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| 2010-11-13 |
| We are having some apparent issues with the submission of articles by everyone, guests, regulars and mods. The issue is some elements of stories are "disappearing", such as headlines and the like. I do not think this is a technical issue rather than a human one, but I want to give everyone a heads up just in case we do have an actual technical problem. If you submit an article, please make certain a headline is written. That includes articles with just simple links. I have found in the submissions interface if you post too quickly with a slow link, some of what you have submitted will disappear, because of the automated antispam scans. In other words, please take care that the page has fully loaded before making submissions. That may be the more likely proximate cause of the "disappearances." This ain't a race, and you don't get free content or discounts of your next purchase from rantburg.com if you post quickly, so please take take care and take the time to ensure all the elements of the story you post are in the post when you submit your post. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 The space key will submit the article if the tab is on the submit key as well, so it is not necessary to hit enter to post an article; the point being in posting articles is to take your time and if you are in a hurry, just don't post. I have several instances on any given day in the course of rewriting Mexican news that hitting just the right combo of keys will cause the text to highlight and disappear. In that case, all you have to do is to go to edit and select Undo as many times as needed to recover the text you accidentally deleted. And when you post it may be helpful not to close a browser window when you are done because if you do make a mistake, you can then see what you did, report it to the mods in the O-club and we can clean it up from there. |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-11-13 15:31 |
| #4 I have been caught out this way in the past, and it might be a minor technical thing. While writing or pasting the headline, or the article for submission, I accidentally hit the enter key and it posts before I'm ready. I *think* it was when I was manually typing in a headline different from the original article. So a simple test would be to type something in the title, text or source box and hit the enter key. If it posts, that might be the problem. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-13 15:18 |
| #3 Premature postjaculation... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-13 13:52 |
| #2 post too quickly with a slow link |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-11-13 13:48 |
| #1 But... but... I need to be the first to break the story!! I haven't had an issue but I'll keep this in mind if I do. Thanks badanov. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-13 13:06 |