Disappearing discussion
Hello, I have just typed and submitted a detailed discussion topic. I forgot to put a tag on it. I took the Edit option ('4 hours') immediately, and added a tag, but on resubmission I got a message saying that I was not authorised to edit; and now my discussion has disappeared.
I have edited previous discussions several times with no problem.
Do I need to start again please?
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It sounds like a problem I, and others had, back in April-July 2021 https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/83506/vanishing-post-in-ideas-records-searching-and-viewing#latest
I have been a member of various Forums over the years, and these other Forums have never had the problems this Community seems to have on an ongoing basis.
Depending on what you are writing about, you could wait a few days and see if your post re-appears, but I think most likely you will need to repost.
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Thanks Maureen, glad it's not just me! I will repost (and save a copy of the text, in case).
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It's best to always save any post of more than a couple of lines (in Word, or similar), just in case something like this happens. That applies to working in Family Tree, too, where users are often "timed-out" when writing an extended Life Sketch or internal message to another user. Best to write it somewhere "safe" and copy / paste here.
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@MandyShaw1 I found your discussion in the spam filter. I am not certain why the filter grabbed it, but wonder if editing it immediately after posting caused the problem.
Maile 🙂
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Many thanks Maile, it's fine now.
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