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Bayesian spelling correction, no doubt!
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Wow.
(Updating later today)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Good for you - an easy bug!
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero
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The message thread here[^] brings up a good point about off-topic posts (posts that don't belong in that forum).
It would be great if we had the ability to mark a post as one of the following:
Off-Topic: The post is off-topic to the forum (and only the forum). This would effectively hide the post unless a filter was set to show them.
Duplicate: The post is a duplicate of another message in the same forum. When marking a post as a duplicate, a link to the original/other post should (must?) be provided.
Cross-Post: The post is a duplicate of another message in a different forum. When marking a post as a cross-post, a link to the original/other post should (must?) be provided.
Alternatively, it would be great if certain members (perhaps CP MVPs) had the ability to move posts from one forum to another. This would cut down on the amount of noise in the forums. Of course, when a post is moved a reason should (must?) be provided and an email sent to the poster. This would move the post and all responses to that post.
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
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Just added this to our TODO list. Good idea.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Excellent! Can't wait to see this implemented.
Scott Dorman Microsoft® MVP - Visual C# | MCPD
President - Tampa Bay IASA
[ Blog][ Articles][ Forum Guidelines] 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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I think it would be helpful, in the programming forums, to be able to select what version of .net the question pertains to before submitting the question. In some cases, knowing the version they're using is the difference between giving a correct answer or sending them off into the weeds!
Also, it would give you guys some usage statistics.
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Great idea but I'm not sure they would actually be used.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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can you give one functionality as "Mark As Answer"? .
If i post one question and i have got the propers answer then i just make the answer post as "Answer" by click that link and some Rating will be done [ 5 ] and my Orginal Post color will be change.
This is just my suggestion .
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You can mark an answer as helpful by using the button below it. It will be rated, and the post color will change (the post that has been rated, not your post)
Giorgi Dalakishvili
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Thanks for your reply,
but i think there so no such button for Answer. It is with the main Question not with the answer of the question.
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Then just rate the answer.
Giorgi Dalakishvili
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yes, that i know, it was just my suggestion that if Cp Team Thinks about thant.
Any way .. thanks
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So yo decided to test the voting and rated all my posts as 1?
Giorgi Dalakishvili
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Just back away slowly.
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Giorgi Dalakishvili wrote: So yo decided to test the voting and rated all my posts as 1?
Right now it seems someone voted all his posts a 1 even though he made what is a very good suggestion.
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You have the buttons "usefull question" and "unusefull question" that rates 5 or 1 to a question marked post (with "?" icon)
You have the buttons "usefull answer" and "unusefull answer" to rate 5 or 1 the posts marked as answers ("paper with green hack" icon)
You have buttons 1,2,3,4,5 to rate all other type of messages. general, joke, rant...
All messages are to be voted, the only restriction is that one can not vote his own messages.
If that doesn't fits your suggestion... explain yourself better because the voting system is quite complete and nice. It can be improve with better ideas of course, but the suggestion you gave didn't provide enough info.
Just my 2 cents.
Regards.
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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
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Questions are graded Good Question/Bad Question
Answers are graded Helpful Answer/Unhelpful Answer
Afer that it's the regular 1 - 5 votes
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Bert delaVega wrote: Questions are graded Good Question/Bad Question
Answers are graded Helpful Answer/Unhelpful Answer
Afer that it's the regular 1 - 5 votes
Yeah but what the OP wants is an ability to mark a specific reply as an answer (only the thread starter can do this). Once a reply is marked as an answer that thread is closed - and perhaps no further replies allowed.
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Giorgi Dalakishvili wrote: You can mark an answer as helpful by using the button below it. It will be rated, and the post color will change (the post that has been rated, not your post)
I think what he wants is the ability to mark a specific reply as an answer. The thread starter could do this and then the thread is deemed closed. This is pretty similar to what is done on the MSDN forums.
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MSDN Forums have this feature. I second the suggestion - Mark as Answer is definitely a useful feature to have.
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Thanks for explaining, i didn't get the idea with the first post
In this meaning, I see it usefull as well, but it can sometimes be not so good. There are many times that the one of the firsts answers is correct, but afterwards another one is more complete.
Regards.
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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
“The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Codeproject formating is not working....please have a look
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What isn't working where?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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