I happened to stumble across this post that was obviously in desperate need of editing,
But, when I went to actually edit the post, "hi whatsup?" vanished,
I'm also not the only one that's experienced this. What's causing this to happen?
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Similar MSE post: Edit source differs from question view? Or are we each other's friends now?Bart– Bart2014-08-09 13:06:36 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 13:06
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Marginally related, considering that the post in question is now "on hold" meta.stackexchange.com/questions/155961/…apaul– apaul2014-08-11 18:35:17 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 18:35
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If the first line of a post starts with:
Hi, ....
or a variant thereof it's automatically stripped out of the post. This is a relatively new thing.
The post you were editing was from 2009, so predates this change. This filter (like the checking for banned words in titles) is applied when a post is edited so the salutation will disappear as you edit.
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Does this only happen with certain words at the beginning of the post? Or does this also apply to the ending?Sam– Sam2014-08-09 12:04:39 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 12:04
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3@Sam I think it only applies to salutations at the beginning of a post. Locating where a post ends and a signature begins is a little less accurate.2014-08-09 12:31:32 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 12:31
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Ha, that explains a couple of things..!brasofilo– brasofilo2014-08-09 13:40:20 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 13:40
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@BilltheLizard I seem to have found a post with salutations in front! (Note: If it got edited, check the revisions)Unihedron– Unihedron2014-08-09 16:32:24 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 16:32
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2@Unihedron I think the overall appalling grammar of that "sentence" (no punctuation at all) has probably fooled the code.2014-08-09 16:34:46 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 16:34
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1Should I carry on and edit the post? Or should I leave it for posterity's sake?Sam– Sam2014-08-09 17:32:45 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 17:32
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3Related post from Jeff Atwood: We now automatically remove salutations from posts as they are entered.unor– unor2014-08-09 19:24:27 +00:00Commented Aug 9, 2014 at 19:24
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3But it's weird that you cannot see it even in the revision history.TLama– TLama2014-08-10 05:29:13 +00:00Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 5:29
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2Chris, is it possible that in future; after a major SO release happens, create a meta post stating a list of changes went in that release. That way people will be aware of the new changes they should see.Rahul– Rahul2014-08-11 18:33:27 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 18:33
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1@Rahul: as far as I know, there is a post about recent changes on meta.SE. But no mention of the automatic stripping out. The post TLama has linked to is in the related questions list, though.Léo Lam– Léo Lam2014-08-11 18:44:19 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 18:44
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3I just have one issue with this - everything is being done to make the whole process impersonal. While I do agree with / against overwhelming the posts with too much of it, I personally would like to see a bit of a friendly personal touch from time to time. And "suggesting" against it is ok (or even moderator editing at times) - but automatically stripping ?! I don't think so, just my thoughts ;)NSGaga– NSGaga2014-08-11 19:13:30 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 19:13