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Activity for Olin Lathropâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #277868 |
The draft saving is almost immediate. What would be the point? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277872 |
I've used italics for this purpose. Seems to work well enough and doesn't eat up a lot of space or add visual clutter like a blockquote would. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277568 |
References to images not hosted here shouldn't be allowed in the first place. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277574 |
Voting on people's ideas for new features means you get a consensus of whether the users as a whole would want these new features. That's quite useful. Dev time is limited. It should be spent creating features people actually want. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277567 |
I basically agree, +1. However, we need to be careful to make sure there are committed people behind each new community. Having a ghost town is worse than having nothing at all. The Photography site is a good example. People will come by, see the community is dead, and probably not come back. If... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277538 |
What is "FR"? I know of no such standard abbreviation. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277454 |
In your example, if someone does write your "apple" tag with upper case, it will appear to have a totally different meaning than intended, but the system won't catch "apple" and "Apple" as being different. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277404 |
I don't know what all these fonts are called, but I rather like the one currently in use. I find it easy to read. "Challenging to read" is meaningless without concrete examples of what is confusing, and how it could be better. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277408 |
See also https://meta.codidact.com/questions/277052. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277345 |
*" I am stunned why some people being eager to have a math community strongly oppose this idea and downvote it."* Bystander here. I haven't voted on this proposal and don't plan to. But, you're not proposing a math community. You are proposing a math and physics site, which is what people are voti... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277318 |
Please don't add even more to Markdown. There are already too many ways to unintentionally trigger Markdown. Just a single star character and apparently sometimes a number sign makes a mess of formatting. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277284 |
Yup, migration on SE never really worked right. 2 - The question probably needs at least some-rewriting to fit the other site better. 3 - Someone that can't be bothered to learn the site and pay enough attention to post in the right place is no great loss. There is a downside to letting people do s... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277269 |
@Peter: Yes, chat could be more tolerable in categories that are not Q&A. However, in your particular example, comments still work just fine. I've done exactly that a few times. For example, see my comment to https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/275790#answer-275872. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276940 |
@Martin: Sorry, fixed. Or maybe I should have said "Jolly good, right-o". :-) (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277180 |
I agree with this proposal. Currently, it annoys me every time I write an answer. The first few times it was downright confusing. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277177 |
Since comments are inherently limited to a small size, why not just make the input area large enough to fit that? Then you don't need to scroll at all. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277179 |
Ctrl-I should be for image upload. Currently there is no substitute for physically clicking the button. Italics can be easily typed already using both HTML and Markup. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277101 |
*Privileges should arise from trust earned by doing things on the site.* Yes, and part of those "doing things" is providing content, so rep should still be part of most trust level threshold. However, my main point is that trust levels don't at all replace the other aspects of rep. I hear how rep i... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277072 |
@Monica: Yes, that would work even better. Then it can be used anywhere, like in various meta questions. Such a thing would probably be useful in the long run, although I wouldn't put it too high on the development priority right now. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277052 |
@ArtOfCode: See addition to question. Is there anything else I can do to help diagnose this? As it is now, I can't post any images on Outdoors. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277101 |
*reputation, to be replaced with trust levels*. You keep saying this, but rep and trust levels are two different things. Trust levels can be driven from things other than rep (although rep should continue to be some part of trust levels). However, a trust system doesn't address other aspects of re... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277072 |
@Doniel: The main difference between a poll as I described and the existing voting is that you get more than two choices in a poll. Monica is asking which of several levels people would engage with on a new site. A single yes vote doesn't tell whether you just like the idea, might drop by occasiona... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277072 |
It would help to have a "poll" category type. This is where each page is a single question that presents a series of options, and users vote on those options. The question would have to specify whether options are mutually exclusive, or cumulative (vote for your top pick versus vote for all you fav... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277020 |
@pnuts: Neither of those links are very relevant because they are about titling things to sell, where marketing and emotional appeal make a difference. Here we want to describe. In any case, I think I understand your thought process, it's just that I disagree with it applied to this site. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277020 |
I also disagree that titles shouldn't repeat information in tags. Tags aren't content, and aren't available when all you see is the title. Your Google Sheets is a great example. I would want to know it's about Google Sheets (assuming that's relevant at all) before going into the question. Tags ar... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277020 |
But that's simply not how the thought process works when writing a question. I understand the goal, but trying to force an awkward process on those writing a question isn't the answer. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277015 |
I think you are talking about the order when writing a question, not when viewing. If that is true, you should be more clear about it. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276940 |
@pnuts, If you didn't get pinged, you should raise that as a bug. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276940 |
@pnuts: Since I'm not familiar with the term "minced meat", I took it on face value from the question that it means the same as "ground beef" here in the US. In any case, it was just an example to illustrate the point, with the example definition meant to be more humorous than correct. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276941 |
Escape doesn't close it either. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276937 |
I saw that, but there was no explanation what a "RSS feed" was, so I ignored it. Does that mean it will send me email? How does one go about receiving the content of a "RSS feed"? You mention "feed reader". That sounds like yet another app I'd need to keep running, which is not desirable. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276939 |
So this graph is really showing when users joined Codidact, who then also joined EE. That's rather unintuitive, and I'm not sure how much useful information it provides. I think this either should be properly explained, or just removed altogether. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276905 |
@Monica: I remember some things on SE having seeded text (voting to close for "other" reason was one of them, I think), and it was never ever useful. It was always something I had to delete to say what I wanted to say. If anything, it had the reverse effect from what was intended. Having to delete... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276908 |
@Zero: Nannyware is when the system nags you to do something, but it's really optional. It's a bunch of *other* people deciding what *your* choice should be, or second-guessing that choice. Perhaps cooking recipes need to follow a format so strictly that it's worth nagging others to follow it. I d... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276908 |
I don't know what problem you are trying to solve with these templates. I am familiar with the contests on Outdoors and Photography, things seem to be going fine. Let's keep the nannyware off the site unless there is a really solid demonstrated need. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276905 |
@Monica: The question then becomes where it is useful. My point is that it is so rarely useful that I'm worried about people thinking it's a cool feature and turning it on in places it would annoy me. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276770 |
@Art: I don't recall ever seeing such a message, so that may be a clue. However, I wouldn't want the site to be a nanny like that. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276833 |
@Monica: Rep is not a "flawed model", at least some aspects of it. It is the best measure of overall contributions a user has made to a site. SE used it for everything, including trusts. I can see the point of decoupling trusts from rep to some extent, but other aspects of rep are still useful. T... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276844 |
@Monica: I downvote questions that I think are annoying. I don't think I've done it since it is now more obvious that questions are imported. The little warning sign makes it less annoying. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276770 |
@mana: Maybe, but it shouldn't be required. Personally, I think the reasons you state aren't worth the bother. The surrounding text usually makes it quite clear what the general contents of the image is. Others can of course disagree, and should be able to add any alt text they like. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276833 |
I keep hearing this about rep being replaced by trust levels. Trust is only one part of rep. We still need a nice and handy single number to show users who has a reputation for lots of good answers, for the gamification aspect, and to foster competition among the top answerers. Trust levels don't ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276770 |
@ArtOfCode: See addition to question. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276675 |
Your new calculations remove the important overall metric of site participation, which you mention in your quoted requirements. The "at least 15 well received questions/answers" got lost in your new calculations. In addition to demonstrating they can perform the particular action well, we want user... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276675 |
*So if we set the thresholds right we don't also need to specify minimum numbers of events.* But that's less intuitive. A threshold is easier to understand and set. Easy understanding and control should be more important that internal math. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276590 |
@Sigma: Because when you don't participate for real, you will have a different view of what a good question is. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276641 |
The link text doesn't need to match the link content. You could have "Codidact Cooking site" link to the URL. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276650 |
I agree, a manual save would be better. The auto-save right now is too aggressive, and that jumping up and down of the preview due to the auto-save message being added then removed is really distracting. I'd rather not have auto-save at all. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276590 |
@Monica: Yes, how well accepted close flags are is a good metric. But, it's just one metric. There still needs to be some participation threshold, "skin in the game". You don't want a close-class of user emerging where all they do is close questions without actually participating in the site in a ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276578 |
@aCVn: I don't know what you mean by "selecting". I just tested the process again, and you have to hit ENTER before the image is uploaded. Nothing happens "automatically" that I can see. Until I deliberately hit ENTER, the image isn't uploaded. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276581 |
@mana: OK, I'll go accept the changes. Now that you point them out, I can see what changed, but I can also see there is nothing pointing out the changes. That needs to be fixed. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |