Is there a way to keep Fluther from adding a question mark to the last word in a question?
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May 14th, 2011
If you stick a question mark on the end, Fluther parses for it, and doesn’t duplicate it. But if you ask a question and stick parenthetical information on the end, even though the question already ends in a question mark, Fluther sticks a second question mark on the end of your parenthetical addition. Here’s an example where I’d really rather not have that second question mark. The same goes for questions where you close after the question with (See details) or other such non-question amplifiers that need to be in the question line.
Is there any way to tell Fluther not to arbitrarily end the input with a question mark when you know none is required or even sensible to put there?
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I put a full dot ”.” at the end.
It works for me.
Your parenthetical comment could just as easily go at the front. We are supposed to ask questions, I think. A lot of people add phrases that aren’t questions. It can be rather annoying. You can work around this, I think.
You need to work around the system now that you know what its limitations are.
From what I’ve been told by a mod (when I once made the title a statement and buried the actual question down in the description part and my question was sent back for editing because it wasn’t really a question), the title actually has to be a bona-fide question. Any supplementary or parenthetical information should be put down in the description part.
As long as there is a question in the title, it’s fine to end with a parenthetical statement (or whatever). Putting in a period will probably do the trick, though I’m not certain. Bonus: I removed the extra question mark on your linked question for you. :D
*Edit: I wonder if editing your question right after it posts (removing the extra punctuation) would work?
@queenie Cool. That is definitely worth a try. Thanks.
@wundayatta & @marinelife Looks like @queenie gave me a reasonable workaround.
@HungryGuy Think about this a minute. You want to put {see Details} on the end of the question. Put it in the details instead. Now what could possibly go wrong with that strategy? :-)
@augustlan Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can certainly try the eidt approach, and if that doesn’t work, the period at the end can be a fallback.
@johnpowell Thanks so much for the link. Since it says that questions without ending punctiuation get a question mark appended, that explains why adding a period at the end works for parenthetical material.
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