• Re: the Ford model T

    From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 07:34:06
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932)

    That link doesn't work
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A
    does and then select the bottom one

    it works here,

    I copied the link from the url bar, which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927?1932)
    Thunderbird must have put the html code in


    What matters is whether it works everywhere

    I don't know why it wouldn't.

    Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working
    although in this case the trailing ) does make it
    thru to the browser. That is often the problem
    when it doesnt

    what browser are you using?

    Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client
    and that's significant because that's what cuts
    the link from the post when you click on it

    seems that's what's causing the problem


    I used FF


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  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 12:57:28
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:34:06 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932)

    That link doesn't work
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A
    does and then select the bottom one

    it works here,

    I copied the link from the url bar,

    There is no url bar with any usenet client I have ever
    used, I just click/tap on the link in the body of the post

    no, the browser


    which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927?1932)
    Thunderbird must have put the html code in


    What matters is whether it works everywhere

    I don't know why it wouldn't.

    Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working
    although in this case the trailing ) does make it
    thru to the browser. That is often the problem
    when it doesnt

    what browser are you using?

    Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client
    and that's significant because that's what cuts
    the link from the post when you click on it

    seems that's what's causing the problem

    Doesn't work properly in NewsTap on an iphone either

    In that case it just drops the trailing ) and wiki asks
    if the full link with the ) included is what I intended


    I used FF



    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 15:39:24
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:57:28 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:34:06 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932) >>>>>>>>>
    That link doesn't work
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A
    does and then select the bottom one

    it works here,

    I copied the link from the url bar,

    There is no url bar with any usenet client I have ever
    used, I just click/tap on the link in the body of the post

    no, the browser

    What is the point of copying the link from the browser url bar when
    you have clicked or tapped on the link in the usenet client ?

    I'm just saying the original link that didn't work for you was copied
    from the FF url bar and pasted here


    which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927?1932)
    Thunderbird must have put the html code in


    What matters is whether it works everywhere

    I don't know why it wouldn't.

    Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working
    although in this case the trailing ) does make it
    thru to the browser. That is often the problem
    when it doesnt

    what browser are you using?

    Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client
    and that's significant because that's what cuts
    the link from the post when you click on it

    seems that's what's causing the problem

    Doesn't work properly in NewsTap on an iphone either

    In that case it just drops the trailing ) and wiki asks
    if the full link with the ) included is what I intended


    I used FF




    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Axel@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 17:05:47
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:39:24 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:57:28 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:34:06 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:04:03 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote:

    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:59:59 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    Rod Speed wrote:
    On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:47:12 +1000, Axel <none@not.here> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A_(1927%E2%80%931932) >>>>>>>>>>>
    That link doesn't work
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_A
    does and then select the bottom one

    it works here,

    I copied the link from the url bar,

    There is no url bar with any usenet client I have ever
    used, I just click/tap on the link in the body of the post

    no, the browser

    What is the point of copying the link from the browser url bar when
    you have clicked or tapped on the link in the usenet client ?

    I'm just saying the original link that didn't work for you

    And plenty of other usenet clients

    was copied˙˙ from the FF url bar and pasted here

    Nothing to do with the browser used, everything
    to do with what the usenet client passes to the
    browser when you click or tap on the link


    yep

    which showed the later part as: Ford_Model_A_(1927?1932)
    Thunderbird must have put the html code in


    What matters is whether it works everywhere

    I don't know why it wouldn't.

    Its clearly the bit in brackets that stops it working
    although in this case the trailing ) does make it
    thru to the browser. That is often the problem
    when it doesnt

    what browser are you using?

    Chrome, but I am using Opera as a usenet client
    and that's significant because that's what cuts
    the link from the post when you click on it

    seems that's what's causing the problem

    Doesn't work properly in NewsTap on an iphone either

    In that case it just drops the trailing ) and wiki asks
    if the full link with the ) included is what I intended


    I used FF





    --
    Linux Mint 22.3


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)