What is happening to the integrity of this site?
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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.
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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:
The last thing you would call this is an article. It should be a tip.
Perhaps you'd care to dismount from that high horse of yours and actually take a look at the section on the right of this "article" - in the About Article section: "Type Tip/Trick Licence CPOL First Posted 8 Sep 2011 " It seems unfair to rant about this particular case without making sure that your fundamental argument isn't flawed.
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ednrg wrote:
The last thing you would call this is an article. It should be a tip.
Perhaps you'd care to dismount from that high horse of yours and actually take a look at the section on the right of this "article" - in the About Article section: "Type Tip/Trick Licence CPOL First Posted 8 Sep 2011 " It seems unfair to rant about this particular case without making sure that your fundamental argument isn't flawed.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
Pete, thanks for taking the time to answer this. I don't see anything about it being a tip. Are you sure it was added to the mobile css? Although I gave this as one example, but there are dozens of cases where this is happening on (actual) articles. I'm not on a high horse. Never was. I'll refrain from worrying about the intergrity of the site ever again. If you're not worried, I'm not.
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Pete, thanks for taking the time to answer this. I don't see anything about it being a tip. Are you sure it was added to the mobile css? Although I gave this as one example, but there are dozens of cases where this is happening on (actual) articles. I'm not on a high horse. Never was. I'll refrain from worrying about the intergrity of the site ever again. If you're not worried, I'm not.
Ahhhh - possibly this is more an issue with the mobile site than the article. As I'm browsing the main site itself, I see that this is a Tip and not an article. Perhaps a suggestion needs to be raised on the Site Bugs / Suggestions to include this information.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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Pete, thanks for taking the time to answer this. I don't see anything about it being a tip. Are you sure it was added to the mobile css? Although I gave this as one example, but there are dozens of cases where this is happening on (actual) articles. I'm not on a high horse. Never was. I'll refrain from worrying about the intergrity of the site ever again. If you're not worried, I'm not.
ednrg wrote:
I'll refrain from worrying about the intergrity of the site ever again. If you're not worried, I'm not.
Please see this thread[^]. The best way to improve quality, I feel, is for people who have great ideas and great plans for projects to take the time to sit down and write articles on them. That's how we'll push things forwards.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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I can't believe anyone has to explain this to you but here is the text verbatim from help/FAQ. The voting system for articles is meant to guide readers to the best articles and advise authors on where they need improvement
ednrg wrote:
I can't believe anyone has to explain this to you but here is the text verbatim from help/FAQ.
Well first off I didn't ask for an explanation. What I asked for was a link that specified exactly what you claimed in what I responded to. Second what you posted does not in fact say what you claimed in the post to which I quoted. Your post might in fact be a reasonable interpretation of what it should say. But that isn't the same as actually saying it. So is there a link some place where it says what you posted?