# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/871 "2025-07-31T21:09:51Z")
Go to markdown mode (slide the “A” button), and do your composing in the resultant screen. It seems that the spoiler tags should immediately precede and follow the text you intend to spoiler, instead of being placed on their own lines. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/872 "2025-08-01T02:56:23Z")
No, spoiler works on its own lines. No spoiler works on its own lines ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/873 "2025-08-01T11:20:30Z")
Spoiler also works on multiple lines. For yesterday’s Wordle, this uses one spoiler tag. **Wordle 1,502 6/6 — Wed 30 Jul 2025-07-30** ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** — _It might be assay asway hashy saggy savvy shaky washy; previous Wordles have included sassy savvy shaky; so, can try assay asway saggy washy_ **SAGGY** **ASWAY** **ASSAY** ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/874 "2025-08-01T11:22:21Z")
Pics, 4 different imgur URLs — [[Album] America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial ![](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8.jpeg?fb "America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/VaJA7sv) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8.jpeg "America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/america-s-250th-birthday-semiquincentennial-VaJA7sv) [![](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) ](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8.jpeg "America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/america-s-250th-birthday-semiquincentennial-VaJA7sv#S5rHQs8) … and the last 3 URLs work well. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/875 "2025-08-01T11:26:54Z")
Trivia game thread post will be… **America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial** The US celebrated 200 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day, 04 July 1976, its bicentennial celebration. Next year on 04 July 2026 the US will celebrate 250 years, or its semiquincentennial. The occasion, for short, is known as Semiquin. Per wiki, official planning for the celebrations began in 2016 with the congressional, non-partisan United States Semiquincentennial Commission. The commission was established under then-president Barack Obama and its members were sworn in at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Their official site is here, ➜ [https://america250.org](https://america250.org) ■ , and “America 250” t-shirts are already on sale here, ➜ [America 250 | Red White & Blue Short Sleeve Tee | Men’s T-Shirt – Comfortable & Stylish American Made T-Shirt | Unisex | VL100 | Volunteer Knitwear | Deep Black – America250](https://store.america250.org/products/apparel-red-white-blue-style_t-shirt-44650?variant=52587863572640) ■ . Besides semiquincentennial, it can also be called bisesquicentennial or sestercentennial, or also quarter millennium. They all mean the 250th anniversary. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/S5rHQs8.jpeg "America’s 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/america-s-250th-birthday-semiquincentennial-VaJA7sv) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/876 "2025-08-01T15:41:46Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/vYRrdCy_d.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vYRrdCy_d.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/RGztruA.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/RGztruA.jpeg) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/877 "2025-08-05T13:35:20Z")
I see from [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/358) post that the footnote thingy has changed. Let’s see \[1\] and also, \[2\]. This appears to now be a mixture of the 2 previous incarnations, wherein you could either have an inline “footnote” which showed up as a button with 3 dots on it which would reveal the note when clicked, or a real footnote type option with a number with an associated footnote at the bottom of the post. The worst of both worlds ! * * * 1. footnote 1 2. footnote 2 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/878 "2025-08-05T13:38:09Z")
Yep - that’s me - wreaking havoc and causing trouble sine 1970. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/879 "2025-08-05T13:40:36Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > sine 1970. sine 1970 = 0.17364817766693 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/880 "2025-08-05T14:29:11Z")
The weird thing is that when I writing up the referred post, the footnote icon was the three dots until it suddenly wasn’t\[1\]. * * * 1. test ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/881 "2025-08-05T21:52:18Z")
I must say the\[1\] style is much nicer than the big globby […] icon we used to have. But it’s still not a _foot_note. We’re getting _warmer!_ * * * 1. example footnote ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/882 "2025-08-06T09:44:59Z")
Before, the options were the globby icon or the real footnote, selectable by site admins. We had the globby icon option selected. This seems to be a backward step. Unless this is a 3rd option.. The discourse site doesn’t help much. It suggests that this : ```auto Text ^[footnote 1] [^1]: footnote 1 text ``` should work, but I just tried it and it didn’t. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/883 "2025-08-06T09:53:17Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/884 "2025-08-06T12:27:44Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54701625834_b9fec4ddc4_b.jpg "Great Horned Owl") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/54701625834/) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/885 "2025-08-06T12:33:33Z")
Yeah. Still not feature complete. ---
**Author:** ![Timz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/886 "2025-08-06T19:45:35Z")
\sin \sigma ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/887 "2025-08-06T20:36:49Z")
MathML does work here, but the sigil to start and end an expression is a $, not \\. So $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$ yields x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a} This sometimes trips up on ordinary prose talking about prices where multiple prices with dollar signs are included. ---
**Author:** ![Timz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/888 "2025-08-06T21:12:40Z")
Thanks for that – I didn’t see that dollar-sign rule anywhere. Now to learn the syntax again. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/889 "2025-08-06T22:47:12Z")
Was having issues posting an image, but I figured out that I had to switch the editing mode. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54704758719_bb9f494eed.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54704758719_bb9f494eed.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/890 "2025-08-06T23:19:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > MathML does work here To nitpick (who would do that here?), I believe it’s MathJax, not MathML. \qquad\displaystyle \int\_0^\infty e^{-x^2/2}\,dx = \sqrt{\frac\pi 2} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=45)