Questions tagged [feature-request]
Proposals for new features on the Stack Exchange network, or requests for a change to an existing feature.
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Change the attach-pictures icon to something more appropriate?
We spend a lot of time explaining to newbies that the "attach photo" button is the mountain-landscape icon.
Aren't we overdue to replace that icon with something more self-evident, like a ...
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Localize "asked"/"answered"/"edited" on rus.SE correctly
On Stack Exchange sites there are two places where the text "asked 2 hours ago" appears, on lists of questions (namely "Top Questions" and "All Questions") where it's ...
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Enhancement Request: Attribution Block Markdown
Over at Worldbuilding we constantly bring images and quotes in from outside sources. I suspect other Stacks do that a lot, too. When it comes to images, charts, and graphs, we want people to properly ...
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Should there be an automated notification when a post ban ends? [duplicate]
I never get notified when a post ban ends. I know there are ways to find out, but having to attempt to post to find if a ban exists is a bit wasteful of time.
Is there a way to know if a ban is still ...
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Moderator tool to convert an answer into an edit to the question should take labeling for links into account [duplicate]
I (as a mod) added that answer (you need 10k to see) as a complementary edit to the question. The content of question was simply added to the question. Since they both - the question and the deleted ...
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Grubby UX patterns on first visits from a new machine/browser [closed]
Edit: seems this got everyone's backs up! This is better than no attention 😀
I've added some more details and my suggestions, but the rant stays.
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Dark UX patterns should be seriously reconsidered ...
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Is there an RSS feed for a user's saves/favorites? [duplicate]
I think this is a duplicate of this question, but that was asked 13 years ago, and this answer from 300 weeks ago no longer works as far as I can tell (I get a 404 error when I try it).
As I ...
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Is it possible to save questions over different sites? [duplicate]
I have saved some questions on Stack Overflow, and I have just saved a question on the DBA site.
It might be useful to have a list of all saved questions, without needing to surf to each individual ...
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Is there a way to not be notified of any elections ever? [duplicate]
I have participated in a number of Stack Exchange sites (over twenty) and I'll continue to ask questions from time to time.
But I will never vote. I would like to be able to use my account on Stack ...
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Questions closed for multiple community-specific reasons should be clear about that fact
It happens sometimes - especially on Stack Overflow - that a question will receive three close votes for community-specific reasons (i.e., as off-topic), and each voter will choose a different reason. ...
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How can I manage multiple work accounts with my personal Stack Exchange account?
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Recently I joined a charity organization which requires me to do some light coding.
I setup of my new account on Chrome which now has three accounts linked in it (Personal, 9-5 Work, and ...
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Is there a consolidated source of accessibility guidelines for users posting questions/answers?
While Stack Exchange itself tries to be as accessible as possible, I have been unsuccessful in finding anything to help users in their posting accessible questions/answers.
Is there a consolidated ...
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Allow mods more freedom in editing the tour
Context:
Some sites prohibit 'personal advice' questions:
Mathematics:
Questions about choosing a course, academic program, career path, etc. are off-topic. Such questions should be directed to ...
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Improve load speed of side nav links on blog, or include loading indicator
When visiting the blog I noticed that it takes a long time for pages to load when clicking on the links in the left navigation sidebar. In addition, there is no visual indicator that anything is ...
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Tags should be markable as obsolete, and opted out of being suggested for new questions
I don't know what algorithm is being used to come up with tag suggestions, but it probably wouldn't be too hard to add a simple filter that blocks it from suggesting "obsolete" tags.
I ...
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Why can't I delete off topic everywhere stuff after it is migrated? [duplicate]
I have previously had questions on other sites migrated from one site to another, and neither really fit it, and I knew it, so is it a bug that after migration, including back to the origin site, I ...
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Accessing the Original Question After Edit Submission on Stack Overflow
I have recently submitted an edit to a question on Stack Overflow. My intention was to review the original question (before the edit was accepted or rejected) for verification purposes. However, I am ...
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Can we have the SE site's clicked icon enlarge but zoom upward, and put the open button at top?
When I start SE at https://stackexchange.com/sites?view=grid, the sites are tiles to be clicked on. When I click on a tile, it enlarges, then zooms down so it lines up with the row below, and the open ...
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Should sites provide mechanisms for detecting and then reversing the meta effect?
I recently asked a question in a particular meta site about how to improve a question in the corresponding main site. Apparently, the post on meta draw more attention (and consequently more downvotes) ...
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Remove Share to Twitter and Facebook-link [duplicate]
Twitter no longer exists. It is now called "X".
These websites are a net negative on this planet; we should not promote them (and there is no way they can be used to promote Stack Exchange)....
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Browsing for any non-recent blog post is significantly harder with the new design (and "Show more" is broken)
The new blog design looks great! But it's left behind a feature that was really useful for navigating through old content: the archive/ date-based browsing page(s).
The old blog design had date-based ...
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Add thousands separator to reputation in Stack Overflow blog header
The Stack Overflow blog is redesigned, and in the new design we are able to log in to the blog. Upon successfully logging in, users are now greeted with a refined header layout that prominently ...
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Add option to download a message in SEDE
In SEDE, one can download the results as a CSV file, but there are no options to download a message.
Feature request: Add an option to download a message in SEDE. That'd be useful for queries ...
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How about getting your inbox notifications on Android phone?
We know that Stack Exchange has discontinued its Android App and is not interested in making the app code open source.
One of the greatest features of the app, that I am missing most, is the instant ...
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The visual hint for a vote is less visible than for a retracted vote on Chrome for iOS
Problem: The visual hint for a vote is less visible than for a retracted vote on Chrome for iOS. I sometimes have to revote and reretract to understand whether I did what I want (voted or retracted).
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Do we do more than "frown on" plagiarism?
I just realized that How to reference material written by others reads as follows:
Plagiarism - posting the work of others with no indication that it is not your own - is frowned on by our community, ...
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Use AI like ChatGPT to find duplicate questions
I know ChatGPT is banned on Stack Exchange. But at least, AI can be used in automation. I mean most of the time I try to find if my question is duplicate or not before asking the question, and I see a ...
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Close the question with reason [closed]
I don't know if the above title is the best suited to what I'm going to explain the problem. Here's the problem: How do we know which part of our question was not good to ask on the platform? Okay, ...
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Log in using MFA? [duplicate]
Is there a way to add 2FA or MFA to my existing Stack Exchange login, or I do have to add a GitHub, Google, etc. login?
I tried searching the help and looking around the settings, but I couldn't see ...
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"Posts by deleted user" page should allow sorting by last activity
One common use of the "Posts by deleted user" page is investigating vandalism by a deleted user (generally part of a rage-quit), either edits or deletions. If the user doesn't have a lot of ...
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Improve post-notice for sourceless answers
On questions like this one that have a tendency to be answered by low-rep users who don't cite any sources, mods can add the following post-notice:
Want to improve this post? Provide detailed ...
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Blocklist is missing the effect of the listed patterns (warn vs. block type)
The following picture is a redacted example of what <site>.stackexchange.com/admin/blocklist looks like:
While this page is called the blocklist, not all of the patterns are blocked. Some of ...
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Make clicking "add/edit private note" in the saves view auto-focus the text input for the private note
After clicking "add/edit private note", the text input for the private note appears, but it isn't focused automatically. I don't like having to move my user-agent's focus (either by pointer ...
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Supported browser versions needs updating
In February of this year, I posted a bug report requesting an update for the Browser support page to list the current browser version numbers:
Supported browser versions needs update
As the answer to ...
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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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Community Health Dashboards
This is based on a recent Meta Software Engineering question.
It would be interesting to expose, to the community, information about community health. The Meta Software Engineering question asked ...
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Review bans could consider reviews and passed audits in addition to time elapsed [duplicate]
Since my previous ban ended I reviewed about 450 items and passed many audits.
Well eventually failed this audit and banned! Now it's 60 days.
On meta there is a question explaining that is not ...
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Support 'text' as an alias for 'none' in syntax highlighting
For years, it has driven me nuts, having to use ```text to deactivate syntax highlighting on most markdown-enabled platforms like GitHub, but ```none or ```lang-text specifically on Stack Overflow. ...
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Groovy syntax highlighting
According to the list of supported languages for syntax highlighting, Groovy has been missing for many years, despite the fact that highlight.js supports Groovy and Groovy is not a particularly exotic ...
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What am I supposed to do when I get what is probably the "requires external JavaScript" error for the chat domains and SEDE?
I'm suddenly getting this error in my main sites (like SO and MSE)
Meta Stack Exchange requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load. Retry using another source....
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Let's prevent association bonus abuse
The association bonus grants otherwise no-rep users a lot of privileges. That's good if we trust them (great even, since it allows us to flag spam across the network), but could be terrible if we don'...
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Allow setting public visibility settings on saves lists, such as "public" and "unlisted"
This idea is based on YouTube playlist / Google Drive share link visibility settings, which allow "private", "unlisted" (only people with the link can view), and "public"....
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Auto suspend the user network-wide if their accounts have been destroyed on a certain number (e.g. 3) of sites
Possibly related; might be an extension or alternative to: A user should just be destroyed network-wide automatically if it has no upvoted content and is destroyed on two independent sites by mods ...
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Recent proliferation of spam on Server Fault [duplicate]
In the past couple of months I'm seeing a lot more spam on Server Fault. Until a few months ago I virtually never saw spam, and now virtually every time I visit there are money lenders, abortion pills,...
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When an SE site is closed, redirect the dead URLs to Area 51 instead of 404s [duplicate]
Example: https://productivity.stackexchange.com/ was closed. It'd be better if it redirects to https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/4296/personal-productivity instead of some 404 message, so ...
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It should probably be clearer that large numbers of minor edits aren't useful
When you edit a page on a site where you don't have enough rep to edit without needing approval, it says this:
Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.
We welcome edits that ...
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How to deal with mass typos fixing, should they be a part of homepage?
There are several questions about the issue, but related to low-rep users, e.g. Are we discouraged from fixing typos and misspellings on Stack Exchange sites?
I would like to discuss how should we ...
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Can the AI banner disappear globally once dismissed on any site?
I've dismissed it here on MSE, but I still see it on Super User. Given that I've already seen and dismissed the banner once, I don't really want to have to dismiss it on each site.
(Ignore the font ...
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How can I browse popular questions of multiple communities?
I have joined more than 15 communities on Stack Exchange.
One of the things I enjoy is going to Questions → More → Score and seeing the most upvoted questions.
A lot of them are really interesting and ...
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Give us a way to go back to the initial votes position after clicking to view breakdown [duplicate]
When clicking on an answer to see the vote breakdown, there is not any action to return to the initial position, or at least I can't find it. The only possibility is to change or refresh the page:
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