# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=315 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 316 --- ## [Phantom Posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-posts/389022)
**Author:** [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-posts/389022 "2007-01-23T00:45:46Z")
I started this thread about two or three hours ago. Later, I saw it had received one reply, so I reopened it to find two replies. I just assumed that the second one had just slid in there seconds earlier, but it had ac… --- ## [thread subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767)
**Author:** [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-subscriptions/388767 "2007-01-22T21:50:27Z")
Are email thread subscriptions working? I’m getting replies to a thread, but no emails. --- ## [It' back! Thanks Jerry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-back-thanks-jerry/389001)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-back-thanks-jerry/389001 "2007-01-22T21:41:49Z")
Jerry, thanks for all your hard work in making the switch to the new server, including the maintenance work today to get it back in order. When I heard you were going to a new server, I thought we’d have problems, but I… --- ## [I love you, fellow dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you-fellow-dopers/388630)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you-fellow-dopers/388630 "2007-01-22T18:24:23Z")
let’s try this again - can I fix my thread title? --- ## [Bravo New Server](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-new-server/388754)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-new-server/388754 "2007-01-22T16:43:20Z")
Well, I for one find the boards much faster. I’m pretty much “meh” on the editing feature, but I suppose it will come in handy on those too frequent typos. In any case, thanks to the sys-admins who put it in and made i… --- ## [Is GQ still needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gq-still-needed/388297)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gq-still-needed/388297 "2007-01-22T14:58:50Z")
In recent months, I’m seeing a rise in “Why post your stupid question here, when you can find an answer with thirty seconds of a good Google search?” responses to General Questions threads. With Google and Wikipedia clo… --- ## [Blank posts in the Brownback GD thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-posts-in-the-brownback-gd-thread/388907)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-posts-in-the-brownback-gd-thread/388907 "2007-01-22T14:03:00Z")
Here, posts 33, 35, and 36. There’s stuff in the text box when I post, but the post is blank. An attempt to edit shows up as another blank post, but the reason for editing appears. I even closed the thread and reopene… --- ## [Hard-wired IP address in emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-wired-ip-address-in-emails/388656)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-wired-ip-address-in-emails/388656 "2007-01-22T13:54:27Z")
Today I have been receiving emails from SDMB with links containing numeric IP addresses (these are the normal emails informing me of replies to threads that I subscribe to). My mail client (Eudora) treats these links as … --- ## [Sans abuse, any chance of increasing the time limit on Edits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sans-abuse-any-chance-of-increasing-the-time-limit-on-edits/388890)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sans-abuse-any-chance-of-increasing-the-time-limit-on-edits/388890 "2007-01-22T13:52:06Z")
While I love the new editing feature, even five minutes isn’t enough at times, as this link indicates. Has their been any abuse of the system yet? If not, and if that continues to be the status quo, may I suggest exten… --- ## [Blank Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-thread/388914)
**Author:** [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-thread/388914 "2007-01-22T13:51:03Z")
Nawth Chucka’s MPSIMS OP here. I think it happened while the server was unresponsive for a bit. --- ## [Testing edit function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-edit-function/388613 "2007-01-22T13:39:29Z")
Lets see if this works then. two minutes later… does it still work ? --- ## [This thread title contans two erors.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-title-contans-two-erors/388624)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-title-contans-two-erors/388624 "2007-01-22T03:31:47Z")
Can I edit a thread title? --- ## [Major problem with Subscription links to threads !!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-problem-with-subscription-links-to-threads/388863)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-problem-with-subscription-links-to-threads/388863 "2007-01-21T19:24:52Z")
I use a HotMail account to get my SDMB thread subscription notifications. I am using Safari, the Macintosh browser on a machine running Mac OS-X 10.4.8 Today, out of nowhere, when I click on a subscription link to go to… --- ## [Edit function suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-function-suggestion/388641)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-function-suggestion/388641 "2007-01-21T04:02:32Z")
As the edit function is now implemented, it appears that when a poster edits his or her post and notes a reason for the edit, there is a tag line added noting the edit, the time of the edit, and the reason for the edit. … --- ## [so bit 12 why no editing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bit-12-why-no-editing/388671)
**Author:** [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bit-12-why-no-editing/388671 "2007-01-20T15:56:11Z")
to be edited? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697053&postcount=12 And this brings up another - if a thread is too old for your answers to be “edited” is it automatically considered a necro thread, n… --- ## [Please ignore - test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ignore-test-post/388677)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ignore-test-post/388677 "2007-01-20T05:48:17Z")
This is a tasty post. Well, it used to be two other things. I’ll be damned. --- ## [Long delay in Forum Jump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay-in-forum-jump/388646)
**Author:** [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delay-in-forum-jump/388646 "2007-01-20T04:00:27Z")
I realize there will be a shakedown period, but the new server just gave me the same result as the old one used to at times. I did a forum jump from GQ to GD. 2 min. and 35 seconds by my watch after I clicked on the sw… --- ## [Will there be a NEW RULE about what we can say in the edit reason field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-new-rule-about-what-we-can-say-in-the-edit-reason-field/388597)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-new-rule-about-what-we-can-say-in-the-edit-reason-field/388597 "2007-01-20T02:59:14Z")
Now that we can edit our posts - at least for a few minutes - will there be mod smackdowns if we don’t say why we did an edit, or if we say something silly? Can the mods use their magic powers to see what exactly we edi… --- ## [Moving to New Server Friday, January 19th @ 09:00 CST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522)
**Author:** [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-new-server-friday-january-19th-09-00-cst/388522 "2007-01-20T02:25:41Z")
See the announcement. --- ## [Suggest reinstating boards.straightdope.com redirect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619 "2007-01-19T22:58:41Z")
Not a big deal, but I’m used to coming to this site by boards.straightdope.com. It would redirect to boards.straightdope.com/SDMB, but as of now, it gives a “forbidden” error. It might make people who don’t remember the… --- ## [Will we get the PM option turned on on a trial basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-get-the-pm-option-turned-on-on-a-trial-basis/388611)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-get-the-pm-option-turned-on-on-a-trial-basis/388611 "2007-01-19T22:52:54Z")
The private message feature looked interesting on the test site. What is the chance of turning it on, on a trial basis? Is this something where the admins will try out one new feature at a time to see their general impa… --- ## [Hooray!! We made it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-we-made-it/388594)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-we-made-it/388594 "2007-01-19T21:42:53Z")
Is this the first post on the new server? I doubt it, but who cares, we made it! Woo hoo! :cool: And we can edit! Yay! --- ## [How to subscribe to a thread without posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-subscribe-to-a-thread-without-posting/388517)
**Author:** [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-subscribe-to-a-thread-without-posting/388517 "2007-01-19T02:38:42Z")
I found an old “post your picture” thread that I can’t get through while I’m at work. I want to somehow bookmark it for an easy return without posting in it (it’s a zombie thread). And even if I did the zombie thing wo… --- ## [Suggestion for server test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-server-test/388197)
**Author:** [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-server-test/388197 "2007-01-18T23:51:38Z")
Do you remember when you turned on the feature which tells posters what threads they’ve posted to, but putting a bullet on the thread icon? It loaded down the server like Orson Wells riding a chiuhaha, which is why it w… --- ## [Links to "free registration" news sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-free-registration-news-sites/388340)
**Author:** [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-free-registration-news-sites/388340 "2007-01-18T21:47:49Z")
I just posted a link to a newspaper’s website. BUT, I think it may be a free registration site, but I’m not sure. Are there any policies about linking to news sites that have “free registration requirements” that ask f… --- ## [How to ask a mod to change a thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-a-mod-to-change-a-thread-title/388353)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-a-mod-to-change-a-thread-title/388353 "2007-01-18T01:32:10Z")
I’ve never actually done this before, and I’m not sure what the protocol is. Do I report a post in the thread, and then ask? Do I use e-mail? I just don’t want to abuse a channel that I ought to use for something else… --- ## [Please enable RSS feeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-enable-rss-feeds/387808)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-enable-rss-feeds/387808 "2007-01-16T20:19:44Z")
Now that we have a fancy new server, please enable RSS feeds. I have done the math in this forum before, and users who use RSS for lurking use less bandwidth than people who read the actual board. I also offer my servic… --- ## [So what are Forums 8 to 11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-forums-8-to-11/387949)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-forums-8-to-11/387949 "2007-01-16T19:11:38Z")
List of Forums by Forum numbers. Comments on Cecil’s Columns = …/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=\*\*1 \*\* About This Message Board = …/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=2 General Questions = …/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3 Mundane Pointless… --- ## [Front page vs Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-page-vs-message-board/388183)
**Author:** [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-page-vs-message-board/388183 "2007-01-16T18:40:25Z")
I often see threads talking about articles I’ve not read yet, but appear on the www.straightdope.com front page within 24 hours of me reading about it. Am I just being daft or is there another way to get at these articl… --- ## [Sending private messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-private-messages/387628)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-private-messages/387628 "2007-01-16T05:40:56Z")
I wanted to send a private message to someone here at the dope and I get a message saying my account doesn’t allow it.What is wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=314) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=316)