Questions tagged [status-review]
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"Newest Questions" tab showing last active user instead of the asker
Since recently (7 Dec 2024?), the "Newest Questions" tab (/questions?tab=Newest) now showing the last active user instead of the asker.
This applies to every site.
I'm not sure if this is ...
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Please make the links in "Related" and "Hot Network Questions" only touchable when clicked on the text
In the "Related" questions and "Hot Network Questions" under a question post even if you accidentally click on the white background you will go to that question page.
Please change ...
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How does this processing meet the company's legitimate interests?
To quote Bella_Blue's 2024-06-17 answer:
The objection to legitimate interests selection does not apply to “Necessary cookies only” due to the ‘strictly necessary’ exemption. When the “Necessary ...
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All elections you did not vote for have results with a dead link to OpaVote download page
This is what the election result usually looks like when you did not vote in that election (example from Islam but I can reproduce it on Solana and Board & Card Games and probably plenty others):
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Answer that was deleted by a moderator was undeleted by normal users; why was it allowed and can it be fixed?
Since 2011, normal users have been prevented from voting to undelete posts that were deleted by moderators.
However, today, this answer was undeleted by votes from normal users after having been ...
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My comment wasn't posted when voting to close as "Other" as the final vote. Is this a bug?
This might be a duplicate of No comment posted when question is closed as off-topic because ... > other
Reference question: Ballistic Coefficients in a Zero G and Perfect Vacuum
I was the final ...
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Allow moderators to customize the first paragraph under "Get answers to practical, detailed questions" on the tour page
Currently, the first paragraph of the tour under the heading "Get answers to practical, detailed questions" says:
Focus on questions about an actual problem you have faced. Include details ...
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The robots.txt file on chat.stackexchange.com does not work, likely because it returns HTTP status code 418 ("I'm a Teapot")
It apparently used to be the case that the robots.txt file on chat.stackexchange.com allowed search engines to index some parts of that domain; this robots.txt file was apparently intended to allow ...
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Allow moderators to change the outcome of a handled flag
Per staff request, I'm posting this as a standalone feature request:
Please allow moderators to change the outcome of a handled flag, such as when they accidentally/prematurely decline a flag they ...
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Global Flag Summary userscript is no longer working due to rate-limiting changes
When running the Global Flag Summary userscript, 57 out of the 244 sites it calls to were successful, and the rest produced error status codes. Most produced 404 status codes, but towards the end of ...
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Syntax highlighting when using a `lang-*` alias (and some "main" language codes) is broken
As cocomac points out in the comments, this specific instance of the issue may be explained by this; so the example below, that showcases the bug for lang-vim, is an unfortunate one.
However:
The ...
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Allow us to flag reviews
Please allow us to flag reviews in the review queues. Possible use cases/Flag options for this could include:
Incorrect reviews/Suspected robo-reviewing
User persistently spamming queues with ...
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I received the Super User newsletter 27 times. Is there something wrong with the newsletter settings?
I received the Super User newsletter from 08.10.2024 multiple times. This is very annoying since I still receive "new" emails with the same newsletter. Every email has the same time stamp ...
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Reconsider adding Markdown support for footnotes
A 2009 feature request to add support for Markdown footnotes was declined in 2014.
The reason(s) for declining appear to no longer be valid:
We want to avoid creating proprietary additions to ...
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Reconsider allowing flags on historically locked posts
This is revisiting a feature request from 2013 and 2015, which was declined.
A historical lock is used to retain very good or extremely useful posts that are not on-topic for a site. These questions ...
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Extend asterisk next to close/delete vote to flags
We recently got an asterisk (*) next to the close and delete vote to indicate you've already voted on that question/answer:
Why is there an asterisk next to the close vote total? E.g. Close (1*)
Make ...
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Where are the popups like “How to tag” and “How to format” when editing questions on sites where I have <2000 reputation?
See the pictures to compare the differences on the Suggested Edits page of now and before. (I show the suggested edit's rejected version, as there are small changes on it).
Now (the change happened to ...
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Mostly unable to see images on Stack Exchange sites
A few months ago I largely lost the ability to see images on Stack Exchange sites, but only on my office computer (and all coworkers have the same issue, so it's not my computer, but maybe our office ...
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Server error when attempting to clear a question's migration history
Noticed earlier on Stack Overflow and confirmed to be network-wide by Spevacus.
When selecting the Mod -> Clear Migration history button on a post that's been migrated elsewhere, you get an ...
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Please clearly indicate to users that they can only reply to a mod message once (unless their message is replied to)
When a mod message is sent to a user, they are only allowed one reply unless the mods respond to their reply. I’d imagine that many users who have received a mod message may not know this, and may ...
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The “Get more details” links and “Password recovery page” for the “I lost my password” option on Area 51 contact form leads to error page
This question is not the same like my recent question.
In the contact form for Area 51, we click “Account Issue—> I lost my password” option, a pop-up will be shown:
Click “Get more details” or “...
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Should the “Get more details” links for the “I lost my password” option on the contact form link to help center rather than password recovery page?
In the contact form, we have an ‘I lost my password’ option in the “Account Issue” option.
If we click the lost password option, a pop-up will be shown:
If we click the “Get more details” option, it ...
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API endpoints return a 40x code with error "no method found with this name" when reading the name of Staging Ground's badges
Goal
Use the SE API in order to get the lists of the badges for every website in the network. The /badges endpoint provide this data.
Expected result
According to the paging documentation, we can ...
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Atom feed ratelimiting prevents feeds from being used
In a different location, Slate asked me to move this question from Meta Stack Overflow here and elaborate on the details.
The current rate limiting on the network prevents feeds from being useful in ...
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It looks like it let me vote without an account (it didn't actually)
Screenshot is below.
Steps to reproduce:
Go to a stack where you do not have an account.
Go to a post where you are able to vote.
Attempt to vote on the post.
Click the "X" on the "...
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Creative Commons License (BY-SA) Violation: Data dump must not force users to agree to additional terms
The new mechanism for downloading the Data Dump appears to be be live. It still has a checkbox that requires acknowledgement of "additional terms" in addition to those included in the ...
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Accepted new moderator agreement still showing notification on meta site
I accepted the new moderator agreement about a week ago. The site I help moderate (Arts & Crafts) is very small, so I only just yesterday visited its meta site again. There I was met with the ...
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Last Data Dump is completely missing ContentLicense for Comments
I noticed that in the latest data dump, the Comments.xml files do not provide a ContentLicense for any of the rows, even though it is available in SEDE.
Here is an example of looking at the first few ...
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Additional licenses for Creative Commons contributions
Some framing around content licensing...
As a content creator who contributes to the data repository that is Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange, authors maintain ownership of their works, even though their ...
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Is anonymous/low-rep post feedback no longer collected?
When viewing the monthly post feedback stats in the 10k tools on Stack Overflow, I noticed there is no data:
This happens for it being set to "day", "week" and "month".
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If my suggested edit is canceled, there should not be a notice saying my edit is rejected
When I suggested an edit in Mathematics Stack Exchange, my suggested edit was canceled due to “This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit.” By community bot.
Due to my canceled edit, when I click “...
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Moderator Agreement notice disappeared without dismissing it
There was a banner with a new moderator agreement information.
I didn't dismiss it (and I didn't yet accepted new Agreement), but it has disappeared now.
Is it expected behavior? Actually I'm waiting ...
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Styling of comment timestamps becomes similar to usernames when comments are expanded
When clicking the "Show N more comments" on a post the styling of the comment timestamps of other posts on the same page becomes similar to the styling of the comment author's display name.
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Improve upload error message for animated WebP images
Animated WebP images are not supported. The error message is misleading (test file):
Not a valid file type: please upload a bmp, gif, jpeg, png, or webp file.
Feature request: Improve upload error ...
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Inbox is no longer immediately marking item as read when middle-clicking to open in new tab
The inbox used to mark an item as read when I use my middle mouse button to open the item in a new tab. It no longer does this. It does recognize that I clicked it, but requires me to click the ...
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Questions with active bounties still aren't eligible to appear in the close vote queue, and pending reviews are still invalidated upon bounty starting
Today, the system was changed to allow users to vote to close or reopen questions with active bounties. However, it looks like a detail was missed when making this change.
For a long time, questions ...
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Getting logged out on Stack Overflow regularly
I use SO daily (indeed hourly during business hours)
I visit a few other SE sites occasionally (eg aviation, space etc)
Since about, say, 3-4 weeks ago, I am logged out often as much as a few times ...
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Invalid certificate on sg-links.stackoverflow.email
Just received the weekly email from WebMasters, and the links are currently routing to an "Invalid Certificate" error:
Your connection isn't private
Attackers might be trying to steal your ...
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To find old images in chat, you still have to search with the Imgur URL
I was recently looking for a graph I had posted to a private chat room several months ago. In order to find it, I went to search for messages posted by me containing i.sstatic.net in the room I knew I ...
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Questions of another user now appear as if asked by me
Shortly after I asked this question I received an email update and I found out that another question asked in another group by another user now appears as if it was asked by me.
What is happening?
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Duplicate modal - row hover state not cleared
There seems to be a bug regarding the hover class in the Duplicate modal:
Full resolution GIF: https://i.ibb.co/Qcx7zjg/unnamed.gif
As commented by @VLAZ, it seems to be related to the following ...
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Stack Overflow in read-only mode for past 2 days
I posted a question yesterday, Output characters to Word document with different formatting for each character. When I tried to edit it I was told that Stack Overflow was in read-only mode. It is ...
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How do I remove my contributions from Stack Exchange, in the event of a license violation?
Stack Exchange is now partnering with OpenAI. While the company has received a commitment from OpenAI that attribution will be maintained, and the company has not relicensed our contributions (as of ...
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Login failure using Google password keychain on Android
I use a Google account as a keychain for all my passwords. Until now, I was able to log into the Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange site on both my MacBook Air and my Android phone using this ...
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Can a user request to know if/when a moderator accessed their PII?
Moderator have access to user's PII, for the sake of moderation activities.
Can a regular user request at any moment to know when and if moderators of a given community have accessed their PII?
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Verification emails don't seem to be sending from Area 51
It looks like a similar issue to Not getting any email confirmation mail from Area 51.
I hit "re-send email verification to my_email_address" for a couple of times, but I didn't receive ...
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Does the network minimum age requirement also include users without an account?
Context: why I am asking this
Recently the network Acceptable Usage Policy was changed. As a result of those changes now it is technically possible to include what the policy defines as "Sexually ...
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Rate limit for posting comments seems to not be enforced
According to The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide creation of comments is limited to 3 per 30 seconds.
However, today I saw a user seemingly post a lot more comments than that limitation suggests. Since I ...
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Make the background of code blocks darker (or a different color)
When we use code blocks, created for example by the "Code Sample" button ({}), the background is so light:
Example: hsl(0,0%,96.5%)
But when we use backticks (`) to create inline code the ...
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Will the tracking pixels replace the existing advertiser tracking?
The company has recently announced a change to its advertising practices: they plan to allow the use of tracking pixels by select advertisers. I am under the impression that this is merely formalising ...
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