# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/181 "2022-10-10T01:32:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Someone did it successfully upthread. When I quote the poll with images that was posted up thread it doesn’t work. It says not allowed to embed images. Possibly @engineer_comp_geek is allowed because he’s a mod? (The little reply arrow should take you to the poll in question.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/182 "2022-10-10T05:14:44Z")
I tried it too and got the same thing. @engineer_comp_geek , what gives? Are we not worthy? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/183 "2022-10-10T12:45:39Z")
Discourse apparently doesn’t copy it directly. It’s making its own links out of things, which screws up the poll. Discourse is taking this: \* ![IMAGE]([https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg\](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg%5C)) and converting it into this, which doesn’t work: \* ![IMAGE]([[https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg) ]([https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg))) It looks like you’ll have to manually edit the post to get the format correct. Remove the first link (including the parenthesis at the beginning of it) and remove the extra parenthesis at the end so that you end up with basically this: \* ![IMAGE](link goes here) > [@EllisDee](#): > > Possibly @engineer_comp_geek is allowed because he’s a mod? I don’t know. I didn’t think that any of this depended on mod/admin status but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/184 "2022-10-10T18:53:29Z")
testing images [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/tljRmlH.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/tljRmlH) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/TH329LR.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/TH329LR) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/185 "2022-10-10T23:57:56Z")
Code: ```auto [poll type=regular] * ![IMAGE](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg) * ![IMAGE](https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2zexl/styles/communityIcon_dv2ks8krg3561.png) [/poll] ``` Results: Discourse won’t let me post it, says I’m not allowed to embed images. I’m not getting any duplicate image names. The above code is what I get when I quote your post and then strip out the quote tags. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/186 "2022-10-11T01:40:28Z")
ETA: Well, that didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/187 "2022-10-11T16:14:10Z")
I don’t believe the SDMB Discourse allows _any_ image embedding. When I want to put an image in a post, I go to the web page with the image, right click, select Open Image in a New Tab, and paste the URL of that tab onto its own line in my post. The result is not (from Discourse’s point of view) an embedded image, but a preview of the contents of the URL I’ve pasted in, which, of course, is a copy of the image. I suspect that the polls don’t allow a URL preview in the poll itself (breaks the rule of previews only appear if the URL is on its own line). I’m guessing that polls might allow a hyperlink in some of the poll text, and maybe it would allow the Discourse generated text you get if you don’t get a preview when you paste in the URL, like this: Here’s a Wiki page URL, just pasted in [The Jetsons - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons) All the hyperlink text was generated by Discourse from the web page Iink. With the Discourse additions removed: > **[The Jetsons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons)** > > The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, on ABC, then later aired in reruns via syndication, with new episodes produced from 1985 to 1987. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. > While the Flintstones lived in a world which was a comical version of the Stone Age, with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a comical version of a c... The image opened in a separate tab and the URL pasted in: [250px-Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg (250×187) (wikimedia.org)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg/250px-Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg) then the Discourse additions removed: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg/250px-Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg/250px-Jetsonslogo640x480.jpg) In a poll (with the links above pasted in order into the poll: Which do you prefer: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/187))_ Interesting. The second item is just the bare URL pasted in, but Discourse has generated the hyperlink words again (ETA: in my preview only!). In the fourth line, Discourse doesn’t generate hyperlink text (even if I remove the leading text, I tried it). ---
**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:** [October 12, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/188 "2022-10-12T00:27:22Z")
I seem to remember that an additional hack was made to try and disable displaying images altogether, not just uploading them (or caching them). It definitely seems that way based on the error message, and the fact that a mod doesn’t see the same error. It might be useful to ask tech support if that hack can be removed. It seems to be some sort of permissions setting in users. Note that I’m not saying we should switch to the image-hosting plan. I realize that costs money. Just to see if there’s something that could be done to give permissions for both mods and regular users to embed images hosted elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MissMiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missmiss/32/12315_2.png) [@MissMiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMiss)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/189 "2022-10-13T14:46:23Z")
Test Im back after being gone for 10 years Can you link to drawings you make here, like a single panel comic you drew just to be funny as part of a thread you make? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/190 "2022-10-13T14:49:47Z")
Welcome back. You can link to drawings and images as long as they’re Safe for Work. If NSFW, please hide behind a spoiler that indicates they’re not safe for work. You should contact @engineer_comp_geek about getting your accounts merged back together. ---
**Author:** ![MissMiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missmiss/32/12315_2.png) [@MissMiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMiss)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/191 "2022-10-13T14:53:42Z")
Well hello and thank you!!! I dont wish to merge my accounts, I posted a sad personal thing way back then once No need to speak of it again Ill lurk for a bit now Thanks for quick answer!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bashorian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bashorian/32/3546_2.png) [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/192 "2022-10-13T18:21:17Z")
Post. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/193 "2022-10-14T04:45:32Z")
Welcome back @MissMiss ! I joined here around when you took your break, about 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/194 "2022-10-22T20:17:39Z")
Testing 123 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/195 "2022-10-22T20:47:55Z")
I heard you. Your mic is on. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/196 "2022-10-28T08:20:26Z")
quote test ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/197 "2022-10-28T08:48:42Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > quote test ⁢ ooooo ---
**Author:** ![MissMiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missmiss/32/12315_2.png) [@MissMiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMiss)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/198 "2022-11-01T18:44:14Z")
Cant figure out how to get an image I draw from my phone onto here. Would love advice or to know if its just not possible ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/199 "2022-11-01T19:01:56Z")
[![](https://hagerty-media-prod.imgix.net/2021/12/1977-Lincoln-Batmobile-Replica-3.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1664) ](https://hagerty-media-prod.imgix.net/2021/12/1977-Lincoln-Batmobile-Replica-3.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&ixlib=php-3.3.0&w=1664) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/200 "2022-11-01T19:15:52Z")
You can take a screen shot and upload it to imgur if you want. You’d need an imgur account. Or any photo site where you can get the link to your uploaded photo. Put the URL by itself on its own line. Edited: if you look at @Cardigan ’s posted photo of the Batmobile, and if you quote that as if you were going to reply, you’d see how that was done. HTH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=11)