What is happening to the integrity of this site?
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Recently, there have been "articles" that are no more than a code snippet, yet people are giving these "articles" 5 star ratings. One example is: Calling a C# method using jQuery on the client side[^] The last thing you would call this is an article. It should be a tip. But that's not really my point. Take a look at the ratings at the bottom of the page. Are they giving a 5 star rating because it was done by a woman? Is it because they are from the same ethnic group? Neither of these should be a criteria for a rating. In fact, they shouldn't be a criteria for ANYTHING. Rate an article on its CONTENT, NOT WHO WROTE IT!!!! I gave one example, but there are tons of these 5 star articles now in CodeProject. I fear that the integrity of this site will suffer if this practice continues. It will diminish the entire article rating system, and diminish the site.
I agree there are articles that have slipped through the net. The place to report them is here: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1652005/Spam-and-Abuse-Watch.aspx[^] combined with a report of "Wrong type (tip/blog/article)" if your reputation is high enough, even after the artcile is published. This was pointed out to me after I reported a similarly lacking "article" a few weeks ago. I have not seen that one before, but I have hit the "wrong type" button for it now.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I agree there are articles that have slipped through the net. The place to report them is here: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1652005/Spam-and-Abuse-Watch.aspx[^] combined with a report of "Wrong type (tip/blog/article)" if your reputation is high enough, even after the artcile is published. This was pointed out to me after I reported a similarly lacking "article" a few weeks ago. I have not seen that one before, but I have hit the "wrong type" button for it now.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Simpler: you have a report tool at the top of the article, works like a charm!
'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Simpler: you have a report tool at the top of the article, works like a charm!
'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Only if your rep is high enough - My cat for example, can't report it at all! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Only if your rep is high enough - My cat for example, can't report it at all! :laugh:
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I agree there are articles that have slipped through the net. The place to report them is here: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1652005/Spam-and-Abuse-Watch.aspx[^] combined with a report of "Wrong type (tip/blog/article)" if your reputation is high enough, even after the artcile is published. This was pointed out to me after I reported a similarly lacking "article" a few weeks ago. I have not seen that one before, but I have hit the "wrong type" button for it now.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I did not get the punchline of your joke. Actually, I did not get the joke neither. :rolleyes:
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Recently, there have been "articles" that are no more than a code snippet, yet people are giving these "articles" 5 star ratings. One example is: Calling a C# method using jQuery on the client side[^] The last thing you would call this is an article. It should be a tip. But that's not really my point. Take a look at the ratings at the bottom of the page. Are they giving a 5 star rating because it was done by a woman? Is it because they are from the same ethnic group? Neither of these should be a criteria for a rating. In fact, they shouldn't be a criteria for ANYTHING. Rate an article on its CONTENT, NOT WHO WROTE IT!!!! I gave one example, but there are tons of these 5 star articles now in CodeProject. I fear that the integrity of this site will suffer if this practice continues. It will diminish the entire article rating system, and diminish the site.
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Oh, so I'm a high rep user now? Coooool :suss:
'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Well, you're a lot higher than my cat! http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Dij-The-Cat[^] (This one doesn't post so much - the previous one was quite active here)
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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OriginalGriff wrote:
if your reputation is high enough
Says Mr 600K, with a smirk. ;P
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
:-O
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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You've been brainwashed to think that the soapbox is only for jokes. Ha! :)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Plenty of jokes post here ;p
If you vote me down, my score will only get lower
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told you this is still a wrong place after all the comments I think you should still post it in the right place. :-D.Seems that author has good deal of friends in the CP. That does not even seem like tip to me. :wtf:
Sas3
The Soapbox allows you to stand up and have a rant, tell a bad joke, complain about someone or post stuff that that may not be appropriate for reading at work and/or isn't strictly IT industry related. It is rated M. Do not post anything offensive or which breaches the Terms of Use. Do not post programming questions (use the programming forums for that) and please don't post ads.
^ From top of this page. Where do you think is the correct place?
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Plenty of jokes post here ;p
If you vote me down, my score will only get lower
True but FTFY
Roger Allen wrote:
Plenty of pokes joust here
:-D
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Well, you're a lot higher than my cat! http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Dij-The-Cat[^] (This one doesn't post so much - the previous one was quite active here)
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
That's a lazy cat! Or is that a tautology? :D
'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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The Soapbox allows you to stand up and have a rant, tell a bad joke, complain about someone or post stuff that that may not be appropriate for reading at work and/or isn't strictly IT industry related. It is rated M. Do not post anything offensive or which breaches the Terms of Use. Do not post programming questions (use the programming forums for that) and please don't post ads.
^ From top of this page. Where do you think is the correct place?
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Nope. This is exactly the right place for a rant.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Recently, there have been "articles" that are no more than a code snippet, yet people are giving these "articles" 5 star ratings. One example is: Calling a C# method using jQuery on the client side[^] The last thing you would call this is an article. It should be a tip. But that's not really my point. Take a look at the ratings at the bottom of the page. Are they giving a 5 star rating because it was done by a woman? Is it because they are from the same ethnic group? Neither of these should be a criteria for a rating. In fact, they shouldn't be a criteria for ANYTHING. Rate an article on its CONTENT, NOT WHO WROTE IT!!!! I gave one example, but there are tons of these 5 star articles now in CodeProject. I fear that the integrity of this site will suffer if this practice continues. It will diminish the entire article rating system, and diminish the site.
ednrg wrote:
Neither of these should be a criteria for a rating.
I wasn't aware there were guidelines that specified how one should vote. Do they also apply for the way people vote on postings in the forums?
ednrg wrote:
In fact, they shouldn't be a criteria for ANYTHING.
I suspect that the vast, vast majority of people would consider the whether someone was a woman was in fact very important criteria for some things. For example dating (or not dating for gays) and for having a baby.
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ednrg wrote:
Neither of these should be a criteria for a rating.
I wasn't aware there were guidelines that specified how one should vote. Do they also apply for the way people vote on postings in the forums?
ednrg wrote:
In fact, they shouldn't be a criteria for ANYTHING.
I suspect that the vast, vast majority of people would consider the whether someone was a woman was in fact very important criteria for some things. For example dating (or not dating for gays) and for having a baby.
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When you vote on an article you are voting on the content of the article and how it pertains to the subject and category, as well as the structure.
