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Welcome to Codidact Meta!

Codidact Meta is the meta-discussion site for the Codidact community network and the Codidact software. Whether you have bug reports or feature requests, support questions or rule discussions that touch the whole network – this is the site for you.

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No visible response when searching on mobile

After searching from the search box at the top of each page, you are taken to a search results page. This has the search box with the current search term prepopulated, ready to modify and search ag...

0 answers  ·  posted 16h ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 16h ago by trichoplax‭

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Cannot search for net negative votes

Searching for votes:-8 does not give results with net votes -8. Instead it returns all posts, regardless of votes. Upvotes and downvotes break in exactly the same way for negative numbers, but for...

0 answers  ·  posted 16h ago by trichoplax‭

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Mismatch between search guidance, search help page, and search behaviour for votes and score

There is some inconsistency between the guidance and the behaviour when searching by votes or by score. Searching by votes In-page search guidance votes:4 votes with 4+ votes Search help pa...

0 answers  ·  posted 16h ago by trichoplax‭

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Reconsidering the shorthand for month in search

From the search help: You can use m for minute, h for hour, d for day, w for week, mo for month, and y for year. It seems likely that users would want to use months more often than minutes in...

0 answers  ·  posted 17h ago by trichoplax‭

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PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search

Searching for post_type:3 (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for post_type:4 (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types post_type:, or shoul...

0 answers  ·  posted 17h ago by trichoplax‭

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Searching for answers by tag

Searching for post_type:2 (answer) and a tag gives no results, as answers do not have tags. Intuitively, I would expect this to return results which are answers to a question with that tag. Is ...

0 answers  ·  posted 17h ago by trichoplax‭

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Adding the search guidance hints to the search results page too

When entering a search term, there is some guidance showing above the text box: The guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search resu...

0 answers  ·  posted 17h ago by trichoplax‭

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Let's improve how we manage proposals for new communities

We currently use posts in the Site Proposals category to organize proposals for new communities on our network. Sometimes a community has come together quickly and this has worked really well, but...

2 answers  ·  posted 5d ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 21h ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Unclickable suggested edit button below post

After suggesting an edit to a post, it is displayed differently to indicate that the edit is pending. This difference is in 2 places. The top of the post shows a message in a box: Below the pos...

0 answers  ·  posted 5d ago by trichoplax‭

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Sorting by score after excluding a tag gave me a 500 error

I added a filter to exclude [tag:status-launched] and then sorted by score. I was redirected to https://meta.codidact.com/categories/10?predefined_filter=&amp;min_score=&amp;max_score=&amp;min_answ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6d ago by pureferret ‭  ·  last activity 6d ago by trichoplax‭

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Redundant "Posts" heading on every community in the dashboard

There is a dashboard available from the top right of the screen: This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity: Howe...

1 answer  ·  posted 8d ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 8d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Preview text for answers should be the answer's text

When searching, not only questions but also answers come up in the results. However, the information on it is mixed between the question that the answer is on and the answer itself: Title: Que...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 14d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header

At the top of the page there are sections for the community's Categories, which are displayed as tabs that can be switched between. For example, here on Meta Codidact there are "Q&amp;A", "Site Pro...

2 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 16d ago by trichoplax‭

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Proposal: filters for post lists

Several discussions have touched on the idea of being able to filter the contents of the post list. Whether your goal is to find unanswered questions, hide closed questions, hide ignored tags, or ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Recent feature changes to the Codidact software

This site runs on the QPixel software, maintained by Codidact. What progress has been made recently? There will be one answer per year. 2023 (current year) 2022 2021 2020

4 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  edited 22d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Tailored previews in search results to show the relevant parts of each post

In search results the title is shown followed by a preview of the post, consisting of the first few lines. I would find it more useful to see the section of the post that contains the search term,...

0 answers  ·  posted 23d ago by trichoplax‭

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Notifications and Communities buttons not responding to icon clicks

Previously, clicking on the icon for Notifications or Communities at the top right of the page resulted in the appropriate drop down panel appearing. Today, the panel only opens if the square area ...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 23d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Can't click notification icon

Clicking on the notification icon: Doesn't do anything. I noticed this just now. It's probably been a month or more since the last time I had a notification. Back then it worked as expected (...

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 23d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Notification popup does not close when link target is on the current page

When a Notification is selected for a comment that's on the current page, the service automatically forwards the user to the location of the comment — but it doesn't automatically close the notific...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by JBH‭  ·  edited 23d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Edit activity show, but not allowed to approve

Now having a dot next to the "Edits" button to indicate pending edits brings up a new issue. It seems everyone is notified of all pending edits, whether they have the ability to approve them or no...

4 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 23d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Make code field active on 2FA sign in page

When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: The "Code" field is not active (does not contain the text cursor) ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Premature confirmation of successful sign in with 2FA

When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: However, before the code is entered, a green banner at the top of ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Blocked from posting to Collab by script tag inside code block

I am currently unable to post to Codidact Collab. When pressing "Save Post to Q&amp;A" I am taken to the following page: The small print at the bottom says: Cloudflare Ray ID: 7b7c1ee0bdc8776...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Translation support on Weblate [duplicate]

Love all the work that's being put into this! I would love to translate Codidact's software (QPixel) to another language so that it's accessible to more people who want to deploy their communities...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by FlaxSeed‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2mo ago by FlaxSeed‭

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No response when clicking on the title of a thread on a recently deleted post

When clicking on the thread title ("Welcome!" in this example) of a comment thread below a post: I see the following error in the Firefox developer window (click image for a larger version): ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Notification about a thread on a deleted post

What should be the behaviour when a user posts a reply to a comment in a thread on a post, and then deletes the post? For example, the post may be a question which requires editing before it will b...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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No datetime on hover at the bottom of a suggested edit

In the Suggested Edits list page, the time suggested shows as a duration since suggested, such as "2 days ago", but hovering the mouse cursor over it displays the exact datetime: However, in the...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Show notice that a suggested edit cannot be reviewed without the Edit Posts ability

When viewing the Suggested Edits page, there is a notice for users that have not yet earned the Edit Posts ability: You can't approve or reject suggested edits because you haven't yet earned the...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Show raw MathJax in suggested edit diffs and edit histories

Related: Post revisions are displayed without rendered Markdown but with rendered MathJax When reviewing a suggested edit, any MathJax is presented in its rendered form, making it difficult to s...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by Moshi‭

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Button to return to Suggested Edits page

From the Review Suggested Edit page there is a button to "Return to post" which links back to the post on which the edit is being suggested: This makes sense, as one of the places a reviewer may...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Should we have a network-wide policy against AI-generated answers?

We had this discussion over at Software Development: Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT? The general consensus so far seem to be that such answers shouldn't be allowed. Mostly because th...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Don't show "Initial revision" in user activity [duplicate]

Immediately after the activity entry about posting a question or answer, another entry labeled "Initial revision" is placed. This seems kind of redundant to me, since all it really says is that a p...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Misleading edit history label "Initial revision"

In the edit history for a post, the initial version is labelled "Initial revision" even though it is not a revision. What would make more sense here? Initial post? Initial version? Initial wor...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Hiding "Initial revision" on the Edits section of the Activity tab of the user profile

When viewing a user's Edits on the Activity tab of the user profile, it includes "Initial revision", which seems to me more like a posting than an edit: In the edit history of an individual post...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Tracking progress towards the Edit ability

Currently, the best place I can find to track my progress towards the Edit ability (30 approved suggested edits with at least 95% approval) is the Activity tab of the user profile, filtered to Edit...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Minor typo fixes on Blog posts activate the activity indicator circle

When an edit is made to a Blog post, the new activity indicator circle appears on the Blog tab: This is useful when there is a new Blog post, but less useful when there is a minor typo fixed. W...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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A place to ask legal questions?

I have a question regarding clarifications on what does and doesn't constitute "price fixing" (in the US), and, while I read the FTC definitions, there're some areas I wanted to ask about. Unfortu...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Moshi‭

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Should we have category specific reactions?

Reaction types can currently be switched on and off for a community (by a moderator) so different communities can have different reactions (including custom reactions). However, each reaction th...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Large reputation on phones shrinks the community logo

As a user's reputation increases, it takes up more horizontal space on the header bar of each page. On desktop there is plenty of empty space so this makes little difference. However, on a phone sc...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Easier way to get to the individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. However, the only place it is linked to appears to be the bottom of the long list of posts on the user profile. An example of when this...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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No escape from reactions dialogue box

I clicked on "react" on an answer on Codidact Meta and found that the only available reaction is "Outdated", which I don't want to use. There doesn't appear to be any way to close the dialogue box ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Ability to sort individual user Posts page by Activity

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. At the top it has sorting buttons: The sorting buttons at the top of the questions list on the front page has more sorting buttons: ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Show total number of posts on individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. Could this have a total number of posts shown at the top, similar to the front page?

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Does "site" mean "community" or "Codidact" on License field?

Above the drop down list for license when making a new post, it mentions "site default". As people use the word "site" to mean different things, this could be ambiguous, particularly for a new user...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by sau226‭

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Long list of posts comes first in the user profile

Looking at the user profile on mobile, I noticed that what could be considered the user summary (the avatar, earned abilities, and statistics like number of posts) is all the way at the bottom of t...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Moshi‭

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Miscellaneous Flag modal problems

Flagging an answer After pressing "Flag" under an answer there are 3 radio buttons to choose from: Flagging questions and answers Some changes would benefit both types of post. Changes specifi...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Moshi‭

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UI question: how should the "post" button behave in restricted categories?

Most of the time, any logged-in user can post a new top-level post (question, article, maybe other types). Categories can restrict this posting access, however. For example, on the Meta blog, onl...

2 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Moshi‭

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Move current password field up in the edit account settings

Currently, the change password form looks like this: Having a form like this might create some problems: Password - is it the new one or the old one? we find out only by checking the other fi...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Adding a parent to a tag crashes on the server side (500)

This was already asked on Software, but it makes sense add Codidact level. If I try to provide a parent to a tag, it crashes with 500. Error Id = 6bd06f30-539d-4b88-8743-eca32a8465cd Tag to ed...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Double brackets in footnotes

While typing the initial draft of a post, or editing an existing post, footnotes appear in the preview in superscript in square brackets, like this: However, after saving the post, the footnotes...

1 answer  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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