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By fcfcfc, Section Reviews Posted on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 01:36:54 AM MST
20 pole 3 phase post failed

I wrote a big reply to the 20 pole 3 phase gen posting, but my reply failed???
Nothing personal, but probably user error. We seldom remove comments unless they are combative, spam or way out of line. None were removed today that I can see in the logs so not sure what to say? What error did you get? "Reply failed" is pretty vague and not much info. Resectioned because it has absolutely nothing to do with "Wind".TW

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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by richhagen on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 01:56:57 AM MST

I have had that happen, most commonly when the subject line is too long in the original posting. If I use the browsers forward and back buttons, I can lose what I have typed. I know that can be frustrating. For that reason, I have on occassion taken to typing out longer responses in a text editor, and then pasting them into the comment window. That way, if it does dissappear into that giant vacuum of the internet somewhere, or wherever that place is that one half of my socks and gloves end up, I have a copy to paste in. Rich
'A Joule saved is a Joule made'

Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by fcfcfc on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 02:07:41 AM MST

Hi: Yes, I use a test editor too except I closed the editor before I realized the post failed. I shortened the subject line which seemed to do the trick, though the subject is auto created on reply so not sure how the original subject succeeds and the reply fails unless it is the extra 3 characters "RE:" that kills it...

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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by jmk on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 05:17:48 AM MST

I don't like the way spell check works, so I always write my stuff up in write mail, spell check it then cut and paste to the post comment page. Anything you loose could be just repast back on again until you cut or copy again.
jmk
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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by jmk on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 05:26:23 AM MST

I have noticed several times too ,when commenting, The post failed do to more than fifty characters in subject line. This always boggled me because it's the posters subject line that was automatically carried over to my comment. Then I delete half of what they wrote in the subject to get it to go through
jmk
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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by finnsawyer on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 10:19:27 AM MST

Amen, brother, Amen.
GeoM
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Punctuation in title bug... (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by TomW on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 05:50:24 AM MST

There is a bug in Scoop. When a poster uses punctuation, particularly ["] a quote[s]. You cannot reply until you take them out.

If the return page after you "submit" does not specifically say comment posted thank you blah blah ... You should assume it failed to post.

I try to catch these stories with the reply problem but I am only one guy with a bit of a life beyond this computer so some slip through. Kurt probably fixes them too but it would be nice if users didn't use quotes in story titles.

To change the title in your reply just highlight the title with the mouse and type in your new title.

Sorry your post got eaten by the web. Typically I blame Bill Gates because it feels so right.

Cheers.

TomW

The Truth is the Truth, even if no one believes it; and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it

Re: Punctuation in title bug... (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by Volvo farmer on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 07:01:49 PM MST

TomW wrote:
There is a bug in Scoop.

I thought Scoop was the bug. :-)

Volvo Farmer

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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by ghurd on Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 09:43:03 PM MST

What gets my goat is a thing at X:01 O'clock.
"page not available", or something like that...
So I click 'back' and often it reloads the page fresh, meaning everything is gone.

And it never happens on something short like this,
it happens after 2 hours of hunt-n-peck typing!
G-
Ghurd.info

Top of hour bug.. (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by TomW on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 05:22:24 AM MST

I have told DanB this problem is getting worse.

Apparently it has low to no priority.

Perhaps a rally or petition will spark some effort to remedy it?

Whats even more interesting is it is starting to be an "every 20 minutes bug" here.

If I had the access to check this stuff out I would pull in some resources to look into it, but I don't. Nothing I can do.

Cheers.

TomW

The Truth is the Truth, even if no one believes it; and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it

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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by DamonHD on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:35:12 AM MST

Hi G,

I frequently see this site down for several minutes at a stretch, but hadn't noticed any particular correlation with time of day.

Rgds

Damon
"Once you have licked the windows of freedom your tongue gets stuck."
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Re: Post failed (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by ghurd on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:02:24 AM MST

Happens at X:01 ~ X:06 to me.
It's worse with this Vista laptop because it wants to reload more often, or this Phishing filter, verification, anti-everything stuff the wife makes me use since I made 'her' XP machine very ill.

Never had a 20 minute thing.

Will this post at 12:01 my time? We'll see by the stamp.
G-
Ghurd.info
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