Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

1. Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #1

   Those of you that have been in and around the Citadel, have surely noticed the occasional special character or a few. Yes, the beloved â, €, ™, œ, or my current favourite - . A few may be even valid, most are junk. :( They arised during one of the moves and conversions, and have been with us ever since. Sadly, it is not possible at the moment to remove them in some easy mechanical way. Many of them have been already targeted and destroyed, the rest of the buggers has mutated beyond easy detection, and only if someone happens across them, can they be spotted and exterminated.
   
   And this is where you come in.
   
   If you find a post afflicted with special characters, please post the link here.
   
   
   If it is your post, it would be nice if you'd do it yourself, but it is fine to just post the link.
   
   If it is very long, and the buggers are in some comment, a link to that specific place is really welcome.
   
   If it is only one you happen to find, it is okay, post it. If you find a hundred, it is still okay, post it. (But then we would have to reward you in some way... *scratches head* ...well, we shall see how this works first. :) )
   
   
   Anyway, if you find some, post a link here. In time, they shall be... vanished.

2. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #2

   http://www.strolen.com/view.php?node=auth_com&authorid=1481
   I couldn't list all the individual comments, but you can assume that almost any one of his comments has at least one funky character in it...
   
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=2083
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=704
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=672
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=217
   
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=869
   
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=617
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=644
   
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=615#3311
   
   

3. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #3

   First batch processed. Oh, and yes, Dragon Lord is a known culprit. Still filtering that man out. :p
   
   
   Thanks a lot!

4. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #4

   And, of course you fixed them just ahead of me hitting the link... I was wondering why nothing was wrong.

5. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #5

   Heheh! Don't worry, there's enough special characters for everyone!
   
   (Plus anything double-checked is ten times as worth.)

6. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #6

   Here, this one's just for Ria, so that she can see.  :up:
   
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1066

7. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #7

   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1042
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=976#5014
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=760
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=2190
   http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1043#5356

8. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #8

   All of Pariah's set have been fixed.

9. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

   #9

   Thanks for finding them Pariah!!! (and your avatar is still freaky)
   
   And of course, continued thanks to Ria and manfred.

10. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #10

    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=648
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=653
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=683#3771
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=605#3258
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1233
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1228
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1643
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=573#8688
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=334
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1189
    http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1191

11. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #11

    Processed.

12. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #12

    Please allow me to BUMP this thread.
    
    
    While DL's comments are being slowly, painfully processed, we do still welcome information on infested comments and submissions that are yet unknown. If you come across any, please remember to post them here.
    
    Thank you for your time.

13. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #13

    Some may be still hidden here: A Dash of Salt. It's... BIG.

14. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #14

    It's clean, meaning my quasi-scientific Ctrl^F, and then searching for € turned up nada.

15. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #15

    (There are still some Â-s lost inside, and possibly others. Someone will have to read the whole thing eventually. :( )

16. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #16

    AG's http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=1791 has at least one small bubble of chaos in it. 'tis in the first blockquote.

17. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #17

    Bubbles of chaos have been brought up to the lawful standard.
    
    Thanks, Chaosmark!
    
    ---
    
    In other news, all DL's comments found so far have been cleaned up. Woohoo! (Horrible times that were; the man is all over the place. :) )

18. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #18

    Not to forget: the Idea Seeds will have a few as well. When they are back, we will want to sift those through as well.
    
    Also, NPCs out of History deserve a solid cleaning up: http://www.strolen.com/content.php?node=2007

19. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #19

    This should be bumped and followed up on.  They are reappearing again.

20. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #20

    Where are they? Where?
    
    
    Oh, and yes. The "miraculous suggestion multiplier" bug should be followed as well. Luckily is this a recent one, so the afflicted pieces should be easy to find.

21. Re: Challenge of a more aesthetic kind

    #21

    Somebody throw water on the citadel or tickle it or smack it in the head?
    
    There sure are a rash o' issues lately.

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