# 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:** 34
**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 14, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/666 "2024-11-14T14:54:18Z")
Testy testy… I’m trying the nested spoilers in the [Wordle game thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9932). ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/667 "2024-11-15T13:59:25Z")
Thanks LSLG. That worked well. > [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/9944): > > Wordle 1,245 4/6 black_large_squareyellow_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareyellow_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squareblack_large_squaregreen_squaregreen_squaregreen_squaregreen_squaregreen_squaregreen_square BTW WTF is LSL? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/668 "2024-11-15T15:33:23Z")
> **TIOTTILIWIJTSDMB ;)** > > The Initials Of The Town I Lived In When I Joined The > > > **SDMB** > > > > Straight Dope Message Board. 🤪 ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/669 "2024-11-15T16:03:54Z")
LOL, clever. I used to travel to Maryland Heights (near LSL, right?) several times a year for work. Living now near San Francisco, but having grown up in Upstate New York, I enjoyed going there in the winters, especially when the storms were severe. Most people in the office would work from home, but I would do the commute to the office. The few in the office would call me crazy, and I suppose I am a little, because I actually enjoyed it. I’d tell them that living in this weather was far different from simply visiting it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/670 "2024-11-15T20:27:11Z")
Yeah, Maryland Heights & LSL are both suburbs of greater St. Louis. Maryland Heights being mostly an older area than LSL. My late wife was like you; grew up in hard core snow country, lived in various places later, and enjoyed StL winters while we lived there as baby versions of what she’d grown up with. Me, a boy from SoCal, ~~found~~ still finds the entire idea of temps \<50F to be real suspect. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/671 "2024-11-16T03:44:27Z")
Just ran into a curious bug when cut and pasting a link into a post, instead of generating the expected link, the following message appeared in the preview window: `Not Found - Canada.ca` `Sorry, we were unable to generate a preview for this web page, because the following oEmbed / OpenGraph tags could not be found: description, image` However, when I enclose the link in the `[url] [\url]` tags, I get the following: [https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/care–brass-copper.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/care--brass-copper.html) Not as pretty, but at least it’s a working link. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/672 "2024-11-16T03:46:43Z")
Will Tyson win? @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/673 "2024-11-16T03:46:44Z")
> 🔮 My sources say no ---
**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:** [November 16, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/674 "2024-11-16T07:47:52Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > the following message appeared in the preview window That is the normal behavior of Discourse when it can’t generate a OneBox preview. It happens on a lot of websites. If you don’t use url tags to stop Discourse from making the OneBox preview, you still get a working link. It just doesn’t have a useful preview. The message about not being able to generate a preview doesn’t show up when you actually submit the post. Just the link shows up. It’s just warning you that you won’t see a little preview box for the link once you post it. [https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/care--brass-copper.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/care--brass-copper.html) I don’t know that I would call it a bug when that is the way it is designed to work. If you go back and edit the post, the OneBox preview warning is still there, but the actual post just has the link. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/675 "2024-11-16T12:14:57Z")
Never mind; simulpost and ninja’ed. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/676 "2024-11-17T06:08:11Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I don’t know that I would call it a bug when that is the way it is designed to work. Okay, not a bug, just a surprise as it was the first time this has happened to me. Another test: [An article about preserving cooper and brass](https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/care--brass-copper.html) I used the `[url="link"]Some descriptive text[/url]` syntax and now the link is a bit prettier! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/677 "2024-11-17T12:26:16Z")
Amplifying a bit, creating the “onebox” depends on the target webpage having a few hidden tags that are there to help search engines and screen readers. It’s a well-known industry standard, but compliance with it is totally optional. Many websites and webpages bother to provide those helpful tags, but others do not. The only practical way to know whether they do or don’t is to try posting the bare link and see what result you get. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/678 "2024-11-24T04:48:39Z")
Well that didn’t work… ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/679 "2024-11-24T04:53:48Z")
`www.test.com` Finally! ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/680 "2024-11-26T15:53:34Z")
Hmmm, `interesting`. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/684 "2024-11-27T01:00:32Z")
Did you read the instructions on vid posting? > [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499): > > You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your post normally but do not include the YouTube link(s). When you are satisfied with the post, hide the preview window (see the \<\< button in the lower-right). Then, insert the links in the desired locations. Note that the links should each appear on a line by themselves. Then post. … The problem is 100% reliably worked around … _if_ you follow the recipe. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/687 "2024-12-20T14:14:14Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Goodkitty Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodkitty-posts/1011921) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/688 "2024-12-20T14:09:43Z")
nevermindnevermind ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/689 "2024-12-21T17:55:37Z")
testing image [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/15DD8/production/_129506598_commonwealth_numbers_update_640-2x-nc.png.webp) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/15DD8/production/_129506598_commonwealth_numbers_update_640-2x-nc.png.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/690 "2024-12-21T20:11:59Z")
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