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I don't see why people would come to CP to share their jokes when there are a plethora of websites out there dedicated to just such an endeavour.
The lounge is simply decending into a forum where people post the latest joke their friend/collegue/sig. other has told them. The problem is multifold:
1) These jokes tend to be as old as the hills
2) This is a programming website - not a joke board!
3) It quashes any decent convesation that may be possible in the lounge
Im sorry to be a stick-in-the-mud but is there any way that these worthless (IMO) threads could be either discouraged or at least moved to their own forum.
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It's a fine line between having a boring lounge, an interesting lounge and a lounge swamped by crap.
Use the vote buttons and let others filter out the crap
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: a lounge swamped by crap
Ewwwwww. I don't think Bob would be too pleased about that.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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Oh no - sorry. I thought the virus joke was at least semi related to the industry. Sorry if I caused offence.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Actually, although yours was as old as all the rest, it did make me chuckle as I hadn't heard that one in .... ooh 2 weeks or so. 
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How about we get any posts with the Joke/Game icon automatically moved to the VB forum?
"More functions should disregard input values and just return 12. It would make life easier." - comment posted on WTF
"This time yesterday, I still had 24 hours to meet the deadline I've just missed today."
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The Lounge is a place where you can discuss anything that takes your fancy. If you just want to laze about and discuss things that don't quite fit elsewhere, then this is the place.
J4amieC wrote: The lounge is simply decending into a forum where people post the latest joke their friend/collegue/sig.
So what? Jokes in the Lounge are fine in my opinion, as long as they fit the kid-sister rule.
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
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I went to my profile page, then photo was showing "you must be logged in to view other members images". But when I clicked on the my articles page, it showed the image. Still I have not logged in. Then what is the use of blocking it in the profile page ?
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That falls under several categories right?
(*) Web Development (JavaScript RegEx)
(*) C# (System.Text)
(*) VB.NET (System.Text)
(*) ASP.NET (RegularExpression Validators)
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And Perl and ...
It's a subject unto itself.
If a VBer posts a RegEx question in the VB forum I won't see it because I never go there. He could cross-post to all those four forums (fora?), but that's frowned upon. Plus grouping them together would make searching for the answer easier.
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it's right here[^]. It's surprising how regular some expressions occur. 
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Is flash banned from this site? Why?
It is a very good compliment to ASP.NET, and very nice to have in the article.
Isn't it?? 
What you want of tomorrow... Is what I've already become.
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How about Silverlight? 
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Kakkaduz wrote: Isn't it?
Yes dear.
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Kakkaduz wrote: It is a very good compliment to ASP.NET, and very nice to have in the article.
Isn't it??
Nope - it isn't. A lot of people really dislike Flash, so you would end up alienating them.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Flash isn't banned but ActiveX controls inside articles is (and so, by extension, is flash).
I'm happy to allow Flash but I've yet to see a single situation where flash is better than text and images. If you are thinking "screencasts" then that's a different story and I don't think Flash is the answer there.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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A screencasts or video tutorial section on CP would be really good. I'm not sure how the hamsters would cope with the extra load though, but it's definitely one to consider.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Stay tuned
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Stay tuned
Oooh - I'm starting to get excited now. I think I'll have to go into a darkened room for a while.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I have seen so many article's, which have discussion messages not related to article content. See this[^], author wrote a good article on how to post questions, and so many members has posted their programming questions on the article discussion board!
So how about an option for the article author to moderate the comments for his articles ? I think this can keep the article discussion boards with related informations.
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That is a wonderful suggestion. But I would suggest that apart from the author, CodeProject MVPs and/or SysAdmin, editors and staff must be allowed to moderate the questions posted. This is because, the authors may not always be available.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
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brahmma wrote: But I would suggest that apart from the author, CodeProject MVPs and/or SysAdmin, editors and staff must be allowed to moderate the questions posted.
Yes that will be good. Author won't be available all the time.. Nice suggestion
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no. Because authors of crap articles will simply moderate all the just criticism they receive away to make their resume fodder look better.
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If you view money as inherently evil, I view it as my duty to assist in making you more virtuous.
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