I'm not going to disagree. I do see the "'baby on board?' why then I won't kill you!" aspect of it.
I think people know to be careful, especially if they've made a mistake once already.
How about a mention in the HTML page though?
[format edit]
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
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John H - Dec 04, 2002 4:19:03 pm PST #1838 of 10000
§ ita § - Dec 04, 2002 4:20:09 pm PST #1839 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah -- that's probably better.
Jon B. - Dec 04, 2002 4:35:36 pm PST #1840 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How about a mention in the HTML page though?
Makes sense. Done.
Liese S. - Dec 04, 2002 5:14:30 pm PST #1841 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
So when a bad coder codes badly, their (corrected and harmless but ugly) message will not show up in the thread, but instead they will be headed off into another page to edit? So, no public humiliation, but the potential for user frustration if they a) can't figure out what they did and b) needed a timely post? Is this okay?
If the post is harmlessified, then do we need to cause a forced edit?
Hrmm...
John H - Dec 04, 2002 5:21:06 pm PST #1842 of 10000
I believe the theory at the moment is that formatting errors, like unclosed bold tags that make the whole of the rest of the page bold, would be fixed.
Whether to say "Hey! I had to fix that post!" is still in debate?
The other kind of error with the unclosed quotes would result in a "I'm not going ahead with this post" kind of error, for the reason that finding it is a lot easier than fixing it, and that it means huge chunks of the page go missing.
Jon B. - Dec 04, 2002 5:29:05 pm PST #1843 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If the post is harmlessified, then do we need to cause a forced edit?
To prevent embarrassment?
It would be made harmless, but it will probably still look ugly. If the poster can't figure out what he did (or doesn't care), he can still click post and accept the Stompomatic's changes as is. One extra click won't make the post less timely.
Katie M - Dec 04, 2002 5:32:32 pm PST #1844 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Incidentally, I actually made a drop-the-quotation-mark error the other day and it showed up asterisked out. I assume y'all know that, but I was briefly startled. (It was whitefont - I briefly thought "oh my God, the board doesn't like spoilers anymore!" before coming to my senses.)
Liese S. - Dec 04, 2002 5:34:48 pm PST #1845 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm okay with that. Just clarifying.
John H - Dec 04, 2002 5:51:14 pm PST #1846 of 10000
I actually made a drop-the-quotation-mark error the other day and it showed up asterisked out. I assume y'all know that, but I was briefly startled.
Huh?
Signed, startled of Sydney.
Jon B. - Dec 04, 2002 6:49:41 pm PST #1847 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Huh?
'Twas my reaction as well. Maybe the SecretHiddenAsterisks near the bottom of the page became a part of the post?
startled of Sydney
Sydney who? And why is he startling?