Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
16 votes
1 answer
283 views

Magic columns and site:// do not work for alcohol.meta.stackexchange

The site Beer, Wine & Spirits has the URL https://alcohol.stackexchange.com but in SEDE it uses beer for the main site and beerme for meta. As far as I can tell, the shortcut site:// and the magic ...
Martin's user avatar
  • 15.6k
19 votes
1 answer
377 views

meta.*.stackexchange.com redirection does not work

In 2017, all child Meta sites moved from meta.*.stackexchange.com to *.meta.stackexchange.com. According to Network-wide HTTPS: It's time there is an automatic redirection: We've redirected all ...
Martin R's user avatar
  • 2,549
16 votes
1 answer
347 views

Stack Exchange Meta Sites are down

A lot of meta sites have become unavailable recently (in the last few hours or so), for example Math Stack Exchange Meta and 3D Printing Meta. Here is the error message: I am using Chrome on Windows ...
bobeyt6's user avatar
  • 3,672
25 votes
1 answer
420 views

Questions featured on per-site-metas no longer display on the sidebar

This post announcing the resignation of a moderator is featured on meta.academica.SE, but it no longer displays on the main site as it should be doing. Related: Featured posts on MSE are missing on ...
CDR's user avatar
  • 8,866
60 votes
1 answer
871 views

Hot meta posts section is no more?

I was browsing Stack Overflow for tags of interest-related questions and I noticed that there was no 'hot meta posts' section on the right side! I navigated to the corresponding meta and found the ...
machine_1's user avatar
  • 359
8 votes
0 answers
115 views

Per-site meta "Users" tab filter is not functioning correctly with pagination [duplicate]

The selection of the "week/month/quarter/year/all" filter is not retained when applying the pagination in the "Users" page "Participation/Voters/Editors" tab on the per-...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 39k
21 votes
1 answer
239 views

Filter URL Parameter not considered when navigating between user pages on Metas

On MSO, when looking at the users page, the participation, voters, and editors tabs have the option to add "filters". The default is "month", but there are also "week", &...
Henry Ecker's user avatar
  • 5,000
17 votes
2 answers
224 views

Searching for moderators in the Moderators tab on the /users page is broken on all meta sites (except MSE)

Searching for any moderator on a meta site (except MSE) in the Moderators tab on the /users page does not return any results at all. Here's a GIF showing how searching in the Moderators tab works on ...
Justin's user avatar
  • 9,644
15 votes
1 answer
174 views

Searching for a username on a Meta site under the "Participation" tab throws a 500 server error

Attempting to search for a user on a child meta site's /users page, with the "Participation" tab selected, will always fail, and throw a 500 server error in the console. Here's a .gif ...
Spevacus's user avatar
  • 29.4k
13 votes
1 answer
130 views

Is it intentional that the question titles on per-site metas are now orange?

Looks like this again Some per-site-metas are orange - again? except it is the link styling and not the other parts of the page. Sites I visited with the issue: ELL, EL&U, The Workplace.
ColleenV's user avatar
  • 27.1k
10 votes
1 answer
108 views

Link to parent site is not HTTPS in the sidebar/dropdown "Step 1: Draft your question" on any per-site Meta

When asking a question here on Meta SE, the sidebar titled "Step 1: Draft your question" (which appears as a dropdown menu on mobile in the responsive design) has the following text: Is ...
The Amplitwist's user avatar
4 votes
2 answers
280 views

TLS for meta.*.stackexchange.com, again

When Stack Exchange transitioned to HTTPS, meta.*.stackexchange.com subdomains were changed to *.meta.stackexchange.com subdomains. The old meta.* subdomains now redirect to the new *.meta subdomains. ...
smitop's user avatar
  • 4,798
15 votes
1 answer
217 views

Do some beta meta sites have solid-black favicons? Is this a bug?

Following some links and opening a bunch of meta posts from different per-site metas at the same time, I noticed an odd discrepancy in the icons: The Economics meta icon seems to be solid black, ...
Rand al'Thor's user avatar
17 votes
1 answer
279 views

Some per-site-metas are orange - again?

Two designed sites I checked have their per-site meta orange again: However, Literature's meta is not: Looks like a regression of Why did all sites turn orange? - as far as I can tell with spot-...
bobble's user avatar
  • 8,372
21 votes
1 answer
337 views

Inconsistent Identicon between main and meta sites

I was just browsing CGCC, and I went over to the meta, and noticed something strange: That's not the indenticon I've come to recognize. Somehow, my identicon changed sometime in the last day or two, ...
Aaron Miller's user avatar
16 votes
1 answer
183 views

Unsuspend link on meta is broken

There is a broken markdown link when you click the "Mod" link on a suspended user's meta profile: In case it's relevant, the link in the broken part has dashes in it (that is, the username ...
hyperneutrino's user avatar
11 votes
1 answer
143 views

All the "year in moderation" Meta questions link to a search on the main (not Meta) sites for previous "year in moderation" questions

The title covers the question - the "2020: a year in moderation" posts that JNat ♦ has kindly posted all follow a template which appears to be of the form: As we say goodbye to the old year ...
Wai Ha Lee's user avatar
  • 2,083
36 votes
2 answers
594 views

Will yearly moderation statistics be published on all sites this year, and future years?

For the last couple years, at the beginning of every new year, Stack Exchange has posted annual moderation statistics on all meta sites in the network. These posts include a full table on how many of ...
Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog's user avatar
30 votes
2 answers
390 views

Lowered reputation threshold for meta participation on some sites is not working

According to What are the reputation requirements for privileges on sites, and how do they differ per site?, some sites have a lowered reputation (e.g. 1-rep) threshold for participating in meta: Ask ...
Meta Andrew T.'s user avatar
12 votes
1 answer
121 views

Special tags not recognized by tag suggestion box if they contain diacritics or non-Latin characters

When asking a question on Stack Overflow Meta en español or on Stack Overflow на русском Meta, the tag suggestion box doesn't seem to recognize required tags with diacritics or non-Latin characters; ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 256k
9 votes
1 answer
143 views

Community Ads questions on newly 'graduated' sites don't show template in answer box

JNat just posted a couple of 2020 Community Ads questions across the network. I noticed that in some cases, the answer box is already filled with the template (see the screenshot below): Stack ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 256k
27 votes
1 answer
253 views

Add a "became hot meta question" timeline event

As I understand, per-site meta questions can become "hot". For example: However, this event doesn't show up on their timeline. For the example above, its timeline shows: This is unlike non-...
Rebecca J. Stones's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
257 views

Child metas Profile pages are Oops

I've tried a half dozen child metas, the main site's Profile pages are fine but the child meta Profiles are oops. The child meta site's pages (not my profile) work fine. Examples: Oops - https://...
Rob's user avatar
  • 17.9k
10 votes
2 answers
120 views

Banners of questions migrated from per-site metas prior to HTTPS changeover link to the origin site's old URL, resulting in certificate error

I was browsing through the question Favicon of Earth Science and Spanish are too similar (exactly the same in HNQ list) which got migrated from Earth Science Meta: As you see, the link points to ...
fedorqui 'SO stop harming''s user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
142 views

Reputation sync from main to meta is stalled

It appears that updating the reputation shown for users on per-site meta sites stopped working sometime yesterday. (I think I have it narrowed down to a span of a few hours.) Here are the data ...
Monica Cellio's user avatar
16 votes
1 answer
189 views

Broken links (to meta instead of main) on meta Ask page for users under 5 reputation

Users with less than 5 reputation can only make posts on a site's meta if it's about one of their posts on that site. The Ask page displays a list of the user's most recent posts, so they can find the ...
Jeremy's user avatar
  • 23.7k
28 votes
1 answer
266 views

Why do site meta questions get posted on Twitter?

I follow the Twitter accounts of the sites where I moderate. Over the weekend I noticed that they were Tweeting meta questions. These questions were really esoteric questions that only someone very ...
ChrisF's user avatar
  • 101k
10 votes
1 answer
127 views

Padding / bg-color issue in all the per site meta - activity tab

In all the per site metas, on the Activity tab - REPUTATION section, the reputation score is displayed with the background color: #eff0f1. So it looks like the "top n% period" link is (200+ reputation ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 39k
9 votes
1 answer
206 views

The [interesting-tags] tag should not be a default tag on Meta sites

The tag interesting-tags is one of the default tags which are automatically imported to a local meta when a new site is created. (And cannot be removed, even if they are not used in any questions.) ...
Martin's user avatar
  • 15.6k
2 votes
1 answer
49 views

Alignment issue in the Tags page - Legend tags section

In the bottom of the Tags page, the Legend tags section is not aligned with the pagination section. The issue exists in all per-site-meta. Screenshot for reference: There is an issue in the #...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 39k
12 votes
1 answer
284 views

Alias "Post Link" in data.stackexchange.com generate invalid links for "Meta sites" of pt.stackoverflow and es.stackoverflow

I create a query using [Post Link] and [Comment Link] and I noticed that the generated links are inverted for some sites, for example: This https://data.stackexchange.com/ptme/query/775699/bug-in-...
Korvo's user avatar
  • 1,063
9 votes
3 answers
387 views

HTTPS certificate error for meta redirect pages (meta.<site>.stackexchange.com)

Visiting https://meta.security.stackexchange.com displays an HTTPS certificate error in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 10. For reference, meta.<sitename>.stackexchange.com is the old URL ...
Stevoisiak's user avatar
  • 15.2k
7 votes
1 answer
182 views

My Area 51 reputation is different from my Area 51 discuss reputation

At time of writing this question, my Area 51 reputation is 222, while my Area 51 discussion reputation is 207. It has been this way for weeks. I thought that Area 51 discussion was a meta site for ...
John Militer's user avatar
  • 1,626
5 votes
1 answer
137 views

Empty "Personal Information" menu title should be removed from per-site meta

In each per-site meta, under the Settings tab we can see the list of menus. In per-site meta, PERSONAL INFORMATION is not clickable, i.e. doesn't have any sub menu items. Maybe the menu title is ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 39k
4 votes
1 answer
90 views

CSS Bug on Crypto Meta

I'd like to report a bug concerning at least crypto.meta.se for which it appears that the CSS has "died". I've got this confirmed from two other users. Steps to reproduce: Visit Crypto Meta SE ...
SEJPM's user avatar
  • 608
12 votes
1 answer
208 views

User with only per-site meta profile

I found a user that have only Meta profile. Trying to open main profile via link on the meta profile page gives 404 error. I don't think this is normal. User is currently banned in chat for 189 days: ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
67 views

Quotation of code on meta sites differs from the main ones

When I add code in quote on main sites it looks fine: But if I do same on meta, result is significantly differs: As you can see, only the text is highlighted, not the whole line. Pictures ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
126 views

Disappearing meta chatroom

(I previously asked this question at Mathematics Educators meta, where this answer suggested that I report it as a bug here on the main meta.) I regularly visit the Mathematics Educators chatrooms ...
JRN's user avatar
  • 594
4 votes
2 answers
111 views

CodeGolf.SE Meta site fails to load with ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

Here is an example of the problem: I have HTTPS Everywhere installed if that may be doing anything.
anna328p's user avatar
  • 318
3 votes
1 answer
66 views

Link for search help via meta site ignores keyword

If you open the contact page via meta site, you can see a form with search box, e.g. in 3d printing meta: Searching for example for "privilege" gives you some results with a link at the end: ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
8 votes
1 answer
40 views

Wrong tooltip for greyed out edit link on locked meta post

When I was trying to edit a locked question on a per-site meta, I noticed the edit link is disabled, so I hovered over it, and was surprised to see the generic tooltip: Or in words: Suggested ...
Shadow Wizard's user avatar
7 votes
1 answer
85 views

Broken "go get it" link for "Strunk & White" on meta sites

"go get it" link for "Strunk & White" badge on ruSO.meta refers to 404 page: Same on enSO Also redirect to 404, because not available/exist Loq Quality Queue
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
5 votes
1 answer
47 views

Top network posts and wrong community count shown on meta profile for hidden community

Cooking.SE is currently a hidden community for me; I hid the community from my profile a long time ago (probably at least a year ago). When I am logged out, my user profile on the main site correctly ...
Maroon's user avatar
  • 425
7 votes
1 answer
108 views

What's happening with this users account links?

I was looking at a puzzle on the Puzzling riddle sandbox, and I clicked on the user. This what I clicked on: That brought me here: Note the rep difference. Then I clicked in 'Main user', and I got ...
Mithical's user avatar
  • 84.5k
16 votes
1 answer
95 views

Include the child metas of closed sites in their data dump

When a site fails, its questions and answers (plus some other data) are shoved into a data dump, which is attached to the Area 51 proposal. The associated child meta site, however, is not included (...
Ben N's user avatar
  • 7,400
13 votes
1 answer
115 views

Double account section on the active section of the profile of per-site meta

I found a weird bug: The account section shows up twice on he active section of the the profile page of a per-site meta. I checked three sites: Math (graduated), Puzzling (public beta), and Language ...
wythagoras's user avatar
  • 9,338
12 votes
1 answer
184 views

Why can meta sites be parents of chatrooms?

Not sure if it counts as a bug or not, but some per-site metas can be the parent sites of chatrooms. This room is a living example, where the parent site is MathOverflow meta. Here is a beautiful ...
M.A.R.'s user avatar
  • 8,284
7 votes
1 answer
159 views

/help/whats-meta should link to meta.site[.stackexchange].com/search, not to site[.stackexchange].com/search

On [I suppose] all sites' /help/whats-meta (but Meta.SE's): Please look around to see if your question has been asked before, and avoid asking questions that have nothing to do with [site] or the ...
kos's user avatar
  • 2,204
8 votes
1 answer
86 views

Make flags from child meta sites appear in the main site's menu and vice versa [duplicate]

Flags on child meta sites are only shown to the site's mods when they visit meta. On sites whose metas are not very active, this means that it could be several days before a mod notices the flag. ...
terdon's user avatar
  • 25.9k
96 votes
3 answers
1k views

A way for "new users" to ask about their post specifically

We currently require that new users have 5+ reputation to participate in meta support discussions (bugs, feedback, governance, etc). This is primarily because the use case for meta is not ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar