QA "active" questions
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Usually the only reason an old question jumps back to the top of the "active" list is if a spammer or code-dumper has posted something that isn't a solution as a new solution. But for the past few days, the active list has been filled with old questions, because a CodeProject editor has been making fairly minor edits to them. That's making it harder to see what questions are truly "active", and which ones are being targeted by spammers. Is there any way to make these minor edits not drag the question back to the top of the list? If not, I think it's probably not worth editing questions that are more than a couple of weeks old unless there's a major problem with them. :)
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"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer
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Usually the only reason an old question jumps back to the top of the "active" list is if a spammer or code-dumper has posted something that isn't a solution as a new solution. But for the past few days, the active list has been filled with old questions, because a CodeProject editor has been making fairly minor edits to them. That's making it harder to see what questions are truly "active", and which ones are being targeted by spammers. Is there any way to make these minor edits not drag the question back to the top of the list? If not, I think it's probably not worth editing questions that are more than a couple of weeks old unless there's a major problem with them. :)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
I agree, and having looked at some of the edits I cannot see any good reason for why they have been done. Minor spelling or grammatical errors that do not detract from the clarity of the question really do not need changing. [Edit] An example of changes that are hardly necessary:
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so can any one have the plugins/source code/ideas kindly share to me. That will helpful to me. Thanks in Advance.
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Can any one who has the plugins/source code/ideas kindly share them to me. That will be helpful to me. Thanks in advance!
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I agree, and having looked at some of the edits I cannot see any good reason for why they have been done. Minor spelling or grammatical errors that do not detract from the clarity of the question really do not need changing. [Edit] An example of changes that are hardly necessary:
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so can any one have the plugins/source code/ideas kindly share to me. That will helpful to me. Thanks in Advance.
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Can any one who has the plugins/source code/ideas kindly share them to me. That will be helpful to me. Thanks in advance!
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On top of that, if the questions were old enough to be away of the 1st results page and not in the "unanswered" list... then looks a bit weird Maybe some words with the editor?
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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Usually the only reason an old question jumps back to the top of the "active" list is if a spammer or code-dumper has posted something that isn't a solution as a new solution. But for the past few days, the active list has been filled with old questions, because a CodeProject editor has been making fairly minor edits to them. That's making it harder to see what questions are truly "active", and which ones are being targeted by spammers. Is there any way to make these minor edits not drag the question back to the top of the list? If not, I think it's probably not worth editing questions that are more than a couple of weeks old unless there's a major problem with them. :)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
It would also help if a "solution" going to moderation didn't bring it to the top of the stack until it was approved - if it's rejected then the question hasn't changed and it shouldn't be advanced.
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