@Christopher2222 We are making good progress with the spam filter. I am hopeful that we'll have it in place within a week!

I wanted to provide an update about 2 fixes we implemented earlier today.

1. We fixed an issue (mentioned by Ronan in a comment above) that resulted in being jumped to the end of a discussion after pressing 'enter' while writing a comment.
2. We have addressed the problem where the 'import file' feature was not working correctly. A note that we actually implemented this fix last week, but the code uses Javascript and a browser's default behaviour is to cache the prior version of the code. The change we made today changes the browser's default behaviour so that it will use the updated version of the code.

Thanks again for all your feedback! Please continue to provide your comments, and let us know of any issues as you find them.

@Christopher2222 Thanks for the update. I'm glad that it's working now.

Thanks for letting us know about this. There was indeed an issue with uploading a worksheet in some circumstances, and it has been corrected.

Please let us know if you run into more issues.

Note:
This was a Javascript issue, which means that you may need to conduct a "hard" refresh  (CTRL-F5) in order for your browser to refresh its cache and grab the updated code.

I am able to see comments that you've posted - could you please provide a specific example or two so that we can look into the problem?

Thanks!

Thank you all for your comments & suggestions. I wanted to provide a few additional details and answers to your questions.

Notifications
The notification system was built as a way to aggregate all of a member's subscribed content, and to indicate - in one place - where activity is occurring. It works in conjuction with the e-mail notifications that are currently sent out.

As Carl pointed out, there are two components to each notification: the author (which links to the profile) and the notification content, which links to the specific comment or answer.

The "new-notification" highlight disappears after the list is viewed, but the notifications remain in your list

I very much see this is a first-version of a notification system and we will definitely be making improvements over time.

Information Density
We very intentionally created an airy, lighter feel to this version of MaplePrimes. That said, there are some areas that can be improved to reduce scrolling, and we will look at making some refinements.

Thanks again for your comments!

@taro Things are indeed going well. We are in final testing and are days away from launching the first set of updates. As mentioned previously, as soon as that is done, we will be addressing the spam problem at a foundational level. I am still expecting that we will have the spam problem taken care of by late this month/early November.

We have been keeping close tabs on the spam problem and are very aware that it has increased dramatically over recent weeks. We are also extremely appreciative of the efforts that many of you take on a regular basis to keep the forum clear of these intrusive & annoying messages.

We have examined a variety of methods for defeating spam (captchas, increased moderation, etc.) and have decided that the best way to defeat the problem is to add some intelligent detection & filtering at the time of message creation. If a message is detected as spam, it will get discarded before even being posted. This will likely not stop 100% of the messages (and we also have to be mindful of false positives), but it will reduce the volume dramatially and will hopefully take us off of the radar for the organizations who employ the spammers.

This addition is coming soon. In fact, we have 2 updates to MaplePrimes planned over the next 4-6 weeks.

The first update, which I hope to have in place within the next 1-2 weeks, is a significant one that includes a streamlined process for reducing the clicks (and therefore time) it takes to elminate spam messages that have already been posted. This change is based on a suggestion made earlier this year by Carl Love.

The second update will include an algorithmic method for detecting and elminating spam before they get published.

In the meantime, thank you again for the time you devote to keeping MaplePrimes clean.

Bryon

The link associated with the question did not trigger a malware warning for me, but it was very slow. For convenience, I downloaded the document and it is available here:

NTMSCI-2015-3-2.202.pdf

@Markiyan Hirnyk 

In my opinion, an appropriate time to change the title of a post would be in cases if a product or command was mis-spelled, an incorrect version number is referenced, etc.

Outside of specific scenarios such as those, I can't think of many times that I would change someone else's content. Your good intentions aside, it is easy for authors and other members to negatively interpret such 'editorial' changes.

For your specific example ("Asterisk tickmarks in Maple 2015"), there are some alternatives to changing the actual text of the original post.

• Add a "DEPlot" tag to the question. The tag shows up when users are browsing through content, and it will add valuable context to the post.
• Suggest a change to the author in a comment below the post, or by contacting them directly. If the author agrees, they can make the change themselves.

With regards to your last point, we will look at changing the requirements for posting to MaplePrimes in order to force members to always provide a product.

@Carl Love 

In my opinion, the same rules apply for titles as for any other content. There are limited scenarios where it may make sense to make a correction to a title authored by another indidivual, but these scenarios are rare. 

As an author, having your content changed, especially for a seemingly arbitrary reason (and regardless of intention), can be off-putting and it can make MaplePrimes feel less welcoming as a result. For that reason alone, I strongly suggest that moderators use their editing abilities sparingly. 

Thank you to those who brought this to our attention. We are working through this issue.

In addition, I have posted some clarifications and a reminder about the intent of site moderation.

@John Fredsted 

Acer is correct. Once a member's reputation level hits 500, they are given moderator privileges.

@Preben Alsholm 

The question was moderated by a member and in the process, accidentally deleted. Unfortunately, we do not have the ability to retrieve the original text. 

Fortunately, Carl was able to answer the question prior to this occurring.

Our site moderators do a great job at maintaining high standards for quality control on MaplePrimes - but mistakes occasionally occur. As a safeguard, it's always a good idea to use the preview function prior to submitting.

Thanks for the suggestion. Workarounds are very useful for Maple users and having a way for them to be accessible is a great idea.

One way of solving this would be to use a "workaround" tag to identify this type of content, and it can then easily be found via a tag search. If we get enough of these identified, we can then find a way to make the content more prominent on the site.

To get started, I created the tag on each of the posts that you mentioned.

Thoughts?