A message displayed to alert the user to a problem or potential problem.
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Warn new users when they ask a question after a previous question is closed, downvoted, or deleted
Another "miséricorde": Can you please review my ban?
Consider this comment (emphasis added):
I think its okay, please dont take any efforts for me. I personally do not feel the system helps ask ...
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Supplement the tag blacklisting feature with a warning when trying to use any tag that has previously been removed
Sometimes we decide a tag that is in use is not a very good idea and we remove it, perhaps by editing every question that has it.
But a new user comes along who doesn't know the history and naively ...
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Warning when using a blacklisted tag - is it customizable?
I suppose that when a user tries to submit question with a blacklisted tag, he gets warning of this type:
sorry, the 'example-tag' tag is not allowed.
(I don't know this for sure, but I guess ...
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2answers
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What is the meaning of a warning “Vote to delete this post?” when deleting an answer.
I get a warning "Vote to delete this post?" when deleting an answer. What does vote mean? and What are the implications if I click on OK?. Can anyone help explain it to me?
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Automatically warn against the use of mysql_* functions on Stack Overflow
Would it be possible to put a small warning on all questions that get tagged with mysql warning against the use of mysql_* functions in their code?
It seems that every single time a PHP/MySQL ...
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0answers
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Android tags and logcat
Since we'll always find questions asking about exceptions being generated without showing the logcat contents, is it possible to always display a warning whenever the user uses the words "android" and ...
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1answer
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Warn users when posting without sample code?
A very common comment on SO questions is the request for sample code.
The thing is that this is possible to detect "automatically": by checking if the user formatted anything as code. Of course you ...
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2answers
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Warn user when their code is larger than 80 characters
Scrolling horizontally is hard. Warning someone that posts code that is larger than 80 characters against the readability problem this causes would be a solution to avoid then from the start.
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Give an user a warning when he tries to include a signature?
Data Explorer - People that use their name in their post.
(Well, matches rob inside a word, but that's just a matter of correcting the regular expression; it's the idea that counts...)
Can't we warn ...
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1answer
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add comment, leave page, lose comment
If I add a comment but navigate (by mistake) to another page, I lose my unfinished comment (ok, depends on browser etc). On the other hand, when formulating a question, and I click on a link by ...
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3answers
546 views
Warning message for VB.NET questions being answered with C# solution
I suggest SO to show warning messages for VB.NET questions being answered with C# solution or vice versa.
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1answer
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Why does a warning flag appear on this question while composing it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does the automatic subjective filter work?
I was part way through composing a question when I received the warning shown in the screenshot. What has triggered this ...
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4answers
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Show a tooltip-warning when an answers states “above” or “below”
While those words are not evil in general, some answers use them for something like "as in the above answer...", which is pretty useless when the poster refers to a sorted-by-vote view which may have ...
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Minor bug: same warning overlaps itself, looks like one [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Popup alert overlapping bug
When you click on the up or down vote button on your own post, you get a warning message as expected.
However, if you click again, and ...
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1answer
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Adding one more detail to the “answer your own question” warning?
I'm not sure it would be actually working, since users don't read, but could be worth trying.
A case which happen quite often is that people will add new details to their question as a new answer, ...
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3answers
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Warn new users on 20-minute question delay limit after first question, not against second question
I got the very annoying warning below after fighting to submit a question and having it refused for unintentionally trying to add new tags.
Should post this warning during the 20 minute period ...
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0answers
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Meta Submission Form Should Disclose Tag Requirement [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Show required tags when asking a question on Meta
It's really annoying that the submission form on Meta throws an error when you use it, informing you that one of various ...
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1answer
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Not Important bug found with 5 second comment warning?
This is not an important bug to fix, but just noticed it today. You normaly get the 5 seconds between comment vote warning when you try and vote for too many comments at once. I deleted two of my ...