Heads up for the admins
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Specifically, @PJH, @dhromed, @apapadimoulis, @PaulaBean. (None of the other admins visit, it seems.)
As of the next update, deleted posts will be collapsed by default. There will be a button at the top of the topic to turn it off, and you can click on the collapsed pieces to view the posts.
Here's a screenshot of the feature from my local machine:
If you clicked on "1 post omitted" above on the left, you would see a comment that someone posted on the article after I performed the FizzBuzz Cleanup. This is what the deleted posts look like.
The functionality will be disabled when:
- You click the "Unhide Deleted Posts" button
- You filter the topic to a person's posts by clicking "Filter to <n> posts in topic" on the usercard or clicking their avatar in the topic map (You can re-enable it by clicking the button)
?show_deleted=trueor?show_deleted=ACTUALLY_YOU_CAN_PUT_ANYTHING_HEREis present in the URL
Personally, I can say that this change has improved my reading experience in even the limited time I had to try it out (I wrote it on the 15th).
Since this is a significant change to the UI, I figured you would want to know in advance. I'll also be making a similar post on Meta for the admins of other sites, but with a slightly different tone ;)
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for me at least, this will be easier to read; it somewhat distracting to not only see "this post withdrawn by author" -- but then wonder, why was it withdrawn? was it too vile? was it typos? was it...
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Here's the meta post, with another screenshot for your viewing pleasure:
Deleted posts will now be collapsed by default
Hey everyone - this topic is an announcement for a feature that just hit master. Also, this only applies to forum admins/staff - if you aren’t staff, you won’t notice any of this. Once you update the next time, you should start noticing “1 post hidden” showing up on some topics, and clicking it...
for me at least, this will be easier to read; it somewhat distracting
I'm pretty sure that was the case for everyone (who could see deleted posts).
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for me at least, this will be easier to read; it somewhat distracting to not only see "this post withdrawn by author" -- but then wonder, why was it withdrawn? was it too vile? was it typos? was it...That's still going to be a problem for 24 hours after the post gets withdrawn, even though nobody except the admins can see anything about the post other than its author.
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`?show_deleted=<script>alert("This is not XSS unless Discourse managed to make booleans into an XSS vulnerability.");</script>`
Weird...
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That's one of the more fun things that I like about SMF, actually. It rewrites the parser in PHP to handle getting things from GET specifically for situations like this.
Aside from replacing the default separator from
&to;because it avoids the whole having to write shit as&everywhere for validation, it actually looks easier to read, it actually accepts empty parameters.There are plenty of cases where you get URLs with
;saveor;xmlin the URL which are internally parsed to$_GET['save']and$_GET['xml']which wouldn't otherwise be defined.Seems like the same solution should be applied here, meaning you just need to declare
?show_deleted
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I'm wondering why information intended for the admins was posted in a public topic, instead of, say, a PM? I would have suggested the Staff area, except @riking can't access that, so...
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Because surely it applies to all the moderators of which the group of people in 'staff' is quite big.
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Flag a random post for moderators ;)
