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Users without full editing privileges are unable to edit their own posts or community wiki posts when the suggested edit queue is full
Someone just complained here that they were unable to make an edit to their own post because the suggested edit queue was full on the site. This action used to work perfectly fine before, as edits to ...
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Default election question about reaching 10k or 20k rep is inaccurate for sites with beta-level privileges
One of the default questions in election questionnaires is
In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?
(source)
That was ...
GlorfindelMod
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Restrict the delete/undelete vote privilege to once per post
I am aware of the reasons delete has not been restricted before, but the reasoning has begun to unravel on Stack Overflow, where a fairly large pool of users now have access to that privilege. I give ...
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Information about expanded usercards in the 'create posts' privilege page refers to a drop shadow which is no longer present
In the create posts privilege in the Help center it says (emphasis mine):
Expanded usercards
When anyone is viewing your usercard on a question, an answer, or on the users list, they may hover over ...
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Please allow users without the close/reopen votes privilege to see the full details of close reasons
Let me first establish what I'm not asking about:
I know that there are posts that don't show a specific close reason to anyone when three different reasons were chosen.
I know that users who don't ...
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Lowered reputation threshold for meta participation on some sites is not working
According to What are the reputation requirements for privileges on sites, and how do they differ per site?, some sites have a lowered reputation (e.g. 1-rep) threshold for participating in meta:
Ask ...
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"On hold" is not yet removed from the privilege pages
As per the New Post Notices are live network-wide post, "on hold" label is removed from the post notices (title suffix).
Where did the "On Hold" label go?
"On Hold" had been used to label ...
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Fix misuse of code formatting in "Comment everywhere" privilege documentation
The "comment everywhere" privilege documentation refers to the "add a comment" link using code formatting.
This may mislead people into thinking that code formatting should be used for English quotes,...
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Make viewing deleted posts and vote counts more widely available on Meta SE
Meta SE is where a lot of discussion about things that affect the entire network take place. While most privileges should be locked behind the usual rep progression, there are some that shouldn't be.
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Remove UI restriction against unprotecting questions less than 24 hours old
It's that time of the year again; no, I don't mean April Fools, I mean a question with a lot of posts by users who are new to Meta. These posts are explicitly open to new users. Like the contests last ...
GlorfindelMod
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Close voting privileges on private beta sites listed as 1 reputation, but not actually given until 15 reputation
The privilege for voting to close and reopen posts on private beta sites is supposed to be given out at 1 reputation, and for a while, it was. However, at some point, a bug was introduced: basically, ...
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Unable to review close votes on a private beta site with 1 reputation
On private beta sites, casting close & reopen votes should only take 1 reputation. However, on an account with 1 reputation, I attempted to review Close Votes on Tezos (which is currently in ...
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1
answer
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Ugly "Next Privilege" text on user activity page
It seems "See votes, expandable user card" goes on a second line on the activity page of the user profile resulting in a pretty bad look:
You can see it live on this profile (though of course that ...
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Reduce ads privilege is not shown on some sites
On some sites of network page "Reduce Ads" is not shown on the list (~/help/privileges) page. Also page with privilege (~/help/privileges/reduced-ads) is absent and redirects me to privilege list (~/...
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Remove the 2 link limit for new users everywhere
Several years ago we managed to convince the SE team to remove the 2 link limit for new users on Skeptics. This limit was particularly frustrating on this site, as any answer without links was likely ...
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UI issue/glitch on privilege tracking card
I was tracking information about my next reputation privilege, I found this UI issue, next to expandable usercard, It's overlapping on cancel button.
OS : Ubuntu - 16.04
Browser : Chrome - Version ...
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Why do I get "Users without post commenting privilege can't edit auto-generated comments" when trying to edit my non-auto-generated comment?
I posted a comment on an answer to my question, then shortly after wanted to improve the formatting of the comment. I clicked the Edit icon next to the comment, made my changes and then when I tried ...
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Voting with less than 125 reputation points
I have found that if I upvote an answer, it gets upvoted, but if I downvote I receive a message that the vote is hidden until I have sufficient reputation points.
Here's an example from an answer on ...
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2
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Users can post questions in MSE with 1 reputation, probably via the app
According to Shog:
MSE rep-to-post is back at 2
Meaning that 2 reputation points are required to post here on MSE, due to the flood of off topic (mainly programming) questions by users who clicked ...
- 175k
3
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1
answer
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Add links to post icon in help page is obsolete
In the Remove New User Restrictions - Privileges page under How do I add links to my posts? section, among one of the point it was described as, by using this icon in the editor toolbar you can add a ...
- 39k
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1
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Spelling correction in comment everywhere privilege page
In each site's Comment Everywhere - Privilege page, under How do I comment? section the description is starting as "Click the add comment link under each post....."
But actually in the posts add a ...
- 39k
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1
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New timeline enables anyone to see any deleted post without checking their privileges
Take for example this question here on MSE. It is deleted. Users with less than 10k reputation, or without a diamond, or not the author of the question (who happens to be me) only see a friendly "Page ...
- 175k
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1
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"You must have 1 reputation to participate on meta"
The minimum reputation required to post on a per-site meta is a per-site setting (that defaults to 5). I don't know how many sites have this setting adjusted, but at least Code Golf and Ask Patents ...
- 5,204
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1
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X button to close next privileges and next badges is misplaced
As you can see in the picture, the X button is overlapping on the other text.
This is the same for the next badge popup.
An easy fix would be to raise it and move it to the right a bit.
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Message for upvotes is misleading
I realized the other day on SciFi & Fantasy SE that the upvote message is misleading. I had joined and asked a question, this one if you were wondering, and tried to upvote an answer.
It gave me ...
user311528
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1
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"Choose between tracking…" disappeared
While visiting my profile on Code Review, I clicked on the Choose between tracking your next privilege and a tag badge button and chose Track a tag badge instead. Now the button has disappeared:
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0
answers
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Mistake in the description of Access To Moderator Tools privilege
I think I have found a small mistake in the description of the 10k moderator tools. (privilege wiki?)
It says that it takes 3 votes to undelete a question:
However, deleted posts can be undeleted ...
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2
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Proposed micro-privilege: site analytics
Remember when I asked a few months ago: Help us identify micro-privileges for top users? The idea was to be able to start rolling these out quickly and not take too much developer and designer time. ...
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Flagging privilege help center page is outdated
Flagging options were recently re-worded network-wide. Good.
However, the network-wide help center page on the flagging privilege retains the old wording and screenshots of it. (MSE | SO | LH)
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- 13.7k
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1
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I was able to post in chat with less than 20 rep by joining 20 sites
I joined 20 other sites (out of the many) and even with 1 rep was able to post in any of the chatrooms.
For example:
In ELL, I have just 1 rep and have posted messages in its chat.
This seems like a ...
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0
answers
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Rename VIP User card to Expanded User card on new profile page
My next privilege is 1000 - I get the vote count and a VIP usercard:
HU? VIP usercard? Privileges doesn't say anything:
Ahh, a Help Centre search comes up with the Expanded usercard section:
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- 21.3k
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1
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"Protect Questions" privilege page has confusing wording
The wording on the Protect Questions privilege page is confusing and would benefit from being clarified. See these questions on meta.SE and meta.SO.
Suggested wording from this answer is to replace ...
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1
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User without the "create tags" privilege is able to create tags
On Meta Stack Overflow a user was able to create several new tags despite the fact that he doesn't have enough reputation for the "create tags" privilege (link). The limit is 1500 reputation on Stack ...
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1
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The information on the number of close votes in Help Center is out of date
Network-wide Help Center page on Close Vote privilege says
You may cast up to 24 close votes per day (50 on Stack Overflow).
This is out of date: Ask Ubuntu, Super User, and Mathematics also have ...
user259867
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1
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Clicking on a privilege in the Achievements dropdown takes you to the current site's page
While at Judaism.SE, I recently clicked on the Achievements item and saw that I received the "acceess to moderator tools" privelege at CodeGolf.SE. When I clicked on that tab, I was taken to J.SE's ...
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The tour page on Stack Exchange is wrong
In the reputation part of Stack Exchange tour page, the reputation required for some privileges are wrong.
1 Vote to close, reopen, or migrate questions
500 Edit other people's posts
1000 ...
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1
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Did all sites just graduate?
Seems like all beta sites just lost the "Beta" status and have increased privilege requirements.
I assume this is a bug, what happened here? Did a unicorn ate the wires again?
Even though we at Code ...
- 5,657
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One of two Help Center pages on flagging is incomplete and mostly redundant
The Help Center page What if I see someone doing something bad? attempts to explain flagging (In fact its path is /help/flagging.) It falls short of the goal, though:
To flag a post that is neither ...
user259867
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1
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"privileges" links on child metas should point to the main site's /help/privileges page
As of a couple months back, a link to /help/privileges can be found on your profile page:
This is a problem for child meta sites, since privileges there are (mostly) inherited from the main site. As ...
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Close option given before I have the privilege
I currently have 1542 rep on Web Apps SE, so don't get an option to Close.
When using the Android App (thanks to this answer) I do get the Close option, but since I don't have that privilege yet it ...
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I can dispute flags without 10k rep, and so can you! [closed]
So I sent this bug report to SE by e-mail, but they told me to post it here...
It seems that anyone can create dispute ("invalid flag") flags on any post, even if they don't have the 10k "moderator ...
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"Access to moderator tools" page in Help Center still mentions close flags
According to this comment by Shog, flags to close a question are no longer shown in the 10K tools. However, according to the Moderator Tools Privilege description, they are. This is what it looks like:...
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Where can I see anonymous feedback stats? Update the privilege pages
Yesterday I reached the 10k points milestone. That means that I have access to moderator tools according to this.
In that page I read this:
This privilege also grants you access to the following ...
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Area 51's 'reduce ads' privilege on discuss redirects to 404
On discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/help/privileges, there is one privilege, reduce ads:
Clicking this goes to
discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/reduced-ads
…which redirects to…
...
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Required reputation help text for tag synonyms is wrong on beta sites
The page for the create tag synonyms privileges, it states that:
How do I propose or vote on tag synonyms?
Users with more than 2500 reputation and a total answer score of 5 or more on the tag,...
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Help centre refers to review queues, a privilege, and a link that do not exist [duplicate]
The help centre for MSO states (on this page: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues):
"The first queues you gain access to are Late Answers and First Posts. These and ...
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Users without commenting privilege can't select the "it doesn't belong here" flag reason; a "404" error box appears when they try
I attempted to flag this question on Christianity.SE...
...as "off topic". Although the initial flag dialog loads correctly, every time I selected the "it doesn't belong here, or is a duplicate" ...
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MSO Review Queue Privileges are Misleading
When I visit Stack Overflow, I see the review option in the bar at the top of the screen.
However when on MSO, I don't see it. I assumed this was because I didn't have enough reputation to access the ...
- 7,557
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125 rep privileges description still mentions review queue
I just noticed on the main site that I lost review privileges, and after a bit of confusion, noticed that it was because the rep required was brought up to 500, which I lack.
However, I noticed the ...
- 1,167
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Viewing another user's privileges shows my reputation instead of theirs
At the right hand side, where it indicates what the next privilege to unlock is, the progress bar uses my current reputation rather than the reputation of the user I'm currently viewing privileges for....
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