# Problem children / punch list for fixes / TIPS AND TRICKS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044 "2020-06-22T01:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/344 "2020-06-28T16:09:30Z")
Oh, I see. But it’s always below the text in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/345 "2020-06-28T16:15:03Z")
Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/346 "2020-06-28T17:02:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > There also seems to be some kind of (rudimentary?) grammar checker. > While playing around on the demo site, there was some question over whether there was a minimum number of characters for a post, and whether that was some number like 10 or 20. So I made a test post with just some junk text like > “xxxxxxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyzzzzzzzzzzz” > or some such, and I got a “mod-bot note” that it doesn’t look like a meaningful post. But it gave me the option to post it anyway. This board does a lot of intrusive stuff. This just seems like ailurophobia. Or maybe inebriphobia. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/347 "2020-06-28T17:04:54Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Round avatars. Nope. Should be easy to make them square. See [https://www.freecodecamp.org/forum/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/forum/). For a precious few days, I thought my time had come… ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/348 "2020-06-29T13:33:15Z")
Problem I didn’t see reported yet: If someone posts a full URL (that isn’t in an info box), the whole URL is always displayed, even if it’s really long. On vBulletin, these would be collapsed if they got too long. I’ve seen URLs that take up 5 lines here, because people just copy the URL from Google or some other setup that uses a lot of options (parts after the ? in th URL). It would be nice if those would collapse. I do also believe there may be some URLs that can’t get info boxes–like if they aren’t allowed to be crawled. So telling everyone to always put the URL on a separate line (which normally makes an infobox, if I understand correctly) may not be a solution. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/349 "2020-06-29T13:36:37Z")
Also, is there any move to fix other formatting issues besides the quote and spoilers? I sometimes see tags that don’t work here. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/350 "2020-06-29T13:56:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > telling everyone to always put the URL on a separate line (which normally makes an infobox, if I understand correctly) may not be a solution. The infobox also automatically takes the first few lines as the quote; which may not be the part of the article (or whatever) that’s most relevant to the thread, so I often want to quote a different part instead. You can, however, make the link appear as highlighted text of your choice: highlight desired text; at the top of the reply window, click on the interlinked chains icon; paste the link into the resulting popup and click OK. – same way as on the old boards, except a different symbol is used for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/351 "2020-06-29T14:00:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve seen URLs that take up 5 lines here, because people just copy the URL from Google or some other setup that uses a lot of options (parts after the ? in th URL). It would be nice if those would collapse. With those, I try deleting as much of the options as possible without breaking the link. For one thing, I don’t want the link to trace back to me. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/352 "2020-06-29T22:54:09Z")
ok here’s another stupid question - I boogie into **CS** , and I’m like - um, how do I start a thread? 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/353 "2020-06-30T00:02:57Z")
At the top of the page you should see a button that says “New Topic.” Click that to start a new thread. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/354 "2020-06-30T00:18:15Z")
Ah, thanks. (always use screen much smaller, so, good thing for feces and laughter I figured - why not maximize the screen, and voila - tucked way over on the right.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/355 "2020-06-30T01:20:44Z")
How do you quote only part of someone’s post when their post is a reply to another post? I’ve highlighted only part of the text, but it doesn’t work and instead quotes both that person’s entire post and also the post they themselves replied to. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/356 "2020-06-30T01:22:29Z")
Are you highlighting and then clicking on the gray quote symbol that pops up? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/357 "2020-06-30T15:06:00Z")
Bah humbug - Some posts have the replies to the posts nested, is there a way to format so they are automatically unnested - so I don’t have to click on the arrow to see the responses? My damned chemobrain sometimes makes me so stupid that I don’t see/can’t see/ignore/waffle out and not expand the thread. However you want to explain it, I need to know if I can get it so it doesnlt hide stuff, please? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/358 "2020-06-30T15:14:05Z")
The replies are still listed below in unthreaded format. The nested replies are duplicates in case you want to read them threaded. You can safely ignore them and not miss anything. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/359 "2020-07-01T11:04:19Z")
But I like to read them threaded, chemobrain makes it sort of difficult to track sometimes [hell, I have been known to forget what I was saying halfway through a paragraph occasionally] so I want them to present threaded as default =) ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/360 "2020-07-02T04:54:58Z")
Has anybody had an issue with log outs? I forgot to log out last night and when I came back this evening I was still logged in. This kind of worries me as the old board would autolog you out after a certain period of inactivity, which I liked since I often forget to log off or simply doze off if its late enough or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/361 "2020-07-02T05:37:22Z")
There’s a short-cut for logging out, BTW. Just type ZZ (Capital Z twice) and it logs you out. This is not exactly a Discourse invention. I’ve seen it at other sites too. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/362 "2020-07-02T05:45:17Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > Has anybody had an issue with log outs? > > I forgot to log out last night and when I came back this evening I was still logged in. > > This kind of worries me as the old board would autolog you out after a certain period of inactivity, which I liked since I often forget to log off or simply doze off if its late enough or whatever. The old site never logged me out. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/363 "2020-07-02T13:59:06Z")
The old board never logged me out automatically. Neither does this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044.md?page=19)