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I actually tested that myself. If I copy Ray77's link and paste it into a new post it doesn't work because it comes as a link, not just a URL. If I extract just the full URL and paste it into a post, it works. So it's nothing about the URL, it's something about the process. I also tried all the different editing modes, including plain text/WYSIWYG and HTML enabled, no difference. Can't imagine it's a browser issue, but I'll try to get in front of an IE 11 machine and try it. The reason I'm so focused on the exact steps is something (perhaps the forum software itself, but perhaps something you're doing) is converting the URL into a link (including the tags that make it an active link instead of just text). The forum feature that recognizes Youtube URLs and turns them into embedded videos intentionally ignores URLs in links.

That was just my guess, in that it was the only way I could duplicate the effect of your posts (a URL that turned into a hyperlink instead of an embedded video). What are the exact steps are you following? e.g. what's the browser, what exact clicks/keyboard shortcuts are you using to copy and then paste the link?

The thing that jumps out at me is that your URL is actually a live link. If you use the "insert link" button (or paste in the HTML for a link), it will render that as a link and not convert it to an embedded video. If you just paste the URL in as if it were normal text, it should convert that to an embedded video.

Fixed (it was an intermittent problem, so failed to trip my "is the site down" alarms). Thanks for pointing it out.

Ok, they agree now. I was including the exhibition game between Dartmouth and Brown (because I was just testing to see if both were NCAA teams). I'm now properly excluding exhibition games between NCAA teams.

But yes, historically when there are formula changes, USCHO is last to get it right. But there were no formula changes this year and apparently USCHO and CHN agree, which strongly suggests that I've got a bad score (or location) somewhere. I'll dig into it tomorrow and post an update before the weekend's games start.

Sorry, my PWR time this week has been sucked up by working on this (awesome!) article -- When to start looking at PWR (revisited). But, I'm looking into it. Because each is independent, If two of the three agree, odds are the third (me!) is wrong. Since the formulas haven't changed, it's probably a score discrepancy. Though I have automated double-checks of USCHO and CHN against my scores, now that neutral vs. not matters it's still possible to get the scores right but come up with different PWRs.

I'll open the inevitable discussion of the Pairwise Rankings with my (awesome!) new article: When to start looking at PWR (revisited) Which includes lots of awesome charts like this:

I have no problem with community fund-raising efforts.

A flaw was recently fixed in the software that powers this forum that could have been used to extract profile information about the forum's members. http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/404033-active-security-exploit/ I've run extensive log reports and see no evidence that there have been any attempts to use stolen credentials to access the forum, though you should always be sure to use different passwords on different sites (in particular, the password you use to access your email should not be used with your email address as a login anyplace else!) It's possible that any email addresses that were stolen could see an increase in spam. I'll keep a very close on the security of the forum itself in coming days.

We start immediately after Labor Day (by state law as put in place by the theme park industry) and I was pretty surprised that it goes into late June, but that's what it takes. With snow days, last day of school here was June 25 this year.

I agree, the original post didn't bring race to mind at all for me (though wow did it blow up today, eh?) Detroit has a long-running reputation as being a victim of urban decay and crime. I think Detroit, I think Robocop

Got it. Guessing Goon submitted the wrong story by mistake.

As a Caps fan, obviously a bad call.

Did you reply to the wrong topic? Were you trying to post in this one?

Two thoughts: 1) in addition to trying to look at posts in isolation, we also definitely consider a poster's history; 2) there are lots of warnings (see point #1) and occasional suspensions issued and they're never announced, some of us just know about one in particular because he announced it himself in other social media.

Great point -- agree 100%. Respect should be required; personal attacks, name calling, etc..., shouldn't be welcome from either side. We've probably been too lenient on that in the UND vs. NDSU discussions because we view them as "heated" so try to cut people some slack.

Oh, you've clearly got it under control It's the age old question on sports fan forums... is being on a rival's forum for the sole purpose of jumping in (where on topic) to provide a counterpoint being a troll? We all do hold rivals' fans to different standards than our own (e.g. if a UND fan had the posting history of the Bison fan in question, no one would have even raised an issue), but where's the line between troll vs. discussion participant with a different point-of-view? We tend to define trolls as people whose posting history indicates they're clearly only here to try to annoy or taunt (see the administrative forum for much more discussion on this). As I've said in other threads, for whatever reason NDSU fans definitely have a renewed interest in UND this Fall. That has clearly changed the tenor of a lot of these discussions. So, we're definitely keeping an eye on things and trying to figure out what's best for the community. We're making adjustments, but it's admittedly slow. It's also not on topic in this forum, so we'd all be happy to continue it via PM or in the administrative forum.

4K was made for hockey, baby.

Sorry if this was posted elsewhere, it didn't turn up in a quick search: CBS Sports NHL Wraparound

It's all been downhill since the switch to the new VBulletin software in '99

I think this describes the mods' challenge well. If someone comes into random UND threads just to taunt, it's obvious and we take care of it quickly. But if they participate on topic in an existing discussion (e.g. about NDSU) but have an unpopular opinion, they get a lot more leeway because they are participating in the conversation. That said, there's some threshold beyond which we don't want to be welcoming to a person who is just here to annoy other people. That line is very subjective and people are bound to disagree on where it is, so the mods move a lot more slowly in trying to make sure they agree and get those calls right. A few more random thoughts in response to some of the discussion over the last page or so: I agree that there has been a noticeable uptick in trolling from NDSU fans this year relative to past years. That might also contribute to why the response has been a little slower than some of you might have liked. Your reports and these discussions do matter, and moderation is occurring. There have been something like a dozen reports, multiple deleted posts, multiple closed threads, multiple warnings issued, multiple suspensions, and at least one ban in the last few weeks. I know no one likes it, but closing threads actually does seem to work. When a thread goes off the rails and a mod goes in and says "please get back on topic", someone (often even a poster in good standing) can't resist trying to get in the last word and the off-topic discussion keeps going. When threads are closed the legitimate discussion resumes in a different place, but the off-topic stuff usually seems not to follow. Yes, a UND/NDSU game thread is going to contain some smack. We'll try hard not to let it bleed into other areas.

Etsy bans sales of Redskins logo merchandise Frankly, it's hard to believe any of the homemade stuff on Etsy had a license to use the logo, anyway. Washington Post response: Eleven non-Redskins items that Etsy will apparently allow you to sell

If that's what a notable majority of the community wanted, we'd certainly consider it, but most of the demand I've heard for such comes from Bison fans. If you scroll back up, most of the comments are asking for us to be more aggressive about removing people who are just here to taunt UND fans, not give them a sanctioned playground.

Not a miracle -- at first clearing the cache fixed it for everyone but people using IE 11. That led me to find a known bug with the forum and IE 11 that I fixed. But, some people might have needed to clear the cache again if they hadn't done so since the fix. Glad it's working for everyone now!