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Activity for trichoplax
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #291583 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Create thread button is enabled when the comment field is empty Try to create a new comment thread under a post by adding a title but no comment. The “Create thread” button is active, but clicking on it does not work because a comment is required. On desktop a message is displayed after clicking on "Create thread" saying "Please fill out this field", but on mobil... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291582 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Guidance when hovering over upvote and downvote buttons When hovering over the upvote and downvote counts next to a post, the score of the post is displayed, which is helpful: Score showing when hovering over the upvote and downvote counts However, the score is also displayed when hovering over the upvote and downvote buttons, which seems less helpf... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291581 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Text colour works in edit preview but not in saved post The fix for "Although div tag is not allowed, it's rendered in the preview" has also fixed this inconsistent style problem. Entering the same raw text into the input text box now results in an editor preview that does not show red text (consistent with the final rendered post), and has a message a... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291579 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Question | — |
Seeing which moderator marked my flag as helpful (which should be hidden) Correct behaviour At the bottom of the right hand panel of the user profile page (or at the bottom of the page on mobile where there is no right hand panel), the number of flags that the user has raised is displayed. When viewing your own profile page, this number is a link to the Flag History page ... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291578 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Question | — |
Mouse cursor shows a hand when outside a button The "Sign Up" and "Sign In" buttons at the top right of the page (when not signed in) have a different mouse cursor when hovered over. The mouse cursor changes to a pointing hand and the style of the button changes to reflect that it is being hovered over. This is intentional and not a problem. Ho... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291577 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Editor preview left outdated after adding content without the keyboard Generally when making a change in the input text box for a post, the editor preview updates to reflect the change. However, there are two occasions when this is not the case, and the editor preview is left outdated and inconsistent with the input text box. Pasting in text After pasting in text to... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291544 |
Tested on mobile and now it doesn't seem such a good compromise. A long press on mobile doesn't show the hover text. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291544 |
Interesting points.
I wonder if this would be a useful compromise? The following markdown:
```
[https://meta.codidact.com/posts/291474](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/291474 "What can be done to block Codidact content from getting used by crawlers/for AI training?")
```
gives what looks l... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291476 |
Since there is no voting on comments, and the answer only explains the possibility rather than being a decision to vote on, you could post a separate answer if you'd like voting to indicate community support for your decision. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291544 |
The same link with human readable link text: [What can be done to block Codidact content from getting used by crawlers/for AI training?](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/291474) (Markdown available from the "Copy Link" button below each post.)
I like this format because it saves people from having ... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291331 |
I'm not advocating introducing HTML comments on Codidact for syntax highlighting (hence that section of my question suggesting making that a separate feature request if anyone wants it).
My main reason for posting this question is to raise the general problem that the detection of unsupported HTML... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291331 |
My experience with Stack Exchange is several years out of date, and it sounds like this method of indicating language for syntax highlighting may be deprecated.
See [What is syntax highlighting and how does it work?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184108/what-is-syntax-highlighting-and-h... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291331 |
The example I saw here was on Code Golf Codidact, where the online interpreter [Try it online](https://tio.run/) was used with its Stack Exchange output format, which uses HTML comments for syntax highlighting and 4 spaces of indentation for code blocks, rather than triple backticks. (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291331 |
On Stack Overflow they are probably used rarely as the language tag on a question will be used to determine the syntax highlighting for the question and its answers.
They are used commonly on Code Golf Stack Exchange, where it is common to have many answers each using a different programming langu... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291331 |
The only place I've seen them used is on Stack Exchange. I don't know if my terminology is correct, but they are HTML comments that are recognised by Stack Exchange when rendering syntax highlighting. (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291331 |
Post edited: Fix an overlooked instance of Meta Codidact instead of Codidact Meta |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291331 |
Post edited: Fix incorrect naming of Codidact Meta |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291331 |
Post edited: Reduce ambiguity |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291331 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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Syntax highlighting comments break the unsupported tags warning message When an HTML tag is used in a post but is not supported by Codidact, a warning message is displayed listing the unsupported tags. However, [syntax highlighting] hints in the form of HTML comments such as `` are listed as `` in the warning message: Unsupported HTML message, listing undefined instea... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291242 |
I also see the 500 error for your first 2 links, and a successful page for your last link. However, the number of characters in the search term does not appear to be the trigger.
For example, "da" gives a successful search, but "dt" gives me a 500.
So there's definitely a problem but I don't kn... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #290919 |
Post edited: Convert asterisk note to markdown footnote for ease of use |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291233 |
How do people feel about showing no deleted posts in the main user profile page, but showing your own deleted posts when you click on "Show all" to see the full paginated list of all your own posts?
Would people still want a way to optionally hide deleted posts even in the full list? If so, could ... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291174 |
Maybe if the underlying post is not edited, but the interface only displays links from posts that are not flagged as spam, then there would be no bumping.
The interface could possibly leave the link showing, but when clicked it takes the user to an advice page about the dangers of spam... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291174 |
Yes I'm in 2 minds about blocking links from new users. I'd rather find a way that doesn't restrict anyone it doesn't need to. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291173 |
Yes that works, but the question is should we continue to permit strings of spaces. Personally I'd like to see this prevented (quite possibly by your method), but that's not my decision to make. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291174 |
Further protection could be provided by preventing new users from posting links. Perhaps it could be an ability that is earned. This way users would be protected from dangerous links even before the post is flagged.
The reaction approach could still be available as an additional measure for any sp... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291174 |
I like the idea of warning users that links may be dangerous, but in addition we could also remove links from a post when it is flagged as spam. If a moderator later decides the flag was incorrect, they can dismiss the flag and the link will be restored. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291174 |
Some spam is just unwanted advertising, and the target of the link is irritating but not dangerous. Other spam links to sites that can steal data or money and is dangerous rather than just irritating.
Marking something as spam may not make sufficiently clear to all users that a link is dangerous t... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #291173 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
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Should multiple whitespace characters in a row be permitted in usernames? I was confused by the unusual layout of text below a post in the question list: > Post showing a large offset between "posted by" and "last activity" sections Note the long gap after "posted 3y ago by". Viewing the individual question page shows the underlying cause: > Username with a lon... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291153 |
In addition to allowing the outcome to be more tailored to each individual community, separate discussions per Codidact community would also allow some communities to experiment and try out different approaches, rather than trying to guess up front what is best. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
Doubting myself, I reread the question and now I can see that it does mention less formal chat rather than just a specifically assigned mentor, so this might well be suitable for posting as an answer.
I'm going to leave it as a comment for now as I'm short of time but anyone is free to construct a... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
I decided to add comments for things that are not mentorship but may be of interest to people reading this question. If I was also announcing that there is not mentorship then I would make this an answer, but I don't have that information so I'm leaving it for someone better informed to indicate whet... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
The following is not official mentorship in the sense of having an assigned mentor, but is a great source of help when contributing:
The chat link in the right hand panel (or lower down the page on mobile) goes to a Discord server called "Codidact Communities" with a channel for each community. Th... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
Also, this comment thread only works as a signpost to Collab for new contributors if it stays here on Meta... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
The fact that Collab is easy to overlook makes me personally think that people just wondering about whether to contribute are more likely to benefit from this question staying here on Meta. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
For anyone who wasn't aware of this community and would like it to be more visible, I previously posted on Meta about this possibility: [Codidact Collab - should it be listed?](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287378) (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291130 |
Not quite mentoring, but relevant to people looking to contribute:
There is a whole Codidact community dedicated to questions about contributing to or setting up the QPixel software: [Codidact Collab](https://collab.codidact.org/) (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291107 |
I think many people can handle securely recording an id, but I would want it made very clear that unlike with a password, there is no way to reset the id if they do lose it. This way a user can make an informed decision whether to accept that risk.
Some users may be confident that they can remembe... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291127 |
(That last comment of mine was sent hours ago before your responses but my internet failed so now it's out of order...) (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291127 |
I'm recommending making the post as clear as possible because I believe this is an important discussion to have, particularly because Codidact is set up to let communities largely govern themselves via Meta. Where to draw the line between helpfulness and strictness is a subjective decision that may h... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291127 |
I think there's a typo in the paragraph directly following the bullet points - first and second seem to be switched from what you intend in at least one place.
Even if that is fixed, the reader still needs to keep track of what "first" and "second" mean for the rest of the post. I wonder if it mig... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #291106 |
In addition to fixing this, would it also be useful to have the option to "apply this to all communities" when changing this setting? (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |