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Dominik Egert #:

Strictly seen, yes. I have code on codebase myself, still, I cannot advice to point to specific solutions as there may be more than one.

It is self promotion, and that is prohibited by forum rules.

I’d like to respectfully add some perspective here.

Simply sharing a CodeBase link is not automatically self-promotion, especially when the context is technical and the recommendation is directly relevant to the user's question. CodeBase is a public resource intended to be shared, and it's freely available for the benefit of the community.

It becomes self-promotion only when there’s no real context, or when the sole purpose of the message is to drive attention to oneself or one's work, without contributing to the discussion in a meaningful way.

In this case, the original suggestion pointed directly to a specific problem (tick downloading), and the author offered a solution hosted in the CodeBase. That’s a valid and helpful contribution, not a promotion.

Otherwise, we risk discouraging developers from sharing their free tools just because they happen to be the authors, which goes against the very spirit of collaboration that the CodeBase was created for.

Also, let's remember: moderators recommending their own code is more delicate and understandably discouraged to avoid perceived bias. But that’s not the same as a regular user pointing to a resource, especially when it solves a problem concretely.

Let’s not apply rules in such a rigid way that it hurts the exchange of knowledge. Context always matters.

 
Miguel Angel Vico Alba #:

I’d like to respectfully add some perspective here.

Simply sharing a CodeBase link is not automatically self-promotion, especially when the context is technical and the recommendation is directly relevant to the user's question. CodeBase is a public resource intended to be shared, and it's freely available for the benefit of the community.

It becomes self-promotion only when there’s no real context, or when the sole purpose of the message is to drive attention to oneself or one's work, without contributing to the discussion in a meaningful way.

In this case, the original suggestion pointed directly to a specific problem (tick downloading), and the author offered a solution hosted in the CodeBase. That’s a valid and helpful contribution, not a promotion.

Otherwise, we risk discouraging developers from sharing their free tools just because they happen to be the authors, which goes against the very spirit of collaboration that the CodeBase was created for.

Also, let's remember: moderators recommending their own code is more delicate and understandably discouraged to avoid perceived bias. But that’s not the same as a regular user pointing to a resource, especially when it solves a problem concretely.

Let’s not apply rules in such a rigid way that it hurts the exchange of knowledge. Context always matters.

Got it. Thanks.

 
Miguel Angel Vico Alba #:

I’d like to respectfully add some perspective here.

Simply sharing a CodeBase link is not automatically self-promotion, especially when the context is technical and the recommendation is directly relevant to the user's question. CodeBase is a public resource intended to be shared, and it's freely available for the benefit of the community.

It becomes self-promotion only when there’s no real context, or when the sole purpose of the message is to drive attention to oneself or one's work, without contributing to the discussion in a meaningful way.

In this case, the original suggestion pointed directly to a specific problem (tick downloading), and the author offered a solution hosted in the CodeBase. That’s a valid and helpful contribution, not a promotion.

Otherwise, we risk discouraging developers from sharing their free tools just because they happen to be the authors, which goes against the very spirit of collaboration that the CodeBase was created for.

Also, let's remember: moderators recommending their own code is more delicate and understandably discouraged to avoid perceived bias. But that’s not the same as a regular user pointing to a resource, especially when it solves a problem concretely.

Let’s not apply rules in such a rigid way that it hurts the exchange of knowledge. Context always matters.


I disagree. (Besides the fact, I haven't deleted it)

You cannot post a link to a topic that points to your personal solution, if there is more to find in code base on the same topic.

This is sufficiency enough to be judged as self promotion.







These are probably not all. How do you decide, which to "promote" here on the forum? Or should the OP do a decision on what's appropriate for his specific problem?

We should not spoon feed, or where will you draw the line in the next edge case?

Also, Lorenzo knows about that. He is not new on the forum.
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