# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\
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Follow the recipe at the top of this thread:

> [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499):
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> 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. …

Which thread is pinned at the top of the Site Feedback category.

> **[Site Feedback](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2)**
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You had the right general idea, but you left a space between the url and your attempt to put a “&1” on the back. Which meant that the &1 wasn’t seen as part of the url.

The recipe there for posting Youtube videos is absolutely perfect. It _always_ works without exception. _If_ followed exactly. Like everything else with computers, there are only two kinds of input: perfect, and utterly wrong.

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