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Edit Post #288177 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search
Searching for `posttype:3` (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for `posttype:4` (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types `posttype:`, or should the search be amended to include results from the help section (it currently only seems to return...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288176 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Searching for answers by tag
Searching for `posttype:2` (answer) and a tag gives no results, as answers do not have tags. Intuitively, I would expect this to return results which are answers to a question with that tag. - Is this also what other users would expect? - Would this be straightforward to implement? - Would this...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288175 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Adding the search guidance hints to the search results page too
When entering a search term, there is some guidance showing above the text box: The area above the search box, containing hints on each type of search term The guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search results page, so the user can...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288156 The section on quality makes me realise that anyone can vote on any proposal, even if it is not a proposal they have an interest in / knowledge about. This is true of all of our communities, but in the incubator the proposals will all be presented in one place so people browsing will be more likely t...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288162 Might be worth having a quick note somewhere to help people understand how to get the most out of the filters with the incubator. If you filter to include tags for proposal-a and proposal-b, you will only see posts tagged with ***both*** of those tags, which in most cases will be none. The solutio...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288160 I see the problem, but I'd expect it to take far more effort than that to make a proposal seem viable under the new system where there need to be many questions and many answers. I acknowledge that we can't rule out the possibility of someone trying though. The incubator would definitely benefit f...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288162 My initial assumption was that edit wars on the Site Description would lead to a Meta post discussing which description to go with. I can see the appeal of having the proposed modifications as "answers" to the Site Description post, so that they are right there for voting and discussion rather tha...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288162 I like the idea of a separate category per proposal, but I'm not sure how the site would deal with a long list of categories that don't fit across the top of the screen. It currently seems to struggle with communities that have more categories once the window gets narrow. This is not a reason to avoi...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288160 Although it's possible for someone to create sock puppet accounts and try to manipulate the system, I would expect most people involved in trying to start a new community to have good intentions. I don't see a financial incentive for manipulation and even with sock puppet accounts a user would have t...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288160 For a proposal that has enough questions to show that it is clearly not a good candidate for a new community, I like the suggestion of removing the questions to reduce clutter. Perhaps the same or similar tool to the one that migrates questions to a new successful community could also be used to remo...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288155 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Unclickable suggested edit button below post
After suggesting an edit to a post, it is displayed differently to indicate that the edit is pending. This difference is in 2 places. The top of the post shows a message in a box: Box containing message "Your suggested edit on this post is pending review." Below the post, the edit button has...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288151 Post edited:
Fix to the awkward workaround advice thanks to Monica
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288151 Post edited:
Slight clarification of root cause section
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288151 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Answer A: Sorting by score after excluding a tag gave me a 500 error
First, to quote from the 500 page: > It's not your fault. Thanks for raising this. Instant workaround For your particular combination of filters and sorting criterion, here is a corrected link that you can use until the bug is fixed: - [Site Proposals excluding tag status-launched sorted b...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288143 Ah - that makes sense now. If there is already code to decide whether to show the additional sections then I guess that same code can be used to decide whether to show the "Posts" heading, so this might just be a copy and paste. Maybe.
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288139 Post edited:
Mention bar is not interactive
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288139 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Redundant "Posts" heading on every community in the dashboard
There is a [dashboard] available from the top right of the screen: The 3 by 3 grid of squares icon representing the dashboard at the top right of the screen This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity: Desktop versi...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #287691 As the last paragraph in parentheses is a separate useful suggestion, I've raised it as a separate Meta question, but applying to all post types not just answers: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288103
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #287719 In terms of available space, it looks like anything 4 characters or fewer will fit in the available space. In terms of being understood, I personally see the abbreviation "pic" as sufficiently widely used to not need any further explanation. Looks like the font size doesn't need to change after...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #287696 I guess as a way of finding out that I've had a reputation change without visiting every community, either solution would work (dashboard or network profile). I don't have a preference for which solution is chosen. Longer term, I wonder if it might be useful to have the reputation change show up i...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288125 Post edited:
Mention draft questions in support of tab styling
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288124 Post edited:
Add my opinion
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288125 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Answer A: Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header
Another option is to not use button styling in the bar at all. The "Ask Question" button can become another tab along with "Posts", "Tags", and "Edits": Codidact Meta site with all 4 items styled as tabs, with "Posts" selected This is my personal preference as it simplifies the interface withou...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288124 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Answer A: Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header
One option is to style the tabs as tabs rather than buttons, similar to the row above which shows the category tabs. The "Ask Question" button can then remain a button: Codidact Meta site with "Posts" styled as a tab rather than a button I prefer this to the current situation with 2 things that...
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #287656 The regex would have to check whether the text is inside or outside a code block, which includes single back ticks, triple back ticks, `code` tags, plus all the back tick variations that markdown allows for special use cases. This would mean effectively writing a markdown renderer in regex, which wou...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288103 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Tailored previews in search results to show the relevant parts of each post
In search results the title is shown followed by a preview of the post, consisting of the first few lines. I would find it more useful to see the section of the post that contains the search term, in order to easily judge the relevance of the result at a glance. For example, one of the results ...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288070 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Make code field active on 2FA sign in page
When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: Two-factor authentication page showing the "Code" field does not contain the text cursor The "Code" field is not active (does not contain the text cursor) so the user ...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288069 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Premature confirmation of successful sign in with 2FA
When signing in with two-factor authentication enabled, a code is requested on the next page after entering email and password: Two-factor authentication page showing "Signed in successfully" However, before the code is entered, a green banner at the top of the page already says "Signed in succ...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Mention root cause in title
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288052 Post edited:
Use HTML entity as M-dash shortcut with 2 hyphens doesn't work in Markdown
over 1 year ago
Suggested Edit Post #288052 Suggested edit:
Use HTML entity as M-dash shortcut with 2 hyphens doesn't work in Markdown
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helpful over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Strike out no longer relevant points and mention this is a smaller problem
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Label root cause and tidy up
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Use exact code that was rejected from Collab to be sure Meta is unaffected
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Test closing tag
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Add a script tag to test if this is just a problem on Collab
over 1 year ago
Edit Post #288047 Post edited:
Explain problem was script tag
over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288047 I don't want anyone to keep working on this unnecessarily so in case you haven't see the Discord discussion, we've narrowed this down and the question is now successfully posted (with a deliberate typo to avoid the word that was triggering the blocking).
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over 1 year ago
Comment Post #288047 Just mentioned on Discord (network-town-hall) that I've tried changing IP address by using mobile hotspot instead of broadband and I'm blocked either way.
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over 1 year ago