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Post by Flyingfifer » Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:55 pm

I have noticed this a couple of times now, when people are clicking quote on something someone has said, the quotation is attributed to a different member, very confusing!

Few examples:
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Quote should have identified JamieZ4C as the poster but instead added Flyingfifer
mgrlane wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:43 pm
Flyingfifer wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:35 pm To be fair, I wasn't talking about you, but you're not doing yourself any favours repeatedly quoting figures that are wildly wrong and somehow quoting me as saying something when I didn't.


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Quote should have identified Flyingfifer as the poster but instead added jeffreyt
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jeffreyt wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:51 pm My understanding was though that its the wear of the plastic impeller blades that typically cause a failure not any electrical issues, I had the thermostat changed along with my water pump (as well as doing that while doing the pump)
Where did you get that understanding from if you don’t mind me asking? Every failed pump I have dissected has been failure of the internal electronics. The mechanics seem well designed.

As others have said, plenty of the oem Pierburg units around for £200 - £250. It’s an easy diy or an hour labour at a garage. Around 22% of users on here reported a failure in a survey of 100 or so responses.

The back top engine (N52K) typically found in 2007 models onwards apparently had a revised design but it’s not clear if the electronics were any different. They do still fail but perhaps not at the same rate.
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Post by Argyll Andy » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:45 pm

Noticed it last week at some point and again yesterday.

I can be confused enough on my own without electronic help.

I tried to quote a line in the post above and then an answer to the OP but the quote lists the OP and not buzyg like I wanted
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    Post by Smartbear » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:49 pm

    It’s obviously the Chinese :P
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    Post by Wondermike » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:04 pm

    I think it just needs care when extracting quotes that are part of multiple quotes, that the correct text, brackets etc. is deleted/retained.

    The forum wouldn’t cause that unfortunately :thumbsup:

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    Post by Wondermike » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:06 pm

    Wondermike wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:04 pmThe forum wouldn’t cause that unfortunately :thumbsup:
    Or the Chinese :D

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    Post by MACK » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:24 pm

    Smartbear wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:49 pm It’s obviously the Chinese :P
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    Post by M1k3yC » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:18 pm

    BBCode requires opening and closing tags, like HTML, and tags can be nested. The guide might help you, it's not very long:
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    Post by Number5 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:16 pm

    Yes, I noticed I was quoting something the other day that was posted by another member and not myself
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    Post by Flyingfifer » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:05 pm

    Wondermike wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:04 pm I think it just needs care when extracting quotes that are part of multiple quotes, that the correct text, brackets etc. is deleted/retained.

    The forum wouldn’t cause that unfortunately :thumbsup:
    I never manually code a quote because I'm far too lazy and I suspect 99.9% of users are the same, I am using the "Reply with quote" button on the post I'm replying to and unless I'm manually altering and making the name incorrect it doesn't explain this error.
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    Post by srhutch » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:04 pm

    Wondermike wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:04 pm I think it just needs care when extracting quotes that are part of multiple quotes, that the correct text, brackets etc. is deleted/retained.

    The forum wouldn’t cause that unfortunately :thumbsup:
    It's a PICNIC error. :wink:
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    Post by greg81 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:05 pm

    It’s a fairly common phpbb bug. Definitely not PEBCAK

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    Post by Flyingfifer » Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:20 pm

    greg81 wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:05 pm It’s a fairly common phpbb bug. Definitely not PEBCAK
    Hey no PEBCAK error here :rofl:
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    Post by buzyg » Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:54 pm

    I may be old and daft, but the quotes button works just fine. :thumbsup:

    As too wtf PEBCAK and PICNIC errors are. I will have to now spend much time googling the answers, unless some one can tell me quick. :?

    Edit: now Googled those, :lol: :rofl: :thumbsup:
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    Post by greg81 » Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:56 pm

    A few seconds googling will be plenty :)

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    Post by srhutch » Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:27 pm

    buzyg wrote: Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:54 pm I may be old and daft, but the quotes button works just fine. :thumbsup:

    As too wtf PEBCAK and PICNIC errors are. I will have to now spend much time googling the answers, unless some one can tell me quick. :?

    Edit: now Googled those, :lol: :rofl: :thumbsup:
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