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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.

General Q&A about the Codidact instance hosted at codidact.com or the software that runs it.

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Voting while not signed in

(Persistent irrelevant comment: I jumped down to the title field and entered that first and then went back up here to enter the actual question.) I tried to vote on an answer and nothing happened. ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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I can do everything after account deletion also.

I had requested to delete my account. My account was deleted in the following communities. Software Poweruser Linux No one can visit my profile also (excluding moderator ~ I guess). In the ...

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

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Post on Stack Exchange and Codidact

I would prefer to post questions in Codidact than on Stack Exchange and I want to contribute to Codidact by doing so. However, I am certain that the probability of getting a useful answer is higher...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Guilherme Costa‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Bug in notification [duplicate]

I had mark all of them as read. But, when I click any notification. That notification is automatically marking as unread. This may not be annoying but, this is obviously a bug.

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Does Codidact want to silence its users as SE does?

After joining Codidact and then reading many posts, I concluded that Codidact is a place allowing people to express their opposing ideas freely, unlike SE. But, something happened that I had to dou...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by MathPhysics‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭

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The history diff does not highlight tags being added

When a post is edited to just include a tag such as [tag:status-completed], the diff rendered in its history does not show any difference. See for example in the question https://meta.codidact.com...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What does flag represent in profile's statistics?

I have seen above picture in my profile. What does the flag represent? Does it represent for those which I flagged earlier? Or, I have got 4 flags in my post? Or, It is addition of both of them.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭

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Why don't we just make communities for every launched stack?

Rather than reinvent each community, why don't the admins just create a community for each subject that Stack launched a site for? Such as statistics, interpersonal skills, workplace, law, philoso...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by accounting, identify this location‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?

Whenever a post is edited, the question is automatically bumped to the top of the category post list. This is useful for major changes to posts because people can see that something has changed. H...

5 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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No "go back" option on Articles.

If you go to the post history for articles, there is no option to go back to the post. This is what the post history looks like on a regular Q&A: This is what the post history looks like on...

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

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Should tags be written in American or in British English?

On Cooking, I sometimes run into comprehension issues as food is labelled differently around the world. One recent example for this is ground beef and minced meat which both essentially mean the sa...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Zerotime‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by .                                                .‭

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Make the license changeable while editing

When I go to edit answer/question, I can edit tags, text and title, but not the license. For example, if I mistakenly select a wrong license and, click Save Post in Q&A, how can I edit the l...

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

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No sign in button in mobile view

Exactly the title; with the new design changes, there are no sign in buttons when using Codidact in the mobile view. There isn't a button in the hamburger menu either:

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

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Meta answers show up as Q&A in search results

In search results, if the result is a meta answer, it incorrectly shows as being in the Q&A category instead of the meta category. Questions appear to show properly. Here's an example from Writ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Mithical‭

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Draft saved notice disrupts page flow [duplicate]

I love the editor, it is so white and clean. I think the idea of having the title field at the bottom is genius. It lets you collect your thoughts and make a really meaningful title. I have a co...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by KalleMP‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Announcing a new user tour

Oh... yet another announcement from me :) So, we built a new user tour, which explains how Codidact works. Every new user will get an inbox-notification inviting them to take the tour (only once, n...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Tag wiki too prominent when sorting posts by tag

When sorting posts by tag, the tag usage part pops up as expected, but also the whole tag wiki. So when you actually start writing a proper tag wiki for a tag, anyone who wants to see posts under t...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How should Codidact "advertise" and gain community members?

This came up a bit in my post to try to get a TRPG site going, but I think it's really a broader issue, not just to starting new communities but also to the ones that are already launched. Just ho...

6 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Peter Cooper Jr.‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Logician‭

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Randomize order of answers with same score

Answers are shown in order according to their score derived from their votes. However, for answers with the same score, they seem to be shown in chronological order of creation time. This tends t...

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

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flagging as duplicate without any details shouldn't be allowed

I was reading this question. I was trying to flag something as duplicate. When I tried to flag as duplicate with no details, I got the message Thanks! A moderator will review your flag. That m...

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

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A note on April 1st 2021

Unfortunately, we didn't have the time to build an April fools easter egg this year. We'll build one next year, for sure! Therefore, for your own safety: DO NOT try to enter any secret code on ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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Markdown preview of bulleted list with leading text

If I put leading text into the post body textbox immediately before a bulleted list, like this: Leading text: * First item * Second item In the preview below the box it shows up correctly, with ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Peter Cooper Jr.‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Sigma‭

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Discrepancy between abilities and privilege page

On the abilities page for a moderator/admin (ex. Monica Cellio), there is a differnce between the abilities list which shows all privileges with a check mark and "yes" under "Earned", and the indiv...

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

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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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Add a link to the dashboard somewhere

I realized that the dashboard isn't particularly easy to find for new people, which is a shame since it's pretty useful. (It shows which communities have new activity at a glance, handy for those i...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why does the title come after the body when writing a question?

This might sound silly, but ever since I wrote my first post here, I have noticed that the title comes after the body and I find it quite strange. Since I have some activity using Stack Exchange (b...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Answer edited, shows as activity on the front page, but not on the answer

This answer on Writing Codidact has been edited. The question currently shows on the category front page as "last activity 1 day ago". However, on the question page, there is no indication that t...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Advertise on Stack Exchange?

To my pleasant surprise, I saw an ad for Codidact on English S.E.! Why don't we post similar ads on S.E.? !

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by 10 Rep‭

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Can we move questions?

This question was accidentally posted in meta instead of language, and ended up being closed. Does the ability to move questions between sites currently exist, or is closing the only way to deal wi...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Should [status-completed] be used before the changes are live?

As of the time of writing, this request has the [status-completed] tag despite the change not being live yet. It is completely developed, sure, but since it is not yet deployed, should the request ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Sigma‭

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Need wording fix in dup close banner [duplicate]

The banner at the top of a question when the question is closed as a duplicate says in part "This question has been answered before" (example). That really should say "This question has been asked...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  closed as duplicate 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Help --> Site Information?

Just now I noticed that when clicking on Help, there is a new box called "Site Information". What the …? This seems to have infested all sites, and doesn't provide much real information. It's abo...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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"Edit" and "delete" options are disappeared after tapping "show more comments"

I have been informed of the following bug about comments. I am using iPad Safari browser. When I tap "show more comments" to see hidden comments, the "edit" and "delete" options are disappeared fro...

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

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Currently, where should we ask any OS related question?

I was looking at site proposals. I noticed lot of people including me were proposing for a site where we can ask any OS(Linux, Windows) related question. But, currently there's no site in Codidact ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Tag contents don't reflect merge after 24 hours

On Judaism.Codidact, I merged two tags (parashat-vayeishev and vayeshev), each containing one question, into the parshat-vayeishev tag, which also contained one question. I didn't check, but I'm p...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Isaac Moses‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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responsiveness 

Load codidact: Open menu: Grow window, menu opener disappears, but menu persists:

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

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Extra brackets for footnotes (but this time in post)

I noticed that this answer has two pairs of brackets: However, in the preview, it shows as only a single pair of brackets, Also here is an example in this post[1]. Weirdly it seems to only a...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How is Codidact financed?

With the network constantly but surely growing, I wondered how Codidact is financed. I think that this question is highly relevant as it's emphasised that Codidact is run for the community from the...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Zerotime‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Avatars fail to due to unicornify.pictures outdated Go version

This is not a codidact issue per se, but it affects the avatar functionality: https://unicornify.pictures/avatar/{id}?s=16 fails because unicornify.pictures has an outdated Go version: Go 1.9 is ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Suggestion for allowing to mark answers as "accepted", "outdated" or "dangerous"

Currently, it is possible to upvote and downvote answers. That's likely enough in most situations, but there are some cases where you might want to have more than one way to react to a post. For ex...

9 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by luap42‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Streamline the top? Move Meta to the top row?

Please see point 1 below. The top of S.E. is much sprucer — just the logo. But Codidact has two additional rows — at least merge these rows? Moshi retorted #1 The first row is categories, which...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Incorrect link to my website on my Speculative Science page: is this affecting others?

On my Speculative Science page there's an incorrect link to my website: https://https//https://https://https://sites.google.com/site/rebeccajstones/. It looks like it didn't import properly, as it...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by becky82‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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A proposal for keyboard shortcuts

(This may not be the simplest feature request. It's also not extremely high priority. It's a nice-to-have, not imperative, and may not be possible at the moment - which is fine.) Everyone loves ke...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Mithical‭

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With abilities here, where did my Software Development question (posted Saturday 13:58 UTC) go?

I recently posted a question on Software Development, How can I write an egrep (grep -E) regexp that matches lines containing two stanzas in arbitrary order? (Internet Archive copy). (Addendum: it'...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Canina‭

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want to work with Codidact as a programmer/idea giver

In some posts staffs said that they are very little community. Does it mean they need more developers? If they don't need than this question is useless. If they need than can we willingly give any ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Make swapping between sites easier

Right now the sites are all hidden away down at the bottom of the site, and the questions are forced to be 50 per page. I would like a way to swap between sites I am logged in on more easily.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Corsaka‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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What about having a category in Meta for documentation about the platform?

I keep learning about the hard work that has been done in Codidact over time. There are many little things that are known by the veterans, but may not be easy to understand for the newcomers like m...

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

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Allow OP to self-close questions

After I asked a question, it was pointed out in the comments that it may possibly be a duplicate of another question. I was inclined to agree and wanted to close it. However, the only option I see[...

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

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UI isn't looking well in Android

When the title becomes bigger than as expected than UI in android don't look good. So, UI should updated for Android. I have faced the problem for User list also. Screen width is 480 and heig...

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

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Indicate which posts in the category feed have unread updates

Right now, if a category has new/updated posts, a small dot appears next to the category name. Could this feature be extended to posts within the category as well? While it's not that hard to just ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭