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Why do I keep getting this message whenever I try to post on ILM's Psychedelic Country thread? Is there something somebody can do about it? Thanks!

xhuxk, Saturday, 14 June 2008 18:41 (seventeen years ago)

For whatever it's worth, what I've been trying to post is just a link to another, related thread. (And I just got the same error message when I tried to post it here, as a test.)

xhuxk, Saturday, 14 June 2008 18:44 (seventeen years ago)

please try again, shorty

and what, Saturday, 14 June 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)

Several hours later (way past "shortly"), still getting the same error message...

xhuxk, Sunday, 15 June 2008 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

did you try clearing the cache?

bnw, Sunday, 15 June 2008 16:54 (seventeen years ago)

Problem doesn't seem to be on my end:

So, there's a a previous thread on this from a couple years ago, called "I found $41 on the ground today, so let's talk about Psychedelic Country!"; I've been trying to link to it for the past 24 hours, and keep getting the same retarded error message. Anyway, it lists lots of stuff not mentioned here; maybe somebody else can cut and paste the link...

-- xhuxk, Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:20 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

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http://tinyurl.com/3ws8lo

-- Gorge, Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:25 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

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That'll do it. Oddly, I posted it in BBCode, it returned the error and refused it. Then I just posted it for C&P and it mounted it. Perhaps a change was made to how the chatboard software handles naked URLs.

-- Gorge, Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:27 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

xhuxk, Sunday, 15 June 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

That message means that you've found a bug. The "try again shortly" advice doesn't mean a whole lot. Paste the exact content of what you've been trying to post here, and I'll see if I can make a suggestion.

libcrypt, Sunday, 15 June 2008 18:42 (seventeen years ago)

I thought he was calling him shorty!

Mark G, Monday, 16 June 2008 09:34 (seventeen years ago)

At a guess, I'd say the dollar sign in the thread title is screwing up the URL conversion.

HI DERE, Monday, 16 June 2008 11:38 (seventeen years ago)

I don't think so. It rejected the tinyurl substitute with the same error message for me before I posted it sans BBCode.

Gorge, Monday, 16 June 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)


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