Article get screwed up by some "code project" editor - what to do?
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Hello everybody, I don't know if this is the right place to post this "complaint". I've added some tip/trick on code project and got the content silently "screwed" up by some high ranked editors of the code project. Screwed up means: highlighting got silently removed. If some code is highlighted, this has a meaning - maybe the text refers to it. The editor is in my eyes not supposed to change any content - highlighting is content relevant! If I choose to have black background and white text color, than this was done on purpose to give the impression of a shell output...! (You see - I'm quite upset - I thy to hold back...) I'm tempted to revert the messed up version. But in the long run, I'd like no one to *silently* change the tip/trick. I mean, I'm ok with suggestions to change or to fix some pure formatting or obvious typos. But everything other than that is a *no-go* for me. How to proceed? I'll revert/restore the old state, but how to avoid the tip scewed up again? If you need details I can provide them, but I'd like to know how I/you could prevent this in the future? Here one article that got screwed up:
Unfortuantely, this is not the only tip that got modified in a for me non-acceptable way. Thanks Andi
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Hello everybody, I don't know if this is the right place to post this "complaint". I've added some tip/trick on code project and got the content silently "screwed" up by some high ranked editors of the code project. Screwed up means: highlighting got silently removed. If some code is highlighted, this has a meaning - maybe the text refers to it. The editor is in my eyes not supposed to change any content - highlighting is content relevant! If I choose to have black background and white text color, than this was done on purpose to give the impression of a shell output...! (You see - I'm quite upset - I thy to hold back...) I'm tempted to revert the messed up version. But in the long run, I'd like no one to *silently* change the tip/trick. I mean, I'm ok with suggestions to change or to fix some pure formatting or obvious typos. But everything other than that is a *no-go* for me. How to proceed? I'll revert/restore the old state, but how to avoid the tip scewed up again? If you need details I can provide them, but I'd like to know how I/you could prevent this in the future? Here one article that got screwed up:
Unfortuantely, this is not the only tip that got modified in a for me non-acceptable way. Thanks Andi
If you click on the Revisions tab at the top of the article you can see who was the last person to edit it.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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If you click on the Revisions tab at the top of the article you can see who was the last person to edit it.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
Hello Richard, I saw that but how to contact her? I can not drop a comment on her member page. Cheers Andi
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Hello Richard, I saw that but how to contact her? I can not drop a comment on her member page. Cheers Andi
You could try finding one of her messages (click on the messages link on her home page) and reply to it. Alternatively if you post the question in the "Article Writing" forum it will get seen by the editor team.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
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Hello everybody, I don't know if this is the right place to post this "complaint". I've added some tip/trick on code project and got the content silently "screwed" up by some high ranked editors of the code project. Screwed up means: highlighting got silently removed. If some code is highlighted, this has a meaning - maybe the text refers to it. The editor is in my eyes not supposed to change any content - highlighting is content relevant! If I choose to have black background and white text color, than this was done on purpose to give the impression of a shell output...! (You see - I'm quite upset - I thy to hold back...) I'm tempted to revert the messed up version. But in the long run, I'd like no one to *silently* change the tip/trick. I mean, I'm ok with suggestions to change or to fix some pure formatting or obvious typos. But everything other than that is a *no-go* for me. How to proceed? I'll revert/restore the old state, but how to avoid the tip scewed up again? If you need details I can provide them, but I'd like to know how I/you could prevent this in the future? Here one article that got screwed up:
Unfortuantely, this is not the only tip that got modified in a for me non-acceptable way. Thanks Andi
Hi Andi, I apologise for this happening. I will talk to Smitha and see what the issue was. I'm sure the changes were inadvertent, bit I'll ask her to ensure changes like this do not happen again. In the meantime do you want me to revert your tip?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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You could try finding one of her messages (click on the messages link on her home page) and reply to it. Alternatively if you post the question in the "Article Writing" forum it will get seen by the editor team.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
Hello Richard, Thanks for the feedback. I've posted a question on the Article Writing" forum: Code formatting removed by editor. Cheers Andi
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You could try finding one of her messages (click on the messages link on her home page) and reply to it. Alternatively if you post the question in the "Article Writing" forum it will get seen by the editor team.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman
Sean and myself watch this forum like a hawk, so either forum will get our attention. :)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Andi, I apologise for this happening. I will talk to Smitha and see what the issue was. I'm sure the changes were inadvertent, bit I'll ask her to ensure changes like this do not happen again. In the meantime do you want me to revert your tip?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Hello Chris, thanks for your feedback. Yes, please revert to revision 4 (see revision list). Thank you for your quick help. And: this is not meant to blame Smitha! I appreciate very much that people take the time to edit all the articles and tips that are posted - a big thank you to everyone! Cheers Andi PS: In that tip, you might have a look at your new
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Hello everybody, I don't know if this is the right place to post this "complaint". I've added some tip/trick on code project and got the content silently "screwed" up by some high ranked editors of the code project. Screwed up means: highlighting got silently removed. If some code is highlighted, this has a meaning - maybe the text refers to it. The editor is in my eyes not supposed to change any content - highlighting is content relevant! If I choose to have black background and white text color, than this was done on purpose to give the impression of a shell output...! (You see - I'm quite upset - I thy to hold back...) I'm tempted to revert the messed up version. But in the long run, I'd like no one to *silently* change the tip/trick. I mean, I'm ok with suggestions to change or to fix some pure formatting or obvious typos. But everything other than that is a *no-go* for me. How to proceed? I'll revert/restore the old state, but how to avoid the tip scewed up again? If you need details I can provide them, but I'd like to know how I/you could prevent this in the future? Here one article that got screwed up:
Unfortuantely, this is not the only tip that got modified in a for me non-acceptable way. Thanks Andi
Hello Andreas While removing some superfluous SPAN tags from the HTML, I seem to have inadvertently removed the SPAN class=highlight tags as well by mistake. I will fix this right away. Truly sorry about this. Smitha
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