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Weird visual behavior when clicking on time of comment on Stack Overflow

Whenever the date at which a comment was made is clicked, the screen scrolls down a little. I don't know why it is doing that. There is no real damage done, but it looks like a bug. It happens on all ...
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An error occurred submitting the answer

Trying to post the text in the text file located here (shortened Skydrive URL) http://sdrv.ms/16Q10JW to this question: Keep "Backspace" key from being held down I've tried deleting ...
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Suggested Edit does not have any changes

What should I make of this suggested edit? Other times when I see something like this, I'll switch between "rendered" and "markdown" but there is no such option here. Can there be a way to detect such ...
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formatting code after numeric list doesn't display properly [duplicate]

So I've just edited a question and noticed that if I enter a code block after a numeric list: in Addbill form the User insert items to the the DB(NewBill Table). in Bill form is a reportview ...
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A question is marked as a duplicate without the duplicate link

This question is marked as a duplicate without a corresponding link to the relevant question. marked as duplicate by Josh Caswell, Asad, animuson, Austin Henley, Manishearth Feb 5 at 2:36 ...
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Can't select “The StackExchange Network” as parent site on Chat

On your StackExchange chat profile (http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/id/name), you can change the parent site your chat profile is linked to by hitting the 'Change' link. You can also select "The ...
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Deleted message still flagged in chat

In Stack Overflow chat, I just see flags in the Python chat room where one user was swearing and then someone flagged. But after the post is removed, the flag is still shown after the message ...
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Why does the duplicate header not show up in the off-topic-close dialog?

When voting to close, the duplicate header does not show up in the preview: Steps to reproduce: Find a closed (as duplicate) question (f.e. this one) Find another question Vote to close as ...
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Normal flair not linked but combined flair is

When I go to my profile and look at my flairs I noticed something strange. I saw that the normal flairs (the ones including only the rep of the current site) are not linked. However when I looked at ...
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Stackoverflow static assets not loading

Since about 2 weeks multiple people (around 10 that I know of) in our company are having trouble accessing stackoverflow.com. Independent of the browser and on Linux as well as Windows. The symptom is ...
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Eeeek! The flags won’t go away!

This question is staying in the flag queue. There are no flags on it that haven’t been dealt with, and using the button to deal with no flags isn’t helping. What’s going on?
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Revisions page says that questions [on hold] were 'closed as “”'

The close reason is missing for close events on the posts/N/revisions page for questions that are that are "on hold". This does not persist after the question has moved out of the "on hold" ...
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What on this question could be triggering WebSense?

Objectives Hopefully someone can provide an answer or clue of some sort Notify the StackOverflow community of a possible issue Background I was doing some research on a Visual Basic in InfoPath ...
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Preview link leads to the old version of the resume in the resume uploader

The resume uploader doesn't provide the right preview link. To reproduce: Go to a job posting Click on apply now Submit cover letter In resume portion, click "attach new resume" (Skip this step if ...
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The default “off-topic” close reason cannot be selected from the new close dialog

The default "off-topic" close reason on Meta is This question does not appear to be about Stack Overflow or the Stack Exchange engine that powers the Stack Exchange network, within the scope ...
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Suggested Edits lost when also retagging

I just suggested an edit to, and simultaneously retagged, a question over on Arqade. My reputation on the site was 1849 at the time, sufficient to retag questions without supervision, but not to edit ...
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What language is the Code section written in, and is there an incompatibility issue with IE8? [duplicate]

I asked this question yesterday, but today I have image examples. This only happens from work, where I use IE8 (I can't change that, as much as I'd like...). And it doesn't happen EVERY time, but it ...
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Rollback, resetting any offensive votes?

Is it the case that if a rollback is performed on an older version of a post we lose all the votes that took place between the current version and older? Also, what is the meaning of the message ...
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Stack Overflow lost its padding on the sides

I noticed now that Stack Overflow has its padding set to 0, unlike before. Note the padding on left side of the page; it looks shifted to the left and everything is touching the left-hand side of the ...
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I need a pair of binoculars to see the badge award count

...from space, since it's huge on the trilogy sites: I know it's meant to be emphasized, but given that it dwarfs any of the other text on the site and it doesn't seem to be consistent with the ...
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Spoiler text is not hidden in newsletter

I received a SciFi newsletter today and the spoiler tags were not hidden, unlike how they are elsewhere on the site. This seems inconsistent. Can this be fixed? Image is attached with spoiler ...
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New badges page is confused about the definition of “unearned”

The unearned list of tag badges on the redesigned badges page shows me badges that I have indeed earned, even going so far as to point them out to me: The relevant tag badges also appear on the ...
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Quotes in image alt break HTML [on hold]

While creating a question, I used quotes in an images alt text. It rendered correctly. To be sure that nothing was wrong, I opened up Chrome's Inspector on the rendered output. Sure enough, the quotes ...
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Comments not getting deleted

I am unable to delete one of the comments that I made. A dialog appears as expected asking me to confirm if I want to delete the comment, but no matter how many times it is clicked, the dialog never ...
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Did this review audit react invalidly?

I recently received the big red failure message for reviewing this audit review, which now says I "passed" the audit. For my review, I had intended to (1) downvote, (2) leave a comment, and (3) flag ...
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Stack Overflow newsletter lines of text overlap

There seems to be a display bug in the Gmail app on Android, using a Galaxy S3. I am not sure, but I think setting header size with em will fix it.
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Notification for tag badge appears multiple times

This may be hard to reproduce, or not even a bug, but here it goes: Recently, I passed 100 reps in the r tag, and earned the corresponding bronze badge. However, a couple hours later, my rep in this ...
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possibly logic flaw on the voting system?

Have you ever tried to reverse back your vote on answers, that you already up/downvoted some time ago? and you get messages like, "You last voted for this answer.... and your vote is now locked..." ? ...
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Formatting issue in the suggested edits queue [duplicate]

I just noticed this in the suggested edits queue: For some reason, the time of asking/proposal is pushed to the other side of the username. This isn't particularly important, I just thought I'd ...
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Front-end expanded vote count bug [duplicate]

I don't have enough reputation (1K) to view the individual up and downvote counts on a post on Stack Overflow. Therefore, the cursor is the default one when I hover a post's score. However, when an ...
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Sock-puppet attack on GameDev Stack Exchange - Exploits!

We've been having a sock-puppet attack on the GameDev Stack Exchange site over the last few days. I am not fully aware of the details but there seem to be two exploits being used: First - the ...
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Able to see deleted question vote tally from flag-summary page

I believe that this is probably a bug, although I am not sure. When I go to my flag-summary page, I am able to see links for questions that I have flagged that have since been deleted. If I click the ...
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FAQ link still visible under “Off Topic” close vote description [duplicate]

Under the "Close" dialog as well as the explanation below a closed question: Questions on Stack Overflow are expected to relate to programming or software development within the scope defined in ...
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Do we auto-detect and highlight CSS for questions tagged CSS?

http://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/2331277 Wasn't sure why this suggested edit was necessary. The only tag is css so I thought this should be picked up by our algos. Tagging as bug but ...
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Javascript of editor + Firefox nightly = doesn't work (some syntax error) [duplicate]

In my nightly (firefox 24) I get the following error on my javascript console (cannot reproduce with webkit) [17:33:38.093] SyntaxError: syntax error @ ...
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I got the Marshal badge with less than 500 helpful flags

I got the Marshal badge, but my helpful flags on this site are actually less that the half. I have more than 500 helpful flags on Stack Overflow, but I got the badge there much earlier than 7 ...
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“Notable questions” badge page and search report different numbers for questions with 2.5K views

On Travel-SE, there are currently 171 "Notable question" badges awarded. However, when one uses the search interface with views:2500, there are 106 results. The two numbers should be equal, and it's ...
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Automatic link-to-title conversion in migrated posts

I posted an answer to a question on SO that was migrated to TeX.SE. My original answer included a destination URL on TeX.SE and was therefore not automatically converted to it's title equivalent. ...
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Causes for name / image to be listed as “last modified” on question list [duplicate]

I recently added an answer to a post, only to find someone else providing nearly the same answer (theirs was a bit better) so I deleted my entry. Now the main question page lists my entry as being ...
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How is the clicks/day for community ads calculated?

To me, it looks like the clicks/day on a stats page like this is calculated as the clicks, divided by the days from the "Created" timestamp. However, is that correct? "Created" refers to the date the ...
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Multiple form screen when trying to set bounty

Trying to set a bounty on another users question, I got this. Browser :Google Chrome, Version 27.0.1453.110 OS: Mac OS X ver 10.7.5 Details: No other problems,can set the bounty correctly ,The ...
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Number of flags remaining increased

Recently there are a few changes in Flagging term on meta site. Due to this there was some flag counting problem in profile's helpful flag. Now it looks solved. But just now when I click on the flag ...
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Why does the question status disappear when 'click to load' is clicked?

I've come across a small issue which occurs when a question has been closed but some of the answers are still being edited. When an answer to a closed question is edited and you click on the an ...
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Unable to upload a PNG to include in a post from local computer

It would seem it is not currently possible to upload a PNG image from my local file system: This happens when I try to upload any PNG. I just had to first upload to ImageShack and then upload to ...
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Link validator points to wrong link

I edited this answer with an improved version today: Function to INSERT dynamic list of columns in multiple tables When trying to submit I got an error message from the link validator: Links to ... ...
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SO showing wrong User Name [on hold]

My name is Vikas V with 841 reputation as on 16th June on SO. As can be seen in the screen shot, my rep is 1 and my welcome name is user2488578. Is this a possible bug?
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Clicking leave closed shows the reopen pop-up

This is rather difficult to describe with fancy pictures with red circles but it's easily reproducible. Whenever I click Leave Closed in the re-open queue on MSO the "nominate this question for ...
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I can't retag or otherwise edit a question while waiting for an edit I reviewed from queue to be approved or rejected

Happened on this question, fwiw. In particular I voted to reject it, then visited to add comment and vote to close, and wanted to add a java tag, but couldn't because had to wait to see the fate of ...
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The “loss of connectivity” modal in mobile chat is intrusive

When connectivity is lost using the mobile chat, a modal box politely indicates this. The issue is, while the box is dismiss-able, it will immediately reappear if connectivity has not been ...
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Personal Statement textarea sometimes disappears while updating

Right now my personal statement is about two paragraphs. On edit, when I delete stuff, it disappears. ctrl+z restores it. I haven't found the exact logic that makes it disappear. Chrome ...

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