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frako
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Message 31 of 52 (591566)
11-14-2010 6:45 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by sophia777
11-14-2010 6:43 PM


No problem i had the same problems, im used to clicking on a box marked quote that writes the code for you.

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Jon
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Message 32 of 52 (592240)
11-19-2010 10:22 AM
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11-13-2010 8:58 AM


Re: Peek Issues
Very lovely. Thank you very much. Just noticed it the other day.
Jon

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Message 33 of 52 (592345)
11-19-2010 6:42 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by frako
11-14-2010 6:45 PM


Reply with quote function
im used to clicking on a box marked quote that writes the code for you.
The board software used to and probably still does have the option of a "reply with quote" button, which would be located at the bottom of the individual messages by the other reply button.
There was a past history of bad things often happening when this function was used, so it was disabled. Even if things didn't get fouled up, you could end up with multiple layers of quotes within quotes and in general way too much bulk in what was getting quoted.
Even worse, people would sometimes edit down or break up into smaller chucks what was getting quoted. This is indeed a good thing to do, but too often the coding would get done incorrectly resulting is a giant mess of a message. It took a lot of administrative time and effort to try to fix said messes, thus the option had to go.
See also the Reply Quote function button to be disabled topic from back in 2003. Also Admin's message here.
Adminnemooseus

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Buzsaw
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Message 34 of 52 (599587)
01-09-2011 12:30 AM


Message Edit Problem
The system is not letting me edit messages in Free For All.

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Message 35 of 52 (599604)
01-09-2011 8:50 AM
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01-09-2011 12:30 AM


Re: Message Edit Problem
Can you describe the symptoms? For example, is the problem that you see no edit button? Or do you submit the edit but then don't see the changes? Can you edit in other threads?

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Buzsaw
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Message 36 of 52 (599611)
01-09-2011 9:41 AM
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01-09-2011 8:50 AM


Re: Message Edit Problem
I get the following message when I try to edit. "Reference to non-existent message 0. Please click your Back button and try again."
After posting this message I'll try to edit it.
Testing
It works fine here.
ABE: Testing
Edited by Buzsaw, : No reason given.
Edited by Buzsaw, : No reason given.
Edited by Buzsaw, : Test

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ringo
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Message 37 of 52 (599767)
01-10-2011 1:49 PM
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01-09-2011 9:41 AM


Re: Message Edit Problem
I just had the same problem in the same thread.

"I'm Rory Bellows, I tell you! And I got a lot of corroborating evidence... over here... by the throttle!"

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Message 38 of 52 (599844)
01-11-2011 9:03 AM
Reply to: Message 37 by ringo
01-10-2011 1:49 PM


Re: Message Edit Problem
I was unable to reproduce the problem on my development machine, I'll try again at the web site.

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Message 39 of 52 (600560)
01-15-2011 8:28 AM
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01-10-2011 1:49 PM


To Ringo and Buz
I am unable to reproduce the problem in the Bush's Shia Islamic War Vs Obama's Sunni War thread. Is that the right thread? If so, can you check if the problem still exists? Some of the changes in the recent update were improvements to the edit code.

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Message 40 of 52 (600563)
01-15-2011 10:03 AM
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01-15-2011 8:28 AM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
My take was that what buz was reporting was due to a temporary database sync problem.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

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ringo
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Message 41 of 52 (600574)
01-15-2011 11:14 AM
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01-15-2011 8:28 AM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
I still can't edit my message 42 in that thread. The error message that I'm getting now is "Validation error. Sorry." I also tried to edit my message 56 and I have the same problem. I haven't had editing problems in any other thread.
ABE: I can edit this message.
Edited by ringo, : Test.

"I'm Rory Bellows, I tell you! And I got a lot of corroborating evidence... over here... by the throttle!"

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jar
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Message 42 of 52 (600577)
01-15-2011 11:18 AM
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01-15-2011 11:14 AM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
Strange, I just tested edit at Message 6 and had no problems.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 43 of 52 (600581)
01-15-2011 12:05 PM
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01-15-2011 11:14 AM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
Please attempt to edit one of those messages again, then cut-n-paste the error message you get into a reply to this message. Please be sure to include the numbers at the end.

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ringo
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Message 44 of 52 (600582)
01-15-2011 12:33 PM
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01-15-2011 12:05 PM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
Like this?
quote:
Validation error. Sorry. , , , 3516,

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Message 45 of 52 (600589)
01-15-2011 12:59 PM
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01-15-2011 12:33 PM


Re: To Ringo and Buz
That's perfect. I've added more data, could you please repeat?

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