Tagged Questions
This tag is for proposals of new features on the site, or requests for a change to an existing feature.
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linking common messages on SO to metaSO
Sorry for my bad English
Can we put a link to Error Message explanation so other user can understand.
for example, I am talking about following error message
If we can put link to Prevent posts ...
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Show starred questions tab in search results page
When I do a search for something, usually I want to find a specific question I have previously been to. If I am searching for it, it is likely to have been considered important and starred. I would ...
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Could we please have a separate search tag for (duplicate) questions?
Questions that are marked as duplicates are now distinct from those closed for quality reasons. However, they are both still found using closed:1 in searches. As a moderator I want to look at lists ...
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1answer
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Need a section “Questions that were edited after they were closed” in review screen [duplicate]
I think we could really do with a section in the review page which shows all questions that were edited by the owners after they were closed (put on hold), in an attempt to improve them.
You know, ...
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Questions tagged with “Vaadin” should interpret code snippets as Java
On this post
Use GridLayout to make a smart layout that responds to the window being resized?
someone had to add the hidden language specifiers to flag the code snippets as Java.
However:
Vaadin ...
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0answers
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Question Trends analytics
I would really like a feature that will show me the trends on questions asked say, last week, last month, and so forth.
For example: I don't see as many asp.net MVC questions as before, whereas I am ...
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1answer
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How long can a flag remain active?
I have flagged the following question as a duplicate.
SQL Parameter with multiple values
Now I want to know: after how long time will it be stated as active?
I do not have problem with anything ...
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Even more serial minor edits
Related:
1 2
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This user has recently been spamming suggested edits, mostly on the javascript tag, and all they do is change code formatting to his own coding style, mainly 1. adding spaces ...
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Add Area 51 Meta to the app
I came across something rather interesting today. I was browsing Area 51 on Chrome when I happened to click on a discussion. To this, I was greeted with a prompt asking:
As Area 51 is not ...
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0answers
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Uninformative (and Confusing) Error Message for Suggested Edit Conflict [duplicate]
I was testing some behavior with a low rep account, and when I was trying to suggest a few edits, I was greeted with the following message when trying to submit an edit:
Huh?!?!?! It was a ...
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0answers
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Is it possible to create an application that use data from Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I want to create an application that will use reputation points on Stack Overflow (and maybe on Super User and Server Fault). The application needs to connect to Stack Overflow like ...
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0answers
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Re-using the “pre-formatted” text button on sites other than Stack Overflow
On Stack Overflow, there is a very useful button for adding code samples:
However, the same button exists on other sites; here is a screenshot from Christianity:
Apart from the tool tip, it's ...
3
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0answers
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Welcome text shortcut for new users with poor posts
A problem I've seen on both Sci-fi and Christianity is poor first user posts. Specifically, the user (who typically has a rep of 1) will post an answer:
which is rambling / ranting answer ...
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1answer
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Don't ask for confirmation when a mod deletes a flagged/negative-score post
When I delete a post directly from the flag queue, there is no confirmation and the post is immediately deleted. When I delete a post from the question view, I have to confirm the deletion in a ...
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0answers
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Logging out of all stackexchange sites with one click [duplicate]
Often I visit a number of stackexchange sites. There does not seem to be a way to log out of all of the sites with one click. IMHO this would be a nice feature. If there is such a feature I would ...
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1answer
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Make it more obvious how to cancel a vote
It is not obvious that clicking the same arrow that you just clicked to up-vote or down-vote will have the effect of undoing that action. Not obvious at all. Intuitively, one might think that ...
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0answers
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Make company pages more visible on the careers site
When I go to: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/
It is very hard to find where the company pages section is.
It would be nice to have the company pages link directly on the home page of the
careers ...
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1answer
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Users Page Search option shows first page after searching instead of previous page
I've seen an issue in Stack Overflow's user search option.
I navigated to page 55 using the page number option displayed below on the "Users" page, then I get a page like:
Then I searched for ...
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0answers
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How to fill the gap between Stack Exchange and Wikipedia? [on hold]
Stack Exchange and Wikipedia are becoming more and more essential today.
They are precursors of a paradigm shift about collaboration (of course they are not the only ones).
But are they sufficient? ...
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1answer
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Quotes/ Hints page for Stack Overflow
Over the time I have been on SO, I have found many questions and answers that I believe to be gems. Some of them include quotes and hints for better Program Development.
It just crossed my mind to ...
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0answers
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Allow moderators to merge an answer with the question, under some circumstances
Maybe this is only a problem with small sites. What I notice on Drupal Answers, where users are not required to register an account to ask questions, is that sometimes a user asks a question with an ...
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0answers
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Manually give rep to users, to thank them [duplicate]
I recently made this post to which I got this very detailed answer.
I'm very appreciative of the fact that the user took so much time to write up such a comprehensive answer and would like to give ...
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3answers
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A possible new Strategy for new-comers in regards to the vote system:
I propose a new strategy for the down-vote system. Take it serious if you want or not. Its an idea.
One that is more lenient, less destructive, and better for a learning curvature.
Until the user ...
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0answers
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Allow Question Votes to count for tag synonym suggestions [duplicate]
NOTE: Can we allow 7.5K users to suggest tag synonyms without a score of 5 in the tag? is a request for total rep to unlock synonym suggesting.
This is not the same feature request. This is a ...
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0answers
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Make “Loading the question failed” error more descriptive?
When a question fails to load, for network issues, phone issues, app issues, the question was deleted (for moderation or the user did), or the question really doesn't exist, we get this generic ...
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1answer
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Why do I see “Too many edits”?
I am confused, as I thought we already fixed that problem in this question (March 2013).
this limit should now scale with reputation. Folks who are posting many answers every day for long periods ...
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0answers
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Treat rollbacks from the same user as single edits
When a single user makes multiple edits to a single post within a 5 minute period these get merged into one single edit in the revision history to avoid excessive verbosity.
When handling rollbacks ...
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0answers
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Why do you need “total answer score of 5” to suggest tag synonyms [duplicate]
I am not so good at answering questions, but I do read a lot of them and I usually figure out what common synonyms are used for a concept.
I would like to improve Stack Overflow by suggesting some ...
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1answer
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The text of the search bar disappears when switching between tabs. Should this be fixed?
On Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites, I've noticed that the text of the search bar disappears when switching from one tab to another.
For example, if I type javascript multiple ...
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0answers
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Why there is no site for sales people to ask questions? [on hold]
StackExchange has a number of sites but there is not even a single one for sales people.
If I may - I would like to suggest the site for sales people too.
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2answers
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Should SO recommend alternatives for questions it doesn't cover?
"If you want to forbid something, don't tell a man what he can't do. Tell him what he should do instead."
SO does not accept "tool recommendation" questions. Some programmers, like me, SO is the best ...
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0answers
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Change the comment vote rate limiting message in android app [duplicate]
This is the message you get when you try to vote comments more than once in fifteen seconds, in the android app:
A vote of comment can only be submitted every 15 seconds
Shouldn't it be:
A ...
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1answer
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Questions on the Related/Linked sidebar have issues on multiple sites
From here, notice how the sidebars for these three sites are a tad different, notably, Math.SE. I'm not sure if it's just me, but Math.SE clearly shows whether or not a question has been accepted ...
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4answers
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Does it make sense to have a negative rep cap for Meta posts?
I've been thinking (and posting) a lot about voting and one issue that's come up over and over is the chilling effect that downvoting can have on Meta discussions and feature-requests.
Downvoting is ...
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0answers
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Highlight all other occurrences of hovered name
StackOverflow's comments are a great feature, as we all know. I was browsing this question's comments and found myself looking for @chrisgonzalez' answer. It took me a couple of seconds to work out it ...
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0answers
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Rotating app shouldn't refresh data
Pretty simple. When you rotate the screen on the mobile app, the data gets reloaded from the server. This can cause issues on slow connections. Also, it means that any expanded comments get unexpanded ...
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0answers
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Sharing a question from the Stack Exchange Android app doesn't use the shortened URL with my userid
When sharing the link for an question, the URL is not the same as one would get when sharing from the site. It is the full URL, rather than the shortened one with the user id appended. (That is, on ...
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1answer
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Change the close link to a hold link
Now that we vote to put questions on hold rather than vote to close questions, should we see a link under the question that says close? I would think it should now say hold or on hold, instead of ...
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0answers
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Filter questions on favorite tags but ignore those which have an ignored tag
Is there a way to view all questions on stack exchange which have a tag which I marked as favorite, and which do not contain tag which I marked as ignored?
I already have the filter for Favorite tags ...
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0answers
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Allow wildcard in title search
I am trying to find all questions that meet certain criteria and contain Matlab in the title. My original attempt was this:
title:"matlab" -[matlab*] is:question closed:no answers:0
However, it ...
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0answers
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Keep the ability to flag the same post again after Low quality flag has been disputed by an edit
When someone flag with a Low Quality Post a question or answer, and someone edits the post, the flag becomes disputed, which means that the flag is automatically dismissed and you lose the ability to ...
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0answers
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Center and zoom in on the expanded image in image view
On clicking on an image, the expanded image is shown as:
The image should be centered and zoomed in to at least fill the space available.
Version: 0.1.19
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2answers
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Mark as copied answer [duplicate]
Sometimes when I post an answer someone posts the same answer. But I think this is a problem at all. There are two way while this could happen:
Post nearly at the same time. (No problem, could ...
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1answer
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Browse by category / tag [duplicate]
When reading a post in the app, the categories / tags are shown below the question and in the ListView as well. I would really like to be able to browse all questions with a specific tag (or a ...
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1answer
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Being able to list Mobile Apps I've made on my profile. (Stack Overflow Centric)
I've noticed that employers like seeing your Stack Overflow profile sometimes.
Would there be any future where users could list their own apps out on stores?
Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, etc., and ...
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0answers
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Review queue for questions should show comments on question [duplicate]
I recently reviewed a suggested edit on Java DB constraint which simply added a tag to a question. The comment was "added derby tag based on comment", which surely made sense to the editor, but to ...
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Force users to read similar/related posts before posting a question
Disclaimer; this post is more of an expansion of this question. I know there is something similar already in place, but this is slightly different (and hopfuly more effective).
Recently, I (and I'm ...
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0answers
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Usernames are displayed for questions on the main page, but no Action is displayed [duplicate]
On any given question the last person to add something to the question, be it ask, edit or answer it, is displayed(on the main page).
1m ago TsSkTo 96
This, however, doesn't show what I did. So ...
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0answers
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Can we have the ability to change the reason of casted close vote? [duplicate]
I voted to close this question Recursion is confusing as "Unclear what you're asking". However, I googled a bit and found a duplicate some time later.
I was wrong. But maybe it is a good idea to let ...
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1answer
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Show community wikis differently in the android app
What it says basically, show community wiki questions and answers differently to non-wiki ones or otherwise indicate that they are wikis.
