Suggestions for sifting programming questions

Vikram A Punathambekar

Obviously, the bold red text is of little use. :sigh: Any suggestions as to how we can further reduce the number of programming questions? I have one - before a new thread is addded to the forum, check if it has { and }. If it does, tell the poster it looks like a programming question, and ask him if it is. If he says Yes, redirect him to the message boards. If not, continue with the posting operation. Checking for braces might not spot all programming questions, but it will certainly spot a fair chunk of them. :~ I don't want someone with a twisted sense of loyalty flaming me for this, so let me say Chris is doing a great job, I'm merely asking for suggestions as to how it can be improved. :) Cheers, Vikram.

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Colin Angus Mackay

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Any suggestions as to how we can further reduce the number of programming questions? Have you tried the Suggestions Forum[^] ;P Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Checking for braces might not spot all programming questions, but it will certainly spot a fair chunk of them With the great exception of VB questions.

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Weiye Chen

Well, what i suggest is to show the warning message in the text box that they will be typing in. This way, they will have no excuse for not seeing it. :cool: Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...

V 0

while your at it, check on keywords like functions, C++, C#, VB and even better calculate the percent of probability that your message is a programming question. Then you can give a message like: Your thread has a probability of 73% that it is a programming issue, this forum is NOT intended for programming issues; would you like to continue? Yes | No :-D No hurries, no worries.

matthias s 0

I'd suggest writing an activex control which scans the message prior to sending. If keywords have been found, a MsgBox pops up saying: "Here is the CP-HDD-Formatter (just call me the 'mad Bob'). Your attempting to send a programming question to our lounge. If you send this message, a randomly chosen HDD partition on your box (we found the drives C: and D: so far) will get wiped out entirely after the message has been posted. Do you want to continue? YES |NO. :~ [ASK START] Need HELP nooooooooooowwww! I'm must making a ActiveX control for browser. When user types bad, it make format c:. Plz. hlp me ASAP [ASK END] fun, when the sun is shining! /matthias

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DavidNohejl

Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Have you tried the Suggestions Forum[^] :-D exactly! David David's thoughts / dnhsoftware.org / MyHTMLTidy

Vikram A Punathambekar

Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Have you tried the Suggestions Forum[^] :-O Colin Angus Mackay wrote: With the great exception of VB questions. True. I never claimed my method would spot all programming questions. :) Cheers, Vikram.

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Ian Darling

Just remember to mark it Safe For Scripting :-)

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David Wulff

help me plz!!! i have 2 get a database but dont have M$!! my class is on monday!!

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Maximilien

:laugh::laugh:

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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

cute! Honestly, you guys are acting like a bunch of old-farts. Do you really need/want to act like a gaggle of message-board-nazi's??? Really, I don't see the need for getting bent out of shape about it. It won't do you nor anyone else any good. Get a life. If you don't like the question, ignore it. Life is much better when we're nice to ourselves. Being mean to others, is being self-abusive. This message is meant especially for Tom Archer

Ian Darling

:laugh:

Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams

Vikram A Punathambekar

I generally hate it when people post images, but you had me laughing my behind off! :laugh: 5! Cheers, Vikram.

http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." — gantww.

Agnihothra

ahz wrote: This message is especially mean for Tom Archer :confused: Do you know Tom Archer? This is the second instance you have included his name in a message for no apparent reason... Regards, Agni

David Wulff

ahz wrote: Really, I don't see the need for getting bent out of shape about it. I think you'll find most people don't give a rat's arse about it. I only respond if I can get a laugh out of it. Others take things more seriously, and without them there would be chaos in the free topic forums. There would be endless programming questions, ads, rants, inappropriate content - and that's just from the regulars.

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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

Your post did make me smile. I don't mind it when someone simply directs the errant poster to the correct forum. I do care when they're mean and nasty.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

Agnihothra wrote: Do you know Tom Archer That's priviledged information. Mr. Archer is a prime example of what I'm talking about.

Lost User

ahz wrote: Being mean to others, is being self-abusive. Hypocrite. The tigress is here :-D

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

Trollslayer wrote: Hypocrite eh? On another note: How did your reply become the parent of my post when yours was posted more than an hour after mine? CP bug?

Marc Clifton

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: Any suggestions as to how we can further reduce the number of programming questions? Why? It's fun! ;P Marc My website
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