what is a "troll"

[fjdiewornncalwe]

I suggest you look at the person's profile and check out their voting history. This one is only interested in trolling for articles that they can vote 1 on. Just ignore this ignorant fool.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

[Lost User]

nortee wrote:

Am I wrong in thinking that sometimes our articles are just that? Placements of words and ideas that people think are available "everywhere"? Should I continue writing articles despite the fact?

Everything is available on MSDN, so we can close the other sites. Let's shut down StackOverflow, CodeProject and all others. Ehr.. Yes, some people actually vote with that argumentation in mind. You could ask the question whether they have any brothers and sisters, as the same argumentation would apply :)

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss:

[nortee]

I did notice that (after I posted this @ profile). Thanks you for your comment it really means a lot :)...

Cheers, Glen Vlotman "You cannot code for stupidity"

[nortee]

omg!!! i LOVE your sig!!! :D :D :D.... and ty :)

Cheers, Glen Vlotman "You cannot code for stupidity"

[Lost User]

Tx :)

[nortee]

I will definitely keep that in mind... thanks :)

Cheers, Glen Vlotman "You cannot code for stupidity"

[nortee]

Thanks m8... I am definitely taking that into my new persona when writing articles :)...

Cheers, Glen Vlotman "You cannot code for stupidity"

[Not Active]

Speaking from very practice experience here, there is nothing you can do about such posts. The advice is to just ignore them. Believe me, I know its easier said than done. I've been in the same position before here. Giving a response such as you have will only add fuel to the fire and likely start a petty voting feud and/or a tit for tat argument. I've been there, on both sides. Although the comments may seem harsh, there may be some truth to them. If you read the comments objectively and feel you have done your best, then ignore them. Do you work with this person? Is this your boss? Your client? Will their comments get you demoted or fired? Then who cares. It's taken me awhile to come to this, I hope you can benefit from it. You could reply with a thank you, in the nicest possible, non-inflammatory, non-insulting way possible. Yes, sometimes this will insight more because the poster just wants to argue and make it seem they are better and have more knowledge, skills and expertise. Let them. In my experience here these people go away and only the quality people remain. For the record, I recommended the article be posted. Although there are plenty of basic OO articles, here and elsewhere, this was more targeted to Delphi and I felt it would be useful for a beginner. Good job.

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[nortee]

You, sir, have earned a deep standing in my books. Thank you and I am glad you see the method behind why I wrote that article. :)

Cheers, Glen Vlotman "You cannot code for stupidity"

[Mycroft Holmes]

As Marcus has pointed out the guy only ever votes on articles, 1 5 and lots of 1s. Has not contributed to the site and does not participate in discussion. Pretty close to a troll IMHO. As there are so few (I assume) articles on turbo pascal (is it still called that?) I think anything that is relevant will be appreciated. Don't let a dipstik put you off, we all get them.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[BillWoodruff]

Glen, I wouldn't "take to heart" that one comment. And, there's no reason to be concerned if you posted a "fundamentals" article; the great richness of CP is the rich variety of content aimed at folks at all levels of technical expertise, and experience, from newcomers struggling to get oriented, to world-class experts discussing the most complex aspects of higher-order coding problems, algorithms, and work-arounds for .Net's most intricate ... uhhh ... idiosyncrasies. This "richness" also taking form in solutions, tutorials, QA, Tips/Tricks, and specific topic forums. So you are not "going mad," but perhaps just getting over a small case of "getting mad." Keep on trucking. best, Bill

Scipio: "That's true, Berganza; and what makes the miracle greater is, that we not only speak, but hold intelligent discourse, as though we had souls capable of reason; whereas we are so far from having it, that the difference between brutes and man consists in this, that man is a rational animal, and the brute is irrational." Cervantes, "Colloquy of Dogs," 1613CE. The two talking dogs, Scipio, Berganza, are hallucinations in the mind of a soldier with plague fever undergoing a "sweating" cure.

[thatraja]

OriginalGriff wrote:

Writing well and sensibly takes large blocks of time...

Agree, I started an article on Sep 2010 but still I can't complete may be next year :sigh:

thatraja

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[Lost User]

DaveAuld wrote:

apostrophe's

:mad:

Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman

[DaveAuld]

Is that a bite? :laugh:

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[Lost User]

Yup, swallowed hook, line and sinker.

Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman

[realJSOP]

The 1-voter was right - it's a 101 kind of article, but his vote is undeserved because the article is, in fact, tagged as a Beginner article.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

[realJSOP]

Mycroft Holmes wrote:

turbo pascal (is it still called that?)

Nope, it changed to Delphi long ago. I think I'd like to get my hands on a copy of Turbo Pascal, just to relive some of my past programming days. I mean seriously - a $30 compiler... I wish it was more than just a fond memory...

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

[Mycroft Holmes]

I thought the IDE was called Delphi and the language was Turbo Pascal, like VS and C#. I enjoyed a year building an app in Delphi only to have to trash it and I moved it to SuperBase, what a truly bad decision that was.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[dawmail333]

One of the things I learned in English Literature is that everything is drawn from the 'tissue' of culture: we can only recycle what exists. So his comment is just as much a 'recycle' as your article. Anyway, some people just don't appreciate anything.

Don't forget to rate my post if it helped! ;) "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." "His mother should have thrown him away, and kept the stork." "There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." "He loves nature, in spite of what it did to him."

[Nikola Radosavljevic]

Writing about already known subjects has always been around. Some people do it to show off what they know, some to learn as writing makes them ask questions they otherwise wouldn't ask. Personally, I avoid writing anything as I don't have anything to say that's not already found in one of this communities. I don't, however, find this to be good behavior, neither for me nor for community. It's just fear of failure. Shortly, you should continue writing but need to expect less from your readers, and expect criticism. You can't say anything new in IT that's not already there. You just need to try and outperform other articles and present your views in a way that will be easy to read and can hold readers attention for longer without skimming on important information. Are you up to it? :) I'm not yet :)