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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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Enhancing community involvement with per-site Help Centers

By my understanding, one of the key features of the Codidact network is that individual communities are more in control of their local policies. In particular, it appears that community moderators ...

0 answers  ·  posted 15d ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Referencing Stack Exchange progress on profiles

I invested tremendous resources into producing quality content, and marketing it. Starting from zero to me is excessive. I'd like some way to display my SE progress directly and visibly on my Codi...

1 answer  ·  posted 1d ago by OverLordGoldDragon‭  ·  last activity 1d ago by Mithical‭

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Support shortcut links to Codidact communities / categories

I would like to be able to write e.g. [software.cd] and have it generate a link to https://software.codidact.com with a friendly title. Currently, it becomes a link based on the actual text content...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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When editing tags usage guidance character limit counter doesn't work.

When I edit tags on EE.Codidact I've noticed that the character limit counter for the usage guidance remains at zero. Is it a known issue? Unless there is something wrong with my browser (Firefox)...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Users with multiple Codidact accounts

Are there any rules about a user having multiple Codidact accounts (sometimes known as sockpuppet accounts)? What should a user do if they suspect another user has multiple accounts?

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by r~~‭

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Cannot view with no filter when a category has a default filter

This is the filter section above a post list: In a category where I have set a default filter, I can temporarily view the post list using a different filter by selecting it from the "Predefined ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Feature request: direct messages

Why ? It would facilitate some misunderstandings and clarification without the need for a public comment. It would open a path to people being "mentored" in their first 5 question or what amount i...

2 answers  ·  posted 16d ago by Or4ng3h4t‭  ·  edited 16d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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User preferences behaviour inconsistent with advice

A preferences problem highlighted in an answer on Software Development Meta appears to have been somewhat fixed, but leaving an inconsistency with the guidance on the preferences page. At the top ...

1 answer  ·  posted 20d ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 19d ago by deleted user

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Bringing bad posts to the attention of curators, not just moderators - flagging vs closure reasons

As things stand, the options for flagging a question seem rather spartan: Image of flagging dialog We have: two options for actual abusive use of the site software an option for dupli...

1 answer  ·  posted 21d ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 18d ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Why is meta reputation linked to Q&A reputation?

Related: A vote in the meta category for the EE site reflected in my reputation. Is that a bug? Suppose I participate in Meta and Q&A Software Codidact, and a Meta answer of mine is downvote...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by qwr‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Moshi‭

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Tags don't match between display mode and edit mode

I noticed an anomaly when I went to edit a question. The tags in the display mode don't match the tags in the edit mode. I didn't change the tags, that's how they initialized when I opened the ed...

0 answers  ·  posted 7d ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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What do we do with suspected AI users?

I have noticed a user that I suspect may be posting AI generated content. What should I do in such a situation? I don't want to go into exactly why I think it's an AI. Suffice to say, I work on LL...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Mithical‭

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Cannot remove Discord username from user profile once added

After editing my user profile to add a Discord username as part of testing how it works, I am unable to remove the username. Deleting the username and pressing save results in an apparently success...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 3d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How does "@username" work in comment threads?

In a comment thread, I can notify someone by including "@username". I also get notified of replies, even if they do not include my username in this way. What determines who is notified of a comment...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Indicate stale reactions based on user activity

Reactions are currently used on CD to: Confirm an answer worked (similar to accepting an answer on SO) Show that an answer is dangerous Indicate interest in participating in a proposed CD site...

3 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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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 2mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 2mo 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 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Bulleted lists don't work on IOS Firefox

I tried to post an answer with a bulleted list, but it renders without bullets. I can't repro here, but I have submitted multiple edits to the answer above, and none of them allow me to get the po...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by tripleee‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by tripleee‭

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Let's improve how we manage proposals for new communities

Related: Incubator (takes all questions that aren't ontopic anywhere else) community We currently use posts in the Site Proposals category to organize proposals for new communities on our networ...

3 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Clearer community proposals transition for skim readers

During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to th...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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How to resize images

I received a comment on my answer to https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/289594 about the image size. It is a perfectly valid point. For comparison, in StackExchange it is possible to resize by ad...

1 answer  ·  posted 26d ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  last activity 26d ago by Moshi‭

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New and interesting question feeds without email

It appears that Codidact has notification streams for new questions and interesting questions, but currently these are over email. Can you add a search filter, global page, RSS feed or some other ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Images fail to load when previewed or saved

While drafting or editing a post images do not show in the rendered post preview. Instead the alt text is displayed: (For me this now shows correctly as an image, so it looks like this is fixed....

2 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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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 2mo ago by zetyty‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by zetyty‭

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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 2mo ago by zetyty‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Update tag descriptions to reflect new home of proposals

Here on Meta the tags "community-proposal" and "new-communities" both have descriptions referring to the Site Proposals category. Can these be updated to refer to (and possibly link to) the new Cod...

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

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QPixel goes to the "new post" page when I press Ctrl+N to open a new browser window

If I am on some web page (such as on Codidact), and want to check out some detail elsewhere on the web, my usual first step is to press Ctrl+N to open a new browser window, then navigate to do what...

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

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Should we render double hyphen as an em dash?

Some places render "--" (double hyphen) as "—" (em dash). Currently Codidact does not -- so these are left as double hyphens in both the edit preview and a rendered post (like that). Would it be ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by AdminBee‭

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Notifying each other that a commented-on issue is resolved, to produce fewer comments rather than more

I just made a comment on another Meta post because I wasn't sure whether something in someone else's answer was a typo, or if so what the correct wording should be. It turned out that my best guess...

5 answers  ·  posted 17d ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 16d ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Tag-only edits only sometimes have a tag diff

I noticed that the edit to the tags in this edit history does not have a tag diff section. It makes it appear that the second version of this post has no changes: For comparison, here is tag-onl...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Add safeguards to "mobile sign-in" feature

When you click on the "Mobile Sign-In" button, you are shown a QR code that, when scanned with your phone, opens your browser on the phone and signs you in automatically. Although I can see how th...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by FractionalRadix‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Do these comments follow our Code of Conduct?

How is this not easily solved with grade school math? -1 for being a dumb question. I can't tell whether this is trolling or a serious question, since finding the answer only requires sevent...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Mark S.‭  ·  last activity 23d ago by manassehkatz‭

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How should we approach non-English content?

It seems almost taken for granted on every Codidact site - even Languages & Linguistics - that questions and answers are supposed to be written in English, although I can't find any official po...

1 answer  ·  posted 15d ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 15d ago by r~~‭

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Proposal: Human-readable profile URLs

Would it be possible to have human-readable profile URLs instead of numbers? e.g. https://meta.codidact.com/users/da5nsy or https://meta.codidact.com/users/@da5nsy rather than https://meta.codid...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by da5nsy‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Cannot accept suggested edits to my post, because I don't have permission to change moderator-only tags

Shouldn't I be allowed to accept an edit to my own post? Now here I can't, because the suggested edit adds a tag that I am not allowed to add. Other edits are also not possible (because it asks fi...

1 answer  ·  posted 12d ago by [Object object]‭  ·  edited 12d 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=&min_score=&max_score=&min_answ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by pureferret ‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Community sort order

As the list of communities gets longer, it becomes more difficult to find any particular one in the various places they are listed. Sorting Would it be helpful to have sorting buttons, similar to...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭

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How to keep displayed usernames unique even if the user account is deleted?

Motivation On Stack Exchange (SE) I could have a really hard time following a discussion in comments between multiple users if one of the users deleted their account or changed their username. He...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by zetyty‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by zetyty‭

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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 6mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Indicate change in reputation in voting summary

In the Vote Summary tab of the user page, each of a users posts shows how many votes up and down: This shows voting, but does not make clear how this affects reputation. In this example, the fir...

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

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New post type: a recap table

Motivation I often want to use a table to: Compare different solutions (for example, solutions addressing a new feature-request). List related posts and duplicates (some topics can be extremel...

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

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Creating tags is much easier than adding description

It is probably not controversial to say that if you're creating a tag, you should add a description for it. Otherwise, how will anyone else know what you intended the tag to be used for? Unfortuna...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Trying to use Markdown formatting on detail-section labels causes unexpected centered alignment in preview

I knew that blank lines are needed in certain places when mixing HTML markup with Markdown so that the Markdown will actually be processed. For example: <details> <summary> Gory deta...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Tagging @username in a question/answer/comment

Is it possible to tag users by their handle. E.g. Oh hey @da5nsy do you have an answer for this question? It doesn't look like it does, because names are not hyperlinked but then I saw @manass...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by da5nsy‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Moshi‭

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Proposal descriptions show "Suggest edit" instead of "Edit"

In the Descriptions category of the Codidact Proposals community, anyone can edit any proposal description. This is in contrast to other categories where suggested edits require approval before bei...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Input box is not on screen after pressing "Start new comment thread" with expanded comments

If comment threads below a post are already expanded, then the input box that appears after pressing the "Start new comment thread" button is too far down the page to be visible. This makes it look...

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

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Shouldn't be able to delete question after any response

This is in response to something that happened on the Math site, but it's really a Codidact-wide issue. A week or two ago, someone posted a poorly written question. Not surprisingly, the question...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  last activity 17d ago by Andreas‭

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Automatically added redundant markdown when editing

After making an edit that only adds tags, some redundant markdown is added to the beginning of the body of the post. This does not show up in the rendered post but it gives an inaccurate edit histo...

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

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Should the Discord guidance be updated as discriminators are being removed?

In my profile, it includes this guidance: Discord Your Discord user tag, in the format username#1234. Discord is in the process of removing discriminators (a discriminator is the #1234). Whi...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by cocomac‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by Quasímodo‭