Issue URL easter egg thread

[Islands Of Ventro]

I honestly do not know if this has been found and stated before (It probably has). I looked and did not find any

Also, mods if this is in the wrong thread please move it or tell me! Thanks!


So I was messing around with the URL of the site after answering a issues, and it says /dilemias=(Issue Number). So I was wondering if I could get another issue after affect to pop up when I change the value. I changed it and it went to the issue already proceed page, seems reseaonable I thought. Well I did it again to see if anything different changed but I noticed the text at the top the page changed.

I was weird out, Why would a issue be called, "Messing with URLs is chaotic". Then it hit me. I did this some more but ill let you find those if you want them.


Idk why, I just thought this was interesting enough to share

[Omnicontrol]

I honestly do not know if this has been found and stated before (It probably has). I looked and did not find any

Also, mods if this is in the wrong thread please move it or tell me! Thanks!


So I was messing around with the URL of the site after answering a issues, and it says /dilemias=(Issue Number). So I was wondering if I could get another issue after affect to pop up when I change the value. I changed it and it went to the issue already proceed page, seems reseaonable I thought. Well I did it again to see if anything different changed but I noticed the text at the top the page changed.

I was weird out, Why would a issue be called, "Messing with URLs is chaotic". Then it hit me. I did this some more but ill let you find those if you want them.


Idk why, I just thought this was interesting enough to share

What's the URL that caused the Easter egg?

[Wrengoh]

I honestly do not know if this has been found and stated before (It probably has). I looked and did not find any

Also, mods if this is in the wrong thread please move it or tell me! Thanks!


So I was messing around with the URL of the site after answering a issues, and it says /dilemias=(Issue Number). So I was wondering if I could get another issue after affect to pop up when I change the value. I changed it and it went to the issue already proceed page, seems reseaonable I thought. Well I did it again to see if anything different changed but I noticed the text at the top the page changed.

I was weird out, Why would a issue be called, "Messing with URLs is chaotic". Then it hit me. I did this some more but ill let you find those if you want them.


Idk why, I just thought this was interesting enough to share

hehe nice I guess messing with URL gives you an 'alignment' now lol

[Catinerooon]

Haha I got "Website Author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!"

[Allinburg]

i tried changing the url multiple times:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=enact_dilemma/dilemma=x
where x is the issue number

with multiple numbers (1-5 for example), and it appears you can get several different messages if you keep changing the url:

• Nothing to see here.
• Website author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!
• These days the dilemma list is kept by Santa as well.
• When you stare into the abyss, no soup for you.
• I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...

however, if you try inputing an issue you have answered before, you get its title instead:

example:
page=enact_dilemma/dilemma=1
brings up "Where's the Love Gone?", the title of issue #1

but for issue #0 "Should Democracy Be Compulsory?" it does not display any message other than "LEGISLATION PASSED".

very interesting

[Islands Of Ventro]

i tried changing the url multiple times:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=enact_dilemma/dilemma=x
where x is the issue number

with multiple numbers (1-5 for example), and it appears you can get several different messages if you keep changing the url:

• Nothing to see here.
• Website author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!
• These days the dilemma list is kept by Santa as well.
• When you stare into the abyss, no soup for you.
• I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...

however, if you try inputing an issue you have answered before, you get its title instead:

example:
page=enact_dilemma/dilemma=1
brings up "Where's the Love Gone?", the title of issue #1

but for issue #0 "Should Democracy Be Compulsory?" it does not display any message other than "LEGISLATION PASSED".

very interesting

This is very interesting! I wonder why it does not work for 0?

[Islands Of Ventro]

/bump (just want a little more information on this)

[Valentine Z]

Without bringing too much attention to me, I have a feeling I'm actually the one who caused this.

When I was updating and maintaining the issue megathread, I would do this neat little trick to get the title of the new issues. Guess our eyes were not meant for such a thing!

[Islands Of Ventro]

Without bringing too much attention to me, I have a feeling I'm actually the one who caused this.

When I was updating and maintaining the issue megathread, I would do this neat little trick to get the title of the new issues. Guess our eyes were not meant for such a thing!

That’s actually quite funny!

[Allinburg]

i feel like this thread should belong to technical or issues, just so we could find an answer from the ns team more quickly

also more questions: when were those messages first added, and if whoever did this plans on adding more in the future?

Without bringing too much attention to me, I have a feeling I'm actually the one who caused this.

When I was updating and maintaining the issue megathread, I would do this neat little trick to get the title of the new issues. Guess our eyes were not meant for such a thing!

oh val... i wonder who caught you red-handed

[Ghost Land]

I just get a red box stating "Ghost Land is no longer confronted with this issue" - maybe it's not something that works on the antiquity theme?

[Islands Of Ventro]

I just get a red box stating "Ghost Land is no longer confronted with this issue" - maybe it's not something that works on the antiquity theme?

hmmmmmm, try it with a issue you have not had yet.

[Comfed]

You always get that text when you try to go to an issue that you don’t have.

[Valentine Z]

Ahh, it's right here:

The Dilemma list is now... changed!

- 1369: Still Negotiation Complication.
- 1370: All Systems Post-Nominal

-----

- 1371: Nothing to see here.
- 1372: Website author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!
- 1373: These days the dilemma list is kept by Santa as well.
- 1374: When you stare into the abyss, no soup for you.
- 1375: I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...

And repeat ad infinitum (you can try, for example, issue #3214. Hell, even #65414 works!). Very clever to hide it again, hehe.

Mind you, I wasn't the only culprit, but I was the one who started using it extensively for the thread, ahaha.

[Allinburg]

Ahh, it's right here:

The Dilemma list is now... changed!

- 1369: Still Negotiation Complication.
- 1370: All Systems Post-Nominal

-----

- 1371: Nothing to see here.
- 1372: Website author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!
- 1373: These days the dilemma list is kept by Santa as well.
- 1374: When you stare into the abyss, no soup for you.
- 1375: I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...

And repeat ad infinitum (you can try, for example, issue #3214. Hell, even #65414 works!). Very clever to hide it again, hehe.

Mind you, I wasn't the only culprit, but I was the one who started using it extensively for the thread, ahaha.

the sacred texts !!

sill need questions from staff tho, so again i want this moved to technical or got issues, but i don't have the time to request this to mods, so i'll leave you with the link to request for thread moves: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=473656

[Islands Of Ventro]

Ahh, it's right here:

The Dilemma list is now... changed!

- 1369: Still Negotiation Complication.
- 1370: All Systems Post-Nominal

-----

- 1371: Nothing to see here.
- 1372: Website author claims: URL manipulation causes havoc!
- 1373: These days the dilemma list is kept by Santa as well.
- 1374: When you stare into the abyss, no soup for you.
- 1375: I thought I could, I thought I could, I thought I could...

And repeat ad infinitum (you can try, for example, issue #3214. Hell, even #65414 works!). Very clever to hide it again, hehe.

Mind you, I wasn't the only culprit, but I was the one who started using it extensively for the thread, ahaha.

Fun! Also I tired all the links on the page and they all bring me to separate issues other than the URL one itself. I'm guessing cause more issues were added into the game since this post was made so just these links are not viable anymore? The URL one still confuses me a bit though.

sill need questions from staff tho, so again i want this moved to technical or got issues, but i don't have the time to request this to mods, so i'll leave you with the link to request for thread moves: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=473656

changing the title and put the request in

[Allinburg]

blessed be the mods!

anyways, still awaiting staff answers - all of us here are curious as to why these messages are there

[Pogaria]

blessed be the mods!

anyways, still awaiting staff answers - all of us here are curious as to why these messages are there

To prevent people from seeing issue titles that they're not entitled to see

[Islands Of Ventro]

Thanks!