What?
I'm in a quandry. What do I put in the "repot" text box? "This thread is completely pointless" seems about right, but that would invalidate a lot of other legitimate forum threads, as well. But this IS pointless AND meaningless...
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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"Post is devoid of meaningful communication", perhaps? I see it as akin to reporting a glitched blank/empty post: the poster wanted to say something, but circumstances prevented them from communicating the message effectively. They are always free to try again; meanwhile, the mods can clear away the deadwood.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I'm in a quandry. What do I put in the "repot" text box? "This thread is completely pointless" seems about right, but that would invalidate a lot of other legitimate forum threads, as well. But this IS pointless AND meaningless...
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oh noes you can change the font, quick roll back the forum, this is the end of times!!!!!
Nice to know that mousing over the thread before actually entering it translates from Webdings (or whatever that font is) to something standard. Still think the OP is rather lacking, because it actually reads:
"The value of testing [translated from Webdings]... before publishing.[/close translation]"
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Nice to know that mousing over the thread before actually entering it translates from Webdings (or whatever that font is) to something standard. Still think the OP is rather lacking, because it actually reads:
"The value of testing [translated from Webdings]... before publishing.[/close translation]" Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
Good to know too.
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Wait, wait... you're all seeing it in Webdings? I saw it in English...
And it was still stupid...
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Originally Posted by DKellis
"Post is devoid of meaningful communication", perhaps? I see it as akin to reporting a glitched blank/empty post: the poster wanted to say something, but circumstances prevented them from communicating the message effectively. They are always free to try again; meanwhile, the mods can clear away the deadwood.
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By the way, how do I quote someone such that I get a nested quote? Hitting "quote" simply gives me the lowest level of text in the post, skipping anything the post itself may have quoted.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I... don't know...
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Originally Posted by Furor
Err.. what?? How is that even possible?
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Um.. just seriously broke my stride. Oh well, point still made.
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Originally Posted by Zikar
I... don't know...
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You can copy-paste from the thread and insert (quote)(/quote) tags manually.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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By the way, how do I quote someone such that I get a nested quote? Hitting "quote" simply gives me the lowest level of text in the post, skipping anything the post itself may have quoted. |
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Originally Posted by DKellis
"Post is devoid of meaningful communication", perhaps? I see it as akin to reporting a glitched blank/empty post: the poster wanted to say something, but circumstances prevented them from communicating the message effectively. They are always free to try again; meanwhile, the mods can clear away the deadwood.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Advice taken and reported with those exact words.
By the way, how do I quote someone such that I get a nested quote? Hitting "quote" simply gives me the lowest level of text in the post, skipping anything the post itself may have quoted. |
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"...before publishing" is in English for me as well. I'm using Firefox, could that be a reason?
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Originally Posted by Zikar
Wait, wait... you're all seeing it in Webdings? I saw it in English...
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Just tested, shows in webdings in IE but normal English in Firefox.
"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
So, the OP called something out in a dingbats font and it displayed in that font? And this is supposed to be a problem?
Color me confused.
If Firefox does NOT show the symbols, then maybe the OP was using Firefox and thought that everyone else would also see it as a non-symbol font. I guess he's disappointed that the response is "what the heck?" rather than "LOL forums".
FWIW, I use Chrome and I saw "read" the dingbats just fine.
I love it when trolls pwn themselves.
People still use IE... are they masochists?
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Originally Posted by Leese
Just tested, shows in webdings in IE but normal English in Firefox.
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(I used to use Firefox mostly, but for some reason the Firefox on my main computer decided it couldn't keep me logged in to any forum I went to regularly anymore... Chrome has never had such problems, and it seems faster anyway.)
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Although I can't confirm this with my own experience, I've been told and read that IE8 is actually good.
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Originally Posted by Zikar
People still use IE... are they masochists?
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Well, I learned something from this thread. Firefox won't render webdings 
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper
Well, I learned something from this thread. Firefox won't render webdings
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Oddly enough my Firefox did. I see it all in normal English.
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Webdings is a symbol font. If you saw it in readable English, then Firefox did NOT render it correctly. It substituted another font instead.
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Originally Posted by KianaZero
Oddly enough my Firefox did. I see it all in normal English.
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. . . before publishing.