Links in forum posts [message #1749111] |
Thu, 01 December 2016 22:18 |
Mark Dear Messages: 5 Registered: December 2016 |
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So, today I posted my first forum message, in which I attempted to include one link to an askubuntu forum page, and another to an eclipse bug page.
Although the message previewed OK, and the links showed up in purple bold, when it came to submitting I got this message:
"You can only use links to eclipse.org sites while you have fewer than 1 message."
First of all, why did I only get this at 'submit' and not at 'preview'?
Second, why is it so bizarrely worded? I think what it means is:
"Your posts cannot include any links to non-eclipse.org sites until at least one of your posts has been approved by a moderator."
So, I could probably have left the bug report link in, but not the askubuntu one. But I would appreciate it if a moderator could confirm this.
The irony is this: the message I was posting ( in reply to Ed Merks) was trying to be as positive as I could about Eclipse while discussing some of the frustrations I have experienced while using it. It really doesn't help when even the forum exhibits such idiosyncratic - not to say arcane - behaviour.
Cheers MD.
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Re: Links in forum posts [message #1749114 is a reply to message #1749111] |
Thu, 01 December 2016 22:41 |
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It's an imperfect solution to an irritating spam problem that the moderators and webmasters deal with daily, and if I'm reading it correctly, it only looks weird because the number was bumped down from requiring 5 posts to just 1 having been approved before.
-The guy listed as the moderator.
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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform
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