Author Topic: Receiving additional edit approvals  (Read 798 times)

telly

Receiving additional edit approvals
« on: August 15, 2015, 07:19:39 pm »
Sometimes when I submit an edit for an item, I receive an additional edit approved notification for the "box text" when I didn't edit that field. I think it happens most often when I'm submitting artwork, like for the disc/cart, etc. I don't know if this happens because of a bug or some other reason, but I thought I would mention it. In the end I don't suppose it's a big deal.

Thanks!
« Last Edit: August 15, 2015, 11:29:08 pm by telly »
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foxhack

Re: Receiving additional edit approvals
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2015, 10:35:17 pm »
It's a bit difficult to explain...

Back when the site first started, the text was saved in a different encoding. This caused (and still causes) text issues on some browsers. So, newline codes would probably be displayed fine but the backend thinks otherwise, and we get text without linebreaks.

When people edit listings with this oddly saved text, the backend sees that the encoding was changed between what's on file and what was submitted, and so it asks us to approve or deny the change. I usually approve it because you're unintentionally fixing the text so it's saved correctly. So yes, it's a bug, but it's a good one. No need to worry about it.

telly

Re: Receiving additional edit approvals
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2015, 10:57:09 pm »
Huh, that's interesting...

But if it's actually a good thing, then alright! Thanks for the response!  :)
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