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I'm not sure about the article, but a lot of his messages appear to be nothing more than links to the "geeksprogrammings" blogspot site. That smells like spam to me.
Almost all of his QA answers as well. The only one which isn't a link isn't an answer to the question either.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 20-Mar-14 13:21pm.
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Looks like a spammer to me. The images in the article link back to the blog.
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He also has a lot of the same links in his messages - and he had a bunch of answers that just linked to his blog as well. "Had" is the operative word, of course...:InnocentWhistleSmiley:
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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Wait. What? The link in the post from ProgramFOX takes me to this approved article[^].
I did not see the revision in the moderation queue. Did it have stuff that is not present in the currently approved revision?
BTW, the images in the approved revision still point back to the blog, so I am going to report that on the article.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Yes, I think the article is through - and it' almost certainly his blog, so it's not plagiarised.
But...his answers, his messages - they (nearly) all link to the blog ProgramFOX found which makes them spam (and fairly widespread spam too).
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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Ah, ok. Thanks, I did not look at his other contributions (yet ), so I missed that part.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Reduction done and without suffering Hunger
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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Nuked
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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So it's a plagiarised article rather than a spam article.
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Oh, c**k.
Thank you!
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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Final kick to article, member is on five.
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There's a user that has asked 64 questions and answered and accepted 34 of them himself, usually within an hour.
Should it be considered abuse?
I'm not posting a link yet as I want a discussion Before he gets nuked.
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It sounds like abuse - it's a pattern we've seen before, and it's a pretty obvious way to gather rep points without knowing anything.
Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?
Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?
Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?
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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OriginalGriff wrote: Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?
Since NewYears mostly.
OriginalGriff wrote: Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?
If other answers are helpful they're accepted too.
OriginalGriff wrote: Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?
There are no other answers.
He made twice as many questions as answers and accepts any that's answered by others.
It seems like he's asking whenever he doesn't know, and as soon as he's googled an answer he posts and accepts it.
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In that case I'd probably give him the benefit of the doubt, and maybe just keep an eye on him and see if it accelerates - most of the naughty ones do as they realize we haven't noticed and they get greedy.
Maybe a message to say that this could be seen as abusive and he perhaps shouldn't? I dunno, that last is a difficult one to write without offending someone who is not trying to game 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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