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TheCuza Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Feb 10th 2018 at 8:23:17 AM

Within the past week I've been having a strange problem where I make some small edit to a page, usually just adding one trope or example, and the whole page gets totally screwed up. Random chunks of text moved around, others deleted, etc. I have no idea what could be causing it but I'd like to undo the damage somehow.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#2: Feb 10th 2018 at 8:27:33 AM

I suggest you check your browser for unwanted add-ons and such.

In the meantime, yes, the site staff can restore a page to an earlier version. (It would make it easier for them if you named the pages in question, so they don't have to go through your edit history.)

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#3: Feb 10th 2018 at 8:27:41 AM

Can you link to a page that had this problem?

Also, how do you make edits? Some people copy the page into a word processor and then paste the whole page into the in-browner text editor, and that may cause problems. Do you have any app or software similar to a nannybot?

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TheCuza Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Feb 10th 2018 at 9:02:31 AM

No unwanted addons or nannybots. Remember I said that this has been happening for only about a week.

I did send a message to the staff using the support form a couple days ago but haven't had a response yet. So far the pages I've noticed that got screwed up are Refusing Paradise (all I did was add the Fractured But Whole example) and Dark Souls III: Enemies and Bosses (I can't even remember what my edit was here).

It also happened on ProtonJon: Fortune Cookie but that was easy to fix because nothing was moved around, just a single (albeit very large) block of text deleted. It's the other two that are too convoluted to fix manually.

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#5: Feb 10th 2018 at 9:21:44 AM

I've had that issue, too. It was only for a short period of time, though. No idea what causes it. I know that certain elements of the site "glitch out" when ad-blockers are being used. Related question: are you on PC or Mac? Chrome, IE, Firefox...?

You could probably report such issues to ATT (where mods frequently tread). If not there then Bug Reports.

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TheCuza Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Feb 10th 2018 at 4:05:33 PM

Windows 10, Firefox. And if it is my ad-blocker causing it, I don't know why it only just started a week ago.

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