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Chris Maunder wrote: We can't do anything without you guys spotting it!
Just trying to keep you on your toes. Remember, Big Brother is always watching. 
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
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Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai
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"we've always been at war with Eastasia."
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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Chris Maunder wrote: We can't do anything without you guys spotting it!
Hehehe
Otherwise your job would be too easy you know 
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If you want technically clueless lusers you could close this site down and start BeanieBabyCollectorProject. 
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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If anyone clicks on Report Article for an article needing approval, shouldn't that prevent it from being publicly displayed until an editor looks at it? I thought the purpose of the article approval process was to keep junk articles out of public view and off the front page.
I reported this article [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/list/Extended_List_Control.aspx[^]] and now it's on the front page, 1.11 rating and all.
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Article Reporting merely puts an article in a queue for us to look at. 99% of the entries in this queue are bogus so we're not going to remove an article just because someone sends an article report that contains a "HEPL ME PLZZ!!" message for their homework assignment.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: 99% of the entries in this queue are bogus
I believe it's true for articles that are publicly available, so everybody can hit report button including complete idiots who do the stuff you described. But those articles which wait for approval can be viewed only by gold+ members. So I guess that the rate of bogus reports are significantly lower for those articles.
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You are right of course, there is something fundamentally wrong in the approval scheme:
it is intended to keep bad articles out, but the only tool we get is a button to
approve an article, since votes are irrelevant (there have been several threads
about ignoring them, resetting them, and what have you) and reporting just queues something.
There is nothing to effectively indicate disapproval.
That is like telling you "try and avoid the rain", while handing you sun glasses.
On the positive side, the situation has been worse, when there was no approval
step at all.
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when you click on "Lounge" link. But it loads in 3-4 seconds when you click on one of the Lounge posts on the main page.
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What view settings are you using (layout, datefilter)?
Found the issue: turns out we've had to do some DB work in preparation for a new toy which has temporarily put extra load on the site. Should be over in a few minutes
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I had the Date Filter set to "Last 3 Months". Then I noticed that when I clicked on a Lounge post (from the main page) that the Date Filter was set to "All". So I changed the Date Filter to "All", clicked Set Options, and now the Lounge loads in a few seconds.
Maybe you should make "All" the default, if it makes that much difference?
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Just got the word that everything should no be fine which is probably what you were seeing. Can you try on '3 months' again? (It's actually better for our servers )
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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OK, now "3 Months" is about 3 seconds to load.
Why does clicking on a Lounge post (on the main page) default to "All" instead of your personal setting?
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Still pining for the fjords.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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Chris Maunder wrote: Just got the word
I think you should get a new word, Lounge is failing again.
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Hmm. Still trying to get to the bottom of this one.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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See subject.
Citizen 20.1.01 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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I think, the reason you do not see the link,
is because you do not have any article recomendations.
The feature is still under development. Stay tune.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it! 
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Eh? I have over a page of article recommendations (which do show up), and a small but growing collection of forum message bookmarks (which do not!).
Er, but i did mean forum message recommendations, not forum recommendations. I'd forgotten that it was possible to recommend forums; either way, i don't particularly care about those. The message recommendations i'd expect to work though.
Along those lines: author names in forum message recommendations link to the author's article list rather than their bio or message list; i did not expect that.
Citizen 20.1.01 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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Shog9 wrote: The message recommendations i'd expect to work though.
Works fine for me here.
Are you logged in?
If yes, all your bookmarks (both recommended and not) will appear.
Shog9 wrote: Along those lines: author names in forum message recommendations link to the author's article list rather than their bio or message list; i did not expect that
UUps. Added to bug list. Thanks for reporting
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it!
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Elina Blank wrote: If yes, all your bookmarks (both recommended and not) will appear.
Ah... Let me be a bit more specific. I can see all of my bookmarks. If i'm not logged in, i can see all of my recommended bookmarks - including forum message bookmarks - by viewing the bookmarks list.
However, if i view my profile page, only recommended article bookmarks are listed in the "Latest Recommendations" section on the right-hand side of the page. Forum message bookmarks do not appear, regardless of whether or not i'm logged in.
To be sure, it's a small matter... but i'd expected recommendations to appear in that list in the order they were recommended, regardless of the specific type of recommendation.
Citizen 20.1.01 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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Shog9 wrote: However, if i view my profile page, only recommended article bookmarks are listed in the "Latest Recommendations" section on the right-hand side of the page. Forum message bookmarks do not appear, regardless of whether or not i'm logged in.
Ok, now I understand what you mean. Again, as I said, this is under development
and will get better soon.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it!
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No problem, just noticed it this morning and figured i'd mention it while it was fresh in my mind.
Citizen 20.1.01 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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It works fine here.
Can you try again, please.
If it is still not working, let me know, what page exactly you try to open,
and what error messages you get.
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Elina
Life is great!!!
Enjoy every moment of it!
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