Questions tagged [bug]
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Can we actually suspend accounts excessive discussion?
Yes, you read that right, but no, we cannot. Yet here it is:
This account is temporarily suspended excessive discussion in comments.
I think the "due to" was skipped, and it should read &...
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Problem with vote buttons—color change without actually voting
I've encountered an issue with vote buttons. I think it's a real issue when using a tablet (for reasons that will become apparent), but I've reproduced it in a PC browser.
The new vote buttons can ...
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Missing guidance in audits: Keeping in mind what guidance above?
I just 'failed' a First Questions audit. The message reads:
STOP! Look and Listen.
This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You didn't pass.
Don't worry, we've already ...
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No link to orphan tag after tag merging in orphan-wikis page
As a mod I merged couple of tags, but now I can't find the link to nowadays orphaned tag wiki "scroll" in orphaned wikis page. What's the reason for that?
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MathJax render issues in cs.stackexchange.com [duplicate]
I see following for this following question - How to wiggle sort an array in linear time complexity?
I checked in incognito mode, in extension free Chrome instance (Version 119.0.6045.199 (Official ...
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Going to /review/user-info of an invalid queue or user ID causes a server error
I learned that you can go to https://[Stack Exchange domain].com/review/user-info/[review queue ID]/[user ID] in order to view a users review stats such as their daily, weekly, monthly, and all time ...
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Too many full stops…
This has got to be the smallest text correction request ever…
…but as noticed in a question on English Language Learners - Should a full stop punctuation be used in Abbreviations? - there are too many ...
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Recently added translations don't reach the site again
Three months ago we had the similar problem: Recently added translations don't reach the site that was resolved during the week without any visible feedback from the staff.
Now the issue arise ...
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Empty "Select your next badge" window after validating a badge [duplicate]
SHORT DESCRIPTION
The "Select your next badge" window of Stack Exchange presented after one has just validated a badge is empty.
LONGER DESCRIPTION
After receiving a new badge (in this case, ...
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Custom comment when sharing feedback doesn't warn of the character limit and simply truncates the text
When reviewing and sharing feedback with a custom comment, the little box thing where I type the comment doesn't warn of the 500-character limit, nor does it give me a countdown of how many characters ...
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Unable to translate "Who is this thread about?" on moderator private message page
The sentence on moderator private message page "Who is this thread about?" does not exist in translation engine:
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Unable to translate "Want to improve this answer" notice
There's no string to translate notice (can be added by mods manually) on answer:
Want to improve this answer? Add details and include citations to explain why this answer is correct. Answers without ...
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Punctuation mark is missing in Digital Millennium Copyright Act help page
The first paragraph is missing a punctuation mark in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Takedowns help page. Could you please add the necessary punctuation?
In plain text:
The Digital ...
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Deleted posts showing in the Earned Bounties list
Normally, one can only search their own deleted posts or they need a direct link to the deleted post. However, I've stumbled on a case where in the list of earned bounties on someone else's profile ...
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Consecutive Days Calendar in Profile throwing an jQuery UI Error [duplicate]
Do we have a fix for the Calendar that is displayed in own User Profile for the consecutive days?
Steps to Reproduce:
Sign in to Stack Overflow.
Go to User Profile.
Click on "Visited XXX days, ...
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Translations in reopen review queue about a "reason" are not used
If you don't select a reason in post reopen review queue you will get messages (depending on the popup level):
You must select a reason before submitting.
You must select a community specific reason ...
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Moderator action popup doesn't support Markdown, but contains item with it
Moderator action popup has an option "convert to edit":
* text autotranslated to English
Original text here is:
Answers should be converted to an edit of the question when they represent ...
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Misleading message claims I retracted my close vote on a question re-opened by others [duplicate]
When a question I voted to close is re-opened by others, opening the close vote modal tells me that I cannot vote again after retracting my vote:
I am not really protesting that I cannot vote again (...
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Result of recent action on admin dashboard may overlap the border
Result of recent action on admin dashboard may overlap the border:
Original English string is slightly shorter:
Post flag resolved as helpful
As you can see the post long title is processed ...
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"Saves" for unregistered user gives 404 page
The link to saves gives a 404 page when used from an unregistered user profile:
If it's not suitable for unregistered users, could we just remove that section for them? I didn't find any restrictions ...
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Notice for digest unsubscription doesn't use translation
When you did unsubscription for the community digest, the notice appeared, e.g., on ruSO:
You have been unsubscribed
This text was translated a long time ago, but for some reason it was not used. A ...
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Flag link for new user own post does nothing
A new user (tested only on an unregistered one) has three links below their own question: share, edit, and flag.
The last one (flag) actually doesn't do anything. No popup is appearing. Is there ...
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Server error when trying to view an old deleted user as a mod
When I try to visit a specific deleted user stub, it tries to load for a while and then gives an error. At least it was, and now it's just taking about 3 seconds to load, which seems unusually long. I ...
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Incorrectly encoded message about editing deleted post
An attempt to edit a deleted post by a direct link (when you don't have enough reputation to see deleted posts, or you're an owner of deleted post), e.g., here gives a raw text page stated:
This post ...
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Add context "refers to site" for "About" used on welcome block for new users
If you are a new user to the site, you will see the welcome block on the right side of the main page:
That block has three links in the bottom part:
About
Help
Meta
Sometime ago, we decided that ...
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Finish registration notice doesn't look designed right
Being an unregistered user, you can proceed with finishing the registration. In this case, you will see the same page as in a normal registration, but with a misaligned notice above:
Notice states:
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Is StackExchange programmed to intentionally mis-hyphenate "Democrats" to characterize them as "rats"?
I asked a question Did US president Theodore Roosevelt call Democrats "prison vermin"? on Skeptics SE and noticed on the mobile version it displays as:
Is Stack Exchange programmed to mis-...
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Supported browser versions is not up to date for Opera browser
The Browser support page is now* updating to show the latest versions of the various web browsers — that is, except for one: Opera. Opera 102 & 103 are listed, but in fact the latest version of ...
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Elements overlapping on send mod message page
In case of unverified Email for user, the private mod message has overlapping between page title and the notice on narrow screen:
Link for test for staff: https://ru.stackoverflow.com/users/message/...
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Too big font size for user flagged post page
Currently the font size on user flagged posts page is too big:
It wasn't so big some times ago.
Looks like it affects many pages in user profile settings as well:
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Unable to translate notice in mod message for user without verified email
The following notice doesn't have source string to translate on mod message page:
This user does not have a verified email address so this message will only be seen on {site name}.
Link for test for ...
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Translation for "consistently low quality questions over time" mod template isn't used
Existing translation not used for mod template "consistently low quality questions over time".
There are two original sentences. I don't really know which one should be used, but no one is ...
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Short URL of a comment is not picked up in the "Linked" questions list
Here is a short URL of a comment on a different Meta SE post:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/594902
However, the question under which this comment appears is not added to the "...
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Attempt to change high contrast option for Community user leads to an empty popup notice
Being a moderator, you're able to access some settings of other sites' users, even for the Community (bot) user. In the latter case, changing the high contrast option leads to an empty popup appearing ...
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No bottom lines for last row of tags in next tag badge popup
In your profile you can track your next tag badge.
In some cases there are not bottom lines for tag blocks in next tag badge popup:
Animation with scrolling popup content:
Reproduced on iPad Pro 11&...
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Long name of badge makes badge fat on Next Badge popup
When a badge with a long enough name hits into the Next Badge popup, it appears fat on a narrow screen:
It turns out it also happening on wide screens (e.g., on iPad Pro 11"):
Here's clearly ...
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Back link on moderator election history page refers to first ever election
Moderators can see a history of election notice on every election page, e.g. second (2017) election on ruSO:
If you're a moderator and you have more than one election already, just open the link {...
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No zero number specified for answers count on question merging
During questions merging (available for mods) there's a place for number of answers on target question:
But in case if there's no answer there's no number at all (zero number is expected):
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Unable to translate "Save changes", "Cancel" buttons on moderator election page
On every election page there's a possibility to edit a notice of election (if you're a site moderator). When you started an edit there are two buttons "Save changes" and "Cancel":
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Unquoting doesn't always work in the new Stacks Editor
Unquoting doesn't always work in the new Stacks Editor. Example:
Markdown:
> I have been detained when trying to walk out of tuas and was given a warning. DO NOT walk on Tuas. [Anish Sheela](https:...
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Bug? Constantly logged out of "Super User" despite being logged in to SE [duplicate]
Is this expected behavior or a bug?
I am logged in to SE and can use most of my communities, but when I go to Super User it keeps showing me as logged out and asks me to sign up or log in to ...
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Part of Q icon in leftnav disappeared on mouse hover
When you hover a Question item on left-nav by mouse the bottom left corner of the icon disappears:
Animation below (tested on Windows 11 Google Chrome):
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Syntax highlighting for Vimscript
A moderator on Vi & Vim SE recently announced syntax highlighting for lang-vimscript (seems to be synonymous to lang-vim) to be working: It looks like lang-vimscript is supported for code ...
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Search seems to be almost completely broken
Advanced searches such as closed:yes and user:me are returning no results or the wrong results. I'm pretty sure there are closed questions on MSE, for example:
And these aren't my posts:
Even a ...
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Every template from moderator private message has lost the translation
All moderator message templates have lost their translations.
For instance, the translation for the template "question repetition" was made a long time ago and was available before the mod ...
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Transifex missing a string about automatically converting answer to a comment
When system automatically convert my answer to a comment, I get the string "Your answer has been automatically converted to a comment", untranslated. I wrote a bug-report in ruSO meta, but a ...
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Available translation isn't used for tag merging error
Available translation isn't used for tag merging error:
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Text is not wrapping in the tag popup of "Top Tags" section in profile
As can be seen in the below screenshot, it's all messed up:
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Stack status incorrect during yesterday’s maintenance/outage [duplicate]
Stack Exchange was in read-only mode all yesterday afternoon Sydney time, at least between 2PM and 6PM AEDT October 30, which would be between 3AM and 7AM UTC October 30. The message I received when ...
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Space before reply causes reply to not render
While typing a chat message that was a reply, I accidentally put a space before the colon marking the reply. I didn’t bother to delete it, as I figured chat would trim the message for me. Instead, the ...