I noticed today that when I'm browsing a node which a lot of nested comments that I'm seeing a bogus link.

For example if I view a node which contains a sufficiently large number of comments then some will be hidden. (I realise this setting is a per-user thing, so some people might not notice the problem).

As a concrete example this old chestnut: Stunnix Perl Web Server - a platform for portable browser-based applications has some comments which are beneath my depth, and so are hidden. Instead a notice is displayed.

The notice reads "Some notes below your chosen depth have not been shown here" - however the link "Chosen depth" points to a node which merely gives me a "Permission denied" error.

Bug? User error?

Steve
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In reply to Bug in 'chosen depth' display? by skx

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