Questions tagged [comments]
Comments are small addenda to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting and intended to prompt clarifying edits. Can also be used for comments on the blog posts.
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Why isn't it required to provide comments/feedback for downvotes, and why are proposals suggesting this so negatively received?
Sometimes my post receives downvotes with no explanation on what I've done wrong. Even worse, sometimes I just get snarky comments!
It seems like this is especially bad for new users, who are made to ...
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Does voting to close as duplicate erase earlier comments? [duplicate]
The first comment on the following question pointed out a previous question and declared that is was similar but not a duplicate.
Are there any implementations of C++ that don't use vtables and ...
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Can we remove "anonymous downvotes"? [duplicate]
I keep asking questions on Math Stack Exchange that get downvotes with no explanation. I understand that downvotes are meant to help people ask better questions in the future, but it's no help when ...
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Prevent comments when downvoting
There have been numerous posts (here on MSE, on MSO, and other meta sites) requesting some form of explanation with downvotes. Although most curators are quite sceptical that any such scheme would be ...
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Prompt to specify downvote reason but allow to keep downvotes anonymous [duplicate]
Recently @Catija replied to my answer (If more users could vote, would they engage more? Testing 1 reputation voting on some sites) about mandatory downvote reason (especially for 1+ rep users).
“I'd ...
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Broken tooltip for question link with non-Latin symbols in comments
If I put a link (from the browser) to a question with non-Latin title in the comment, then I've got not URL decoded text with incorrect right border (in FF):
I would like to see correct title ...
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The "Add A Comment" Button sometimes Freezes
Whenever I see a red banner stating:
Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load. Retry using another source.
The "Add a comment" (...
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Are sock puppet comment and Meta votes retracted?
A user used sock puppets to self-upvote, self-bounty, and self-accept answers they'd ask questions on. It is unknown whether this included voting on Meta posts or on comments.
Only one sock was ...
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When were comments first available on Stack Exchange?
I am curious about when comments first became available on Stack Exchange (or whatever the site was when the development occurred). I ask this because, in the Database schema documentation for the ...
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Search for comments on posts with a certain tag based on a keyword
I am trying to get the comments on posts with a specific tag which include a phrase or a keyword of interest using SEDE. Here's my first attempt: https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/...
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Analyst badge: 10 comments with score of 10 or more
I see that Area 51 has an Analyst badge — Left 10 comments with score of 10 or more. It also has the Commentator (10 comments) and Pundit (10 comments/5 score) badges, which the SE sites all ...
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Can clicking on a negatively-received post remove the graying-out on both the content *and* the comments?
This post was marked status-completed – and it is, to a degree. But clicking on a post with a score of −3 (or −7) or lower doesn't remove the grayness on the comments underneath the post, only the ...
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So nice, we said it twice: "User is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct."
When I was leaving my second comment under a new contributor's post, I got a duplicate message:
User is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sadly, the limit is two, no ...
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Add data.SE style "magic links" to comments
Ask yourself how many times you typed the following in a comment:
[meta](https://meta.stackexchange.com)
Me, personally, I'm sick of it. Can we have some data.stackexchange.com-style "magic links" ...
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For moderators, please add the "undelete" button to all deleted comments
Well, we're not exactly on the same page as a team on undeletions.
In dealing with the comments on this post — I noticed that a comment (with broader context) containing some trigger keyword was ...
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How should I respond to unfriendly comments by moderators? [duplicate]
I recently saw an unfriendly comment from a diamond moderator on an SE site. I would flag the comment as unfriendly or unkind if a regular user had posted it. How should I respond considering that it'...
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What determines the number of comments that are displayed?
I'm curious how it is decided how many comments to display before the "Show more comments" link.
Sometimes I see a dozen comments on a question and no "Show more comments" link, in ...
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The "Delete" button on comments now always shows instead of only on hover; is this an intentional change?
I've noticed that the "Delete" button on my own comments now always shows, instead of being shown only when I mouse over the comment as before.
I personally like the change, as it makes it ...
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Why was a straightforward link in a comment misrendered in a notification email?
In How can I do the work of Universal USB Installer from Linux?, I received the following email notification for the first comment, with a linked URL ending three characters too early:
The link ...
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Should we let people know that their actions are being discussed on meta, if so what's the best way?
Whenever I post something on SO meta about a particular post or review, I ping the people involved with that post or review. It seems to be the equitable thing to do, allow people to speak up, if ...
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How can I propose that a certain group of comments should be deleted?
A mod made a comment under my question that I thought was a little too personal about me, contains no useful information, is likely to be interpreted in more than one way, and is likely to mislead ...
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Add a "Spam" flag reason for comments
Sometimes I see spam comments, and I would like to see a "Spam" reason for flagging comments.
But now there are only these reasons:
My feature request is: add an "Spam" flag ...
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Code background can overflow comments [duplicate]
Look at this:
I think that overflow is due to the following CSS rule:
code {
white-space: pre-wrap;
}
Changing it to the following seems to fix the issue:
code {
white-space: break-spaces;
}
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Why is comment history a mod-only privilege?
I just noticed recently that edited comments get this cute little pencil next to them. What I also noticed is that as a mod I can see the entire edit history of the comment, but non-mods cannot.
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"User does not have permission to comment on this post" error [closed]
I am attempting to post a comment to this answer, but I am getting the following error:
I have 4000+ reputation on Stackoverflow so I don't think that should be a problem.
I looked How do ...
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Why is there no autocomplete for pinging editors?
I hope this example shows why autocomplete would be useful beyond the comfort of the commenter:
I recently had an issue where someone edited a post (which I'm not the author of) only to add one extra ...
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Converting a comment to an answer (again)
I wrote a comment, and OP asked me to convert it to an answer and expand on it. I cannot simply copy-and-paste it because there is some nontrivial Markdown and Mathjax code in it. I cannot access its ...
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What is the SE version of Seven Dirty Words?
Caution: R-rated language
Some words, when present in a comment, make it eligible for instant, automatic one-flag deletion. Out of the seven words you can never say on television, only
appear to ...
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How is it possible that a single user who is not a moderator can delete a comment?
On Drupal Answers, while taking care of some comment flags, I noticed that a comment written on March, 2012 is reported to be deleted by a single user today.
Notice that:
The user who seems to have ...
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Encouraging people to explain downvotes
Note: If you're looking for a simple explanation as to why comments aren't required on downvotes, see Why isn't providing feedback mandatory on downvotes, and why are ideas suggesting such ...
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What should I do if a question I'm considering asking would be closed as a duplicate, but I don't understand the duplicate's answer?
To make this clear, I’m asking about a question that I would have that has already been answered but is still difficult to understand or confuses me. I have read this on duplicates, but I’m wondering ...
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Who has the power to delete a comment?
I posted a comment on the following question. My comment was:
You will have to work on your accept rate. Currently it's catastrophic. Zero as in a singularity inside a black hole.
This comment was ...
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Is it possible to see the removed content due to my flag in my own question?
Years ago I flagged a comment or maybe an answer for "Harassment, bigotry, or abuse" in my own question, and it was probably removed by a moderator. I just found out earlier today on my ...
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How to retrieve posts converted into comments from Stack Overflow dump?
I am trying to write queries on the data explorer to retrieve the posts that have been converted into comments.
However the votes, comments and posthistory tables have no information that shows when ...
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Question already answered by a comment [duplicate]
I was wondering if someone else has the problem that a question might be already answered by a comment. I mainly focus on questions that don't have any answer already in order to help.
It costs me a ...
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Android app hangs while submitting a comment upvote
Small but mildly bothersome bug: When you submit a comment upvote, the app hangs while it waits for a response from the server.
If it takes too long to get a response, the app crashes. I'd imagine ...
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Add a way I can see the comments I've upvoted
I know that this question has been asked multiple times like here and here. But as you can see, by visiting the links, most of the times the question has been closed without any resolution. Hence, I'm ...
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Option to click on the Add Comment link without a mouse [duplicate]
My mouse died today.
When I wanted to add a comment with just the keyboard, I found that it was just not possible.
Please add a way for me to be able to add comments without having to make use of the ...
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Why are tooltips for bare links to SE posts (in comments) not capitalized despite the actual posts being capitalized?
When posting links to SE posts in comments, where links are not converted to links with titles, the tooltips for those links are not capitalized.
For example, this is a bare link with an uncapitalized ...
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Allow me to block other users from close-voting my posts to prevent harassment and trolling
The Problem:
My daily flags are spent on a handful of people, who I see again the next time I log in with the same nasty behavior. They won't get banned, they actually have huge positive reputations ...
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Is it okay to upvote answers posted in comments?
I recently received an answer to one of my questions posted as a comment. I upvoted the comment and suggested that the commenter post it as an answer. Was it appropriate to upvote the comment? The ...
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Can't comment because of a bug
Wherever I click Add a comment on Stack Exchange sites, even on my own questions, the screen gets like this:
without any possibility to comment. How can I fix it?
I'm using Chrome version 111.0.5563....
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Let's hold language in comments to the same standard as posts
Through his never-ending sense of wonder and curiosity, my colleague Jon Ericson recently posted some findings on his exploration into the possibility of ...hastily written... questions essentially ...
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What is wrong with the tone in this answer?
Recently I got accused by other user for using unacceptable "tone" for posting the only helpful and reliable answer to their question.
I am apparently not the most courteous dude in the world, I have ...
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Should "move-to-chat" be provided on demand (as a button perhaps)?
When comments get too chatty the move-to-chat feature asks if you'd like to move it out. But this often happens after the fact and thus doesn't prevent it.
I propose that:
Move-to-chat be provided ...
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Mandatory comment for close vote - unclear
This question has an increasing number of vote close. However:
it has no bad number of votes.
answers has good number of votes.
reading answers and comments, it is show that is not off-topic nor an ...
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"Legions of insanely-pedantic users": not against the be-nice policy?
I read the following comment (the comment has now been deleted, so here is the mirror) on meta:
So far everyone has missed the REAL reason why SE sites will always be freely-accessible: legions of ...
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Prevent comment duplication
Possibly due to an internet connection problem I posted a couple of comments with the same content.
Staff can check it here. The latter one was already deleted by me.
My proposal is to check the ...
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Comment author's username shifts downward (compared to the rest of the line) on narrow screens
On narrow screens (e.g., Android Chrome), the username of a comment author is displayed shifted downward in the comment section (especially for users with the "Staff" and "Mod" ...
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A comment is better than my answer - should I remove the answer?
I answered a question, and a user later added a correct comment that would actually make a better answer than mine. Should I remove my answer?
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