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Links that only work when a post is quoted

Synode · 2018-09-13 09:08:58

Hi, Anyone any idea why this happens? Someone (with 1'000s of posts) posts a link that is just text i.e. it can't be clicked. Someone else comes along and quotes their post and hey presto the link will work in the quoted post. Seeing it an awful lot lately. I took a screen shot of an example

13-09-2018 10:08AM

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Hi,

Anyone any idea why this happens? Someone (with 1'000s of posts) posts a link that is just text i.e. it can't be clicked. Someone else comes along and quotes their post and hey presto the link will work in the quoted post. Seeing it an awful lot lately. I took a screen shot of an example

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#2 13-09-2018 10:24AM

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Haven't seen this while browsing. Would you have links to other posts where this is occurring by any chance? Just to see if there are common factors or URL issues, etc.

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#3 13-09-2018 10:58AM

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Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »

Haven't seen this while browsing. Would you have links to other posts where this is occurring by any chance? Just to see if there are common factors or URL issues, etc.

I can't remember any specific ones but I will post them here when I see it again

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#4 13-09-2018 11:45AM

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Perfect, thanks!

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#5 14-09-2018 08:07PM

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Here's another one. Quoted a few posts later and the link works in the quote

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108077227&postcount=6722

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And another

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108082762&postcount=6796

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And another

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=108104480&postcount=1729

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#8 17-09-2018 03:24PM

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Thanks for these links Synode. Two users responsible for those four posts, which means that it could be something that they have enabled - perhaps even an extension. Will keep an eye out for other cases.

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#9 24-09-2018 05:23PM

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For later reference: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057914063

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just saw another one here:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=108232623#post108232623

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#11 03-10-2018 08:18AM

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Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »

Thanks for these links Synode. Two users responsible for those four posts, which means that it could be something that they have enabled - perhaps even an extension. Will keep an eye out for other cases.

I think the answer is this

They post on m.boards.ie

When I post a link on m.boards.ie the site quite often does not automatically create a url link. In order to create it I have to goto the main site and edit my post.

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
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#12 03-10-2018 02:16PM

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Thanks Joey. Trying to do some more investigating. Could certainly be the issue in some cases, though it looks like it's not confined to m.boards alone.

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