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David Howe wrote on Thu, Feb 24, 2005 01:11 AM UTC:Fergus -- I've modifed the commenting system so that comments made on hidden or deleted items will not show up at all.
David Howe wrote on Thu, Feb 24, 2005 04:11 AM UTC:John Ayers -- you asked the question as to why we had two links to the same page on the What's New page. I messed up and created two items for the same page. That's fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.
You may wish to dismantled the referenced comment page. It is fairly undignified (as well as obsolete). Gothic Girls http://www.chessvariants.org/index/listcomments.php?subjectid=Gothic+GirlsWhit [Referenced comments have been deleted. --Ed.]
Presently, this comment system is only conducive to finding interesting topics which are currently (or have recently been) under discussion. There are doubtlessly a small yet significant number of sleepers- very interesting discussions to which a new comment has not been added in years. An alphabetical index to browse containing all topics with comments (esp. for comments not tied to any particular item such as a game) in your entire database could be a valuable resource to all.
David Howe wrote on Sun, Mar 6, 2005 02:01 AM UTC:Ok, I whipped something up. Try out this link:
<p><a href='http://www.chessvariants.org/index/listsubjects.php'>List Subjects</a>
'This comment is hidden pending review. It will eventually be deleted or displayed.' ___________ In actuality, there are numerous comments scattered across some pages which have never been approved and displayed OR disapproved and deleted. Some of these comments have been in a state of suspension for months. More decisiveness (and in a timely manner) is needed.
Given that many of the comments respond to previous ones,
I find it awkward that they are listed in reverse chronological order.
Forward would be much easier to read.
Eric, that's precisely the reason, so that you see the most recent comments, the ones you are most likely responding to, first.
I agree. Comments should be displayed in chronological order. The current
method of display seems to reverse them, leading to confusion. If you can
remember the many networks that existed before the worldwide web came
along, the standards then in place, required scrolling 'up' to get to
the old messages, and scrolling 'down' to get to the new ones.
[Odd, my previous message was moderated. This one was not. Is there a bug possibly? Comment deleted as irrelevant.]
Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Jun 17, 2006 07:23 PM UTC:There is a bug with the comment system. When you are viewing a game description page, it shows the most recent few comments at the bottom, but HTML is not being supported correctly; it shows the tags instead of implementing them. But, if you click on 'view all comments', then everything appears correctly.
While we are at it, here's another prob: When commenting on a game, you are given the option of rating 'below average' or 'average' in addition to the four that there used to be. When you edit the remark later however, you are not given the 'below average' and 'average' ratings.
I think that the bug described by Greg is somehow a result of the site's move last August. If I'm not mistaken, it is only comments made before 2005-08-27 that have this problem. If you posted such a comment, you can 'edit' it, and simply resubmit it without making any changes. The HTML will then be displayed properly.
Greg Strong wrote on Sun, Jun 18, 2006 02:36 PM UTC:Thanks, Thomas! I've gone back and edited a couple of my comments and that fixed 'em.
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