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3:26 AM

@barlop It's more a search filter than a keyword

@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Usually yes, close a duplicate against a master/canonical, especially if the master has good answers on it

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DragonLord

10:36 PM

jponce

491 3 2

Preparing to mass-flag posts.

All answers flagged as spam.

As much as I don't like flagging relevant posts, this is the only option at this point

All 18 answers are promotional in nature

jponce

455 3 2

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All answers flagged as spam

As helpful as they appear to be, I think I have no choice at this point

All answers are promotional; despite disclosure, this is not acceptable and he should be blocked

A suspension is most appropriate

Bob

As long as they disclose their affiliation and the answer is both on-topic and helpful, I don't see a problem.

Especially since he's only posted an answer once every few months on average.

I don't see what you have against him.

DragonLord

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Consensus is that this is not acceptable

I think he should be suspended

Bob

I was looking at the related MSE topics.

Q: How do I mention my own products in answers?

Possible Duplicate: How can I link to an external resource in a community-friendly way? Twice now I've seen questions on Stack Overflow where one of my company's products might provide an answer to the question. One was a slightly vague connection about object-relational mapping, but ...

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Michael Frank

wow.. resaving a 350MB .csv file as an .xlsb file reduced it to 8MB.

Bob

10:52 PM

Q: Limits for self-promotion in answers

It's been covered before that posting links to your own website is ok, but should there be a line drawn? There were several spam flags today for Ira Baxter's recent posts, presumably because they all link to his website. Initially I disagreed because his answers seem for the most part relevant to...