# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/62 "2020-06-22T04:18:12Z")
I think I like that feature. ---
**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 22, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/63 "2020-06-22T04:25:51Z")
Do note that clicking the reply button on its own and not highlighting text to quote will mean that it isn’t immediately clear which post you are replying to. It doesn’t quote anything. I will likely be highlighting for every reply. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/64 "2020-06-22T04:25:59Z")
@TubaDiva: Did you implement a time-out for editing of our prior posts? I see that I can’t edit posts I made a while back. Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/65 "2020-06-22T04:26:14Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Will it be possible to bring over some selected threads from the Brigadoon forum? For example, that Tulsa thread had a lively conversation going. There were a few other notably active threads too. I would like this also. The Tulsa thread was IMO the best “conversation” the Dope has had in a while. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/66 "2020-06-22T04:27:02Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > I have the Sam’s Simple template as the default, and … round avatars. 😒 I have Sam’s Simple as well. Square avatars in Google Chrome/Win7, and round avatars on Safari/iPhone 6. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/67 "2020-06-22T04:28:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Do note that clicking the reply button on its own and not highlighting text to quote will mean that it isn’t clear which post you are replying to–it only indicates the user. > > (I did it because I’m not replying to anyone.) You can also do this: Click Reply at the bottom of a post, without highlighting any text first. Then, in the compose box, note the left-most icon in the tool-bar, that looks like a little speech-bubble. Click on that, and it imports the entire post you’re quoting for you. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/68 "2020-06-22T04:28:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > @TubaDiva: Did you implement a time-out for editing of our prior posts? I see that I can’t edit posts I made a while back. Just wondering I was fiddling with edits another post earlier. It looks there’s still a 5 minute window. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/69 "2020-06-22T04:30:19Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I was fiddling with edits another post earlier. It looks there’s still a 5 minute window. Okay, so I think that indicates that TPTB did configure an edit time-out. In the demo site, there is no such time-out and you can edit your own posts forever as far as I know. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/70 "2020-06-22T04:32:06Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I have Sam’s Simple as well. Square avatars in Google Chrome/Win7, and round avatars on Safari/iPhone 6. I’m using Firefox on a Mac. Had round avatars at first, now the circles are squared with Sam’s. That’s the problem with web design. Write once, debug everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/71 "2020-06-22T04:32:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Click Reply at the bottom of a post, without highlighting any text first. Then, in the compose box, note the left-most icon in the tool-bar, that looks like a little speech-bubble. Click on that, and it imports the entire post you’re quoting for you. I wonder why Discourse decouples replying to a post apart from embedding the quote? Never seen any other board software do that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/72 "2020-06-22T04:34:14Z")
No, sorry, no “dislike”. It will be used politically. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/73 "2020-06-22T04:34:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think I like that feature. round avatars? being automatically logged out? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/74 "2020-06-22T04:36:59Z")
Referring to the post immediately above: I think he’s referring to my remark that discobot told me I’ve posted more than 21% of the posts in this thread and suggested that I back off and let some other people get some posts in. ETA: Oh, another thing: If you quote the immediately previous post in its entirety, the quote gets automatically deleted (as happened in this post). ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/75 "2020-06-22T04:38:10Z")
Oh, I am seeing banner ads now? Paid up through next February. Has something changed? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/76 "2020-06-22T04:39:14Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > No, sorry, no “dislike”. It will be used politically. Well … yeah. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/77 "2020-06-22T04:40:03Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > > > I’m seeng “Like this post” as an option. I understood this was going to be disabled? Please advise what the staff intends to do about this. > > > > Maybe make a new board rule that liking a post is an instabannable offense? > > I know likes have been discussed on the old board in the past … might be time for a renewed discussion in a new thread. I hope whether we have popularity contests for threads and posts is not decided by a popularity contest. Yes, other boards have all that stuff. This is a reason I come here instead of there. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/78 "2020-06-22T04:40:53Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Oh, another thing: If you quote the immediately previous post in its entirety, the quote gets automatically deleted (as happened in this post). That’s interesting. Seems like Discourse fixes a lot of problems we never knew we had. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/79 "2020-06-22T04:40:56Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I wonder why Discourse decouples replying to a post apart from embedding the quote? Never seen any other board software do that. Yeah, that’s annoying. I expect I will exclusively select text, and never use the “reply” button, since it seems disfunctional. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/80 "2020-06-22T04:43:23Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Yeah, that’s annoying. I expect I will exclusively select text, and never use the “reply” button, since it seems disfunctional. There is a way to reply and get an embedded quote kind of like the old way. Press “Reply”, then once the posting window opens, click on the little speech-bubble icon at upper left. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/81 "2020-06-22T04:43:37Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I was fiddling with edits another post earlier. It looks there’s still a 5 minute window. Oh, that makes me sad. I was excited to hear that instead of an edit window, you could see previous versions of a post on Discourse. That seems strictly better than an edit window. It addresses all the problems with people lying about what they posted, or the thread getting confusing after a post changed, and still allows posters to fi typos, or add a clarification after replies indicate it’s needed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044.md?page=5)