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hoot may have them turned off: "electric units" v. electric units
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cristo said:
I don't have them turned off, the auto link feature worked for me initially, but now the links are not showing:
electric units
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I'm going to multi-post, but there's a valid reason.
This post, where the word is at the end and not on a new line invokes an autolink: electric units
This post, where the word is at the end and not on a new line invokes an autolink: electric units
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This one, where the word is on a new line, doesn't
electric units
electric units
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And this post, which was Hoot's above
No, perhaps it has something to do with the quotation marks:
"electric units" vs. electric units
Doesn't work if there is text in a new paragraph after the word.This is weird!
No, perhaps it has something to do with the quotation marks:
"electric units" vs. electric units
Doesn't work if there is text in a new paragraph after the word.This is weird!
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If I type electric units in the middle of a sentence will it work?
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Yes it does.
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I was having trouble with two auto-links in one post in a separate thread. Seemed I could only have one per post or something. I wonder if they'll work here:
I enjoy the SI electric units .
I also think that electric field s are cool.
EDIT: See, now I can't get any auto-links on my posts. What am I doing wrong?
Edit by cristo: Can't have punctuation or letters after the autolinked word.
I enjoy the SI electric units .
I also think that electric field s are cool.
EDIT: See, now I can't get any auto-links on my posts. What am I doing wrong?
Edit by cristo: Can't have punctuation or letters after the autolinked word.
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… I like this game … !
This new game is great!
Perhaps it should be moved to "Brain Teasers"?
I guess it's a physical application of the "watched-pot" syndrome …
the autolinking will only work if the poster isn't expecting it to!
This new game is great!
Perhaps it should be moved to "Brain Teasers"?
I guess it's a physical application of the "watched-pot" syndrome …
the autolinking will only work if the poster isn't expecting it to! I think technically this is known as "Watts' uncertainty principle" … the auto-entanglement of two space-like separated words can be disturbed if someone thinks about reading one of them before he could have read the other. 
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Autolinking is only working occasionally.
What is the point of contributing entries if nobody knows they are there?
Testing (this is the physics content list)
:Apoapsis
black hole radii
capacitor
centrifugal force
centripetal acceleration
Coriolis force
edge of the universe
elastic collision
electric displacement field
electric field
electric units
expansion postulate
field (physics)
First Law of Thermodynamics
free charge
free-body diagram
friction
Friedmann Equation
inelastic collision
inelastic collision (relativistic) (M)
inertial observer
Isodiasphere
Isotone
Kepler's Laws
Kirchhoff's rules
kirchoff
Lagrange point
Library FAQs
List of Quantum Mechanical Operators
Lorentz gauge
Lorentz Transformation
Maxwell's equations
moment of inertia
moments
momentum (non-relativistic)
Newton's second law
orbital eccentricity
Periapsis
Photoelectric Effect
Physics Forums Gurus
Physics Forums History
Physics Forums Medals
pressure
Radioactive Decay
reaction force
rotating frame
Second Law of Thermodynamics
SelfAdjoint
Sidereal
susceptibility
Synodic
Third Law of Thermodynamics
Trojan Object
twin paradox
uncertainty principle
vector triangle
wave function
Waves on a String
work done
zeroth law of thermodynamics
EDIT: 60 autolinks should have appeared, but none did.
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Test of auto-linking - pressure
The above works as a single line, but if I add text like this line, auto-linking is disabled.
The above works as a single line, but if I add text like this line, auto-linking is disabled.
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Test - vector triangle - uncertainty principle .
Hmmm. If punctuation follows a library entry, the auto-linker does not recognize it.
Hmmm. If punctuation follows a library entry, the auto-linker does not recognize it.
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Wow, this is bizarre! And 0 of 60 is hardly "occasionally"! I can't imagine you've possibly disabled autolinks in your posts.tiny-tim said:Autolinking is only working occasionally.
What is the point of contributing entries if nobody knows they are there?
Testing (this is the physics content list)
Apoapsis
black hole radii
capacitor
centrifugal force
centripetal acceleration
Coriolis force
edge of the universe
elastic collision
electric displacement field
electric field
electric units
expansion postulate
field (physics)
First Law of Thermodynamics
free charge
free-body diagram
friction
Friedmann Equation
inelastic collision
inelastic collision (relativistic) (M)
inertial observer
Isodiasphere
Isotone
Kepler's Laws
Kirchhoff's rules
kirchoff
Lagrange point
Library FAQs
List of Quantum Mechanical Operators
Lorentz gauge
Lorentz Transformation
Maxwell's equations
moment of inertia
moments
momentum (non-relativistic)
Newton's second law
orbital eccentricity
Periapsis
Photoelectric Effect
Physics Forums Gurus
Physics Forums History
Physics Forums Medals
pressure
Radioactive Decay
reaction force
rotating frame
Second Law of Thermodynamics
SelfAdjoint
Sidereal
susceptibility
Synodic
Third Law of Thermodynamics
Trojan Object
twin paradox
uncertainty principle
vector triangle
wave function
Waves on a String
work done
zeroth law of thermodynamics
EDIT: 60 autolinks should have appeared, but none did.
As a test, can you copy (or quote and remove the quote tags from) Astronuc's last post? Let's see if the autolinks show up.
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Gokul43201 said:
Hi Gokul!
And it's not only in my posts … I keep seeing other people's posts without autolinking.
Anyway, here goes:
Test - vector triangle - uncertainty principle .
Hmmm. If punctuation follows a library entry, the auto-linker does not recognize it.
EDIT: well, the autolinking did work.
Let's try:
pressure
Radioactive Decay
reaction force
rotating frame
Second Law of Thermodynamics
SelfAdjoint
And now:
Test - pressure - reaction force
And:
Test
pressure
reaction force
(hmm … reaction force 5 lines up got autolinked before I put the next 4 lines in)
(ooh … it got autolinked in the last line … I wonder if I get can get rid of that by adding:)
Test
pressure
reaction force
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Looks like it's the end of line marker <br />, that is behaving as "punctuation" following the word, and preventing autolinks when you hit the return key after a library term. That makes it a bug, not a feature.
PS: Take a look at the page source, if I wasn't terribly clear.
PS: Take a look at the page source, if I wasn't terribly clear.
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Gokul43201 said:
That makes the most sense: good spot Gokul! Hopefully Greg can sort this...
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Yes, if I put a space before carriage return, autolinking works.Gokul43201 said:
pressure
pressure
The second pressure has a space before and after the <br > < br />, so the html code affects the auto-linking.
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tiny-tim said:Autolinking is only working occasionally.
What is the point of contributing entries if nobody knows they are there?
Testing (this is the physics content list)
Apoapsis
black hole radii
capacitor
centrifugal force
centripetal acceleration
Coriolis force
edge of the universe
elastic collision
electric displacement field
electric field
electric units
expansion postulate
field (physics)
First Law of Thermodynamics
zeroth law of thermodynamics
The autolinks have spaces before and after the phrase/entry.
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Astronuc said:
ah … I think that's the answer …
all the instances of failures that I can find are where the word or phrase is followed immediately by . or ) or , or a line return or ; or a tag
Testing:
pressure. pressure) pressure, pressure
pressure; pressure pressure .
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Not to forget, pressure
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autolinking completely off now
Autolinking is completely off now …
at the time of posting, the autolinks previously visible in posts above have vanished.
Autolinking is completely off now …
at the time of posting, the autolinks previously visible in posts above have vanished.
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The last few days we are being hammered with traffic spiking our server load. I've turned off the autolinker temporarily until things settle down.
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Autolink is back online
Redbelly98 said:
Just thought I'd bring this up again ... it would be nice to have some kind of clickable topic list or way to quickly browse among closely-related subtopics.
Of course if there is some reason why this is difficult/impossible to implement, I'll stop bringing it up.
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auolinking
If, in a post, you attach a link to a phrase which includes a library title, then the link (and its underlining) expires just before the title, eg …
If, in a post, you attach a link to a phrase which includes a library title, then the link (and its underlining) expires just before the title, eg …
tiny-tim said:
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"Search this Library"
Would it be possible to have a "Search this Library" tool as in the toolbar above any PF thread, so that we can search for a word or phrase even if it isn't a title?
If a tool isn't possible, could there be a box or link to enable a google site-search, in the form "word site:www.physicsforums.com/library"?
Would it be possible to have a "Search this Library" tool as in the toolbar above any PF thread, so that we can search for a word or phrase even if it isn't a title?
If a tool isn't possible, could there be a box or link to enable a google site-search, in the form "word site:www.physicsforums.com/library"?
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Nice, Greg!
I have a couple questions. I would like to edit some content, but not submit an entirely new entry. How is this done? Is a PM to you the best way? Still not clear on the process.
For example, consider the "quadratic equation" entry.
I considered submitting an "Add Content" submission to change the title to "Quadratic Equation" (I admit it: I am anal); however, I thought I might end up creating a brand-new entry titled "Quadratic Equation" in addition to the "quadratic equation" entry. I didn't want to do that, so I backed out.
I would have also liked to edit the entry in the "See Also" section. I would like to change "Mathworld" to "MathWorld: Quadratic Equation".
I am also considering submitting a few other links for an editor's consideration for listing in the "See Also" section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation"
and/or
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation"
as well as a link to an online solver:
http://www.akiti.ca/Quad2Deg.html"
Alternately, are simple errors like typos, grammatical errors, duplicate words, etc. handled via the "Report item" link?
I have a couple questions. I would like to edit some content, but not submit an entirely new entry. How is this done? Is a PM to you the best way? Still not clear on the process.
For example, consider the "quadratic equation" entry.
I considered submitting an "Add Content" submission to change the title to "Quadratic Equation" (I admit it: I am anal); however, I thought I might end up creating a brand-new entry titled "Quadratic Equation" in addition to the "quadratic equation" entry. I didn't want to do that, so I backed out.
I would have also liked to edit the entry in the "See Also" section. I would like to change "Mathworld" to "MathWorld: Quadratic Equation".
I am also considering submitting a few other links for an editor's consideration for listing in the "See Also" section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation"
and/or
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation"
as well as a link to an online solver:
http://www.akiti.ca/Quad2Deg.html"
Alternately, are simple errors like typos, grammatical errors, duplicate words, etc. handled via the "Report item" link?
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Hi Duncan,DuncanM said:
Currently, only PF staff (Administrators, Mentors, Homework Helpers and Science Advisers) can edit items, this helps maintain the integrity of the library articles.
The best way to submit editions to library articles is to use the Report Item feature in the library. Your report will then be submitted to the Science Advisor's forum where it will be discussed and any necessary changes made.
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how to edit?
Hi DuncanM!
Titles have small initial letters because the autolinking facility would irritatingly change "quadratic equation" to "Quadratic Equation" wherever it occurred in a post if the title were in capitals.
(only exception is real names, like "Newton's" or "Hermitian")
For "See Also" suggestions, write a comment … then ordinary members can discuss whether they like it or not.
In fact, if it's in a comment (which accepts links and smilies just like an ordinary post), that's just as good as being in the official "See Also" … so long as it stays on the first page, of course!
As Hootenanny says, you can use "Report item". And please submit the actual code (preview it on any thread reply preview page )
For simple errors, (basically anything that doesn't need a discussion), I think "Report item" would be a nuisance … just draw attention to them in "Commentary", or PM any Homework Helper or Science Adviser you think would be interested.
Hi DuncanM!
Titles have small initial letters because the autolinking facility would irritatingly change "quadratic equation" to "Quadratic Equation" wherever it occurred in a post if the title were in capitals.
(only exception is real names, like "Newton's" or "Hermitian")
For "See Also" suggestions, write a comment … then ordinary members can discuss whether they like it or not.
In fact, if it's in a comment (which accepts links and smilies just like an ordinary post), that's just as good as being in the official "See Also"
… so long as it stays on the first page, of course! As Hootenanny
says, you can use "Report item". And please submit the actual code (preview it on any thread reply preview page )DuncanM said:
For simple errors, (basically anything that doesn't need a discussion), I think "Report item" would be a nuisance … just draw attention to them in "Commentary", or PM any Homework Helper or Science Adviser you think would be interested.
Are there any guidelines for what gets posted in the Commentary section of a library entry? Occasionally I see questions that IMHO would better be posted as a thread in the main forums, questions (homework or non HW) that are related to the library entry's subject.
My thinking is that library comments should specifically address that entry, for example: pointing out errors, suggesting or asking for clarification within the entry, or suggesting additions to the entry.
But that's just my opinion, I am unable to find any official PF policy on this.
My thinking is that library comments should specifically address that entry, for example: pointing out errors, suggesting or asking for clarification within the entry, or suggesting additions to the entry.
But that's just my opinion, I am unable to find any official PF policy on this.