You don't need to close threads anymore, victor. Well, actually, I was the only one that could, since I'd not written that code yet.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
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§ ita § - Dec 02, 2002 10:27:33 pm PST #1821 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
victor infante - Dec 02, 2002 10:28:50 pm PST #1822 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
You don't need to close threads anymore, victor. Well, actually, I was the only one that could, since I'd not written that code yet.
Ah. That explains it. Still, I think I'm going to refrain from trying to be useful and stick to whiting out spoilers and the like.
DCJensen - Dec 04, 2002 8:56:46 am PST #1823 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
oops wrong thread.
§ ita § - Dec 04, 2002 10:00:15 am PST #1824 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DCJ, what formatting are you losing?
John H - Dec 04, 2002 3:38:46 pm PST #1825 of 10000
OK here's a thing.
I want to send personal email to Buffista X.
I don't have their email address handy.
They haven't posted lately.
Their profile may or may not contain their email address, because that's an option.
My powers as an admin allow me to go and find it, but the page doesn't allow me to see whether they want their email public or private. So using that method to find their email address would be an abuse of my stompy-footed powers.
Also as that method is only available to stompies, not fair to non-stompies.
The solution is to use the search engine to find a post by the user, click on their name and find their email address, if it's public. But it's not a great solution.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 04, 2002 3:40:37 pm PST #1826 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Having been in that situation, John, I can say that one thing I dislike about using the search function for that is that you have to remember exactly how everyone spells and capitalizes their name. Which is sometimes hard when they have changed their user name from board to board.
§ ita § - Dec 04, 2002 3:41:07 pm PST #1827 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are you saying you want an indication on the admin page if the e-mail is hidden?
Jesse - Dec 04, 2002 3:42:56 pm PST #1828 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I just want more people to have their emails available -- the default is hidden, I think?
John H - Dec 04, 2002 3:45:23 pm PST #1829 of 10000
Are you saying you want an indication on the admin page if the e-mail is hidden?
I think that would be good, certainly.
It still leaves everyone else in the situation of having to ask an admin to get it for them or use the search, but it would assuage my guilt at looking people up the stompy way.
§ ita § - Dec 04, 2002 3:54:14 pm PST #1830 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm all for erring on the side of privacy.
Done, John.