h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Why does it show the same entry twice, (did I do something wrong here ?)

Once was bad enough...

Perhaps you pressed the "Add Journal Entry" button twice without realising it? Unfortunately browsers aren't very good at protecting against that sort of thing happening accidentally.

-- Yoz

This can happen if a connection is dropped after the server has accepted a form submission but before it returns the results to the client. The user thinks, "shit", hits Back to return to the form and re-submits.

If you lose a connection while posting a form, return to the form, copy any important data (journal entry text) and then Refresh the page your wanted to update (your journal). If the server heard you the first time, you'll see your entry - if not you're safe to post again.

is there a way of reversing this error?

Not currently - though rumours abound that this will change.

;^)#

Yeah, I've had this problem with adding user pages. I type it in, add it, find I want to change something then click Back and accidentally re add it. A way to delete entries would be good.

We're currently working on changes to the editing of pages, and we'll be adding a 'delete page' option at the same time.