Is this a bug or just coincidence? 4 threads "disappeared" since yesterday
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The problem with those links is that it says the thread does not exist rather than that the reply to the thread doesn't exist.
[quote]Notice
The following errors were encountered
The specified thread does not exist
[/quote]Could it also give a link to the thread if the linked reply can't be found?
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Maybe that could change if instead of linking to the /forums/viewreply/NNNN URL, the email notification would link instead to /viewthread/MMM/#NNNN.
This way, if that reply is removed, the link works partially.
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Perhaps, but that might be misleading because the reader won't know they are not looking at the post originally referred to by the link.
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Well
http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewreply/13128/
simply redirects to:
http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2322/#13128If your comment is deleted, the first link (viewreply) will say thread does not exist.
The second link will just load the thread but be unable to find the anchor and start from the top of the screen instead.I know which one I prefer :)
By the way, you can keep the URL the same (viewreply). Just keep the thread info and redirect to thread when reply isn't found. Don't say thread doesn't exist :)
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Regardless, the first link should not say "The specified thread does not exist". It should at least be changed to "The specified reply does not exist.". Even if it does not help you any further. Ideally on the reply-does-not-exist page it would have a link to the top of the thread.
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[quote author="Bradley" date="1292051582"]Regardless, the first link should not say "The specified thread does not exist". It should at least be changed to "The specified reply does not exist.". Even if it does not help you any further. Ideally on the reply-does-not-exist page it would have a link to the top of the thread.
[/quote]I changed my mind, that is the one that makes more sense. +1 for "this reply doesn't exist, but the thread is here".
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I vote for this message if the "removed reply" was the only one since my last visit, but if it wasn't, I prefer to go straight to the next reply (since my last visit). If I am interested on a thread I want to read anything (and just) new.
The fact that one reply was removed (probably for good cause) does not affect my desire to read the next reply on the thread. I don't want to go to the first post on the thread and start digging to find where I stopped reading.
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We have /viewreply/13128/ instead of /viewthread/2322/#13128 because threads might be merged and that would invalidate the link. That's the logic, but we shall find a better error message, possibly with a link to the original thread.
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[quote author="mariusg" date="1292079743"]We have /viewreply/13128/ instead of /viewthread/2322/#13128 because threads might be merged and that would invalidate the link. That's the logic, but we shall find a better error message, possibly with a link to the original thread.[/quote]
Thank you. That way the next time I make a mistake about posting and have things deleted I won't cause as much of a problem. :)
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Bradley, no issues, keep the good posts coming in