn't it? Also, if the message is voted down or at administrator discretion, the history can be expunged to reclaim storage space.
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: I think it should be useful. Isn't it?
For what??
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At least for the technical forums, it would be a finer blend of Wiki style.
For Lounge etc, we can effectively use it to combat abuse right?
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: we can effectively use it to combat abuse right?
How? If somebody modifies an abusive post, then it isn't combatting abuse to keep the original abusive message.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Pete O`Hanlon wrote: then it isn't combatting abuse to keep the original abusive message.
In fact, some of us may even become more combative. 
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Mike Mullikin wrote: In fact, some of us may even become more combative
Oh yeah. Outside now.;P
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Why?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: it would be a finer blend of Wiki style.
Why would we want a "Wiki style" forum??
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: we can effectively use it to combat abuse right?
You keep saying this, but you never say how it would be used to "combat abuse". So, how would this combat abuse??
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: You keep saying this, but you never say how it would be used to "combat abuse". So, how would this combat abuse??
You remember the 'Tony John' syndrome that afflicted the forums a few days back right. And very interesting (and disappointingly) he was threatening a few CPians to remove the posts, as Nishanth was complaining. I just thought if the members succumbed to such mundane threats, at least we would have the history to review it and book the criminal offenders.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote: Why would we want a "Wiki style" forum??
A Wiki would enable anyone to edit. This along with the message versioning can help to make the message more streamlined. Without delving into depth on a very high birds-eye view, at least the following can be addressed. Isn't it?
1) Typo in the post correction by others
2) URL Edits
3) Adding clarification.
Of course, this brings in a new requirement that Admin/Asker should also be vested with a feature of 'Locking the message' from edits.
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: I just thought if the members succumbed to such mundane threats, at least we would have the history to review it and book the criminal offenders.
We don't need to history everyone's posts in the database for this. And this happens so rarely it's not worth the performance hit on the SQL Servers.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: A Wiki would enable anyone to edit. This along with the message versioning can help to make the message more streamlined.
CP is a forum environment, not a Wiki. The forums aren't organized into topics concise enough to supprt Wiki and even then, not enough people search previous posts anyway to make it worth the time.
You want Wiki? Look at the forums for each article. That's as close to Wiki as you're going to get.
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: Nishanth
It's Nishant please  (no h after the t)
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Is it possible to stop people deleting the first post of a thread once there are replies to it? It happens occasionaly when people either do not understand that this is particularly rude, or when they are not satisfied with the responses given. In either case the original question should not be deletable.
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I concur.
A message that got replied to should be modifiable (to correct small mistakes, or to
add information), but not so that it can be erased or deleted by the author. Hence my earlier suggestion
to keep the original in gray at all times.
modified at 13:07 Tuesday 25th September, 2007: "by the author" added
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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I agree partially. But if the original message is a SPAM or an offensive message then it is not wiser to show the message. At least the contents ought to be removed but a standard message like 'Message removed because reported spam/offensive by readers' is to be shown.
-- modified at 13:02 Tuesday 25th September, 2007
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that's what I intended; message has been adapted.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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