WATCH ERRORS!!! Vain - HELP!!!
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Sorus wrote:Glad to help.
The thread is renamed.
Thanks again, Sorus! Apparently I had some "coding" problem that was affecting my ability to "cut-and-paste" (I prefer to type up my longer posts outside of Kevin's Watch and then bring them into a Watch post--I've lost a half hour's worth of work once trying to type a long post directly into Kevin's Watch that then wouldn't submit ).
Anyhow, if you don't mind, Sorus, I'll continue to use the thread you created for me. Thanks again!
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I got it a few times last week too. I've mailed Vain about it. What worked for me was going and posting in a different thread, then coming back to the one where I got the error.
Cord Hurn, your problem is clearly that you use IE though.
Also, there's a browser plug-in called Lazarus Form Recovery that lets you recover anything you typed into a form or the reply box or whatever which is useful if you tend to type long posts.
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Cord Hurn, your problem is clearly that you use IE though.
Also, there's a browser plug-in called Lazarus Form Recovery that lets you recover anything you typed into a form or the reply box or whatever which is useful if you tend to type long posts.
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Hey, I figured something out.
When I was quoting text that used a "right single quotation mark", I would get the error.
Your keyboard produces "single quote", which leans neither right nor left. But things pasted in from other sources might have the type that leans either to the left or the right. Right single quotation mark is often used as an apostrophe.
’ - Right single quotation mark
' - Single quotation mark
‘ - Left single quotation mark
(Mystery: If you cannot enter a post with a right single quotation mark ... how did I do it just now?)
Here's the real mystery: Why did I never hit this error in 11 years, and then I got it all over the place?
When I was quoting text that used a "right single quotation mark", I would get the error.
Your keyboard produces "single quote", which leans neither right nor left. But things pasted in from other sources might have the type that leans either to the left or the right. Right single quotation mark is often used as an apostrophe.
’ - Right single quotation mark
' - Single quotation mark
‘ - Left single quotation mark
(Mystery: If you cannot enter a post with a right single quotation mark ... how did I do it just now?)
Here's the real mystery: Why did I never hit this error in 11 years, and then I got it all over the place?
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Well, I can answer the real mystery but not the Mystery.
The reason is that there may have apparently been mod security changes on the server.
Vain replied to me. Says he's investigating it. Also says if anybody gets that error, please email him the post you were trying to make. You can PM me for his email, or you can mail it to me (my address is in my profile) and I'll forward it to him.
It is possible that some character combinations could be being prevented by the mod security (although damned if I know why that should be the case.)
I've sent him your post above WF.
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The reason is that there may have apparently been mod security changes on the server.
Vain replied to me. Says he's investigating it. Also says if anybody gets that error, please email him the post you were trying to make. You can PM me for his email, or you can mail it to me (my address is in my profile) and I'll forward it to him.
It is possible that some character combinations could be being prevented by the mod security (although damned if I know why that should be the case.)
I've sent him your post above WF.
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January 22 - In this date's issue of the journal Engineering, the word "computer", is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Okay. That worked. The only thing I removed was a hyphen between '22' and 'In'. When I added it back manually, it was accepted.
Okay. That worked. The only thing I removed was a hyphen between '22' and 'In'. When I added it back manually, it was accepted.
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Yep. If you quote my last post in a reply, it won't be accepted.
Something doesn't like Extended ASCII characters. Which is probably bad for international posters. Or anyone trying to spell Wurd with a diaeresis. (I tested, it fails.)
Wrd!
Something doesn't like Extended ASCII characters. Which is probably bad for international posters. Or anyone trying to spell Wurd with a diaeresis. (I tested, it fails.)
Wrd!
... That's an em dash.Article '1897' in Wikipedia wrote:January 22 — In this date's issue of the journal Engineering, the word "computer", is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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There's an extended ascii character somewhere. Probably looks like a quote or a dash, or it may be a letter with a diacritical mark.I'm Murrin wrote:I'm getting a "Not Acceptable" error when trying to post in Gen SF/F right now. Post is just a URL and quote of an awards shortlist, it's saying it can't find an appropriate representation of posting.php.
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