Did you disable unicode support in profiles?

January 11, 2006 9:27 PM

Hey, matt. Did you disable unicode support in profiles? [more inside]
posted by ハッカー to MetaFilter-Related at 9:27 PM (22 comments total)

Ok, I know you locked down the user pages and everything, but I'm having trouble with the unicode characters. I tried to update my page only to find that the japanese and korean characters I had used were suddenly stripped and replaced by "?"s. I tried replacing them only to find that the submission kept stripping them each time. Other areas of MeFi still seem to work with them. What gives?
posted by ハッカー at 9:28 PM on January 11, 2006

angel hair.
posted by quonsar at 9:32 PM on January 11, 2006

They're being stripped, yeah.

There's a war on, you know.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:40 PM on January 11, 2006

now THAT was funny! :-)
posted by quonsar at 9:44 PM on January 11, 2006

Why are unicode characters being stripped?

> 9-11!

Why are quonsar's comments so ... disconnected?

> 9-11!

Is the answer to everything "911"?

> Yes. It's 9-11, 24/7. *

* My apologies to Gary Trudeau.
posted by mystyk at 9:50 PM on January 11, 2006

W
T
F
Matt?!?
posted by Mr T at 10:06 PM on January 11, 2006

I think that was a "strip search" joke.
posted by bshort at 10:51 PM on January 11, 2006

☠

looks like <big> is out too...
posted by Rhomboid at 3:54 AM on January 12, 2006

The big (et al) tag went out a long time ago when someone made a full-stop the size of James' giant peach.
posted by NinjaPirate at 4:16 AM on January 12, 2006

The big (et al) tag went out a long time ago...

The big (et al) tag went out a long time ago...
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:13 AM on January 12, 2006

Don't you mean:

The big (et al) tag went out a long time ago, Queen aeda.
When do we softly raise the bake and shake?
posted by nobody at 8:11 AM on January 12, 2006

That is the most irritating commeting technique I have ever seen.

I had to use the print screen button. But what does "Hielaetotalnmg..." mean?
posted by delmoi at 9:53 AM on January 12, 2006

and now my posts arn't going anywhere. Cute.
posted by delmoi at 9:54 AM on January 12, 2006

I guess it's time to retire the blink tag too.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:07 AM on January 12, 2006

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posted by JeffK at 10:13 AM on January 12, 2006

no!
posted by killdevil at 10:14 AM on January 12, 2006

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posted by ND¢ at 10:22 AM on January 12, 2006

I guess it's time to retire the blink tag too.

How about a trade for marquee? It was annoying that it displayed differently in different browsers, but that fishtank was undeniably keen.
posted by nobody at 10:23 AM on January 12, 2006

How about a trade for marquee?

Hell, how about a per-day cycle of questionable tags? Mondays blink works, Tuesdays marquee, Wednesdays will be big...
posted by cortex at 11:02 AM on January 12, 2006

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posted by blue_beetle at 1:00 PM on January 12, 2006

Hell, how about a per-day cycle of questionable tags? Mondays blink works, Tuesdays marquee, Wednesdays will be big...

Good idea. Only, keep 'em a surprise. You have to figure out which tags work (or don't) before posting.
posted by deborah at 1:19 PM on January 12, 2006

In defense of the blink tag:

i still love you
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:39 PM on January 12, 2006