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>Now this person has solved the problem by herself without any real assistance from anyone in this thread. Makes me wonder if the points system is worth it.

Mike,

The points system is only as good as the effort people put into making it work.

My guess is that it is a tad too hidden for many people and still unknown by another bunch.

Overall I think it will be a very useful thing. Not at all for "ranking" people/contributions but mainly for getting the answer more quickly when reviewing history.

In this case it sounds like it was a local issue. Many are also embarrassed when they find their own problem and it is a "stupid" error.

There was a guy here until recently (messages have tailed off, thank goodness) who was having UT members write his entire program for him by asking one question at a time. In *his* case the points system was next to useless, but then on searching for answers his were so basic as to likely be obvious non-candidates in the first place.

Cheers

Jim