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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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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...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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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...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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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 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Inconsistent use of "abilities" and "privileges"

The Your abilities page looks something like this (depending on your current abilities): To a moderator looking to grant or suspend abilities, there is a mod-only page called "Privileges", which...

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

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Inconsistent use of "undelete" and "restore"

When a post has been deleted, it shows a notice explaining its situation: This notice says: Users with the Curate privilege may vote to undelete (emphasis mine) However, the button below ...

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

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Attempting to restore an answer deleted by a moderator gives no visible feedback

After a moderator has deleted an answer, it looks like this to the poster of the answer: If the poster of the answer clicks on "Restore", the action is prevented, and a message is shown at the t...

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

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Inconsistent badge alignment on Vote Summary tab of user profile

On the Vote Summary tab of the user profile page, the post type and category show as badges on the same line as the question title and aligned to the right. However, if the question title is too lo...

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

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License CC BY-SA 3.0 only available on Writing and Outdoors

For 2 communities (Writing and Outdoors) the License drop down list when making a new post shows an option of CC BY-SA 3.0: For all of the other Codidact communities this option is not present. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Mithical‭

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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 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by sau226‭

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Incorrect description for CC BY-SA 3.0 in license drop down list [duplicate]

This will become irrelevant if License CC BY-SA 3.0 only available on Writing and Outdoors results in CC BY-SA 3.0 no longer being available For those communities where it is present, CC BY-SA 3...

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

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Very narrow blank option in Default license drop down list

The drop down list of options for "Default license" in the "Community Preferences" section of the "Preferences" tab on the user profile page does not appear to have the option of returning to blank...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Comment threads with zero comments

I believe that when the last comment in a comment thread is deleted, the thread is also automatically deleted. However, there are some threads that still exist despite having all their comments del...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Duplicate Mobile Sign In button in user profile shows on mobile

When viewing my own user profile (not anyone else's) there is a button below the profile content called "Mobile Sign In": This does the same as the Mobile Sign In button in the page header: I...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Tall profile content (image or text) causes scroll bar only on desktop

I recently added an image to my user profile as an experiment. In the edit preview this showed in full, but after saving it shows on my profile with a vertical scroll bar and the bottom section of ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Diagram errors in "Scoring" help article

The help page explaining the post scoring method has some diagrams at the end, but they are somewhat confusing. Axis mislabelling The following chart has a horizontal axis labelled "N", which is ...

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

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Mismatch between blue notification circle and notification panel

When I read the target of a notification in another tab, and then switch to a tab that still has the notification circle showing, opening the notification panel shows the notification as read, but ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Question score on hover in question lists

When viewing an individual question, the score can be seen by hovering over the voting buttons or the upvote and downvote counts: In the question list page, it might be expected that the score c...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Broken edit diffs on narrow mobile screens

When viewing a post edit diff on mobile the side by side format for before and after makes each side very narrow in portrait mode. Text wrapping appears to only happen between words, leaving longer...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Highlight [status-completed] posts in Hot Posts for Meta

In the Hot Posts panel on Codidact Meta, or in the Meta Category of a specific community, some of the posts may be bug reports or feature requests. It is not clear from the Hot Posts panel whether ...

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

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Unique favicon per community [duplicate]

If pages for several different Codidact communities are open in different browser tabs, they all show the Codidact logo as their favicon: It would be easier to see at a glance which community is...

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

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Show question title before community name in browser tab

The title for a specific question page (displayed in the browser tab) shows the community name followed by the question title: This means that only the first word or two of the question title ar...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meaningful tab title for Ask and Edit pages

The title for a page (that appears in the browser tab) shows the community name (such as "Codidact Meta"), followed by the question title for a question page. This can be helpful for a user who has...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Logo shrinks from blue notification circle

Related bug (not sure if solution will be related): Logo becomes tiny in mobile landscape mode and narrow desktop windows On mobile, the community logo can shrink when a blue notification c...

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

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The ability to cancel my own suggested edit

Related: A way to edit my suggested edits If I suggest an edit to a post and then change my mind, there is no way for me to retract my suggestion. The top of the post I suggested an edit on...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Avatar alt text does not fit in avatar available space

On a slow connection the user avatar may not immediately be available. When it has not yet finished loading there is placeholder text displayed instead (the alt text for the image). However, at the...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Text colour works in edit preview but not in saved post

I entered the following markdown into an answer I posted recently: ### ImageMagick > <p style="color:red">An error occurred while installing rmagick (4.2.6), and Bundler cannot continue....

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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New activity grey circle indicators confusingly triggered by question deletion

Related: Make "last activity" notices on question lists more useful (GitHub) Can "last activity" provide more context on what was that happened? (Meta) Posts list shows luap42 instead of actua...

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

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January 2023 Newsletter featured link broken on Codidact communities other than Meta

I have noticed that the January 2023 Newsletter featured link is pointing to the current page URL instead of the blog post when it is rendered on a site that it is not Meta Codidact. Examples: ...

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

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Clarify "Remember me"

When signing in there is a checkbox labelled "Remember me". There is no supporting information to indicate what this checkbox is for. Without it, a user may not know which of the following it means...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Remember 2FA on this device

On some sites that support Two Factor Authentication (2FA) there is the option of remembering your device so that in future 2FA will only be required if signing in from a different device. This is ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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No title text on edges of buttons away from icons

The "Dashboard", "Notifications", and "Mobile Sign In" buttons in the page header at the top right of the page have title text which displays those names. However, the title text is on the icon rat...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Reputation change indicator on dashboard

On the dashboard there are indicators for each Category of each community, that appear when there is new activity in that Category: Would it be helpful to also show the reputation for each com...

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

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Should we have organization accounts?

I've seen many times something like "This is just my personal opinion, not of the team" when administrators such as Monica Cellio respond to posts. In my opinion, this is because of a lack of a way...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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HTML entities & the question content preview [duplicate]

An ampersand shows as &amp; instead of & in the following question content preview: I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affect...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1y 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&A", "Site Pro...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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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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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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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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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 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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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 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should markdown links work in comment thread titles?

Markdown links work in comment thread comments, but not in comment thread titles: Would it be better if they worked in the title too? If there is a reason to avoid links in thread titles, would...

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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Creating new Discord channels

I've been looking at the Codidact Communities Discord channels (see the join us in chat link in the right hand panel of this page). Is it possible for Codidact Communities Discord users to create ...

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

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Posted question has old layout in the tour

After completing the tour, the resulting question that is displayed uses an old version of the question layout, rather than training a new user to recognise the current layout. The bottom of the q...

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

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Cannot add tags during tour

During the tour, the user is asked to add tags to their new question. The tags (either the suggested ones or other words) are not recognised, instead displaying "The results could not be loaded": ...

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

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Ability to revert an edit

Would people find it useful to be able to revert an edit from the history? I imagine that reverting the most recent edit would be straightforward to implement, but that reverting an earlier edit w...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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No indication of zero results in tag search

When searching the Tags section, a search string that gives no results gives an empty results section, rather than a message saying there were no results. This makes it unclear whether there is a p...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Where do meta questions about the Codidact Collab site belong?

Should I ask questions about the Codidact Collab site here on Codidact Meta, or over on the Collab site itself? I notice that Collab doesn't have its own Meta section, unlike most Codidact communit...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Collab question pages not fully encrypted

The main page of Collab Codidact is encrypted fully and shows a padlock symbol in the URL bar (top of the page on desktop, bottom of the page on mobile) in Firefox: Collab question list page Desk...

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