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Posts by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Sign In vs. Sign Up

Sign In and Sign Up are two different functions, with different buttons & pages, and they should remain separate. However, there should be consistency in how they reference each other, as well ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Voting while not signed in

(Persistent irrelevant comment: I jumped down to the title field and entered that first and then went back up here to enter the actual question.) I tried to vote on an answer and nothing happened. ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Block adding answers and editing of question/answers of deleted questions.

A deleted question should: Be viewable only by author, Moderators and appropriate high-TL users. Not allow new comments or editing of comments on question or answers. Not allow new answers. Not al...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Can we move questions?

I have raised this discussion in the past, particularly in the context of "one database per community" vs. "one database per instance". We are currently in "one database per instance", where moving...

posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Show User's Vote on List of Posts

Since Codidact shows + and - votes on the list of posts, would it be possible (practical...) to show if the currently logged in User has voted on each post? When displaying an individual post, ther...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Hide Deleted Comments

In places where I can see deleted comments (admin/moderator, possibly also comments I wrote myself and deleted (not sure if that's the case or not)), they should be secondary to the active comments...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Style for [closed] (but this post is not closed)

While [closed] is clear and unambiguous, it really doesn't stand out in a list of posts. Can we have a colored background (like the reddish background for a deleted comment or answer when viewing a...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Character count does not show on Comment edit. [duplicate]

When adding a new comment, there is a helpful character count (x/500). If you exceed the count, it is clear that is why the comment can't be saved. When editing an existing comment, there is no ch...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Self-Delete Reason

If a post is Closed by others, I assume there is a requirement (similar to Some Other sties) for a Close Reason. However, if I delete a post myself (e.g., I just deleted an Answer to https://judais...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Should we start displaying the score of a post instead of the raw votes?

instead of - Absolutely not! Showing separate + and - votes is a good thing. Or as they say, that's not a bug, it's a feature. If you want to show the score (whether integer net score or Wilson # o...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Can we have an error if the to be uploaded image is too large?

I have proposed a number of possible solutions. At the moment though, they are grand ideas awaiting both consensus on what to implement and then programmer(s) to actually implement them. Due to oth...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A How is Codidact financed?

Currently, the expenses of Codidact (primarily web hosting) are paid for directly by volunteer contributors or their employers. No corporate sponsored hosting has any advertising or other strings a...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Sefaria Linker bug

If I go to: https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276449#comment-1676 the Sefaria links work fine. However, if I click on "Show 3 more comments" below the Question, the Sefaria links all disappear.

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A automatic linking to a specific category, by title

I like this idea (obviously, clearly it is partly inspired by my post https://judaism.codidact.com/questions/276421 ). A bit of confusion though about "category", "post", etc. A category is a group...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A "Tour" for new users?

In my opinion, the Tour on SE/SO left a lot to be desired. It provided an extremely brief overview of some features while leaving out a lot of important functional details. I am not sure if a Tour ...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Self-answered Q&A - posting Q and A at the same time

That's perfectly fine, at least as I understand it. However, one thing we have been working on here is a "post-only" item with no actual answers, which can include "Canonical questions" or "FAQs" o...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Browser-Specific Image Problems

There have been some "images don't display in all browsers" problems. This is a test of that. Each image is "Test Image" in magenta/pink letters on a white background. PNG JPG TIF BMP ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by 10 Rep‭

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Q&A Links go to writing.codidact.com instead of "self"

The Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Code of Conduct links on meta, outdoors and photo are all pointing to the pages on writing.codidact.com. They should always point to "self".

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Requests to improve the contests

When it comes to Q&A in general, I am very much against: Disallow downvotes, upvotes are enough to determine winners, and downvotes can hurt people's feelings. as that turns the whole world...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A How does Codidact avoid repeating Stack Exchange's mistakes?

One of the key differences is that by being community-driven, Codidact will be able to expand the system in different ways from SE. This includes the ability to host different types of content wher...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A Bootstrapping: who can speak for a community?

SE moderators as automatic "pro-tem" moderators. Absolutely. While the specifics will be different, particularly the available tools, the principles of moderation will be largely the same here a...

posted 4y ago by manassehkatz‭

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