ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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Bulldogtrekker has experienced a strange problem on All Sci-Fi during the last two days.

On several occasions he has been helping me fix the three question marks — ??? — that appear in many posts because of a problem which occurred when the database was imported from Randy’s server to mine.

While editing one of his posts, he hit “Preview” and suddenly received a message which said, “You’re not authorized to edit this post.” And then it logged him out!

This is a very serious problem, and I need to know if any other members have experienced it or anything like it. If you have, please reply to this message so that Raj Patel can review your comments and investigate the matter.

Thanks
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Gord Green]

Bud, I've been editing a number of posts in the past few days and have NOT run into that problem......However, I usually don't preview, I go right to submit.
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Bud Brewster]

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Thanks, Gord! I know that Bulldogtrekker will appreciate this info.

Concerning the advantages of Previewing a post before hitting Submit, I was surprised by your reply!

I NEVER hit Submit until I've checked my posts repeatedly by hitting Preview several times. In fact, I always hit Preview right before hitting Submit one last time. Hitting Submit from the composition window would be like turning out the lights in my living room at night and THEN trying to walk from the sofa to the stairs in the dark!

Whenever I've tried doing that, I always bump into the coffee table!

Now I always turn on the stairway light first, and then turn out the living room lights. And for that same reason, I always hit Preview repeatedly to make sure the formatting codes for things like italics, bold, and size are correct before hitting Submit.

If EVERYBODY did that, I would spend a lot less time as site admin fixing mistakes our members made . . . and didn't notice!

I also fix our member's misspelled words, missing spaces between words and commas, and missing paragraph breaks that crowd the text together when our valued members forget to hit "enter".

I do all this because I want all the posts contributed by our members to be free from typos which might distract from their interesting and intelligent messages! Typos are like ugly pimples on a lovely woman's face!

In conclusion, folks, please hit Preview before submitting your posts, to be sure your fine submissions look as beautiful as you wanted them to be.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[bulldogtrekker]

I thought I might be right-clicking the touchpad instead of left clicking at preview. That is not it. When I hit preview, instead of a preview, I am log out most of the time.

PS: I tried hitting submit without previewing, and I still received the Sorry, you can only edit your own posts. It was my own post

This message logs me out.

PSS: As of 9:30 PM today, it is working again.

[Gord Green]

I DO preview all of my own posts, but when editing I've found it quicker to peruse the post for errors to correct, note them, and then hit edit to change the necessary errors.

I carefully note what the applicable correction should be, (", -,", or ' as a rule). I find it faster and so far an accurate method.

I'm also very careful that the content context is unchanged. When I'm satisfied that the corrections are completed I hit "submit". Rarely I've had to go back and fix something I missed...but very rarely.
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[alltare]

But Bud, how can WE edit YOUR mistakes?

[orzel-w]

[Gord Green]

I've given Bud full permission to edit any of my posts (I am a terrible speller --(But I've always felt that spelling was optional after all!).

Don't tell Bud, but I've corrected some of his posts as well! Shhhhush!

Buit then sometimes I think we share a group mind!
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Bud Brewster]