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Activity for trichoplax
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #293268 | Initial revision | — | 3 months ago |
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A: Draft of previous edit (including edit comment) loaded for new edit I'm not sure if the underlying cause is related, but I've seen a similar problem for drafting a new post. I just pressed "Ask Question" to post a new Meta question, and the text of this question (that I'm now answering) was loaded as a saved draft, despite this question already having been posted. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293214 |
Yes it's just the wording from my first answer (which works when there's no redirect). (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293214 |
I suppose this does make the "and try again" redundant, as signing in does that automatically. Should we just say
> Search results for `user:me` can only be displayed when signed in. Please [sign in](https://codegolf.codidact.com/users/sign_in).
rather than
> Search results for `user:me` can... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293213 |
Thanks very much for implementing the extra optional answer too! This is more than I was expecting and is working well for me. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293214 |
Although it's not immediately obvious from the [code changes](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/pull/1506/files), the fix also includes the suggestions from [my other answer about my ideal solution](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/293213/293216#answer-293216) (which I wasn't expecting to be implemen... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293237 |
Post edited: Be more specific |
— | 3 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293237 | Initial revision | — | 3 months ago |
| Question | — |
Draft of previous edit (including edit comment) loaded for new edit After making an edit to an answer (in this case an answer of my own on Collab) I pressed Edit to make a further edit and the Edit Comment field was populated with the comment of my immediately previous edit. I changed this to describe my current edit and saved. I then pressed Edit to make a third edi... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293215 |
Thanks for pointing that out. I've edited to mention it. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293215 |
Post edited: Link to old issue |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293219 |
(So in short, yes i like your suggestion but let's not assume people will know when to copy from the URL bar and when to use the link button next to the results.) (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293219 |
I can imagine cases where someone might desire either of:
- "me" continues to mean the sending user
- "me" means the receiving user
Should we give the user both options at the point that they copy the link? Maybe in a similar user interface for links to posts, which offer both raw and markdown l... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293214 |
For me personally, I'd rather be shown no results and an explanation of why, than some results that I might go straight into looking through without noticing the message that warns me about them being different from expected. I'd like to avoid that potential for wasting the user's time.
Perhaps we... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293215 |
Thank you both for the extra examples. It sounds like it was already happening before the recent improvements to drafts then. Mentioning in case that's relevant to anyone who investigates this. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293216 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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A: 500 error page for user:me when not signed in My ideal solution would be to inform the user that search results for `user:me` require a signed in user in order to know who `me` refers to, and then show a sign in page that will automatically redirect to the search results once the user has finished signing in. I understand this would be more d... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293215 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
| Question | — |
Draft not discarded after posting an answer Old issue: Posting sometimes doesn't clear the saved post Moshi's comment points out that this old issue (closed in 2021) describes the same problem, so this may be a regression. Other comments suggest at least 3 people have seen this over the last year. During writing an answer, a draft is... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293214 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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A: 500 error page for user:me when not signed in One option would be to display a message along the lines of: > Search results for `user:me` can only be displayed when signed in. Please sign in and try again. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293213 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
| Question | — |
500 error page for user:me when not signed in When searching, a user can be specified by including `user:X` in the search term, where `X` is the user id of the relevant user. You can also search for your own posts by specifying `user:me`. If you share a link to search results based on `user:me` then the recipient of the link will see results ... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293200 |
Regardless of the expectations of any particular community, the software is designed to support editing deleted posts. If either of you would like the software to be changed to prevent the editing of deleted posts that seems a different feature request, so I'd recommend raising it separately. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293200 |
Declaring something irreparable and moving on is one use for deletion. In some communities it may be the only reason, but some communities have other reasons. For example, on Code Golf an answer that is found to be incorrect may be deleted by the author until it can be fixed. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293198 |
> Taking both together this feature should not be implemented because very likely there are more than enough features that deliver a higher return with lower effort.
Although I personally think that the effort involved in implementing and maintaining this feature would be worthwhile, I definitely ... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293198 |
> no scrolling back to the beginning of the page (although that might also be possible with an anchored link when reloading)
That's a good point - this benefit could be achieved separately using an anchored link so isn't a reason for implementing this feature request. For reference, I raised a sep... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293198 |
Thanks for highlighting that there were still no benefits of this change listed in the question (I had mentioned some in comments but forgot to move them to the question). I've now edited the question. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292886 |
Post edited: Add benefits of this change |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293200 |
Posts can be deleted until improvements are applied, including being deleted by the post author. This seems to be an anticipated usage, from the fact that a user with the Curate ability can see deleted posts. Suggested edits can be part of the recovery process of a deleted post. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292585 |
I can understand having the change in Wilson score per question, in the expanded list of changes for a particular day, but I don't know how that would be summarised in the daily totals. I'm not sure summing the Wilson score difference per question would give a meaningful daily total change.
Would ... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293097 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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A: Clickable links in edit comments In addition to bare URLs being clickable, I would also find it useful to have human readable links in edit comments. For example: - Markdown links: `link text` gives link text - HTML anchor tag links: `link text` gives link text Just having clickable bare URLs would be a significant improveme... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293096 | Initial revision | — | 4 months ago |
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Clickable links in edit comments When editing a post, an edit comment can be included that describes the changes that were made. Where the reason for an edit is not obvious, this comment can include an explanation. I recently noticed the use of links in edit comments, allowing a discussion to be referenced that gives more context... (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291593 |
To reproduce:
1. Follow a direct link to [an answer to a question with more than 1 answer](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/291242/291243#answer-291243).
2. Sort by "Active".
3. Click on "return to the normal view".
4. See sort order has returned to "Score". (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293036 |
Post edited: Use quote block for screenshot to avoid confusion |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293037 |
Post edited: Further detail |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293037 |
Post edited: Add detail about saving with or without removing the empty tag box |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293037 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
| Question | — |
Ghost tags in saved question drafts When returning to a draft of a new question which does not yet have any tags added, the "Tags" field shows a single tag consisting of an empty string (a little grey box but with no tag name inside it): > Single empty grey tag box in the "Tags" field Adding more tags results in an extra empty ta... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293036 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
| Question | — |
No way to discard draft edit to user profile When writing or editing a post, a draft is automatically saved and reloaded if you close the page and come back to it later. I find this very helpful (particularly when switching between devices). However, sometimes I change my mind about a saved draft and want to discard it to start a new edit from ... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292942 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
| Question | — |
Markdown in close reasons Markdown does not appear to be processed in the reason given for closing a question. For example, there is a Markdown link in the following close reason, but it is rendered as plain text rather than a link: Close reason including a plain text version of a Markdown link Would it be useful to be ... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292886 |
Just found another benefit. I opened a question page just before going into a long train tunnel. With this feature I would have been able to sort the answers immediately, rather than having to wait several minutes. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292886 |
I don't consider it to be bad. I'm not raising a bug but a feature request.
I raise any features I think of, and then people vote up or down to indicate which ones are worth implementing.
One advantage of avoiding the page reload is for people on a slow connection, where it can take several sec... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292886 |
Post edited: Add details of how rare paginated questions are |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292886 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
Sorting answers without a page reload Below a question are buttons for sorting the answers: > The three sorting buttons, Score, Active, and Age Pressing one of these buttons results in a page reload, with the answers now sorted according to the chosen criterion. For cases where all of the answers fit on a single page (no paginat... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |