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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Do we need comments saying what comments are for?
I am seeing a more frequent use of comments on a question that are posted right after the question is stating what the purpose of comments are. Do we need these comments or should they be treated like ...
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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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Comments not allowed to contain (start with) "-1"?
Just ran into the same issue as Can't post a comment which contains -1. I did not down-vote the answer that I wanted to add a comment to. Related: Making valid use of comments containing "-1"...
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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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Why did all the comments under my answer disappear? [closed]
I have an answer to one of the questions (link) and many comments were there. Now every comment disappeared while the comments under the other responses are still there.
What might have happened? Is ...
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No string to translate "Expand to show all comments on this post, or add one of your own"
On ruSO we found that the source string for "Expand to show all comments on this post, or add one of your own" is absent in translation database.
There's an old related post on MSE with ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Moderators can delete comments on any post but not undelete them prior to signing the moderator agreement
Is it expected behavior that an elected (but before accepting the agreement) moderator can delete any comment on the post, but unable to undelete them? Even for my own comments I got the error:
An ...
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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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Comment "flagged" on opening author profile in a new tab [duplicate]
I am faced with a very weird behavior with a comment on the moderator election page (reproducible only on Chrome/Safari on iPadOS 16.4). Opening the comment's author profile in a new tab leads to ...
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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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How do I ask long clarifications on an answer?
Someone has left a thoughtful answer to my question.
I have a bunch of clarifications, and for now I've left these as a set of long comments. Is this the appropriate way to do this, or should I have ...
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I'm repeatedly getting 409 and 500 HTTP responses when trying to edit comments
I'm getting this on SO, MSE, and other network sites.
The 500 error returns the content of the 404 page.
What happened?
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Comment markdown formatting doesn't render correctly when immediately followed by a forward slash
Consider either of the following Markdown formatting examples:
a**b**/c
a*b*/c
They will (as expected) render as ab/c and ab/c, respectively, in posts. However, in comments, it does not work for some ...
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Comments and Questions should use the same ENTER key actions
When writing a question, the ENTER key goes to the next line.
When adding a comment, the ENTER key is booby trapped to also hit the
comment submission button that is also present. Yes, one can then ...
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Reviewers should be able to communicate with each other about a review task
TL;DR:
Reviewers of a post should be able to comment on the task in a separate comment section visible to everyone but only actionable by the reviewers, 10k users and moderators.
Communication between ...
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Notifications not being marked as read [duplicate]
I see this has been asked historically a few times over the years, but this is a new behavior for me since about the past couple of weeks or months or so.
I get comment notifications, and when I click ...
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How can you view the most upvoted comments on your posts (answers and questions)?
Is there a way to view the most upvoted comments from any of my answers or questions on Stack Overflow?
There are two similar questions/answers:
Search for my most upvoted comments and
Can I view a ...
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Multiple answers to the same question doesn't clear in inbox count [duplicate]
I just verified that it doesn't work.
I tried to answer a question on SO. The OP put 2 comments under my answer, which showed "2" in the "Recent inbox messages".
When I click 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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What are the limits with edits to questions?
Intro
I understand the basic idea of the question editing functions, both the person asking and the person reading or answering's perspective. From my understanding:
Person asking do edits because:
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Reduce whitespace between short posts and their comment section [duplicate]
For ♦ moderators, the vote section contains some additional links (to the flag history, and to show deleted comments). For short answers like this one, this causes unnecessary whitespace between the ...
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I was notified of and viewed a comment, but the notification disappeared from my global inbox, and it isn't in the site's comment responses list [duplicate]
I commented on Session cookies seem to get lost and then, later while on another site, I was notified about Aaron Bertrand's comment reply. After responding several minutes later and, because I ...
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Automatically mark notification read when I view the comment
I'm viewing a question, and someone posts a comment that notifies me.
I click on the "Show N more comments" message to show all the new comments, so I see the comment mentioned in the ...
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Has a mandatory comment for the vote system ever been trialled?
I have seen discussions of a mandatory comment system for downvotes discussed both on and off Stack Exchange sites.
Take for example this community wiki discussion. The accepted answers raises some ...
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Make short "saved my <time>" comments single-flag-deletable
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The vast majority of short-length comments containing the substring "save" and certain units of time (hour, day, week, life) are useless (see "When shouldn't I comment" and ...
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Is it helpful to have a doubt indicator on comments? [closed]
My current research topic is automated doubt identification on Stack Overflow comments under answer posts using machine learning models, where doubt raised in comments refers to having critiques about ...
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Comments on migrated questions still show up in my site-specific "all actions" tab, even after the comment is deleted at the migration target
I understand that I lose connection with a comment when it is migrated to a site at which I am not a member.
However, I also notice that even where that comment is deleted at the target site, the ...
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Some questions about search [closed]
I want to search questions answered by me and some another user. How can I do this? I don't see an "and" operator.
Is there a way to search through comments (answers under which there is ...
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When editing an answer, the OP highlight on comments changes users when comments are expanded
When using the full page editor (like someone without editing privileges), I noticed that the highlight to show who is the "original poster" on comments will swap between the answer OP and ...
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Why isn't the submit event received when submitting a comment via pressing the enter key when the listener uses addEventListener and not onsubmit?
I'm writing a userscript and want to attach an event listener to run when a comment is submitted. I was surprised that I couldn't receive the submit event when the form is submitted via pressing the ...
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