Complaint Question template in homework forums

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The "Post New Thread" feature in homework forums includes a question template that reappears at the end of messages when the "Preview Post" button is clicked. Users find this repetitive template annoying, as it requires manual deletion each time before saving. The forum administrators acknowledge the issue but have no plans to fix it, citing the simplicity of the current template hack. Users are advised to simply delete the redundant templates before finalizing their posts. This ongoing issue highlights a user experience concern within the forum's design.
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Good afternoon,

In every homework/coursework forum, the page for "Post New Thread" presents a question template for being used.
The problem is that, everytime one clicks the "Preview Post" button, the same template gets repeated at the end of the message and one has to erase it every time when generating a preview of the message to be sent.

Thank you in advance.
 
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I understand it's a bit of a nuisance, but we don't have any plans on fixing it. Right now it's a simple template hack and I would rather not escalate it's complexity.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
I understand it's a bit of a nuisance, but we don't have any plans on fixing it. Right now it's a simple template hack and I would rather not escalate it's complexity.

OK, thank you.
 
When one previews - just deleted the redundant template(s) before saving.
 

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