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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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Proposals site is not listed on Codidact home page

This site: https://proposals.codidact.com/ is not listed here: https://codidact.com/ and I think it should be.

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Subtle change to hide link to non-existent deleted user profiles [duplicate]

When? When looking at search results, or list of posts in general - for e.g. viewing list of posts tagged [wikipedia]. Here's a screenshot of the mentioned example: What? The text displayed s...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Categorical or criterion-based voting

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 generic ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Canina‭

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Should we have a network-wide policy against AI-generated answers?

We had this discussion over at Software Development: Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT? The general consensus so far seem to be that such answers shouldn't be allowed. Mostly because th...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Single account or one per community?

I just signed up here on meta because that was my initial point of entry. The underlying reason of interest for me is https://outdoors.codidact.com/. However I just failed to sign up there with my ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by imsodin‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Adopt a notifications model supporting toggleable previews

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. For example, on ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Roadmap or checklist for successfully launching new site?

I’m motivated to see a Philosophy site go live. Here is a post detailing how sites are actually established, from three years ago. I’m wondering if that answer can be updated to be more actionable,...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Some polemics regarding genAIcontent

I wish to open a theoretical conversation on some aspects of the site policies regarding AI. I do this purely out of an inherent interest in deep, rigorous, clear, and self-consistent argumentation...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭

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What web dev tools were used in the making

What web development tools were used to build this site? What tools are used to manage it?

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Julius H.‭

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What is Codidact's policy regarding artificial intelligence-generated content?

Is AI content banned, or allowed if attributed to an AI? Are there further contextual rules regarding AI, for example, how much of a post may consist of AI-composed content? Will the justificatio...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Add support for AsciiDoc syntax

Add support for AsciiDoc syntax. I find their syntax very intuitive and enjoyable. For example, numbered lists start with just a period; bulleted, a star. Nested lists don't use whitespace. Links ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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How much reputation is enough reputation? [duplicate]

I clicked on "edit" on a post, and received the following message: Forbidden You have been denied access to this resource because you lack the necessary privileges to access it. Once you gain e...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Masked Man‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What information should be displayed on a network profile?

I want to design a network profile (and then possibly implement it). There was already discussion about that in Community dropdown and profile information, Understanding how posts were possibly rec...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Trilarion‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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Can the close notice be moved to above the question?

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. I think it would be much better if the close ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Vote counts as ratios? [duplicate]

This is not meant to be a committed advocating or request of the following, but rather a conversation to analyze the possibilities and potential benefits and drawbacks. What if the total score for...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Modular or “microservices” architecture

I am interested in the idea that an extremely modular software architecture for Codidact could have the kind of general, self-propagating benefits that things like being free open-source have. To m...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Codidact Collab - should it be listed?

The drop down menu at the top right of each Codidact page shows a list of all the sites in the network. The list is also shown in the page footer, and on codidact.com. There is also a site for peo...

4 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Broken advertisement templates on Codidact sites

On the advertisement page of Codidact Collab, there are five types of advertisement templates available: Codidact network Community Random posts Specific post Random from Category This sp...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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MathJax rerenders on movement instead of on change

I've noticed something when using MathJax while preparing/editing a post. Each time a change is made to the raw text, the preview rerenders accordingly. This is the behaviour I expect, which ensure...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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The body of this post is empty

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Pluralization typo in Help Center page "Guidelines for referencing and quoting"

What? Typo in a Help Center page "Guidelines for referencing and quoting" Where? In the first paragraph (the erroneous part has been bolded for the sake of this post): When you're writing a p...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Mithical‭

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How should we approach large numbers of edits made all at once?

If edits are made to a large number of posts in a short period, they will push everything else off the front page, taking visibility away from recent questions and answers. They will also take visi...

2 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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Minor suggested edits to old posts

There have recently been several edits in a short period of time by a single user. This user does not yet have the Edit Posts ability, so all of the edits are suggested edits, which require review ...

5 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should we change the footer layout?

Context The footer of all pages on the Codidact network looks something like this: Pros Looks neat Cons As more and more communities emerge and the network grows, this list of "Other C...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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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 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Going back in browser encourages accidental duplicate posting.

I wrote an answer to a question, followed a link somewhere, then went back in the browser (Alt back-arrow in my case). Somehow I managed to go back from where the answer was posted. I saw my answ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Minor typo in Help Center page of "Participate Everywhere" ability

Location Go to this link or any of the links mentioned under the "Communities" subheading below. You will see two paragraphs under their respective subheadings. Under "How do I earn this ability...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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What should we do about tagging in Site Proposals?

We need to figure out tags in the "Site Proposals" category. I noticed that some proposals were tagged "suggestion" and some "new-communities" and started to replace the former with the latter, an...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Michael‭

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What kinds of data import can QPixel support?

How granular can data-import be for QPixel (I realize the answer might be different later for Codidact), and can it be done more than once? We know it's possible to import "everything", but which ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Please amend the terms of service to allow other licenses

The Codidact terms of service (example is from Writing) include: You own the copyright to your content; by posting it here, you license it under the terms of CC BY-SA 4.0, including any media yo...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Is there a reason to keep the normal logo instead of the community one?

On any page of the Codidact network, one can click on the top-right dropdown button to, well, reveal a dropdown. This dropdown includes a button to sign out and a list of communities. Scrolling d...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Spread the word - SE meta information page?

We all know that Stack Exchange has been there for a long time. It has taken root to a lot of people. Unfortunately, I feel like codidact's word has been spreading less than what I would expect. I...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Neel_Gupta‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Hide sorting tab when there are 0 answers on a question

Have a look at this Codidact Meta post. It is closed. Scrolling down we can see a UI like so: When there are 0 answers, then the option to sort them by score/activity doesn't have any use. Als...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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How does Codidact avoid repeating Stack Exchange's mistakes?

I received an important question in private email, and I'm bringing it here so we can improve on the answer I sent. This won't be the last time we get this question; let's develop a clear, effecti...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by meta user‭

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404 error produced through "/subscriptions/new"

What is the bug? Found a way to produce a 404 by clicking on the site's own links. How to reproduce Go to the homepage. On the right side you will see a tab like this Now click on "all new...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Add a validation checker for website field

Background One may edit their profile and add information about their website, Twitter and Discord profiles. Issue But I also noticed that entering just the word "test" in the website field does...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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Buggy text in Cooking site's help center

Where? The bug appears to be there at a specific help center page of the Cooking site of Codidact: https://cooking.codidact.com/help/how-to-ask What? There are two occurences of this bug. U...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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List all duplicates for a question on the target question's page

Currently when viewing a post, there is no indication that it's being used as a duplicate target. As a curator, it's useful information to me that when I view a question, I am also informed if any...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Category activity indicator is lit for one's own activity

When new posts are submitted to a category, a small circle is displayed next to the category's name, within its tab in the category bar. This activity indicator is displayed even when the only new...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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What incentives are there currently to edit and moderate? Should there be more?

On Stack Exchange, I spent a significant portion of my time on the site editing posts, because the idea of an SE site as a repository of useful reference information has long appealed to me. Being...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Threaded comments are good for discussion but there’s no incentive to clean them up [closed]

I personally am open to the idea of treating comments here exactly as we treat posts. Since they can be quite long, we should be able to vote, suggest edits, etc, as a way of facilitating that Codi...

0 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  closed 1mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Proposal: remove Twitter from profiles

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. I don't think it deserves to be promoted above other social medi...

3 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by da5nsy‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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Could we adopt the domain “.cd”?

How would people feel about a network-wide convention of abbreviated URLs having the form, https://<topic>.cd? For example, a shortened URL for a philosophy site would be https://philosophy....

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  edited 1mo ago by meta user‭

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Can you post a question just to answer it yourself?

Does Codidact allow users to post questions and then immediately answer them?

5 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by 8500 Ward‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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Auto-navigate from post preview to post source

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 the c...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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How do we want to organize the help center?

Jon Ericson raised an interesting point in a recent Meta post: I don't understand how the help page is organized. Oh wait! It's alphabetical by the title of the article. That's why "Advanced for...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Andreas requires cookies‭

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A refactoring convenience function.

Here is a redraft and elaboration of what this post is about, partially in response to some comments I've received. This post may be about a few different things at once, and may need to be refact...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Would there ever be A / B testing?

Would there ever be a scenario where an experimental feature is tried out with a smaller cohort of users in order to observe the resulting dynamics and compare it to the alternative? I mean more t...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Alternatives to the news feed taken as a default; the “attention economy”

It is common nowadays for social technology to include a “feed” of some kind, most usually as the landing page upon logging in. One can without difficulty produce some conventional arguments in fav...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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How should a Codidact public API work?

I'm planning to add a public API to Codidact so people can make applications that read Codidact data automatically. Features and purposes I have my own purposes in mind for this[1], but there are...

2 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭