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Activity for trichoplax
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| Comment | Post #289298 |
I was focused on the indentation and didn't picked up this, but I can confirm I also see this (no blank lines). I'm not sure how to avoid this with copying from rendered HTML, but an option to view as raw text would ensure the correct number of newlines. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289296 |
Not sure if there is any overlap in the root cause but mentioning for reference just in case:
- [Mismatch between blue notification circle and notification panel](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287765) (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289293 |
Interesting idea. Might not be necessary if we can just make the changes directly in the back end. Let me know if there's an advantage I'm overlooking.
I've been working on Codidact bugs and feature requests as practice to get used to the codebase, as part of working up to implementing an API. If ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289297 |
No, I see the correct number in the blue circle (generally 1 unless I've been away for a while).
When you click on the notification multiple times, is this from a page other than the destination? For me, it goes away first click if I am on the page it leads to (exact URL, not just the same questio... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289298 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Issues with copying post source from revision history I see the described behaviour in Firefox but not in Chromium. - Operating System: Fedora 38 - Firefox version: 116.0 - Chromium version: 115.0.5790.102 Example of a Post History page where this behaviour occurs: - https://meta.codidact.com/posts/275838/history The initial revision (#1),... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289173 |
Post edited: Add warning that user id based approach will occasionally switch to light mode |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289297 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: Notifications sometimes stay unread after clicking I suspect the add ons and fork mentioned are not relevant. I see a persistent notification circle on standard Firefox with no add ons. It doesn't seem to be completely consistent but the general behaviour I see is as follows: - I see a blue circle indicating I have a notification. - I open the no... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289293 |
As you may guess from the API post you linked to, I am very interested in implementing an API for Codidact. I'm also likely to have free time coming up in a couple of months.
I know exactly what I want out of an API, but I don't want to implement just what suits me, and then find it needs to chang... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289291 |
That's good to know. I wasn't really concerned about launch decisions. I like the idea of everyone who views a proposal having an idea of how it's doing. Sometimes seeing the activity might drive someone's motivation. Also seeing where the gaps in activity are might affect someone's decision on wheth... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289291 |
Sounds good. We could even end up with both solutions running in parallel. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289283 |
Good point. Maybe only a third tag type would work then. That way it could show in the tags list with styling that suggests it is disabled, and its description could explain why it cannot be used, and we could prevent it being added to posts. A lot more work than just reusing an existing tag type tho... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289291 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: Indicate stale reactions based on user activity Wary of trying to be too general Although I like the idea of this for making sure indications of interest don't last indefinitely on Codidact Proposals, trying to find a general use for expiring reactions on existing Codidact communities might end up stretching one tool across too many use cases. Pe... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289147 |
A [discussion on Discord](https://discord.com/channels/634104110131445811/634104110131445815/1138369664976703589) has made me realise I was wrong about this being a filter - instead of hiding the imported posts it just sorts them to the end, so it is a sort rather than a filter.
I still think it m... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289141 |
Post edited: Change from bug to feature-request now that I understand better |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289141 |
Post edited: Correct my mistake - "Native" is a sort, not a filter |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289279 |
There is another feature request for [Can we have a "show post source" button?](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289245). That one is for the post itself, rather than the revision history. Perhaps it would be useful to have both? A "show source" or "raw text" button on a post, and a similar button on ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289283 |
Post edited: Mention explanatory description |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289283 |
Post edited: Clarify |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289283 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: A way to prohibit creating certain tags. Moderator only tags Another existing feature that might be relevant as part of a solution: some tags can only be added by a moderator, such as "status-completed". If "voltage" is created as a moderator only tag, then the description can explain why it's not useful, to reduce user frustration when th... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289223 |
You're welcome. There will be plenty more bugs to raise over time... Thanks for the edit - I noticed the image looked like the end of the post, but it didn't occur to me that a quote block could fix it. Looks better now. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289270 |
I raised this myself a few months ago, and found it was a duplicate of https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277432
It seems to have been raised a few times, which in itself demonstrates demand for this feature. That original feature request also has a number of answers making the case for different app... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289262 |
Was considering linking to the Wikipedia page for "four-letter word" in case the phrase wasn't in common usage outside the UK, but wow, no, not linking to that. Suffice to say this just means words you wouldn't want on your site outside of Linguistics. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289262 |
Sounds good if they work, but they might be an invitation to find unscrupulous workarounds. Also, how small would they have to be to eliminate the possibility of malicious edits? A four letter word plus a space is a 5 character edit.
I wonder if we would be better with "human guardrails": We could... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289262 |
I wouldn't expect it to be a concern to the original author. The problem is that anyone can be an original author. This change would give anyone the ability to make a post, wait until it drops off the front page, and then edit it to say something the community would have flagged had it not been kept ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289262 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: How to edit a post for small modifications without affecting the visibility of other posts? I like this, but... I've often wanted this feature. I feel bad about cluttering the top of the question list when I make a minor typo fix on an old post. However, having thought about it more over time, I can see a problem with letting a user decide which of their edits should be visible. Misu... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289239 |
I raised that a blank line is necessary in `<details>` sections previously, and it turns out that's necessary whenever mixing HTML and Markdown, as [explained in an answer there](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/287279/287284#answer-287284). (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289249 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Can we have a "show post source" button? Why I like I like the idea of a button that shows me the raw Markdown (or MathJax or HTML depending on the post) so I can see how certain styles are achieved. I too find the "Edit" button unsatisfactory for this purpose. If I'm making a genuine edit then a draft is saved (which I like). I don't want... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289242 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: TOC display problem after answer deletion Expected behaviour for different users My expectation is the same as in the question when a user is unable to see deleted posts. Sometimes a user can see a deleted post (such as when the user is a moderator, has the Curate ability, or is the author of the deleted post). I would expect the Table o... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289241 |
Post edited: Tidying |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289233 |
Would that only apply while the previous flag is still pending? I'm imagining seeing no previous flag content when raising a new flag after a previous flag has been marked helpful, but not sure if anything should show if a previous flag was declined. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289233 |
On the flags page that Olin mentioned, all 3 flags show up, so they are not being lost, just not being announced on the post to the user who previously flagged. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289233 |
Just checked on the dev server: It doesn't give any indication that there is already a flag, and allows me to raise another. This applies immediately on the same tab, and also later if I open the same post in a fresh tab. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289236 |
That's really useful - thank you!
Perhaps there could be an indicator on an individual post that just says "flagged" and links to that page you mentioned. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289233 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Indication that I have flagged a post When I flag a post for moderator attention, an acknowledgement message appears, but if I revisit the post later there is no indication that I have flagged it. I would find it useful to have an indication, in case I see the post later and don't remember whether I already got around to flagging it. ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289230 |
I like the idea of side by side input and preview, particularly for long posts which currently prevent seeing the preview and input at the same time.
However, I would want to make sure that the preview still works for narrow windows or zoomed in browsers. Even among people who have a widescreen m... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289230 |
There is already some use of a wider view: edit diffs in the post history have side by side comparison of before and after, and the page has no sidebar. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289224 |
Post edited: Typo |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289224 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Rendering bug of HTML entity in hover text for tags guidance. While ArtOfCode's answer explains that this is unlikely to be fixed in the near future, there is a workaround. If you decide that you need a character such as φ in the brief usage guidance that shows on hover, you can achieve this as follows: Workaround - Go to the bode-plot tag page. - Copy the... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289223 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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User id shows instead of user name in comment thread title When a user is mentioned in a comment thread using `@`, internally the user is referred to by their user id number. The comment is displayed using their user name, but the user id behind the scenes means that if they change their user name, the name shown in the comment stays up to date. This work... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289200 |
In particular, we could let a user choose whether to be contactable by direct message, or only in public messages.
Direct messages create an additional moderation burden though, so I would want us to consider only allowing direct messages to moderators, with all other communication being public. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |