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  • There are 17,000 results of this problem, with no answer. I just lost 15 minutes of solid writing when I tried to save it. It’s not recoverable at all, either the link forward or back. It’s infuriating.

    I’m with this thread, which I can no longer comment on. https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/when-will-you-replace-are-you-sure-you-want-to-do-this?replies=20

    If there are no answers beyond “it could be a plugin, a theme, or anything else” I’m not going to do anything except not trust WordPress to save properly now.

    On a sort of side note, I fail to understand why tons of threads on the same topic have to be started, and then we have to follow each one individually to look for answers. It’s annoying to people reporting, and those looking for previous or possible answers.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I fail to understand why tons of threads on the same topic have to be started

    • It’s easier for volunteers to help out if they focus on one person’s issue at a time,
    • www.ads-software.com search results can become more accurate if individual threads are used to discuss individual issues,
    • People may have different underlying issues, but the same symptom. In this case solutions are different for different people, which will lead to the thread being derailed from its original issue,
    • Posting to say the equivalent of “me too” isn’t helpful,
    • Threads become really difficult to follow with multiple issues discussed,
    • Some issues are referring to old versions of WordPress. It does matter which WordPress version someone is using. Support for one version may not work in another.

    Also;
    If person A creates a thread and person B assumes to have the same issue, then person B can watch the thread for support. It’s the same issue so the same support given to person A can be applied to person B. There’s no need to post to discuss person B’s issue.

    It’s annoying to people reporting, and those looking for previous or possible answers

    Would it be more annoying to have to wade through a thousand-post thread to find the answer? At least with multiple topics you have a chance to easily identify issues from thread titles.

    Thread Starter Drawer2

    (@drawer2)

    Thank you, Andrew, However, as a reader here for many years, I’d like to say:

    1. in this case, everyone has the same exact error message
    2. there are no solutions at all that I found looking in a dozen different threads
    3. the version does not seem to matter in this case, with this error, as so many have reported
    4. perhaps the bug could be acknowledged and fixed, with so many reports in one place.
    5. I find me too to be VERY helpful. It’s probably NOT a plugin, then, or a theme, or anything but the WordPress base. If it can’t be changed, okay. Would be nice to have a warning with each version, then.

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