# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/731 "2025-03-10T04:36:34Z")
Thanks @discobot @discobot thanks ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/732 "2025-03-10T04:36:35Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/733 "2025-03-10T13:13:33Z")
> **Hidden text** > > This text is hidden Thanks for that, @What_Exit. Over in the Wordle thread most of us use the spoiler tag each and every day, so we get regular practice with that. Wordle thread example ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #1428 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1428) ■ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/734 "2025-03-10T15:00:05Z")
> **Summary** > > Testing spoiler tags > **Summary** > > Testing I guess I’ll start using this, since I can’t get the spoiler tags to show up on my phone any more. 😪 This text will be blurred Hmm. You can see the drop down tags if you do it BEFORE you type your text. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/735 "2025-03-10T15:59:28Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/736 "2025-03-11T16:31:29Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/737 "2025-03-14T02:36:39Z")
So, I can still get the below YT link to embed. But if I try to do a timestamped one with a slightly abbreviated URL, it won’t work. Here is the time-stamped version without the leading https:// youtu.be/RQEebJSCYRE?si=xb5GHOW5gQS0yad7&t=63/ What must you do to use that sort of YT link? > **[Watch: President Trump Tries Out a Tesla With Elon Musk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQEebJSCYRE%2F)** > > President Donald Trump looked over some of Elon Musk's Tesla cars in the driveway ringing the South Lawn of the White House. Trump got into the drivers seat ... ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/738 "2025-03-14T11:35:13Z")
It’s all explained [here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499) Best way is to first switch off preview, then if you’ve tried the url before you’ll need to change it by adding “&1” (or “&2” or “&3” etc depending how many tries you’ve had) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RQEebJSCYRE/hqdefault.jpg "Watch: President Trump Tries Out a Tesla With Elon Musk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQEebJSCYRE&t=63/6) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/739 "2025-03-15T14:22:54Z")
If you mean you’re trying to embed a video to start at a specific timestamp, you can’t. At least I’m not aware of any way you can. Embedded videos always start playing from the beginning when played in-thread. If you right click an embedded video and open it in a new tab, then it should queue up to the timestamp you specified. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/740 "2025-03-15T16:33:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I can still get the below YT link to embed. But if I try to do a timestamped one Ah, sorry i didn’t get that bit… But it can be done if you post a clean link without the &1 etc. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cj3i4FE895E/maxresdefault.jpg "Slap bass with WAH sounds DANGEROUSLY funky") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj3i4FE895E&t=30) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/741 "2025-03-16T01:57:43Z")
Nice! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/742 "2025-03-23T01:40:53Z")
No good ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/743 "2025-03-25T12:52:24Z")
Testing testing testing ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/744 "2025-04-06T23:20:54Z")
Trying to post an image from imgur. [![](https://i.imgur.com/GQhTo4y.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/GQhTo4y.jpeg) EDIT: OK, that worked. It’s not stretched this time. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/745 "2025-04-07T08:38:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > EDIT: OK, that worked. It’s not stretched this time. I notice that when I post an individual image, it’s not stretched. But if I post the album cover it is. Example, image — [![](https://i.imgur.com/JoFnnnt.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/JoFnnnt.jpg) Example, album cover — [[Album] My first VW ID. Buzz in the wild! (plus other VW vans) ![](https://i.imgur.com/JoFnnnt.jpeg?fb "My first VW ID. Buzz in the wild! (plus other VW vans)") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/MY27N8X) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/746 "2025-04-15T15:46:11Z")
Seems to be a new feature to add **footnotes**. How does it work? \[1\] \[2\] Not well. * * * * * * To add footnotes, click the ⚙ and then \* Add Footnotes.\[3\] Some more lines to test. second test line. * * * * * * The preview almost works though. * * * 1. Second Footnote 2. This is a footnote 3. Looks like this new feature is not working yet ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/747 "2025-04-15T18:56:02Z")
How can they be _foot_notes if they are not in the footer? They’re inlinenotes at best! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/748 "2025-04-15T19:00:12Z")
It can be set to either inline or footnote as i said [here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/715). (Seems daft.. why not have both as separate options) ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/749 "2025-04-15T19:00:13Z")
If you start to create a test post and look at the preview before you save, you’ll see that in the preview they do appear as numbered footnotes at the end of the post. They just don’t look that way (at all) in your actual post once you click [Save]. As you say, they’re more inline notes. I’m guessing here, but I suspect the themes we have may be part of / most of why the footnotes look wacky now. ETA: @pjd just below has the definitive answer. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/750 "2025-04-15T19:09:11Z")
The 2 different footnote types are described [here.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-footnote/84533) (Bizarrely, it almost looks ok in the link to What\_Exit’s post above in his post [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-search-in-thread-feature-is-gone/1017071/17) !!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=38)