# test
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [February 12, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769 "2005-02-12T18:53:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/1 "2005-02-12T18:53:59Z")
[http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b31a2dz9f8c2ab3/mail/\_](http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b31a2dz9f8c2ab3/mail/_)_tn_/734f.jpg?phpelDCBHBMzDGQP
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/2 "2005-02-12T18:55:18Z")
Yep, that link works. . . although the picture is tiny and you look like you’re being booked.
Tripler
"#3, please turn to the right. . . "
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### Author:  [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/3 "2005-02-12T18:56:51Z")
am i the only one who duzn’t get these “test” threads in here?
why here?
Why not MPSIMS?
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/4 "2005-02-12T23:29:45Z")
The simple answer is, because this is the designated place for test threads. If you’re wondering why this was designated as the place for test threads, it’s because most of the things being tested are technical features of the message board. If I want to test the use of a particular font, say, or how to make a link, I’d prefer to get responses like “You forgot the slash in the closing tag”, or “That feature is disabled here”, rather than “That reminds me of this joke I heard”, or “dude, that’s hilarious”.
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### Author:  [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/5 "2005-02-13T00:05:17Z")
[font size=1]test[/font]
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### Author:  [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/6 "2005-02-13T00:07:59Z")
test
test
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### Author:  [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/7 "2005-02-13T00:08:13Z")
> [@kimera](#):
>
> [font size=1]test[/font]
trying this?
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/8 "2005-02-13T19:37:12Z")
Everyone, hold your ears (and cover your eyes. . .)
TEST!TEST!TEST!TestTest.Test?test
Hrm.
Tripler
:dubious:
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### Author:  [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/9 "2005-02-14T06:58:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> The simple answer is, because this is the designated place for test threads. If you’re wondering why this was designated as the place for test threads, it’s because most of the things being tested are technical features of the message board. If I want to test the use of a particular font, say, or how to make a link, I’d prefer to get responses like “You forgot the slash in the closing tag”, or “That feature is disabled here”, rather than “That reminds me of this joke I heard”, or “dude, that’s hilarious”.
Are test threads eventually deleted, or are they also archived like normal threads?
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/10 "2005-02-14T21:35:28Z")
The archiving is all automatic, and doesn’t care about the content or importance of threads. It would be more trouble to delete threads than to just leave them and let them fall off the front page, so they’re just left.
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/11 "2005-02-14T23:24:40Z")
FYI, I get a page not found error when clicking on Taz’s link.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/12 "2005-02-15T00:38:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> The archiving is all automatic, and doesn’t care about the content or importance of threads.
Hell, if the archiving of threads were determined by their importance, we could probably back up the whole board on a floppy disk. 🙂
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/13 "2005-02-15T05:15:14Z")
testing sig
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### Author:  [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/14 "2005-02-15T05:26:56Z")
My question is, what is accomplished in these test threads that can’t be done simply by clicking “Preview Post” in the reply window of any thread?
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### Author:  [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/15 "2005-02-15T17:10:54Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#):
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> My question is, what is accomplished in these test threads that can’t be done simply by clicking “Preview Post” in the reply window of any thread?
They do have the benefit of letting everybody else know what neat new coding trick you’ve found. For example, the ability to demonstrate how to code without resorting to mangling the coding:
[b]Here’s the bolded text\*\*
Is useful, and it was in discussion in an STMB test thread that **Mangetout** and I figured out how to do it under the current version of vB software.
Test threads also allow users to ask for help with certian features.
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### Author:  [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/16 "2005-02-18T20:19:06Z")
[http://snopes.com/](http://snopes.com/)snopes
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### Author:  [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/17 "2005-02-18T20:20:17Z")
[snopes.com](http://snopes.com)snopes
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### Author:  [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/18 "2005-02-18T20:25:34Z")
[home](http://http://www.straightdope.com/)
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### Author:  [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/289769/19 "2005-02-18T20:32:15Z")
[bobsyuruncle](http://www.straightdope.com/)