Kate Gregory

Ontario, Canada

http://www.gregcons.com/kateblog

Consultant, developer, mentor, author, speaker. C++ and .NET, Windows 7, Windows 8, whatever else I like.

My firm is available for online or in person mentoring, code reviews, troubleshooting and in some cases writing code for clients. If you're interested, please email me and mention you are familiar with my SO activities.

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The robo-approvers are killing my will to review edits

feature-request status-completed review suggested-edits review-abuse asked Nov 13, 2012 at 16:46

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138 votes

Bring a "human factor" into review audit composition/selection

feature-request review-audits disputed-review-audits asked Feb 20, 2013 at 19:23

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121 votes

Badge symbol in notification is of the site you're on, not where badge was earned

feature-request badges design notifications asked Jun 2, 2014 at 16:30

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115 votes

Please remind me when I am wielding the dupe hammer

feature-request status-deferred vote-to-close user-interface dupehammer asked May 14, 2014 at 17:32

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78 votes

What happens to folks who get question banned, by and large?

discussion post-ban asked Mar 18, 2013 at 3:19

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56 votes

What is a better name for Unclear What You're Asking?

discussion vote-to-close asked Jan 10, 2014 at 19:29

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46 votes

Is making yourself appear (at first glance) to be a moderator acceptable behaviour?

support profile-picture offensive asked Apr 28, 2014 at 18:37

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44 votes

Please streamline VTC-as dupe in the review queue

feature-request review vote-to-close exact-duplicates asked Nov 6, 2013 at 14:58

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44 votes

How do I turn OFF Windows Narrator?

windows-8 ease-of-access asked Jul 11, 2013 at 2:05

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44 votes

Can the post ban message show links to deleted questions or answers?

feature-request deleted-questions deleted-answers post-ban asked Jun 7, 2013 at 14:00

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