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Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159523]

Mon, 20 February 2006 02:38

alexzeng
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I wonder how could I get the excellent posts. Is there such a list in this forum?

Thanks in advance

Alex zeng

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159528 is a reply to message #159523]

Mon, 20 February 2006 02:58

Maaher
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Search for my posts

Just kidding, what do you consider excellent posts?

MHE

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159535 is a reply to message #159528]

Mon, 20 February 2006 03:26

alexzeng
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Thanks!

Your posts are really wonderful.

Since there are hundreds of topics in one aspect, I want to only read the commendatory topics in limited time. That will be very helpful for newbies like me Laughing

[Updated on: Mon, 20 February 2006 03:28]

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159646 is a reply to message #159535]

Mon, 20 February 2006 15:25

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In the Forms forum you can search for the word 'keywords' as I have added this to those threads that I considered 'better'.

David

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159696 is a reply to message #159646]

Mon, 20 February 2006 23:43

alexzeng
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Thank you very much!

It seems there aren't best topic lists.

It's a pity Embarassed

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159813 is a reply to message #159696]

Tue, 21 February 2006 14:08

Frank Naude
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Well, topics can be rated. If you see a great topic, please take the time to give it a good rating! If everyone does it, we will soon have a list of GREAT threads.

PS: The biggest drawback with this approach is that some users abuse the system to draw attention to their own threads. In such cases one can always rate it negatively...

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159816 is a reply to message #159813]

Tue, 21 February 2006 15:38

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Oops! Pressing 'Rate' without changing the rating level appears to set the rating at 'lowest'. Can the software 'not' accept the 'rating' unless a level has been selected?

Can we add 'rate' as a sort sequence in the forum search?

My use of the 'hot-word' 'keywords' or 'keyword' at the bottom of the post is clashing with any occurrence of 'keyword' in the body of the message. What 'hot-word' could we use at the end of the message to indicate that special keywords have been added to the thread and this thread is a thread 'worthy' of revisiting?

David

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159838 is a reply to message #159813]

Tue, 21 February 2006 19:42

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Frank Naude wrote on Tue, 21 February 2006 14:08

Great!

I have a suggestion to avoid the drawback that rate privilege only granted to moderators or senior members, such as MHE Laughing

. They are more familiar with this forum and topics than junior members like me Embarassed

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #159839 is a reply to message #159816]

Tue, 21 February 2006 19:45

alexzeng
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djmartin wrote on Tue, 21 February 2006 15:38

Can we add 'rate' as a sort sequence in the forum search?

David

Good idea!

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #162511 is a reply to message #159523]

Fri, 10 March 2006 11:48

smartin
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Couldn't / shouldn't "great" threads / posts be moved to the wiki?

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #162644 is a reply to message #162511]

Sun, 12 March 2006 16:04

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Scot has a good point. I asked if it was possible to make the FAQ system more updateable but I think its about time that we moved the FAQ entries to wiki and bring them up to date. My current project SHOULD slow down soon and I will copy my 'links cheat-sheet' to a Forms entry in wiki when I am able. There are quite a few areas of Forms with which I have no experience and the threads to those areas are a bit dispersed. I will then go back and bring them together. But not THIS month.

David

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #162878 is a reply to message #162644]

Mon, 13 March 2006 23:47

Frank Naude
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You are welcome to copy the FAQ's you want to edit to the Wiki.

Depending on how things work out, we will either copy them back or move all FAQ's to the wiki.

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #170040 is a reply to message #159816]

Mon, 01 May 2006 16:43

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I pressed the rate button without confirming the setting, again, and gave someone a rating of 'poor'. Would it be possible for moderators to reset the rating(s) for a post?

David

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #170082 is a reply to message #170040]

Tue, 02 May 2006 00:53

Frank Naude
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We've already solved the rating problem - please allow a couple of weeks for implementation.

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #170085 is a reply to message #170082]

Tue, 02 May 2006 01:00

Frank
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Quote:

We've already solved the rating problem

(OT) Just out of curiosity: how many "we-s" are there? And are the site-maintainers regulars or non-Oracle people?

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #170147 is a reply to message #170085]

Tue, 02 May 2006 06:04

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Until recently you could 'go members' then sort on 'message count' and you would have found that about the top 8 'posters' were moderators. But not today! Oops! I read that wrong. Have a look at the details of top posters and in there you can see if the user is a moderator.

David

[Updated on: Tue, 02 May 2006 18:49]

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #170180 is a reply to message #170147]

Tue, 02 May 2006 08:18

Frank Naude
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In this case, "we" refers to myself who did the nagging and the maintainer of the forum software (not an Oracle person) who did the fixing Smile

PS: The top 12 posters on this forum are all moderators and indeed "site maintainers" as well.

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #178581 is a reply to message #170180]

Wed, 21 June 2006 10:52

Frank Naude
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Problem fixed.

Moderators can now also click on rating images (stars) to view and delete individual ratings.

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #178617 is a reply to message #178581]

Wed, 21 June 2006 17:53

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Yeah!! I was able to delete the dumb zero rating I accidently put on this thread.

David

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #197328 is a reply to message #178581]

Wed, 11 October 2006 00:04

Maaher
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Frank Naude wrote on Wed, 21 June 2006 17:52

Problem fixed.

Moderators can now also click on rating images (stars) to view and delete individual ratings.

It seems to be broken Sad

I tested with Firefox 1.5.0.7 and IE 6.0 on my WinXP.

MHE

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #197336 is a reply to message #197328]

Wed, 11 October 2006 00:22

Frank Naude
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Strange, I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.7 (on Linux) and it's working quite well.

Are any of the other moderators experiencing the same problem?

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #197459 is a reply to message #197336]

Wed, 11 October 2006 05:39

Frank
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FF 1.5.0.6 on WinXP
I get an empty popup (also empty sourcecode)

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Re: Is there a list of excellent posts? [message #197521 is a reply to message #197459]

Wed, 11 October 2006 10:55

Barbara Boehmer
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I also get an empty pop window, using Firefox 15.0.7 on Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. If I use Internet Explorer, I don't even get a popup window.

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