Barri
07-16-13, 15:22
The intention with the Cleanup Script might initially have been good, but it is creating a mess for the majority of the posters, see e.g. http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?3175-Questions-and-Comments-about-the-recent-software-upgrade-to-vB-4.-0&p=1342559&viewfull=1#post1342559. Below is the same post printed two times: First as it was indended to be displayed and then how it has been corrupted by the Cleanup Script.
Between following START POST and END POST is a nonsense text as I wanted it to be displayed:
START POST
a) First option.
b) Second option.
c) Third option.
The girl showed her ID to me.
I’d rather do something else right now.
The girl showed her wildgrown bush to me.
Before you turn over look right.
The Google coordinates are -8.742117 115.863178236
I picked Amy, 21, from Jakarta.
150 - 200 meters down the street.
Text in Bold or text in Italics can be used to emphasize.
The adjective wont means ’habitual’.
Double ”quotes” are sometimes more correct.
This is a three star rating: ***
It was not 200 meters (only 150), and I saw the sign instantly.
You can use any colour, e.g. green.
Here is a perfectly embedded link ( http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?2394-Dubai-Reports&p=1419404&viewfull=1#post1419404) in a natural flow of the text.
END POST
Between following START POST and END POST is the same nonsense text after being abused by the Text Cleanup Script, with my remarks in red:
START POST
A) First option. 'a' has been capitalized for no reason.
Be) Second option. 'b' becomes 'Be'.
See) Third option. 'c' becomes 'See'.
The girl showed her I'd to me. ID becomes I'd.
I'the rather do something else right now. I'd becomes I'the.
The girl showed her wildgrown Bush to me. Come on: not every girl has an American ex-president between her legs!
Before U-turn over look right. 'you turn' becomes 'U-turn'.
The Google coordinates are. 8.742117 115. 863178236 A dash or minus sign in front of a letter or number is replaced by a period and a space, and a space is always inserted after period. So the coordinates are ruined and can't be copied and pasted directly to Google maps.
I picked Amy. 21, from Jakarta. The comma after Amy is changed to a full stop.
150. 200 meters down the street. Dash replaced by period and space
Text in Bold Or text in Italics Can be used to emphasize.
The first letter after BB codes (bold or italics) are changed to capital.
The adjective won't means 'habitual'. 'wont' has been changed to won't.
Double 'quotes' are sometimes more correct. Changed to single quotes.
This is a three star rating: * Only one star remains.
It was not 200 meters (only 150) , and I saw the sign instantly. A space is introduced after the end of a parenthesis.
You can use any colour, e. G. Green. The perfectly correct abbreviation e.g. (exempli gratia – for the sake of example) has been made unreadable.
Here is a.
perfectly embedded link ( http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?2394-Dubai-Reports&p=1419404&viewfull=1#post1419404)
In a natural flow of the text. There is a full stop and then a line feed and a double new line before and after the link, so the link is not nicely embedded anymore.
END POST
These are only a few examples of the annoying script results that seriously disturbs the flow of the reading.
Someone started to call it FAC – The Fascist Auto Correction but euphemistcally it is called Text Cleanup Script. This is how Jackson defines it:
The Forum's Text Cleanup Script Automatically fixes a number of common writing errors like improper capitalization, missing punctuation, common misspellings, sentence and paragraph spacing, etc.
Here's the bottom line: If you're going to bipass the Forum's Text Cleanup Script, then your writing had better be letter perfect or I'm going to delete it. That means use correct punctuation, spell words in their entirety, capitalize the 1st letter of all proper nouns, capitalize the proper noun "I", double space between paragraphs, do not use repetitive punctuation, etc, etc, etc, and most important of all: Do not write like you're texting on a fucking cellphone.
Senior members can edit a post up to 60 minutes after posting and the editing is bypassing the Text Cleanup Script (and that's how I got the first part as I wanted), but sometimes I have found that correcting the 'Text correction' and restore the flow takes longer time than writing the report itself.
So, Admin, if you feel you have to supervise new posters like an old school teacher; by all means continue with that, but let the Senior members bypass the Text Cleanup Script.
Incidentally: If one introduces a Text Cleanup Script one had better be dead sure to spell every word correctly ('be letter perfect') in the description: bipass Ha!
Between following START POST and END POST is a nonsense text as I wanted it to be displayed:
START POST
a) First option.
b) Second option.
c) Third option.
The girl showed her ID to me.
I’d rather do something else right now.
The girl showed her wildgrown bush to me.
Before you turn over look right.
The Google coordinates are -8.742117 115.863178236
I picked Amy, 21, from Jakarta.
150 - 200 meters down the street.
Text in Bold or text in Italics can be used to emphasize.
The adjective wont means ’habitual’.
Double ”quotes” are sometimes more correct.
This is a three star rating: ***
It was not 200 meters (only 150), and I saw the sign instantly.
You can use any colour, e.g. green.
Here is a perfectly embedded link ( http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?2394-Dubai-Reports&p=1419404&viewfull=1#post1419404) in a natural flow of the text.
END POST
Between following START POST and END POST is the same nonsense text after being abused by the Text Cleanup Script, with my remarks in red:
START POST
A) First option. 'a' has been capitalized for no reason.
Be) Second option. 'b' becomes 'Be'.
See) Third option. 'c' becomes 'See'.
The girl showed her I'd to me. ID becomes I'd.
I'the rather do something else right now. I'd becomes I'the.
The girl showed her wildgrown Bush to me. Come on: not every girl has an American ex-president between her legs!
Before U-turn over look right. 'you turn' becomes 'U-turn'.
The Google coordinates are. 8.742117 115. 863178236 A dash or minus sign in front of a letter or number is replaced by a period and a space, and a space is always inserted after period. So the coordinates are ruined and can't be copied and pasted directly to Google maps.
I picked Amy. 21, from Jakarta. The comma after Amy is changed to a full stop.
150. 200 meters down the street. Dash replaced by period and space
Text in Bold Or text in Italics Can be used to emphasize.
The first letter after BB codes (bold or italics) are changed to capital.
The adjective won't means 'habitual'. 'wont' has been changed to won't.
Double 'quotes' are sometimes more correct. Changed to single quotes.
This is a three star rating: * Only one star remains.
It was not 200 meters (only 150) , and I saw the sign instantly. A space is introduced after the end of a parenthesis.
You can use any colour, e. G. Green. The perfectly correct abbreviation e.g. (exempli gratia – for the sake of example) has been made unreadable.
Here is a.
perfectly embedded link ( http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?2394-Dubai-Reports&p=1419404&viewfull=1#post1419404)
In a natural flow of the text. There is a full stop and then a line feed and a double new line before and after the link, so the link is not nicely embedded anymore.
END POST
These are only a few examples of the annoying script results that seriously disturbs the flow of the reading.
Someone started to call it FAC – The Fascist Auto Correction but euphemistcally it is called Text Cleanup Script. This is how Jackson defines it:
The Forum's Text Cleanup Script Automatically fixes a number of common writing errors like improper capitalization, missing punctuation, common misspellings, sentence and paragraph spacing, etc.
Here's the bottom line: If you're going to bipass the Forum's Text Cleanup Script, then your writing had better be letter perfect or I'm going to delete it. That means use correct punctuation, spell words in their entirety, capitalize the 1st letter of all proper nouns, capitalize the proper noun "I", double space between paragraphs, do not use repetitive punctuation, etc, etc, etc, and most important of all: Do not write like you're texting on a fucking cellphone.
Senior members can edit a post up to 60 minutes after posting and the editing is bypassing the Text Cleanup Script (and that's how I got the first part as I wanted), but sometimes I have found that correcting the 'Text correction' and restore the flow takes longer time than writing the report itself.
So, Admin, if you feel you have to supervise new posters like an old school teacher; by all means continue with that, but let the Senior members bypass the Text Cleanup Script.
Incidentally: If one introduces a Text Cleanup Script one had better be dead sure to spell every word correctly ('be letter perfect') in the description: bipass Ha!