left parentheses "banned". Use [square brackets] instead.

[Lowell]

Gremlins are at work on SoulfulDetroit!

For some weird reason, using a
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in titles to threads suddenly started creating an issue where clicking/tapping a thread title with a left parentheses mark fails to open the thread and instead leads to a page reading:

Forbidden
You do not have permission to access this document.

As a workaround, until we find the solution, we discovered that by using the forum software’s censoring function to ‘ban’ the left parenthesis mark we can cause it to be replaced with a double left square bracket [[.

So, if you wish to put words in parentheses, in thread titles or posts,[B] use [square brackets] instead. If you forget and use a left parenthesis, it will automatically be overwritten with the double left bracket [[.

You will also notice that all instances where a left parentheses were used in past posts or thread titles are now replaced by double left brackets.

So, as our Brit friends might say…
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[9A]

Thanks, Lowell, I was noticing it recently and thought it was my fault.
9A [the queen of parenthetical remarks.]

[144man]

Are smileys affected?

[144man]

To answer my own question, yes. I can't do a frown because the icon involves using a left-hand bracket.

[sansradio]

To answer my own question, yes. I can't do a frown because the icon involves using a left-hand bracket.

Why not like this?

:[

[144man]

:[

Yes, but it still doesn't bring the icon up.