Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2018 September 12

= September 12 =

Extra lines added
I think this is a computer problem rather than something for the Village Pump/Technical page. I'm currently editing using FF 62.0 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS. Frequently I find extra lines added to articles when I edit them such as here which I later removed here. Why is it doing that and how do I stop it? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:12, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Android duplicating files, known issue?
Is it a known issue that android will sometimes duplicate files? If so, how has Google not fixed this and what causes it? --Polyknot (talk) 10:08, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * That is terribly vague. What version of Android? Which files? Under what circumstances do files duplicate? Are you sure it's the operating system and not some other program? You might want to read how to report bugs effectively. (By comparison, your phpmyadmin request above is waaaay clearer.) Tigraan Click here to contact me 13:53, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, I assumed it was an issue with Android as it happens in both VLC (some songs are duplicated) and the Photo (some images are duplicated) app as far as I can see. I'm running the latest version on a Google Pixel 2 XL. --Polyknot (talk) 14:31, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I've never used Android, but are you sure that the file is duplicated? This looks more as if there is more than one pointer to the file in the meta-data of the application. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 06:16, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe, that's it. I uninstalled VLC, restarted the device, then installed VLC again. The issue seems to be gone for now. Thanks. --Polyknot (talk) 08:05, 16 September 2018 (UTC)