# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736>\
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**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")\
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**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:** [September 27, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1053 "2026-09-27T08:14:12Z")

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Apparently, in Discourse the footnotes can be either this type \[1\] or  
the other type [2], but not both. This can be selected by the site  
admin (I think **ECG** could do it). Currently ours is set to type [1]  
I have no idea why both are not available - they are decidedly different.  
Maybe we could poll the SDMB members to ask which would be preferable and  
use that setting…  
(This has come up before …)

[2]The other type.

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1. this type

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**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/1054 "2026-10-03T18:17:04Z")

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