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Postby Alikarhi » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:40 pm

http://www.nationstates.net/page=UN_view_proposal/id=alikarhi_1301171742

Why do these "
&#8232" keep appearing?

Description: The Security Council,

Asserting that through the following actions, Ralkovia has acted against the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, and therefore warrants condemnation.

Acknowledging Ralkovia (Known as 'the Empire') is a major proponent of the International slave-trade with over one billion men, women, and children enslaved
,

Noting that the government of Ralkovia has successfully ordered the deaths of thousands who protested against the government for personal or political freedom -- which is a gross violation of both human rights and the freedom to assemble without reprisal,

Recognizing that the Empire neglects the human rights, dignity and security of its people by actively preventing medical or food supplies from reaching those in need in addition to committing large-scale government sanctioned massacres it calls “Population Control”,

Horrified at the war-mongering and death caused by the Empire, including but not limited to:
• Annihilation of the nation of West Troptopia through the use of nuclear weapons,
• Sabotaging peace conferences between the two major alliances of ODECON and the Conglomerate in order to cause conflict for war profiteering,
• Extermination of countless “undesirable” populations in the name of genetic purity,
• Subjugation of a multitude of nations and alliances such as the Confederation of Allied Governments, forcing conquered nations to pay huge tributes to the Emperor,
• Proliferating the slave-trade and supporting slave-trading nations through the use of armaments, escort ships, WMD’s, and military involvement,
• Use of the Ralkovian Special Forces known as “Death Guard” to destabilize democracies, assassinate and kidnap foreign political leaders in Clamparapa, and assault anti-slaving ships in Mount Shavano and Concordeia,
• Complete disregard for any conventions or rules of war, including the use of chemical weapons on fleeing refugee’s,
• Televising live torture and execution of foreign nationales who have been kidnapped from their own homes as punishment for revealing the crimes committed by Ralkovia or its allies,
• Forcing male prisoners of war into death marches to reach unsanitary labor camps while female POW’s are kept in brothels for the use of Ralkovian soldiers
• Censoring literature and foreign news,
• The enslavement of conquered nation’s women for use as “Birthing Vectors” to produce additional Ralkovian soldiers,

Concluding that Ralkovia is deserving of condemnation because it directly opposes the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, by committing itself to a doctrine of slavery, genocide, and unjust war.



Hereby Condemns Ralkovia.

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Postby Mousebumples » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:26 pm

More than likely, there's a goof in there somewhere with the converting from your Word Processor to the form. (Officially, that code: 
 is an ASCII code ... but it seems to represent a carriage return, which is a bit strange to have spell out in conversion.)

The best way to prevent this sort of issue is to C/P the text of your proposal with a format-free word processing option - i.e. Notepad.
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Postby Alikarhi » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:29 pm

Mousebumples wrote:More than likely, there's a goof in there somewhere with the converting from your Word Processor to the form. (Officially, that code: 
 is an ASCII code ... but it seems to represent a carriage return, which is a bit strange to have spell out in conversion.)

The best way to prevent this sort of issue is to C/P the text of your proposal with a format-free word processing option - i.e. Notepad.


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Postby Sedgistan » Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:34 am

It's probably the same bug as this. You're probably just going to have to hold off submitting until it's fixed.

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Postby [violet] » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:58 pm

I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.

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Postby Milograd » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:03 pm

[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.

I'll go test it out and such, but thats very helpful...mainly since I have been forced to request that one proposal be taken down three seperate times already for technical errors. Thanks Violet, its much appreciated.

*Edit* Yeah I just tested it out with by copy/pasting what I had done in the Proposal's discussion and drafting thread. Now an entirely new set of symbols is appearing:
The Security Council,

Asserting that through the following actions, Ralkovia has acted against the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, and therefore warrants condemnation.

Acknowledging Ralkovia (Known as 'the Empire') is a major proponent of the International slave-trade with over one billion men, women, and children enslaved
,

Noting that the government of Ralkovia has successfully ordered the deaths of thousands who protested against the government for personal or political freedom -- which is a gross violation of both human rights and the freedom to assemble without reprisal,

Recognizing that the Empire neglects the human rights, dignity and security of its people by actively preventing medical or food supplies from reaching those in need in addition to committing large-scale government sanctioned massacres it calls “Population Control”,

Horrified at the war-mongering and death caused by the Empire, including but not limited to:
• Annihilation of the nation of West Troptopia through the use of nuclear weapons,
• Sabotaging peace conferences between the two major alliances of ODECON and the Conglomerate in order to cause conflict for war profiteering,
• Extermination of countless “undesirable” populations in the name of genetic purity,
• Subjugation of a multitude of nations and alliances such as the Confederation of Allied Governments, forcing conquered nations to pay huge tributes to the Emperor,
• Proliferating the slave-trade and supporting slave-trading nations through the use of armaments, escort ships, WMD’s, and military involvement,
• Use of the Ralkovian Special Forces known as “Death Guard” to destabilize democracies, assassinate and kidnap foreign political leaders in Clamparapa, and assault anti-slaving ships in Mount Shavano and Concordeia,
• Complete disregard for any conventions or rules of war, including the use of chemical weapons on fleeing refugee’s,
• Televising live torture and execution of foreign nationales who have been kidnapped from their own homes as punishment for revealing the crimes committed by Ralkovia or its allies,
• Forcing male prisoners of war into death marches to reach unsanitary labor camps while female POW’s are kept in brothels for the use of Ralkovian soldiers
• Censoring literature and foreign news,
• The enslavement of conquered nation’s women for use as “Birthing Vectors” to produce additional Ralkovian soldiers,

Concluding that Ralkovia is deserving of condemnation because it directly opposes the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, by committing itself to a doctrine of slavery, genocide, and unjust war.



Hereby Condemns Ralkovia.
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Postby [violet] » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:44 pm

What is the text that you're entering into the "Description" field to produce that preview output?

Edit: Wait, you're just copying & pasting those bullets, aren't you.
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Postby Mousebumples » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:47 pm

[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.


Oh, [violet] .... Image Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Postby Milograd » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:50 pm

[violet] wrote:What is the text that you're entering into the "Description" field to produce that preview output?

Edit: Wait, you're just copying & pasting those bullets, aren't you.


Pretty much I have been copying and pasting my post that I have quoted below. Bullets don't work, everything else seems to be near commas and apostrophes within the proposal.
Milograd wrote:The Security Council,

Asserting that through the following actions, Ralkovia has acted against the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, and therefore warrants condemnation.

Acknowledging Ralkovia (Known as 'the Empire') is a major proponent of the International slave-trade with over one billion men, women, and children enslaved
,

Noting that the government of Ralkovia has successfully ordered the deaths of thousands who protested against the government for personal or political freedom -- which is a gross violation of both human rights and the freedom to assemble without reprisal,

Recognizing that the Empire neglects the human rights, dignity and security of its people by actively preventing medical or food supplies from reaching those in need in addition to committing large-scale government sanctioned massacres it calls “Population Control”,

Horrified at the war-mongering and death caused by the Empire, including but not limited to:
• Annihilation of the nation of West Troptopia through the use of nuclear weapons,
• Sabotaging peace conferences between the two major alliances of ODECON and the Conglomerate in order to cause conflict for war profiteering,
• Extermination of countless “undesirable” populations in the name of genetic purity,
• Subjugation of a multitude of nations and alliances such as the Confederation of Allied Governments, forcing conquered nations to pay huge tributes to the Emperor,
• Proliferating the slave-trade and supporting slave-trading nations through the use of armaments, escort ships, WMD’s, and military involvement,
• Use of the Ralkovian Special Forces known as “Death Guard” to destabilize democracies, assassinate and kidnap foreign political leaders in Clamparapa, and assault anti-slaving ships in Mount Shavano and Concordeia,
• Complete disregard for any conventions or rules of war, including the use of chemical weapons on fleeing refugee’s,
• Televising live torture and execution of foreign nationales who have been kidnapped from their own homes as punishment for revealing the crimes committed by Ralkovia or its allies,
• Forcing male prisoners of war into death marches to reach unsanitary labor camps while female POW’s are kept in brothels for the use of Ralkovian soldiers
• Censoring literature and foreign news,
• The enslavement of conquered nation’s women for use as “Birthing Vectors” to produce additional Ralkovian soldiers,

Concluding that Ralkovia is deserving of condemnation because it directly opposes the World Assembly's principles of promoting international peace, goodwill and harmony between nations, by committing itself to a doctrine of slavery, genocide, and unjust war.



Hereby Condemns Ralkovia.
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Postby [violet] » Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:35 pm

Okay, I really need to bite the bullet and convert the entire site to handle UTF-8 characters correctly. This will take a little while because it requires comprehensive testing, though.

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Postby Demoted to Unibot » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:14 pm

[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.


Awesome!

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Postby Bears Armed » Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:48 am

[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.

Great! We've been wanting one of those for absolutely ages...
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Postby Mahaj WA Seat » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:33 pm

[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.

Can you add the same for repeals?
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Postby [violet] » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:52 pm

Done.

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[violet] wrote:Done.

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Postby Milograd » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:31 pm

[violet] wrote:Done.

Same issue as before is still occurring, despite the fix. : (
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=5335736#p5335736

*Edit* I have been copying the bullets from elsewhere, and that make explain the error there. As for the errors elsewhere in the proposal, I have no Idea why they still are happening.
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Postby Ardchoille » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:39 pm

[violet] wrote:Done.

:bow: Fantastic! I'll add a note about it to the Proposal Rules sticky and there'll be absolutely no excuse for thypos ... typos ...
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Postby [violet] » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:15 pm

Milograd wrote:
[violet] wrote:Done.

Same issue as before is still occurring, despite the fix. : (


There hasn't been a fix. The part you quote from me above is referring to a preview for the repeals page, not the OP. The situation wrt the OP is this:
[violet] wrote:Okay, I really need to bite the bullet and convert the entire site to handle UTF-8 characters correctly. This will take a little while because it requires comprehensive testing, though.

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Postby Milograd » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:19 pm

[violet] wrote:
Milograd wrote:Same issue as before is still occurring, despite the fix. : (


There hasn't been a fix. The part you quote from me above is referring to a preview for the repeals page, not the OP. The situation wrt the OP is this:
[violet] wrote:Okay, I really need to bite the bullet and convert the entire site to handle UTF-8 characters correctly. This will take a little while because it requires comprehensive testing, though.


Ahh...I didn't read that correctly. Thanks for the clarification Violet.
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Postby [violet] » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:15 pm

Milograd wrote:
[violet] wrote:I've just added a "Preview Description" button to the WA proposal submission page -- this may or may not exhibit the same problem as described above, but should at least help narrow down what's happening.


*Edit* Yeah I just tested it out with by copy/pasting what I had done in the Proposal's discussion and drafting thread. Now an entirely new set of symbols is appearing:

This part now fixed. So the preview is an accurate indication of how the final proposal will look.

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Postby [violet] » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:19 pm

So the situation: give it a try and let me know if you get those 
s when doing a preview. If not, submit the proposal and see if they show up in the final proposal.

If you get them in either, please upload the document you're copying & pasting from so I can figure out where they're coming from.


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