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Shaun's tried to post this on the Boot's thread: Philosophy is not dead, it just smells funny. I see an "Approve" and "Reject" buttons - not sure why - but Approve doesn't work. Did it trip a spam checker?
This topic was created by Andrew Orlowski.
Gotcha or policy re. deleted comments?
I deleted a post, and that was my only post to a topic. To me, that topic shouldn't show up in the "my topics" list, but that's maybe a matter of interpretation. Maybe one for the "things we fix when we get bored" list?
(there is a slight delta here - I tried to edit that post first, but then got the edit rejected as the time window has expired, not sure if that is of any consequence).
FF
Re: Gotcha or policy re. deleted comments?
> To me, that topic shouldn't show up in the "my topics" list
I actually prefer that it does.
I might have deleted my only contribution - usually because it's attracting downvotes from people who emote rather than think - but it's still a topic that has attracted my attention enough to want ot post to it, so I still like to see what's going on.
Vic.
Thoughts about ignoring "anonymous"
Even anon users are logged in as someone, so maybe you could work with that when someone clicks the "ignore" button? You can still keep the representation of that specific UID away from anyone else to preserve the anonymity, yet have an "ignore" that does what it says on the tin (so to speak).
Having said that, I haven't found a real reason to ignore someone. I rather know what they're trying to say behind my back, and the site's culture and structure tends to eventually chuck out the truly objectionable characters anyway (part of the reason it has become the popular hangout it is), so for me the ignore thing is a less relevant function.
Re: Thoughts about ignoring "anonymous"
We have thought about ignoring anonymous posters - and we're still thinking.
Re: Thoughts about ignoring "anonymous"
Drew,
There is a way that you could use this to identify who the anon is - assuming they ever use their real handle on posts. You'd have to be pretty determined to do it, and not have too much of a life...
One pooter logged on as you, with your anon post on ignore. Another pooter not logged in, then you compare forums until you find a post from a user that's missing from the other PC. Aha, we've found the handle of our anon friend.
Of course you could stop this by handling the anon posts and handle posts separately for ignoring purposes. Or just decide that it's too much effort for too little risk.
But there might be a risk to regular posters who go anon to dish the dirt on their own employers, as happens occasionally. And the big ones with online reputation management bods might even be determined enough to go digging.
Am I being paranoid here? Or am I not being paranoid enough...
A 404 that isn't, found in Cafè Vulture
Cafè Vulture / Chew the Fat.
I have a feeling this was an unclean and probably a tad hasty removal of a topic that I would have considered objectionable (as most decent people, I would imagine). The problem is that it seems to have left some residue, and a cache refresh doesn't help - this stuff is still served.
Page URL: http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2012/11/24/MyBackDoor_The_male_psyche_and_rape/
What is produced:
Gone
The requested resource
/forum/1/2012/11/24/MyBackDoor_The_male_psyche_and_rape/
is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.
Re: A 404 that isn't, found in Cafè Vulture
Thanks for the tip.
New Editing Bug
I've just spotted a bug in editing. When I edit a post, and hit submit, it takes me to the post's own page, rather than back to the thread in context.
However, what it takes you to is the page of the old, un-edited post. When I checked I'd got the change right, it wasn't showing. Until I checked it again via my posts list.
Not sure if this is a bug or whether I'm missing something, but I seem to have lost the ability to post any HTML as the tags just get displayed when previewing the post
(I only tend to use tags like b and i - not the sort of thing that should cause any issues I think - and I would prefer to avoid posting messages that I can't edit if it's going to be poorly laid out because of HTML tags being displayed instead of actually formatting the text).
I also seem to have lost the ability to start new topics.
If this is just a boneheaded mistake on my part and I have missed something then please could somebody point me in the right direction? If its not and it's also not a bug then what did I do to be limited in this way?
Clicking on your username, that's because you joined today, and only have 5 posts. Which is odd, given I'm certain I've seen your posts before. Can you see more than 5 of your previous posts? As they've disappeared for me.
The Reg has made you an un-person...
privileges removed
recently we changed account privileges, awarding by commentard handle, rather than by account. There is a discussion of this contained within this thread.
It looks like you changed your public handle recently.
The good news is that you can start topics after having five comments accepted under your current handle.
The bad news is that you need to have 100 comments accepted before we allow live html.
I will check what changes if any have been any recent changes about html - I thought that sprung into live after five public comments accepted too.
Also our house rules / FAQ may give you some more pointers.
Android app won't start
Hi,
Since a few weeks now, I can't use the register app for android on any of my devices.
WiFi, 3g same issue.
Each time I try to run it, I get "page not found, please try again later", then the app closes.
I am based in Switzerland if that makes any difference.
Works fine from a browser pc or android.
New comments box on hardware pages seems buggy in Opera and IE
When there are no comments, the box code looks like this (spaces added to stop site from actually parsing HTML):
< div class="comment_block">< /div>
and indeed there is no link to post a comment. At first I thought comments were disabled, but upon returning to a page later, I saw the quote box with the number and link, and indeed the source for an article where comments have been posted looks like:
< div class="comment_block">< div class="comments">< a class="count " title="View comments on this article" href="..../">22< /a>< div>< /div>
Next I thought this was a script incompatibilty with Opera (12.13), but it also happens in IE 9 (only other browser I currently have on this machine, sorry.)
Re: New comments box on hardware pages seems buggy in Opera and IE
Oh yeah, just remembered I now have an iPhone (again, sorry). This is also how it looks in Safari: no initial comments link.
New site layout slightly knackered w/o jscript
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/08/game_column_feb/> auto-borks with images not resizing so spreading out over right margin. You surely don't need js to resize images...
On win2k8, browser is FX 10.0.12 ESR.
Re: New site layout slightly knackered w/o jscript
Different parts of the site will have different widths; our web team opted to use JS to resize pics as required.
The print version of the page doesn't require JS TTBOMK
eg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/08/game_column_feb/print.html
C.
No way to create a new thread?!
I can find no button or link when signed in to create a new forum thread. This might be something on my side as I see others creating threads, but I've tried across IE 10, Firefox 19 and Opera 12 all to no avail.
Re: No way to create a new thread?!
So, StanBumps, you currently have 4 comments accepted for publication.
<snip>
Create a new topic
You can start a new topic if you have at least five posts accepted and published. (Withdrawing your fifth post will remove the permission.) After your fifth post is accepted it takes up to one hour for the new permission to take effect. Click on Forums home page log-in. The Create a new topic link lives in the Forums Box on the right hand side of the page.
</snip>
The five comments threshold is there to catch out spammers.
Re: No way to create a new thread?!
Ah, I see, my apologies.
Thanks Drewc for your response.
expand/minimise comment behavior
Hi,
The behaviour of expand/minimise comment behaviour appears to have changed in the last day or so.
On desktop/Ubuntu/chrome 23.0.1271.17 it works as expected - hit the expand/minimise link and comment expands/contracts with no fuss.
On galaxy sIII with T-Mobile jelly bean and chrome 25.0.1364.169 expand increases the space properly but shrinks the font size from small to miniscule. Minimise reduces the expanded space a bit but the font remains shrunken.
On Windows 7 chrome 24.0.132.57 the link behaves properly.
This could be a chrome bug rather than El Reg... but you are better placed to report that than me.
As an old-ish git I would like the font size to remain fixed or i will have to start carrying a magnifying glass as well as the phone!
Re: expand/minimise comment behavior
We'll check it out,
thanks,
Drew
Small edit tweak - feature or bug?
I noticed that the anon status of a post cannot be changed when you haul it back into edit mode. If the author forgets to tick the "post anon" box (or has done the opposite), the only option at present is to pull the post completely because the changed status of the tick box is not recognised.
Feature? :)
Re: Small edit tweak - feature or bug?
Fred, this is not an intended feature. We'll fix.
Dunno how far back in the thread ElReg looks ...
http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/containing/1777093
Badge-y bug
Dear El Reg,
It looks like your badge-making script is sadly not working properly. I noticed this post complaining about lack of bronze badge, and then three more people in another thread: here, here and here.
Remember what happened to Microsoft when they forgot to keep running their browser choice script. Just think how much the EU might fine you for failing to badge-ify your commentards as promised!
Re: Badge-y bug
Thanks Drew, received the confirm last night.
Now to find something else to rant about.
/me searches for global warming thread.
Re: Badge-y bug
Ah, you've been enobled. Admitted to the order of the bronze vulture.
By the way, turkey vultures cool themselves by urinating on their own legs. I believe that this is obligatory, once you've joined the Register's secret club. You might smell a bit, but you'll be the coolest cat in the computer room...
Re: Badge-y bug - fixed
As of April 8.
Thanks for the catch.
I can't log in. (Trying to report a post which is obviously spam from a crank/vapour ware pedlar, I'll let you guess who) and I'm told I have to be logged in. I also, on the right side little log-in box get "Welcome, since when?. (Not you? Log in here.)" I've always had the Welcome, (with no name).
Anyway I try to log in and it don't work. No wrong password message, just keeps refreshing the same screen.
ur website is broked.
This is a new one
Forwarding to our tech team, who might contact you by email for more details.
HTML posting problem
When I try to post comments with the <blink>tag</blink>, it doesn't seem to work. Please could El Reg look into this.
I noticed your article on how Firefox were phasing it out, and thought it needed a last hurrah.
Pwetty pllllleeeeeeeeaaassse.
Re: HTML posting problem
No. Please do NOT enable blink. Like disco, it still sucks.
On the other hand, it's a useful "nothing to see here, move on" wetware filter ;-)
