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Posts by trichoplax‭

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Q&A 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: However, before the code is entered, a green banner at the top of ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Code block copy button in more places, such as help documents

I find the copy button on code blocks in posts very useful. Could this also be added to code blocks in other places such as help documents? For example, the Template for Proposal Posts would be mu...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Cannot view with no filter when a category has a default filter

This is the filter section above a post list: In a category where I have set a default filter, I can temporarily view the post list using a different filter by selecting it from the "Predefined ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Clearer community proposals transition for skim readers

During the transition from having a Site Proposals category on Meta to having a separate Codidact Proposals community, there is a message at the top of the Site Proposals category with a link to th...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Confusing percentage on Edit Posts Ability page

Related: Tracking progress towards the Edit ability The Activity tab of my user profile, filtered to Edits shows 20 helpful suggested edits, and 1 declined. The Edit Posts Ability page sho...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Tag-only edits only sometimes have a tag diff

I noticed that the edit to the tags in this edit history does not have a tag diff section. It makes it appear that the second version of this post has no changes: For comparison, here is tag-onl...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Comment threads remain active even if all comments are deleted

This bug appears to be fixed, but it is not. The following works for me, but the original poster of the answer can still see the deleted thread. How it seems to someone who didn't post the origina...

posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Mobile browser cannot open older Codidact images

Difference between older images and recent images Following a link to the url of an image uploaded to Codidact redirects to an AWS link for recently uploaded images. For older images, following th...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Can't edit a question just to add tags.

It appears that this problem has been fixed. See the related How to make an edit that only changes the tag list by adding a tag that does not exist? which has been marked "status-completed".

posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Odd behaviour of the user page filter tab

On the filters tab of the user page, there is a drop down box called "Predefined Filters": On mobile, tapping on the drop down box for the first time after page load results in a pop up selectio...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search

Searching for post_type:3 (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for post_type:4 (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types post_type:, or shoul...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A 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 guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search resu...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&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 lin...

posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header

At the top of the page there are sections for the community's Categories, which are displayed as tabs that can be switched between. For example, here on Meta Codidact there are "Q&A", "Site Pro...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 12mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Hiding "Initial revision" on the Edits section of the Activity tab of the user profile

When viewing a user's Edits on the Activity tab of the user profile, it includes "Initial revision", which seems to me more like a posting than an edit: In the edit history of an individual post...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by sau226‭

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Q&A Should we have category specific reactions?

Reaction types can currently be switched on and off for a community (by a moderator) so different communities can have different reactions (including custom reactions). However, each reaction th...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Show total number of posts on individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. Could this have a total number of posts shown at the top, similar to the front page?

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Easier way to get to the individual user Posts page

There is a Posts page showing all the posts by a given user. However, the only place it is linked to appears to be the bottom of the long list of posts on the user profile. An example of when this...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A No escape from reactions dialogue box

Since this question was posted, the user interface has been updated so that clicking outside a pop up panel makes the panel disappear. This means a new user unfamiliar with the site will now be abl...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Edit activity show, but not allowed to approve

I agree that seeing the indicator circle when unable to review edits is not useful. I've raised an issue on GitHub.

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Inconsistent use of "abilities" and "privileges"

The Your abilities page looks something like this (depending on your current abilities): To a moderator looking to grant or suspend abilities, there is a mod-only page called "Privileges", which...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Incorrect description for CC BY-SA 3.0 in license drop down list [duplicate]

This will become irrelevant if License CC BY-SA 3.0 only available on Writing and Outdoors results in CC BY-SA 3.0 no longer being available For those communities where it is present, CC BY-SA 3...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Comment threads with zero comments

I believe that when the last comment in a comment thread is deleted, the thread is also automatically deleted. However, there are some threads that still exist despite having all their comments del...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Mismatch between blue notification circle and notification panel

When I read the target of a notification in another tab, and then switch to a tab that still has the notification circle showing, opening the notification panel shows the notification as read, but ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A No title text on edges of buttons away from icons

The "Dashboard", "Notifications", and "Mobile Sign In" buttons in the page header at the top right of the page have title text which displays those names. However, the title text is on the icon rat...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭