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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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Multi-colored bookmarks

We'll want to have bookmarks, eventually. It would be nice to have bookmarks with some kind of categorization. For example, favorites/bookmarks with different colors, because I want to come back ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Nick Alexeev‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Derek Elkins‭

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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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NSFW Content Filter

According to the Terms of Service, You agree not to use the Service to [...] violate any applicable law or regulation; [...] post content that is hateful, discriminatory, harmful, illegal, or othe...

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

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Usernames of only periods and spaces shouldn't be allowed

This username shouldn't be allowed: .                                                .‭ It's hard to even see that it is a username link most of the time, it's probably problematic for @ commenting...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by curiousdannii‭  ·  edited 3y ago by .                                                .‭

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Display accurate post or comment time when hovering

I would like to see the date and time in UTC or my own time zone if set when I hover over the vague about 12 days ago to be able to compare when two events actually happened or any other reason. I...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Can't edit a question just to add tags.

One can apparently not make an edit to a post just to change the tags. There is a message that nothing was changed because I didn't edit the post. Well, I didn't edit the body of the post, just the...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Order of categories in top bar and categories page differs

I think it would be a good idea if the categories page would list the categories in the same order as the bar on the top. Currently it apparently lists them alphabetically, which makes the Blog ca...

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

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How can I change the default license on my posts? [duplicate]

During creation of a post, you are presented with a license option: It has two options; site default, and category default. Are these configurable by the user, and if they aren't: can they be? I...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Corsaka‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Canina‭

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Insert Image button now totally broken

For a while, there had been problems inserting images into posts on particular sites. https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277052. Now it seems this has spread to all sites. When I hover over the...

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

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Should users without the ability to review suggested edits see the 'suggested edit pending...' text if they cannot see the diff?

I just found a post that has a suggested edit pending on it: The problem is that I don't have the privilege to review edits (or whatever name it has) so clicking on it does not produce any o...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Notifications: Reputation Changes

Similar to SE, I would like to see notifications for reputation/score gains and losses.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by mbomb007‭  ·  edited 3y ago by mbomb007‭

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Mismatch between number of answers listed and actual number

I just noticed something strange. In the Q&A category of Scientific Speculation, I see this list entry: However, the question actually does have an answer. See https://scientific-speculati...

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

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Arrow color on mobile remains blue after rescinding a vote

On mobile if I unupvote a question the score goes down but the blue color on the arrow remains. I think it would be less confusing if the color changed back to grey after removing the upvote.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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The bottom left corner of the border around quoted text is not rounded.

Quoted text has its own styling but as you can see below three of the border corners are rounded and the bottom left is not.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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New answers are not being reported as new activity or bumping posts

It appears that new answers are no longer being reported as new activity on the question list and bumping questions. Here's an annotated screenshot: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/280005 shows...

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

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404 Not Found for Meta Q&A questions when signed out

If you go to any post on the Q&A category here on Meta while not signed in, it gives you a 404 page. E.g. this post, when I'm signed out, gives this I'm able to view it perfectly fine when I...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by luap42‭

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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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"Copy link" does not work in Safari 12.1

I am using Safari Version 12.1 (14607.1.40.1.4). Whenever I want to copy a link using the "Copy Link" button, it does not work and throws this error in the console: TypeError: undefined is not an...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Should we have a grace period of X minutes on edits or a way to mark changes as "minor"?

I normally spend quite a lot of time writing my posts. However, after posting them I read them again and normally find some subtleties that I want to change: some commas, a better title, these kind...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by msh210‭

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Duplicate "Sign out" buttons on mobile

On the mobile version of Codidact, there are two "Sign out" buttons present, one in the right menu and one in the site switcher. One of them should be removed as having two isn't necessary. Right ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Zerotime‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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What should we do to facilitate sharing/recognition of Codidact content?

For context, 'sharing' means sharing to an external website, such as Reddit/Twitter/other sites relevant to a community (e.g. for a writing site, a site frequented by writers). Right now, sharing ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by sau226‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Archive to mark as "resolved", without locking the comment?

I've recently come across a situation where I thought archiving the comment thread was appropriate: A user suggested an improvement in the thread, and that improvement was then implemented (by me)....

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

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User based styling

Is there any way to adjust the Styling in user profiles. I struggle to see the hairline borders for edit entry areas before they are selected and also prefer to to have less vertical white space b...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Incorrect text for requirements to edit tags [duplicate]

On all sites on the user abilities page for editing tag info, it says you need x% of accepted edits and y number of edits on tag wikis and tag usage guidance even though you currently can't suggest...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Ethan‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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I can't search for -finalized

(This is not just an issue on the specific site mentioned - it seems to affect any Codidact site.) If I search Code Golf Codidact for "finalized" there are results, showing that the word "finali...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Ethan‭

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Search does not search the title of posts

The search only appears to look in the body of a post, not in its title. For example, searching Codidact Meta for "determine" finds posts that have "determine" in the body, but does not include th...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Special view for deleted answers to avoid confusion

Opening a new response (new answer) from the Notifications panel opens it in a special view where that answer is shown at the top of the answer list. This makes it very clear which answer was bei...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Support lists (bullets and numbers) in comment markdown

I understand that comments are intended for brief queries about the post content, but in the Meta sites I sometimes find it useful to be able to quote part of a post in a comment. Block quotes alre...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Undelivered mail returned to sender

When I send a message to someone @codidact.com, I get back undelivered mail returned to sender, which says <support@codidact.org>: host codidact-org.relay1g.spamh.com[63.71.12.97] said: 554...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 1y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Title text (tooltip/hovertext) shows on unrelated parts of the page

GitHub issue: https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/1109 At the top of the posts list, the total number of posts is shown on the left. Hovering the mouse pointer over this number shows ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Total number of search results

At the top of the posts page, the total number of posts shows. At the top of the search results page, there is not a total number of results. I would find the total number useful on the search res...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Markdown spoiler sections - is there any need?

Standard markdown does not include spoiler sections (hidden until clicked on). Personally, on those rare occasions when I find need to temporarily hide something, I'm happy using <details> HT...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Some symbols are displayed as HTML encoding in question description

In the posts page of each site, the symbols & < > are not rendered as such; Instead they are replaced by their HTML encodings: &amp; &lt; &gt; You can see that in the pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Clicking on the square with an arrow no longer displays community drop-down [duplicate]

Clicking on the square with an arrow next to the user profile no longer displays the drop-down menu to show other communities. I talking about this one: If I click on the white area around it, t...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1y ago by Mithical‭

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Assets return 404

I saw I had a notification so I clicked for the dropdown, and got nothing. The browser console shows that /assets/community/${community}.css and /assets/community/${community}.js are 404ing (observ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Peter Taylor‭  ·  edited 1y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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The meaning of "follow new" on your own posts

Below each post, at the top of the comment section, is a link to "follow new". The title text displayed when hovering over this link says "Follow all new comment threads on this post". It is clear...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Comment flagging is hidden from inexperienced users

GitHub issue: https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/544 In the past, it was not possible to flag individual comments for moderator attention. There was a Meta question asking how to respond ...

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

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Surprising page load after pressing "follow new"

Clicking "follow new" below an answer results in the page being reloaded with that answer as the highlighted answer at the top of the answer list, with the message "You are accessing this answer wi...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Quicker replacement of image alt text placeholder

After adding an image to a Codidact post, the automatically entered markdown looks like this: ![Image alt text](https...) The Image alt text part is to be replaced with a meaningful description...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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The mystery of the alt text warning in a post with no images

Amusingly, a post about alt text triggered the missing alt text warning: I can see why the warning was triggered - the post contains the markdown for an image, which has the standard placeholder...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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TOC display problem after answer deletion

Describe the bug After deleting an answer(s), the table of contents can still be displayed even if there are less answers than the "number of answers to trigger the TOC" and even if there is no an...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by zetyty‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by zetyty‭

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Implementing a technical "dictionary/glossary" for non-English languages.

I think this has come up before, maybe tangentially on some specific site (EE.CD ?), but I lost track of the posts/comments. Anyway, I think it would be useful, at least for EE.CD, but I post here...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Can we have different favicons for the different communities? [duplicate]

I usually work with dozens of open tabs in my browser and even when using Codidact I have several tabs open pointing maybe at different posts on different communities and/or meta. Having different...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  closed as duplicate 9mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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How to edit a post for small modifications without affecting the visibility of other posts?

Related: Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts? Motivation I usually edit my own posts a lot of times in order to improve them. This put the corresponding post on top of the "main p...

3 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by zetyty‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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How discussions work in Codidact?

Stack Overflow was created on the premise of having questions and answers without the chitchat and other common problems well-known in Internet discussion forums. The founders learned they still ne...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Code block copy button in more places, such as help documents

I find the copy button on code blocks in posts very useful. Could this also be added to code blocks in other places such as help documents? For example, the Template for Proposal Posts would be mu...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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HTML entities not showing correctly when editing tag WIKIs.

I just edited a tag wiki in EE.CD here. I inserted a table in whose cells appears an HTML entity, namely the "div" symbol "÷". Inside the table that symbol is not rendered, but it is displayed as ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Move featured links to the "inactive" section once their end date has passed

When featuring links on the sidebar, moderators have the option of setting a start and end date for when that link will be featured. This works properly; once the stated date is past, that link wil...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Mithical‭

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"Proposals" does not show up in the bottom navbar

Seems like every Codidact section appears as a link in the footer, so I was expecting the new https://proposals.codidact.com/ to appear there as well. However, it looks like it doesn't. Is this an...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Flag details vs. comments

When flagging a post as "Needs author's attention", the interface provides a single-line text entry field for "Details?", which does not allow for newlines. Input text scrolls without any clear ind...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭