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Chris Maunder wrote: Who's up for being a moderator? I think the ones that would do it, already do it. I personally have not done moderation / edition to the Q&A regularly for quite a while, mainly for two reasons... 1) It is damned time consuming and frustrating. The big part of questions needing such moderation / help are most repetitions or questions that could get found relatively easy with a quick search. I know you used the the phrasing is bad (though the person tried) but even though it is tiring once you do the same for weeks 2) The enquirer's culture has been getting the wrong direction for a while. There are still people willing to try and to learn yes, but the biggest part are just plain lazy. They want us to read their minds (because to understand the text of the question is almost impossible) and give them a ready to go solution just to copy+paste and carry on until one hour / one day later when they struck with the next "problem". Additionally, when you try to clarify things or you tell them "this is not going to work" the % of answers like "go and f... yourself", "if you don't know how to do it, shut up" and many other disrepectful answers in the like has increased a lot. TL,DR; I know that the main goal of the site is to share knowledge and help newbies, but when you realize that most of the ones you are trying to teach actually doesn't want to learn, just a quick fix for his problem... that is annoying and demoralizing. 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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Yeah. You probably could introduce restricted moderator rights like so: - assuming a certain level of reputation; - only applying to messages that are replies to ones own messages. - rights limited to "accept as non-spam" or "do nothing" (i.e. leave it to a full moderator). :) Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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hey... you're posting on it aren't you? ...it can't be all that bad... ;P

All fixed. I removed the MySQL forum to better direct readers to the LAMP stack forum. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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fact: not every new message should go where the "New Message" button leads conclusion: the wording is bad. suggestions: change the text, use other words, use more words, add an explanation, add a flow chart, do whatever it takes to no longer misguide innocent new users. that is what I said here[^], before you started maundering. :doh: Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

I do not agree that a post that says "thank you" is an answer. It's a comment. It used to default to just "General", but then authors were frustrated that when members posted questions and they answered, they weren't getting the "Authority" points they deserved because members weren't changing the message type to "question" and the author wasn't, in turn, setting "Answer" as their message type. Now if everyone did what they were supposed to do... cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

The "View" link goes to the message to which you are replying, but I will see how easy it is to add a link to the original item when posting a new message. Or question. Or discussion. Or whatever it is the current member wishes to do ;) [Edit: the link has been added] cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

We cache messages, and unfortunately we still haven't had a chance to move to a central cache - we're still caching server by server. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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All fixed. A few stragglers were missing forums but they have been added. UI update (clarification for John's concerns) coming (hopefully) within the hour. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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Chris Maunder wrote: if they could just pick an API from one of the popular browsers instead of adding more if/then's to the world then the rest of the world could support them a little easier. Using an IF/THEN statement to express how you don't want more IF/THEN statements :laugh: Be The Noise

My pleasure, and thanks :)