sigh..Please rub some words together in you opening post. Asking nicely., page 1

reply to post by UnlimitedSky

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I agree completely. Wether you are posting up a news article , a set of images, or a video, it is vital that a thought out summary be given for the content you are posting. The reasons for this are many fold.

First, as you rightly point out, not everyone can veiw videos. At least fifty percent of the time, I am using a computer which does not play sound, so interviews, and language heavy videos are largely lost on me half the time, and I have to wait till later to veiw the content properly when it has an audiological component.

Second, where the scenario of a posted text and photographic article being offered up is concerned, sometimes a link will fail, or direct to something that is not the intended content (that last bit is quite rare, but mistakes happen). To ensure that no confusion manifests itself, it is best to provide a summary , or pose a question.

Last but not least, while I understand entirely that for SOME subjects an unbiased delivery can be desired,this does not mean that one should post the content alone and a one line covering post. Speaking in terms of ideals , it would be best if at least a paragraph is offered up by content posters, to present the information they are offering, and to ensure that everyone knows what is supposed to be in the content displayed.

It's a good thing to remind members

In thread starters as well as posts, it's best to post an explanation, a few lines, as much information as you can, to go along with your link, video or image.
Your supposed to be posting to entice members to respond and learn something.

And,as the OP says here, not everyone can watch the videos for various reasons.

So, it behooves us to be considerate of others when posting and explain off-site content

In fact, I've used this mod note a lot to get member awareness

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reply to post by TrueBrit

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Quick q:

I will be creating a new thread in a few weeks but I'm concerned that it will be devided into many posts because I'm only allowed about 5k characters. What's the best way to create this thread?

reducing or condensing the thread into few words will not work because of the contents.

advice needed.

thanks

reply to post by edmc^2

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Hmm... I think that the way you could do this, would be do your opening post, and then use tabs to type up the rest as replies to your initial thread posting.

For more information , refer to a moderator.They may be able to advise you further on this matter.

Originally posted by TrueBrit
reply to post by edmc^2

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Hmm... I think that the way you could do this, would be do your opening post, and then use tabs to type up the rest as replies to your initial thread posting.

For more information , refer to a moderator.They may be able to advise you further on this matter.

thanks TrueBrit - but how do you do the tabs?

I didn't know ATS has tabs.

OK I click on New Thread - now I have 7500 characters available for a thread - but still too small.

reply to post by edmc^2

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Ok... Your internet explorer has tabs. You only have to log in once, but you can open multiple tabs in internet explorer. What you could try, is posting your initial thread begining, and then open up as many tabs in internet explorer as you need, and go to the thread on ATS on EACH of those threads .


Then you click reply , to reply to your thread, in each of those explorer windows. Type the rest of your info into those reply boxes, and then post the replies in the order you wish them to be displayed. Thats how I would do it.

As I said though, there may be a simpler way,so speak to a moderator about it before making an attempt if its causing you a headache

Originally posted by TrueBrit
reply to post by edmc^2

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Ok... Your internet explorer has tabs. You only have to log in once, but you can open multiple tabs in internet explorer. What you could try, is posting your initial thread begining, and then open up as many tabs in internet explorer as you need, and go to the thread on ATS on EACH of those threads .


Then you click reply , to reply to your thread, in each of those explorer windows. Type the rest of your info into those reply boxes, and then post the replies in the order you wish them to be displayed. Thats how I would do it.

As I said though, there may be a simpler way,so speak to a moderator about it before making an attempt if its causing you a headache

ok thanks - got it - only problem is that as soon as I post it - someone will reply and the sequence will get missed up.

from what i calculated i'll probably need at least 6 or 7 (max of 7k characters) continuous post to get the flow going.

anyway - i'll try to compress the contents as much as i can to shorten the thread but i'm afraid i will lose much of the info.

reply to post by edmc^2

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I will be creating a new thread in a few weeks but I'm concerned that it will be devided into many posts because I'm only allowed about 5k characters. What's the best way to create this thread?

What I usually do is write up the thread on the regular page for posting new threads as normal, then once I start to come close to the character limit I copy and paste it into word, save it and then begin writing the next post on the regular page for posting new replies to threads (in other words I click on a random thread, click reply and then begin typing again - I do that as opposed to the page where you start a thread as the character limits are different for regular posts), then, when writing the second post, if I come close to my word limit again I copy and past it into word but I'll leave a gap of about a page. That way when I come to posting the whole thing for real I know how many posts I'll be posting, how long and what content is in each post and most importantly I know I'll be able to post it all quickly thus avoiding anyone posting before I'm finished.

The word limits can be a pain the way they are right now, especially when writing longer threads, but writing them up as normal, then copying and pasting to word when neccesary, and doing the above works best for me. It makes it that much easier and if it takes you longer than a day to write it all up (because of research, fact checking or whatever), at least you know it's all saved and each post is already split up into appropriate sections all ready to post almost straight away.

Originally posted by Rising Against
reply to post by edmc^2

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I will be creating a new thread in a few weeks but I'm concerned that it will be devided into many posts because I'm only allowed about 5k characters. What's the best way to create this thread?

What I usually do is write up the thread on the regular page for posting new threads as normal, then once I start to come close to the character limit I copy and paste it into word, save it and then begin writing the next post on the regular page for posting new replies to threads (in other words I click on a random thread, click reply and then begin typing again - I do that as opposed to the page where you start a thread as the character limits are different for regular posts), then, when writing the second post, if I come close to my word limit again I copy and past it into word but I'll leave a gap of about a page. That way when I come to posting the whole thing for real I know how many posts I'll be posting, how long and what content is in each post and most importantly I know I'll be able to post it all quickly thus avoiding anyone posting before I'm finished.

The word limits can be a pain the way they are right now, especially when writing longer threads, but writing them up as normal, then copying and pasting to word when neccesary, and doing the above works best for me. It makes it that much easier and if it takes you longer than a day to write it all up (because of research, fact checking or whatever), at least you know it's all saved and each post is already split up into appropriate sections all ready to post almost straight away.

Thanks much RA - I'll give a try!!

curious - are pictures counted as characters? - cuz I have a lot of them.

reply to post by edmc^2

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curious - are pictures counted as characters? - cuz I have a lot of them.

Yep, as are bb code, videos and anything else like that.

And btw, as well as doing what I wrote in my last post, and as others have mentioned so far, It's a good idea to open up a few tabs and write up the thread that way (I usually use around 3). It makes it soo much easier to write in my opinion.