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  • GOC Admin
    Gun Owners of Canada Inc
    • Apr 2012
    • 29

    #16
    Can someone post a screen capture of the punctuation issue? I don't see it on my end.

    GOC Admin


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    • RangeBob
      GoC Elite
      • Mar 2014
      • 122820

      #17
      Originally posted by GOC Admin
      Can someone post a screen capture of the punctuation issue? I don't see it on my end.

      GOC Admin
      see
      https://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/sho...ial-Characters

      Basically
      a) smart quotes (double and single)
      b) hyphens
      c) french characters

      all get converted to "?"

      The workaround is to do what I did in the linked thread. Replace smart quotes with simple quotes, replace hyphens with double dash, replace accented letters with their unaccented equivalents.

      This happens most often when copy/pasting news articles.

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      becomes

      ?Deputy heads of federal organizations are responsible for building an appropriate workforce to fulfill their respective mandates,? the spokesperson said.
      -- https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...o-reach-record

      [And of course today it didn't. I had to manually put the ? in there. The next time I get stuck with that I'll post pictures.]

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      • Dewey Cox
        Señor Member
        • Jan 2013
        • 6137

        #18
        My user title used to say "senor member" but the n had a little toupee on top.
        Now it's this
        <<<
        Why does the rest of the country get first dibbs on half my income?

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        • RangeBob
          GoC Elite
          • Mar 2014
          • 122820

          #19
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          today becomes (automatically by GOC)
          [strangely, today, smart quotes and dashes seem to survive without being "?"]

          “hello how are you”
          It ain’t
          The rain – in Spain – falls mainly.
          B?cancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Aln?bak

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          • CLW .45
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2014
            • 5845

            #20
            Originally posted by JustBen
            There is no future. Our hobby is dying, albeit, slowly.

            This site has turned into an echo chamber for the few of us that remain. I get the occasional nugget of wealth here, but for the most part, it's rarely anything firearms related.

            I'll say it - the site owner sold out. Everyone has their price. I'd probably have done the same thing.
            The “hobby” is dying because the hobbyists among us have, for half a century, refused to acknowledge that organized shooting sports have never been the primary interest of more than a few of the Canadians who are interested in firearms.
            Gun Control is about making it unlawful for you to use, carry, or possess a firearm.

            All restrictions/prohibitions on the use, carriage, or possession of firearms must be repealed.

            Middle ground?

            What middle ground?

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            • Dewey Cox
              Señor Member
              • Jan 2013
              • 6137

              #21
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              Why does the rest of the country get first dibbs on half my income?

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              • RangeBob
                GoC Elite
                • Mar 2014
                • 122820

                #22
                In this thread

                https://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/sho...n-interference

                copy/pasted from this link

                Elections Canada, in a recent report to the China inquiry, has now revealed it was aware of at least 149 complaints of foreign interference during the last two general elections.


                I pasted

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                and I got

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                and then I went back and manually fixed the "?" to the correct quotes so that the thread was legible.



                I left "Justice Marie-Jos?e Hogue" without fixing it.

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                • SwissArmyMan
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2018
                  • 7670

                  #23
                  Can't post pictures now. Fix something break something.
                  "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men" -JFK

                  "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds the timid join him for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain

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                  • GOC Admin
                    Gun Owners of Canada Inc
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 29

                    #24
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                    test picture upload


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                    • GOC Admin
                      Gun Owners of Canada Inc
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 29

                      #25
                      Thanks, I'll have them look at that.

                      Ryan


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                      • GOC Admin
                        Gun Owners of Canada Inc
                        • Apr 2012
                        • 29

                        #26
                        Originally posted by SwissArmyMan
                        Can't post pictures now. Fix something break something.
                        What is it doing when you try to upload a pic?


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                        • Dewey Cox
                          Señor Member
                          • Jan 2013
                          • 6137

                          #27
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                          Why does the rest of the country get first dibbs on half my income?

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                          • Dewey Cox
                            Señor Member
                            • Jan 2013
                            • 6137

                            #28
                            Seems to work for me
                            Why does the rest of the country get first dibbs on half my income?

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                            • SwissArmyMan
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2018
                              • 7670

                              #29
                              Now it's fine.
                              "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men" -JFK

                              "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds the timid join him for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain

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                              • SwissArmyMan
                                Senior Member
                                • Jun 2018
                                • 7670

                                #30
                                Can someone try posting an image to this page?

                                https://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/sho...-garbage/page4
                                "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men" -JFK

                                "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, brave and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds the timid join him for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain

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