Irrelevant or old Questions in Q&A
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This was probably asked or suggested before - Is there any way we can sort the 'Unanswered' or the 'Active' questions by date, especially the 'Active' tab. I am quite involved in the Q&A forum and it does get very confusing when posts as old as 2011 etc pops up at the top. I understand that if someone reacted to an old post it will pop to the top but most has not been touched at all. By habit, I will select a link not viewed by me before, wait for it to open in a new browser tab to then realize that I am looking at an ancient post. Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
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This was probably asked or suggested before - Is there any way we can sort the 'Unanswered' or the 'Active' questions by date, especially the 'Active' tab. I am quite involved in the Q&A forum and it does get very confusing when posts as old as 2011 etc pops up at the top. I understand that if someone reacted to an old post it will pop to the top but most has not been touched at all. By habit, I will select a link not viewed by me before, wait for it to open in a new browser tab to then realize that I am looking at an ancient post. Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
They're "touched" when a spammer posts something to the old question, but the post is flagged as "awaiting moderation". You can't see posts waiting in the moderation queue, but the question it's attached to has been "touched" so it appears back at the top of the QA list.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave Kreskowiak -
They're "touched" when a spammer posts something to the old question, but the post is flagged as "awaiting moderation". You can't see posts waiting in the moderation queue, but the question it's attached to has been "touched" so it appears back at the top of the QA list.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakI am not sure if it gets "touched" when the spam post gets in moderation, but it is touched for sure when the spam post gets nuked by us or rejected from moderation.
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 Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This was probably asked or suggested before - Is there any way we can sort the 'Unanswered' or the 'Active' questions by date, especially the 'Active' tab. I am quite involved in the Q&A forum and it does get very confusing when posts as old as 2011 etc pops up at the top. I understand that if someone reacted to an old post it will pop to the top but most has not been touched at all. By habit, I will select a link not viewed by me before, wait for it to open in a new browser tab to then realize that I am looking at an ancient post. Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
Andre Oosthuizen wrote:
Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
Neither, it happens to all of us. I think it happens when a spam post tries to answer (or add a comment to) the QA. Someone then kills the spam post but the QA entry still has the updated timestamp.
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They're "touched" when a spammer posts something to the old question, but the post is flagged as "awaiting moderation". You can't see posts waiting in the moderation queue, but the question it's attached to has been "touched" so it appears back at the top of the QA list.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakThanks Dave, it all makes sense now, appreciate.
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Andre Oosthuizen wrote:
Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
Neither, it happens to all of us. I think it happens when a spam post tries to answer (or add a comment to) the QA. Someone then kills the spam post but the QA entry still has the updated timestamp.
Thanks Richard, appreciate.
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This was probably asked or suggested before - Is there any way we can sort the 'Unanswered' or the 'Active' questions by date, especially the 'Active' tab. I am quite involved in the Q&A forum and it does get very confusing when posts as old as 2011 etc pops up at the top. I understand that if someone reacted to an old post it will pop to the top but most has not been touched at all. By habit, I will select a link not viewed by me before, wait for it to open in a new browser tab to then realize that I am looking at an ancient post. Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
I'm going to bump our old (sorry, very old now) bug about spam posts bumping the date.
cheers Chris Maunder
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This was probably asked or suggested before - Is there any way we can sort the 'Unanswered' or the 'Active' questions by date, especially the 'Active' tab. I am quite involved in the Q&A forum and it does get very confusing when posts as old as 2011 etc pops up at the top. I understand that if someone reacted to an old post it will pop to the top but most has not been touched at all. By habit, I will select a link not viewed by me before, wait for it to open in a new browser tab to then realize that I am looking at an ancient post. Any ideas or am I just being facetious?
We've made a change so that when Answers are Deleted or Closed by Moderators or the Spam Filter, the Thread Last Updated gets recalculated using only the Available Answers. This means that SPAM no longer will mess up the Q&A list with old Questions. Matthew
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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We've made a change so that when Answers are Deleted or Closed by Moderators or the Spam Filter, the Thread Last Updated gets recalculated using only the Available Answers. This means that SPAM no longer will mess up the Q&A list with old Questions. Matthew
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
Thanks Matthew, just saw it in action!:thumbsup: