https://meta.codidact.com/categories/3/tags/961.rssNew Posts Tagged 'feature-request' - Codidact MetaCodidact Meta - Codidact2024-03-16T05:00:59Zhttps://meta.codidact.com/posts/291073Can I view questions across multiple sites (or the entire network) on a single page?gerrithttps://meta.codidact.com/users/533122024-03-14T09:42:10Z2024-03-16T05:00:59Z<p>On a different set of Q&A sites, my usual entrance point was/is a page that shows questions from across the network on a single page. It does so in three ways:</p>
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<li>"Hot questions...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/74914Would be nice to have a link to chat on the main sites.Charlie Brumbaughhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/81632020-05-11T02:31:17Z2024-03-11T23:29:33Z<p>Currently, this site and <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/">Outdoors</a> have discord servers set up for chatting, supposedly <a href="https://writing.codidact.com/">Writing</a> has one as...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277426Can we get email notifications?Moshihttps://meta.codidact.com/users/531962020-08-22T16:35:48Z2024-03-11T14:18:42Z<p>While the current notification system is okay, I'd like to be able to receive email notifications for things such as a new answer to my questions. (Of course, this should be opt-in. Maybe add a ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290892Should we directly link to the proposals site for new proposals in the Help Center?meta userhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/651782024-02-22T02:10:55Z2024-03-11T01:23:25Z<p>On the Help Center page <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/help/how-to-ask">"How to ask a great question"</a> (This link points to the Codidact Meta version, but this question talks about all th...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290916See user activity across all communitiesmcphttps://meta.codidact.com/users/568022024-02-23T20:26:59Z2024-03-11T00:34:52Z<p>How do you see a user's activity across all Codidact communities?</p>
<p>First and foremost, the goal is to have an overview of my own activity, but it would also be beneficial to view the cros...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290438Add search to the Help CenterJon Ericsonhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/81132023-12-14T17:22:16Z2024-03-11T00:20:38Z<p>I'm looking for specific information in the <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/help">Help Center</a>. (In this case, I want to learn more about comments, but I don't think there's an article for...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290260Grace period for immediately noticed small errorsKarl Knechtelhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/646562023-11-21T08:09:04Z2024-03-10T19:01:33Z<p>Sometimes I will compose a lengthy post, submit it, see it in context and immediately notice a typo - no matter how careful I thought I was being.</p>
<p>I'm not sure it's desirable that, when ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290137Merge abilities help page with abilities dashboardAndreas needs cookieshttps://meta.codidact.com/users/642772023-10-28T19:26:21Z2024-03-10T18:40:53Z<p>Where to find information about the abilities, is currently a bit confusing. There are too many pages.
The <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/help/abilities">help page for abilities</a>, as wel...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/74834"show more comments" link not obviousmattdmhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/363482020-05-04T17:08:21Z2024-03-07T17:50:56Z<p>If a post has a lot of comments, the last ones are hidden behind a "Show more comments" link. For some reason, even though I know it's there, I really have to think about it each time. "I though...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290056Display post titles instead of the URL for internal linksAndreas needs cookieshttps://meta.codidact.com/users/642772023-10-19T20:57:59Z2024-03-03T22:27:05Z<p>Currently, when pasting a link to somewhere on Codidact, into posts or comments, the link is rendered in the output the same way it's written in the post source; that is, the URL. The parser sho...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/284033Can we please stop linkifying random strings that happen to look like domain names?Caninahttps://meta.codidact.com/users/80492021-09-07T07:33:36Z2024-03-03T19:36:55Z<p>Currently, strings that look like some subset of fully qualified domain names are automatically turned into links to the corresponding <code>http://</code> resource. So, for example, <a href="ht...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290962Should we change the dashboard layout?meta userhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/651782024-02-28T04:02:14Z2024-02-28T14:42:41Z<h2>What is it?</h2>
<p>Ordering communities by pairing them into groups of 3 based on quantity of categories.</p>
<p>The communities which could not be paired with similar communities due to va...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287248Option to sort answers by Agetrichoplaxhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/538902022-10-13T16:51:10Z2024-02-28T02:12:12Z<p>Currently answers can be sorted by Score or Activity:</p>
<p><img alt="Buttons to sort answers by Score or Active" src="https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/b7CWa56SkDU2qMqb4xGFh6zE"></p>
<p>I'd ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290929Proposals site is not listed on Codidact home pageJulius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-25T20:57:52Z2024-02-26T14:50:28Z<p>This site: <a href="https://proposals.codidact.com/">https://proposals.codidact.com/</a></p>
<p>is not listed here: <a href="https://codidact.com/">https://codidact.com/</a></p>
<p>and I think...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290936Categorical or criterion-based votingJulius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-25T22:54:06Z2024-02-26T12:55:17Z<p>I am starting to strongly lean towards that votes should pretty much always come with explanations. I wonder if it is not such a radical change in system design to replace the universal or gener...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290938Adopt a notifications model supporting toggleable previews Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-25T23:14:27Z2024-02-25T23:14:27Z<p>One way I think Codidact could have a big leg up on Stack Exchange would be a more robust notifications system, borrowing from the pre-established template of some other software.</p>
<p>For ex...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290935Roadmap or checklist for successfully launching new site?Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-25T22:37:08Z2024-02-25T22:37:08Z<p>I’m motivated to see a Philosophy site go live. Here is a <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276971/276975#answer-276975">post</a> detailing how sites are actually established, from three ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290918Add support for AsciiDoc syntaxmcphttps://meta.codidact.com/users/568022024-02-23T20:41:03Z2024-02-24T19:28:51Z<p>Add support for <a href="https://asciidoctor.org/">AsciiDoc</a> syntax.</p>
<p>I find their syntax very intuitive and enjoyable. For example, numbered lists start with just a period; bulleted, ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/74818Can the close notice be moved to above the question?Charlie Brumbaughhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/81632020-05-01T02:03:19Z2024-02-22T23:59:32Z<p>Here is what one of the closed questions looks like, and as you can see one would have to scroll all the way down to find the link to the dupe target.</p>
<p>I think it would be much better if ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290804Should we change the footer layout?meta userhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/651782024-02-15T01:37:34Z2024-02-17T20:56:45Z<h1>Context</h1>
<p>The footer of all pages on the Codidact network looks something like this:</p>
<p><img alt="Codidact footer screenshot" src="https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dqiswaqds4rez347...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/281610Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?Moshihttps://meta.codidact.com/users/531962021-05-05T21:06:16Z2024-02-17T20:14:38Z<p>Whenever a post is edited, the question is automatically bumped to the top of the category post list.</p>
<p>This is useful for major changes to posts because people can see that something has ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290845Going back in browser encourages accidental duplicate posting.Olin Lathrophttps://meta.codidact.com/users/363962024-02-17T14:03:37Z2024-02-17T14:03:37Z<p>I wrote an answer to a question, followed a link somewhere, then went back in the browser (Alt back-arrow in my case).</p>
<p>Somehow I managed to go back from where the answer was posted. I s...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/74802Please amend the terms of service to allow other licensesMonica Celliohttps://meta.codidact.com/users/80462020-04-29T03:06:28Z2024-02-16T17:10:49Z<p>The Codidact <a href="https://writing.codidact.com/policy/tos">terms of service</a> (example is from Writing) include:</p>
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<p>You own the copyright to your content; by posting it ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290806Hide sorting tab when there are 0 answers on a questionmeta userhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/651782024-02-15T02:40:23Z2024-02-15T21:53:06Z<p>Have a look at <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290737">this</a> Codidact Meta post.</p>
<p>It is closed.</p>
<p>Scrolling down we can see a UI like so:</p>
<p><img alt="Answers UI" s...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290791Add a validation checker for website fieldmeta userhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/651782024-02-14T04:02:57Z2024-02-15T02:31:28Z<h2>Background</h2>
<p>One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles.</p>
<h2>Issue</h2>
<p>But I also noticed that entering just the word "tes...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290798List all duplicates for a question on the target question's pageAndreas needs cookieshttps://meta.codidact.com/users/642772024-02-14T17:37:32Z2024-02-14T23:59:58Z<p>Currently when viewing a post, there is no indication that it's being used as a duplicate target.</p>
<p>As a curator, it's useful information to me that when I view a question, I am also infor...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288948Proposal: remove Twitter from profilesda5nsyhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/641762023-07-10T03:04:30Z2024-02-14T15:26:25Z<p>Seeing the option to list a Twitter profile on one's profile leaves a bad taste in my mouth given recent developments on that site.</p>
<p>I don't think it deserves to be promoted above other s...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290756Could we adopt the domain “.cd”?Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-11T17:20:19Z2024-02-14T05:35:21Z<p>How would people feel about a network-wide convention of abbreviated URLs having the form, <code>https://<topic>.cd</code>?</p>
<p>For example, a shortened URL for a philosophy site would...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290775Auto-navigate from post preview to post sourceAndreas needs cookieshttps://meta.codidact.com/users/642772024-02-13T00:34:30Z2024-02-13T00:34:30Z<p>I'd like to be able to double-click in a specific location in the preview of the post I'm writing (or editing), and have the site scroll up to the post source (input box), and scroll and move th...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290733A refactoring convenience function.Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-10T05:20:30Z2024-02-12T19:01:24Z<p><em>Here is a redraft and elaboration of what this post is about, partially in response to some comments I've received.</em></p>
<p><em>This post may be about a few different things at once, an...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290738Library of Congress classification: class AND subject tags (including sub-tags)Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-10T14:32:05Z2024-02-11T13:10:02Z<p>The library of Congress classification system gives items both a single class, and multiple subject tags. This system has some significant benefits.</p>
<p>Also, their subject tag system has su...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290737More inherently built-in chatting?Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-10T14:25:27Z2024-02-11T02:29:14Z<p>It could be cool to have more accessible chatting for all posts. What if there were a sidebar on every post where there was always a live chat? Unlike SE, you never need to specifically create a...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290729Thoughts on downvotes? Could you be able to hide vote counts in general?Julius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-10T04:24:13Z2024-02-10T16:07:17Z<p>Seeing as Codidact is sort of an opportunity to do things a little differently than Stack Exchange, I was wondering how people feel in general about certain things about Stack Exchange, which we...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290732Make searching posts slightly more easyJulius H.https://meta.codidact.com/users/573372024-02-10T05:16:18Z2024-02-10T05:16:18Z<p>I find the search function slightly too hard to find. I mean, it’s just in the menu, but intuitively, I feel like it should be a little more accessible, immediately visible.</p>
<p>Also, we wou...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288499Linking to posts with anchor text is too hardStephen Ostermillerhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/545902023-06-17T12:05:08Z2024-01-08T14:09:04Z<p>One place in which I'm finding that more friction at Codidact than I was expecting is creating links to other questions with the question title as the anchor text.</p>
<p>I'm going to use <a hr...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/280149Can the title of the question be a "clean" link to the question itself?fedorquihttps://meta.codidact.com/users/81032020-12-29T20:48:46Z2024-01-07T15:40:29Z<p>Sometimes I find myself browsing through the site and want to share a question. If I arrived through a link to an answer, I do not have a good way to "clean" the URL and be able to get the URL o...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290471Add pending suggested edits to the dashboardMithicalhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/80822023-12-25T16:07:24Z2024-01-07T02:06:57Z<p>The <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/dashboard">Dashboard</a> is an easy way to get an overview of the whole network at a glance; on a single page, you can see where there's been new activity ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289233Indication that I have flagged a posttrichoplaxhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/538902023-08-04T10:55:42Z2023-12-31T02:26:42Z<p>When I flag a post for moderator attention, an acknowledgement message appears, but if I revisit the post later there is no indication that I have flagged it. I would find it useful to have an i...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290455How to convert an answer to comment and include the comments under the answer into the new comment thread?Nick Alexeevhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/529352023-12-18T14:18:02Z2023-12-19T02:15:33Z<p>Is there a way to convert an answer to a comment and include the existing comments under the answer into the new comment thread? There’s no option for it in the convert-to-comment dialog. Is the...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289387Flag details vs. commentsKarl Knechtelhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/646562023-08-16T04:41:59Z2023-12-15T04:16:14Z<p>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 ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290051Wilson score samples with 0 votesMichaelhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/659612023-10-19T16:52:57Z2023-12-12T17:09:59Z<p>Can the <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/help/scoring">Scoring help page</a>'s sample chart start at 0 votes instead of 1? Lots of posts probably have no votes or only up or down votes.</p>
<...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290429Show score value along with score bar/iconsheelahttps://meta.codidact.com/users/712522023-12-12T11:04:54Z2023-12-12T14:33:52Z<p>Show score on the horizontal score bar. When I started browsing first time I didn't know what the horizontal bar with green stripe in it is for. Took a while to figure out it is score. Wouldn't ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290405How about explicitly inviting new user feedback?Karl Knechtelhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/646562023-12-08T02:45:12Z2023-12-11T21:19:39Z<p>Prompted by comments in <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/comments/thread/8884">this comment thread</a> - I agree that it's often very difficult to get feedback from new users in the meta area ...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/290417Implement inline spoiler textKarl Knechtelhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/646562023-12-11T13:30:29Z2023-12-11T13:30:29Z<p>It <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287346">was previously noted</a> that Codidact does not support explicit spoiler tags, although it's possible to hide blocks of text in collapsible se...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289114Can we have the ability to create tags without being linked to a question?Lorenzo Donatihttps://meta.codidact.com/users/529912023-07-28T08:25:41Z2023-12-04T04:34:39Z<p>As the title says.</p>
<p>Rationale: I'm in the process of giving tags on <a href="http://EE.CD">EE.CD</a> some structure and I feel that sometimes a group of tags could be usefully grouped und...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287867Easier way to get to the individual user Posts pagetrichoplaxhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/538902023-02-09T19:39:00Z2023-12-04T04:29:24Z<p>There is a <a href="https://meta.codidact.com/users/53890/posts">Posts page showing all the posts by a given user</a>. However, the only place it is linked to appears to be the bottom of the lon...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289143New and interesting question feeds without emailmatthewsnyderhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/613082023-07-29T21:40:15Z2023-12-04T04:27:49Z<p>It appears that Codidact has notification streams for new questions and interesting questions, but currently these are over email.</p>
<p>Can you add a search filter, global page, RSS feed or s...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287763Question score on hover in question liststrichoplaxhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/538902023-01-23T16:49:48Z2023-12-04T04:16:15Z<p>When viewing an individual question, the score can be seen by hovering over the voting buttons or the upvote and downvote counts:</p>
<p><img alt="Individual question page showing score on hove...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288303Should the Discord guidance be updated as discriminators are being removed?cocomachttps://meta.codidact.com/users/617862023-06-11T20:37:36Z2023-12-04T04:07:31Z<p>In my profile, it includes this guidance:</p>
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<p>Discord</p>
<p>Your Discord user tag, in the format <code>username#1234</code>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Discord is <a href="https:...https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287837Miscellaneous Flag modal problemstrichoplaxhttps://meta.codidact.com/users/538902023-02-01T05:25:35Z2023-12-04T04:06:27Z<h2>Flagging an answer</h2>
<p>After pressing "Flag" under an answer there are 3 radio buttons to choose from:</p>
<p><img alt="Flag modal for an answer showing 3 radio buttons" src="https://meta...