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are profiles farkled again?

Nov 17, 2006 6:24PM PST

when i click on the user name in this post i get my profile page, not his/hers


jonah

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(NT) Worked properly for me. Got your profile.
Nov 17, 2006 6:50PM PST
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Must be a Moderator thing
Nov 17, 2006 7:05PM PST

I got yours but, you post does NOT exist. You were online last on

Last online:
Friday, November 10, 2006 11:42PM PST

Rick

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It seems to be the "?" that does it and is tied to tge new
Nov 23, 2006 3:03AM PST

software, I find it very annoying!

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I get the same thing, Jonah...
Nov 17, 2006 11:33PM PST

I get my own profile, which is what's supposed to happen if the username cannot be found in the database. My guess would be the question mark in the username is throwing the vanity URL a winger.

John "so that's how bug reports are created" Wilkinson

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John and Jonah
Nov 18, 2006 3:57AM PST

This happened a while back on the old forums. You may be able to locate this. It only happened to the Moderators, not the other members.


Rick

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It happened to me
Nov 23, 2006 11:09PM PST

and I am no moderator.

It happened with another post, which has been removed since, but I was getting my own profile when I clicked.

The poster's id was: huami?

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Special characters are causing this
Nov 27, 2006 1:50AM PST

I've reported this bug already folks... hopefully they can solve this issue or completely disallow special characters in username all together in the future.

Just to let you know that if there is something wrong with the username-- the system automatically defaults it to your profile page when you click on those malformed usernames.

Thanks everyone!
-Lee