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Could it be that the question gets "updated" when a spam answer gets nuked? I have sometimes followed some users up to old questions and reported his answers as spam and brought back to the top of the list the posts, but I don't recall seeing the question itself marked as updated.
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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If you look at the example I provided, you will see the Question being update. Example:
Posted 1-Aug-11 3:22am
Ramakrishna Alla495
Updated 1hr 5mins ago
Bryian Tan
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The question will be tagged as updated when an answer is removed. Some time ago the member which report has finally led to remove the answer was shown. But this has been changed to disaply no name now.
Some possible reasons for answers to get removed:
Spam / abusive
A spammer searched the web for questions related to his product and posted an answer.
A site driver searched the web for questions related to his blog / web page and posted an answer (we had one last week doing so for about 50 questions).
Not an answer
A user having a problem searched the web, found the thread, created an account, and posted his question as solution or just something like "Have you found a solution?".
A user having a problem searched the web, found a solution and the thread, and posted a solution. But the solution he found for his problem does not apply to the question.
Repost
A user having a problem searched the web, found a solution and the thread, and posted a solution which is mainly identical to an existing one.
It would be better to have the question not tagged as modified when an answer is removed. But I guess that this might be hard to implement.
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Could it be that the question gets "updated" when a spam answer gets nuked
The question will be tagged as updated when an answer is removed.
Thank you for the explanations
May I suggest to make the old post (maybe 3-4 years old) read only/close? And not to place the post in the scenario we discussed about on top of the Q&A queue/list?
Bryian Tan
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I'm just a user like you. So I can't change anything.
As far as I remember introducing a closed state has been suggested before. But there are reasons to not do so:
Many questions have no final solution or none at all. For those letting them open makes sense.
The question is put on top of the list when a new solution is posted (which is desired). So it is already there even when the solution is removed shortly thereafter.
Finally, there is also an option to show only New[^] questions.
So it might be an idea to make that the default view when choosing "quick answers" from the main menu.
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Thank you again for the superb response.
Bryian Tan
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Thanks!!! I'm glad we all are aware of it.
Bryian Tan
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I have shared some code in my question that I later found out is not supposed to be public, how can I remove my question? I don't have the remove option.
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You can always edit the question and remove the sensitive parts. Replace it with an explanation of what you've done.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I can't edit it either, if I try change anything, I get "We don't believe you are not a robot message".
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I just had a look and can see nothing in your code that is not already in the public domain.
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It's too late - your teacher has already seen your attempt to cheat on your homework.
"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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I've deleted your question for you.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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missing link
Hello everyone.
I am trying to download follow link,
but an error occurred.
https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/95842/Consuming-Google-Maps-API-Rest-Services-in-NET
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/GoogleMapsDataAPI/TestGoogleMapConsoleApp.zip
Has anyone ever had this problem?
Thanks for the help.
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When I tried it, I got:
Ticket: (No ticket provided - possibly an error in the error-system)
Error: An error occurred in this page. The error has been recorded and the site administrator informed.
Abort, Retry, Fail?_
Looking at the Browse Code link[^], the download is missing.
"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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Could be. Different emails. It looks like they haven't been around in quite some time. They probably won't be coming back.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Agreed. It was just that message which suggested they were one and the same person.
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Should be in the Soapbox.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Why do you want it removed?
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I have solved and the answer given is a comment, not answer
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