Suggestion: Featured Articles
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How about adding an algorithm that displays featured articles which checks to see if the author has logged in within the past X days. That way, authors who haven't visited CP in X days don't get their articles displayed. Also, maybe a date limit on those which only goes back 2 years at most. Maybe only 1 year. Does anyone read these suggestions?
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How about adding an algorithm that displays featured articles which checks to see if the author has logged in within the past X days. That way, authors who haven't visited CP in X days don't get their articles displayed. Also, maybe a date limit on those which only goes back 2 years at most. Maybe only 1 year. Does anyone read these suggestions?
And may I ask why? Does the fact that the author isn't active make an article less worth?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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And may I ask why? Does the fact that the author isn't active make an article less worth?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I guess because I think of the articles as the beginning of communication on a topic. I think this site is dedicated to instruction and discussion so if the original author hasn't logged in within some large number of days it means it will probably be difficult to discuss her intentions with the article. Although I understand there could be good articles with good content that could be missed. But for those types of things it is probably better that someone is searching specifically for them anyways. Thanks for discussing this. :thumbsup: I hope to hear your insight on this.
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I guess because I think of the articles as the beginning of communication on a topic. I think this site is dedicated to instruction and discussion so if the original author hasn't logged in within some large number of days it means it will probably be difficult to discuss her intentions with the article. Although I understand there could be good articles with good content that could be missed. But for those types of things it is probably better that someone is searching specifically for them anyways. Thanks for discussing this. :thumbsup: I hope to hear your insight on this.
Yes, I get your point, but some articles have such a limited subject or are so well written that there's not much to discuss. That said, please don't misunderstand me the wrong way, I'm quite disappointed in the lack of response on my own articles.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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How about adding an algorithm that displays featured articles which checks to see if the author has logged in within the past X days. That way, authors who haven't visited CP in X days don't get their articles displayed. Also, maybe a date limit on those which only goes back 2 years at most. Maybe only 1 year. Does anyone read these suggestions?
I think that some articles (very highly rated by many voters, history of revision by the author over time, history of good support by the author over time) are CodeProject's "Jewels in the Crown," and deserve to get featured in rotation, or whatever, no matter how many years mileage they have. If an article has not been highly voted by many voters, and is more than some months old, I don't think it should be featured. Those are my preferences, but, as I write this, I know I don't know what method is used to select featured articles now; so, perhaps we should ask CodeProject staff about that ? cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Yes, I get your point, but some articles have such a limited subject or are so well written that there's not much to discuss. That said, please don't misunderstand me the wrong way, I'm quite disappointed in the lack of response on my own articles.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I think you are backing up my point though. You would get more attention on your articles because they would bubble to the top more often, because you log on often. There could be a whole weighting thing with author login, article vote rating, number of views. It seems like that would better define "Featured Articles". Edit: I will also make my way to your articles and check them out.
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I think that some articles (very highly rated by many voters, history of revision by the author over time, history of good support by the author over time) are CodeProject's "Jewels in the Crown," and deserve to get featured in rotation, or whatever, no matter how many years mileage they have. If an article has not been highly voted by many voters, and is more than some months old, I don't think it should be featured. Those are my preferences, but, as I write this, I know I don't know what method is used to select featured articles now; so, perhaps we should ask CodeProject staff about that ? cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
Good points. I agree. The "how long it has been since author logged in" could just be a weight value or something. Thanks.
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How about adding an algorithm that displays featured articles which checks to see if the author has logged in within the past X days. That way, authors who haven't visited CP in X days don't get their articles displayed. Also, maybe a date limit on those which only goes back 2 years at most. Maybe only 1 year. Does anyone read these suggestions?
I read every suggestion, and they all get sorted and either fixed or put on the TODO. The reason for the featured articles is to provide a place to pop up Really Good Stuff that you not otherwise catch. Changing it to restrict it based on author activity changes it to a system that would Show Active Authors Their Articles. Which is not a bad thing, but just not the original intent.
cheers Chris Maunder
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I read every suggestion, and they all get sorted and either fixed or put on the TODO. The reason for the featured articles is to provide a place to pop up Really Good Stuff that you not otherwise catch. Changing it to restrict it based on author activity changes it to a system that would Show Active Authors Their Articles. Which is not a bad thing, but just not the original intent.
cheers Chris Maunder
Fair enough. Thanks for the reply. I thought of the suggestion because I was reading an older article which had popped up and then examined the author's profile and it seemed to indicate the person hadn't been around in a while. Thanks for your time.