Can't post in the tank, can post in mallory's?

Post by **Holsety** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:46 am

I tried to post in the tank, got an error (couldn't preview the msg or post it). I tried to post in mallory's, and it went through. I tried to post in the tank again, same error. I'll check back tomorrow, but let me know if this is a known issue and if there is anything I should do about it.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:26 am

What was the error?

Were you copying and pasting into the post from somewhere else?

Have you read this thread? The 406 Not Acceptable Error

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Post by **Savor Dam** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:49 am

Seconding Av's suggestion. Many of us have been tripped up by the new security features that forbid special characters, since we cut and paste from elsewhere...and many of those tools automatically substitute "smart quotes" and other print-pretty characters that our hosting infrastructure interprets as non-standard text that could be a hacking attempt.

Post by **StevieG** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 6:07 am

The universe is telling you something important, and you really can't ignore it

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 6:11 am

Note that the pound sign is one of the characters that isn't accepted, because 'merica.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:02 pm

After posting on the Watch for years, I myself was suddenly stymied by that infamous "406 Not Acceptable" error message!

The problem was I'd copied a quote off a webpage - and it turned out the left-quote and right-quote characters it had were non-ascii characters.

And then even when I knew what to look for, a bit later, it was surprisingly hard to locate all the left-quote and right-quote characters in a body of text!

Or is it not even letting you start to create a post?
(I think the Tank still has slightly different settings from other subforums, right?)

Post by **Holsety** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 4:13 am

I have been copy pasting and quoting...but the posts have only been copy and pastes from text on the tank. Still, maybe that's the problem. I'll see if only using quotes by using the quote button, as opposed to copy and pasting the completed posts, solves the problem.

If I get the error again I'll post it.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:09 pm

That can totally happen... wayfriend or someone pointed out that it's possible to post a non-ASCII character by using its funky ASCII code and stuff, but that then if someone tries to quote that portion of - bam! It appears as a non-ASCII character and stops that person with a "406 Not Acceptable" error.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:22 am

Yeah, that's probably it.

And no, the 'Tank has the same settings. Equality, y'know.

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Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:09 am

my plan is working it seems...

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:20 am

The plot thickens...

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Post by **MsMary** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:18 am

Did you use plot thickener?

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:14 am

Avatar wrote:The plot thickens...

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 4:36 am

MsMary wrote:Did you use plot thickener?

No, just Sgt Null.

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Post by **MsMary** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:10 am

Avatar wrote:
MsMary wrote:Did you use plot thickener?
No, just Sgt Null.

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Ha!

Post by **aTOMiC** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:39 pm

I'd rather post in Mallory's than the Tank. Does that count?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:12 am

I can't post in the Tank, due to the fact that I have standards.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:43 am

So does the 'Tank...low ones, but standards nonetheless...

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Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:39 am

it all come together. I see that Tom has found his way back.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:42 am

It's a start...

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Can't post in the tank, can post in mallory's?

Can't post in the tank, can post in mallory's?