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Activity for trichoplax
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #289338 |
Post edited: Edit section whose described problem has since been fixed |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291770 |
Also not every Codidact community is only about questions and answers. Some communities have categories for other types of post.
- Proposals has a Descriptions category.
- Code Golf has a Sandbox category.
- Languages & Linguistics has a Resources category.
- Judaism has a Divrei Torah category... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291770 |
It wasn't my intention to suggest posting answers in comments.
I understand that in some cases the question will be sufficiently clear that the location of the relevant log file will be known for certain. These aren't the cases that are likely to require log files in comments.
I agree that a pr... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291770 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Should details tags work in comments? I can imagine the following uses for hidden `` sections in comment threads. Some of these uses will apply to some types of Codidact community, and other uses will apply to other types. Even though not all communities will necessarily have a use for them, the fact that some communities will have some ... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291763 |
Sometimes someone might want this for its main use case (spoilers and puzzle solutions) but also it might be useful when explaining formatting to someone who is trying to use or could benefit from the `<details>` tag in their post (question or answer). (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291765 |
Comments in a thread (like this one) do not currently support the `<details>` tag. This question is just about whether to support it in comments.
Note that posts (questions and answers) already support the `<details>` tag across all Codidact communities. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291763 |
Post edited: Typo in raw text section |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291763 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
Should details tags work in comments? In a post a `` tag can be used to hide information until a user chooses to click on it, useful for spoilers or puzzle solutions. For example, the following raw text: ```text Click to see the answer The answer is "Ask why 5 times" ``` is rendered as: Click to see the answer ... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291620 |
I'd forgotten about the "no" symbol rather than just "not a hand". That also sounds better. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291717 |
I like this approach of making a guess at what the user will want to see, but still including the rest. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291717 |
Thanks for the feedback. I've now made an edit - let me know if any of it is still ambiguous. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291717 |
Post edited: Make clear that whole word searches work fine |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291717 |
At larger scale, I think the filter approach that's been taken on other Codidact pages could work well for user search (with different filters as appropriate). (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291717 |
Although I agree and I'd like to see future improvements to search (in general and user search) to narrow down results, I would want to see narrowing that is:
1. Explained to the searcher.
2. A useful narrowing.
Having a hypothetical checkbox for "whole word match only" narrows down in a way t... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291717 |
Ah - I see what you mean. That would be considerably worse. I'll try to find a way to edit to make clear that this applies to all prefixes including the entire name, not just to strict prefixes. (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291717 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
User search only finds names which begin with the search term The search field at the top of the users page appears to only search from the beginning of a username. For example, trying to find my username, "trichoplax", succeeds only for prefixes of the name. Searching for the whole word works, but searching for anything less than the whole word only works i... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291715 |
Post edited: Make quote a Markdown quote |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291715 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
| Question | — |
No indication of no results when searching the user page When searching for a user, from the search box at the top of the users page, if there are no results then nothing is displayed. This can make it unclear whether the search has finished with no results, or is still in progress. Would it be helpful for a message to be displayed when there are no res... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291663 |
Post edited: Add extra wording to remove temporary ambiguity |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291663 |
Post edited: Improve wording |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291663 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Giving a fish vs. teaching how to fish There are things I like here, but I don't think all of it will work. I like the following: - Welcoming specific questions rather than only general questions. - Including hints at more general solutions when giving a specific answer. However, I can't see a way to make separate categories work ... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291654 |
Post edited: Fix mislocated closing double quote |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291654 |
Post edited: Convert footnotes to Markdown footnotes that have forward and backward links |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291619 |
Just checked and I was wrong about the restriction being just an inconvenience. Since the Edit button below a post is replaced with "Review suggested edit", there is no way for me to edit that post until the suggested edit is approved.
I'd expect this to be a rare problem, as on most communities w... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291619 |
For now, I agree that the restriction on approving your own suggested edits is redundant. As you say, I could simply make the edit directly rather than via a suggestion now that I have the ability, so the restriction is an inconvenience rather than a real protection.
If at some point we introduce ... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291619 |
Possibly related bug (probably too rare and unimportant to make a new Meta post, unlike you'd like me to):
Now that I have the Edit Posts ability, viewing [my own suggested edit](https://codegolf.codidact.com/posts/suggested-edit/1424) that was made before I had the ability shows the message "You ... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291619 |
Thank you - that worked and I have the ability now. (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291623 |
Post edited: Add accessibility tag |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291619 |
I'm happy waiting longer to be able to edit - it's not something I need often so I won't be making too much work for edit reviewers. Just wanted to raise the bug so it isn't forgotten. (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291620 |
That sounds good to me. (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291622 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
| Question | — |
Post history only shows 20 edits, with incorrect numbering In the Post History page for a post that has more than 20 edits, only the most recent 20 are shown, and they are numbered 1 to 20. The most recent edit is numbered 20. If another edit is made, the previously most recent edit will be renumbered to 19 and the new most recent edit will now show as 20. T... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291585 |
Post edited: Mention other buttons also affected |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291621 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
| Question | — |
Clarity for a user who has become signed out during editing Pressing “Save Post” during editing a post fails if you have become signed out. However, there is no indication that you have been signed out, the button just does not respond, and then becomes disabled. Could the button instead redirect to the sign in page and then back to the draft once signed in? (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291620 |
Post edited: Typo |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291620 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
| Question | — |
Too subtle formatting of disabled pagination buttons At the bottom of the Activity tab of my user profile page, there are buttons to move through the pagination of the results. There is a “Previous” button, several specific page number buttons, then a “Next” button. > Buttons for Previous, numbers, and Next When on page 1, the Previous button app... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291619 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
| Question | — |
Possible bug with how to earn the Edit Posts ability Is there a discrepancy between the description on the Edit Posts Ability page and the way that assignment of the ability is calculated? > Edit Posts Ability page showing progress bar at 100% The image shows the Edit Posts Ability page for me on the Code Golf Codidact community (reached by follo... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #287032 |
[Exact search doesn't seem to be searching in the title](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/279392) is a more specific form of this problem. When this post is marked "status-completed", that one should be too (unless it's marked as a duplicate of this newer broader one). (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291579 |
My intention with this post was just to highlight that the anonymisation that is already present can be bypassed in some circumstances. If you'd like to see the existing anonymisation removed, I recommend a separate Meta question. I don't have a strong opinion either way.
Personally, my main conce... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291592 |
I hadn't thought of that. For me personally, I can't imagine ever having a need to select text in the preview rather than the question page, but if someone else does, please post an answer/comment.
Similarly, if there's someone who thinks they would find the link sufficiently useful that they are ... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291591 |
Oh good point - I'd forgotten about that way. Since your own notification list probably isn't something you need a link back to, I agree that just two links is enough. (more) |
— | 7 months ago |
| Comment | Post #287718 |
It's my answer to [How to set up a new (development) instance of Codidact/QPixel](https://collab.codidact.org/posts/280451/287707#answer-287707) but it may not be as helpful as you hope as it's specific to Fedora Linux.
I've used it recently to reinstall from scratch and it worked on Fedora, but I... (more) |
— | 7 months ago |