# "Ignore" and "Search" Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083 "2020-08-02T14:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/21 "2020-08-04T12:33:14Z")

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I did not mean to insult you.

I literally did the very thing I described–I didn’t use the dropdown, hoping I could avoid setting a time limit. It didn’t work.

I also thought it possible that, since you didn’t mention the dropdown, you didn’t see it, that it didn’t look like a dropdown in your theme, or that it didn’t appear due to scaling.

It’s just the way I deal with tech issues: point out the most basic thing first. You’d be surprised how often that fixes the problem. However, I apologize for not including a disclaimer, and allowing you to think I was trying to insult you. Such was not my intent.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignore-and-search-questions/917083/22 "2020-08-04T14:45:54Z")

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> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> When you enter a name, try waiting for it to find the name, and then click on what it offers. It won’t work unless it finds the name for itself

Thank you, that worked.

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