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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.

General Q&A about the Codidact instance hosted at codidact.com or the software that runs it.

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What will happen to comments when account is removed?

Today there was a request to remove user's account. This user has some Qs which were transported(converted) to System user. But comments are disappeared. Though there is a possibility that user re...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭

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Is there any disadvantages of getting Quora-like community which might affect Codidact

I was going to proposing a Quora-like community. But, I have seen the proposal now. I have some reason why we need Quora-like community (not completely Quora). Is there any disadvantages for Quora-...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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Enlarge the commenting box of threaded comments

I suggest to enlarge the commenting box of threaded comments at least by 50% height (at least on desktop display).

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Restrictions on usernames

This post asks to disallow usernames with only periods and spaces. I would like to propose disallowing any឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵឵...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by user‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Make navigation bar optionally fixed at the top

I think that it would be better to give the users the option to fix the navigation bar at the top, just like in Stack Overflow. If a user receives a notification, and at that time they are busy re...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Zakk‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Streamline the top? Move Meta to the top row?

Please see point 1 below. The top of S.E. is much sprucer — just the logo. But Codidact has two additional rows — at least merge these rows? Moshi retorted #1 The first row is categories, which...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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What does flag represent in profile's statistics?

I have seen above picture in my profile. What does the flag represent? Does it represent for those which I flagged earlier? Or, I have got 4 flags in my post? Or, It is addition of both of them.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭

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Allow using <kbd> in the website

I suggest to support <kbd>KBD</kbd> format in the website. Test KBD It's not working as it is in Stack Exchange, you might want to check this post's source code. It's useful whe...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Request to add view counter for every question. [duplicate]

Whenever I post a question it takes a long time for someone to answer it. I do not know if someone is atleast active in the community or not. I know this community is to help each other's problems ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by aditya98‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Encoding error when accessing https://codidact.com/

When trying to access https://codidact.com/ Firefox (93.0) gives me "encoding error, contact the site owners". This appears to have happened just now, as I could use that address fine for less than...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Split any question post with two or more questions into several posts (per the number of questions) and attribute it to the asker

It can be tempting for askers to put more than one question in a post because it has the illusion of saving time, at least for the poster and maybe also for community members. You might want to co...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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Add a link to the dashboard somewhere

I realized that the dashboard isn't particularly easy to find for new people, which is a shame since it's pretty useful. (It shows which communities have new activity at a glance, handy for those i...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Renaming a tag rewrites history

I proposed an edit to a post to add the then-existing proposal tag. The edit was approved, and the post currently shows as most recently edited by me. Both the suggested edit page and the post its...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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I cannot post PHP on CoDidact software development

I cannot paste some HTML-CSS-PHP code which I have tried and would like to ask a question about in CoDidact Software Development. When I publish my question I just get redirected, time and again t...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Save title and tags in draft [duplicate]

I was delighted to find that a post I started writing on my phone automatically had a draft saved so I could continue writing it on my computer when I got home. However, I noticed that only the bod...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by luap42‭

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Where’s my suggested edit?

I made an edit to a post on Software.codidact, and because I don’t have the Ability to edit, it says it’s pending a review. However, I was a bit surprised to see that it was still pending after mor...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by ploni‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Notification links are broken [duplicate]

I recently made a few posts across multiple sites here, and I got responses to all of them, which all appeared in my inbox (this is normal and expected, of course). But then I clicked on them, and ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by ploni‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Close inbox and site list after clicking anywhere [duplicate]

When one clicks the inbox or the arrow that makes a list of sites show up, clicking elsewhere doesn't close them - you need to click on the inbox or arrow icon again to make their respective dropdo...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by user‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by Mithical‭

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Enlarge font size for number of answers?

If a question already has 10 answers, less chance I can add anything new. Some people may like to focus on unanswered questions. Let's distinguish between what's relevant and irrelevant with text ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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What about having a category in Meta for documentation about the platform?

I keep learning about the hard work that has been done in Codidact over time. There are many little things that are known by the veterans, but may not be easy to understand for the newcomers like m...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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No sign in button in mobile view

Exactly the title; with the new design changes, there are no sign in buttons when using Codidact in the mobile view. There isn't a button in the hamburger menu either:

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Allow comment thread owner to delete comment threads when only comments from the comment thread owner remain undeleted

I realize that there's a handful of trickier cases, for example anything involving multiple users, but this particular case should be relatively straight-forward. I propose that if the only undele...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Opening suggested edit notification from another site in meta leads to 404

On another codidact website someone suggested an edit to one of my posts. When I was browsing meta.codidact, I clicked the link to the suggested edit. It lead to https://meta.codidact.com/posts/sug...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by robev‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How to ensure that duplicating a post from another website won't cause content duplication that would hurt Codidact's SEO?

I have published this post in Unix and Linux StackExchange. I want to post it here as well (in Software Development Codidact), because it didn't get answers on U&L SE. I cannot delete my post...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why an author of an answer should have ability to react his own post? [duplicate]

Why an answer-er should have ability to react on his own answer. I believe he should have ability to react to his post as Outdated. But why they should have ability to react as Worked for me or hel...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Other top bar drop-downs should be closed when another is opened

By clicking first on the inbox icon in the top bar, then the site selector down arrow, it's possible to open both at the same time. However, it's not particularly useful, as the inbox dropdown will...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What will become of reputation?

For a while now, the reputation topic has (re-)surfaced repeatedly with the the Codidact team taking a slight stance to remove reputation in the long run. Everytime this was mentioned, there were a...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Zerotime‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Move posted dated box to white space to the left of poster information?

Please see point 5 below. Both Codidact and S.E. waste that white space. Why not put the posted date box "posted 3 months ago" in that white space?

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Reputation is disappeared from user's card recently

Not sure exactly when but for some time I don't see r in a user's card. From what I can tell it happens only on Meta and, for example, on SD it is still visible. An additional context: Heads up: s...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Can codidact be used separately from the codidact network with custom local user management?

I am a research assistant at a technical university and have been tasked by our chair to find a software to host our internal Q&As on. My collegues and I have been doing small code snippets an...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by mw88‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by deleted user

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Taking our design to the next level: feedback wanted

Our team has been exploring some ideas to improve Codidact's design. We've wanted to improve the visual design for a while, and we also have a lot of other usability changes we'd like to make. We...

20 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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What order should the sites be in? [duplicate]

So if one looks at the list of Codidact communities, either on the main https://codidact.com/ page or in the footer at the bottom of every community's page, the list doesn't seem to be in a useful ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Peter Cooper Jr.‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Comments count includes deleted comments, which it shouldn't

Using this post purely as an example, because I'm quite sure that the problem is general. Observe: At first, we are told that there are "4 comments": Expanding inline, the summary says 4 of...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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"Body is too short" error when posting middle-click-pasted answer with no changes

Something caused posting an answer to fail for me (the web interface just sat there, the "Save Post" button disabled, but nothing further happened). To recover, I copied the text of the answer into...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Seeing deleted posts

I was browsing around Judaism.codidact, and I came across the System user. Looking at it’s profile, I noticed that I can see it has some deleted posts, but when I click on them I get a 404. Is this...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by ploni‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Get a [faq] tag, mods!

This applies on all meta sites, so hear me out. It would actually be nice if we had a new moderator tag in Codidact called faq. What's the purpose? Somewhere Else has this tag on their meta sites...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is it possible to accept an answer? How to accept an answer? [duplicate]

Is it possible to accept an answer? How can I do that?

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by System‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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CC BY-SA 3.0 license doesn't show

Why CC BY-SA 3.0 license don't show for me? I had asked a question in Physics Codidact. I had answered the question but, it was taken from someone else's answer(from Physics SE). So, I had deci...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Questions Displaying in more than one community?

Related to the idea of splitting up various CD communities, we seem to be assuming that questions have to belong to one community. Just thinking on the idea that Questions could have another set o...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Culyx‭

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Keyboard shortcuts for comment mentions & search dropdowns

When writing a comment, you can type @so-and-so and a little popup will show you the mentionable people that match so-and-so. The new search options seem to use the same dropdown. However, for both...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Heads up: small design changes, a better user card and some long-expected features

Update: The reputation number in the header has been added back again for the time being, until we have found a suitable solution. This is just a quick heads up, that you are, indeed, not crazy ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Where can I report private issues

Sometimes, there are issues that should not be made public (for instance, issues relating to security or privacy) and as such should not be posted here on Meta. Given the potential severity of thos...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by deleted user

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Community wiki post type [duplicate]

Is it possible to add a type of post corresponding to the community wiki of Stack Exchange? The post should be: Not associated to any one user Editable by anyone without approval (or after a m...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by user8078‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Why can't I upload pictures from a link?

S.E. has this feature. You just copy and paste the link of the picture, and S.E. uploads it for you. But for Codidact, I have to download the picture to my computer. Then upload it? This wastes ti...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Can't edit my own post.

I just tried to edit my question on Outdoors (https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/279707), but the "Edit" button at the bottom of the post is missing. Here is a screen shot: Microsoft Edge W...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Possibility to re-post answers from external sources? [duplicate]

Is there a standard or acceptable way to include, link or re-post answers from external sources, such as stack exchange networks, quora or others ?

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by 4015.alt‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Link in notification for new comments doesn't include the community in url [duplicate]

I recently got a notification for a comment on Math. However, when viewing the notification on Meta, the link to the comment was wrong. A quick inspect element shows that it is just pointing towar...

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

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Does Codidact have a community that can fit this question?

Does Codidact have a community that can fit this question from Quora? Scientific Speculation? Pre-suppose the background and context in the TV series Man in High Castle. If you remember the deta...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Chgg Clou‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Making question (and answer) posting tips sections more formatted

I suggest adding some format to question (and answer) Posting tips section so that instead, for example: Questions get better answers if they are specific and clearly written. Feature requests ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Mention is red when comment is edited [duplicate]

I noticed that after you edit a comment mentioning someone, the comment has the mention marked in red, indicating that the mention failed, instead of the proper blue color. Refreshing fixes it, but...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭