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Filtering questions with "no answer" and/or "no accepted answer" ?

Is there a way to filter questions of a community that has no answer and/or no accepted answer ? Edit (clarification): by "accepted answer" I mean answer marked with the green "Works for me" tag...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by 4015.alt‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Ability to close or archive own questions

Why If a question is already answered elsewhere, or the OP doesn't need help/updates relative to it, from the community in which he posted it any more. I think that being able to add a short comm...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by 4015.alt‭

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Can't edit comment title. [duplicate]

I wrote a comment and forgot to give it a title (It doesn't help that the title is entered below the comment, but that's another issue). The title shown is then just the start of the comment, whic...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Allow posting without logging in at least in some communities

I ran the search queries "anonymous", "register" and "unregistered" in the search box but didn't find a thread about why isn't anonymous/unregistered contribution allowed here. I recall one or two...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Kevin Shenouda‭

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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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Happy Birthday, Codidact!

It feels like we celebrated Codidact’s first birthday only yesterday and that Codidact was founded just a few days ago, but here we are. Codidact is now officially two years old! [1] Two years ago...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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The profile photo container is broken in the profile page in mobile view

A picture is worth a thousand words: There is many pixels that are not needed in the right side.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Limit of flag comment

What's the limit of flag comment? I was testing by flagging in Dev server. I had flagged a comment using more than 30000 characters. I think it should be limited (maybe, 500 characters)

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

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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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Occluded post_types filter list in search

When searching using the "post_type" filter, a list of available post types automatically appears. If the user has previously entered search terms that overlap with what has been typed so far, thes...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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"User was not notified" incorrectly displayed in comments.

I just had an incorrect "user wasn't notified because they haven't participated in the discussion" warning (I can't recall the exact wording). What I did: Responded to a comment here: https://m...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Activity numbers don't add up

I was just looking at Reports > Posts in the moderator tools of the Electrical Engineering site: The total numbers of questions, answers, and comments is believable. However, these don't agr...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Suggestions for the user profile right pane

I have a few suggestions of how the pane on the right hand side of the user Profile page might be improved. I'd like your thoughts on which changes would be useful. Wording changes The 2 images b...

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

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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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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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Tag edit major weirdness

Okay, I honestly don't know what might be up with this. "Major weirdness here", is about all I can say from the perspective of a user. I proposed an edit to A gratis cloud of icons usable as HTML ...

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

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A letter didn't bold in suggested edit page

Okay, you're probably confused. Let me explain. I use the web browser Chrome to use Codidact and would find something off about the letter "M" in the formatting box. In other words, it looks like i...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Is there a Codidact community fitting for this question (or one emerging)?

Is there any Codidact network website in the horizon to accept this question? Perhaps with some edit or conceptual change the question would be a good fit for scientific speculation? Daily life...

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

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Missing comment notification

Using the mod tools to browse recent comments on math.codidact.com, I just noticed this comment which should ping me. I have no recollection of getting the ping, and my notifications dropdown doesn...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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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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Bookmark questions! [duplicate]

Somesite Elsewhere lets you bookmark a question which is a helpful function if you want to revisit it without having to search it on the search box again. I'd want to use such function for the purp...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Add an option to resize (by dragging) the commenting box

I suggest to add resizing option to the commenting box in the threaded comments section (at least on desktop display).

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

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Notification dropdown doesn't consistently change items from "unread" to "read"

It appears to me that the notification system is not consistently marking as "read" something I've clicked on. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I've been trying to run some tests to see if ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by JBH‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Close reason doesn't show in History page [duplicate]

When you see any closed post: Any closed post will show the reason of closure. But when you open post History page. It doesn't show anything about the reason of closure. It just says the post...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What's the formula for a hot post? [duplicate]

As a SE user, I think the formula of their HNQs go this way: Has a score of 1+. Has at least 100 views. Has a positive-scored answer/s. I'm not sure about Codidact though since I'm new here...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Markdown does not always seem to work

Recently, I faced some issue with markdown. When I write text in the following way then markdown of ">" isn't working (was working earlier). <hr/> > > hello I faced some pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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Enlarging the chance that clarification-question comments would be modular

Even threaded, asking two or more clarification questions in one comment can be frustrating (and a miscommunication bias) for an OP, especially if the OP doesn't speak English as a native language ...

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

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Include (major) tags as part of Hot Posts link

It just occurred to me as I was looking at Hot Posts at Software Development that it would be helpful to include the tags with the title, so that people can judge if that post is interesting and/or...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Should tag editing be separate from post editing?

Should tag editing be separate from post editing? By that I mean having a specific workflow to modify the tags of a question, different from the workflow to edit the content. Intuitively, I believe...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Request for a Member Story feature which helps to highlight a Codidact member's topic expertise

I learned today that another Q&A site on the web will soon be ditching its Developer Story feature in which members of that site maintain a chronological log of their skills, achievements, cert...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Rounin‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Deleted answers are being shown to logged-out users, but not to logged-in users without the Curate privilege

The title pretty much sums it up. It looks to me as though deleted answers are visible to anyone who isn't logged in, but they aren't visible once you're logged in (at least as a user without the ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Couldn't we make `last activity ...... ` more clearer? [duplicate]

Currently, list shows last activity about @time hour ago by @name. Instead of last activity couldn't we write @name edited a post @time hour ago. And, @name had answered on the question. And, ano...

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

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Chemistry site needs to be added [duplicate]

Why isn't here a chemistry site?Physics cannot cover all the atomic or molecular interactions and I think it would attract new members.

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by luap42‭

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Easier if we launch one site that combines Accounting, Economics, Finance at first?

I don't want post this on Site Proposals because this overlaps Accounting, Economics, Finance proposed there, respectively 7, 9, 6 months ago. But none launched!!!! I want them launched ASAP pls. ...

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

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Why do quotation boxes split themselves?

This snag doesn't happen on Stack Exchange. Each time I use >, the quotation box severs itself. How can I combine the quotation boxes? I screenshot https://math.codidact.com/posts/282889.

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

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How can I do a search across all of Codidact?

I can't find a way to do a platform-wide search (all communities at once). Is there such a feature and I'm missing it?

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by tbmale‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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Cloudflare "checking my browser" results in a 404 when forwarded to the requested page

For some reason, Cloudflare has apparently decided that my browser is untrustworthy as of late, and want to do something to "check" it before allowing me to access Codidact. That's a snag, but wou...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Canina‭

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Is it a good idea to propose a single site for a religion that will cover both theology and its history/evolution from a secular standpoint?

I want to propose a site for Hinduism here that will cover both Hinduism, the religion/theology itself and also secular studies on Hinduism (how the religion, its scriptures, different sects, langu...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by mrbean‭

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o@ßX shows up as [email protected]ßX

On the first comment here, o@ßX was turned into [email protected]ßX. However, when I go to the comment thread, it shows up normally: Oddly enough, I couldn't reproduce this on the dev server....

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by user‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why does searching with answers:0 still show ANSWERED questions?

This is particularly helpful to find unanswered questions: answers:0. I pine to see merely the UNanswered questions on Math Main. But see below.

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

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Ability to hide / ignore tags

In the community preferences you can set a list of favourite tags, and questions that are tagged with one of them will be highlighted. Is there also a way to hide / ignore tags? Questions with a h...

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

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Does downvoting someone else lower your own reputation?

On Stack Exchange, downvoting a question or answer —2 your reputation. What about here?

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

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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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Please enlarge the editing window of a threaded comment [duplicate]

If I want to edit a threaded comment (including a threaded reply) I get, in my desktop computer, a tiny window in which it can be frustrating to navigate, especially if the content reaches the curr...

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

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Accessing scientific-speculation.codidact.com over HTTPS is serving a certificate for collab.codidact.org, triggering browser security warnings

When I try to go to https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/, I get a certificate warning. Looking at the certificate details, it turns out that the server is actually providing a certificate ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Canina‭

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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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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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Regular deletion (roomba) of content unlikely to ever be useful

I noticed that questions exist on this network and are accessible that are unlikely to ever be very helpful, for example because they were marked as completely off-topic. Examples Are internati...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Trilarion‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Please build inline editing functionality

Right now, if a user tries to click the "edit" button on a post, they get taken to a separate page where they can make changes to it. After the changes are made, the user is redirected back to the ...

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

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"posted <time> ago by <user>" doesn't appear on Articles

Basically the title. In category feeds containing Articles (e.g. Meta Blog or the Code Golf Sandbox), Articles don't have the "posted <time> ago by <user>" as with Q&A posts.

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭