Questions tagged [status-bydesign]
Indicates that the reported behavior is intentional and not subject to change
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User's suspension period has expired, but they're still suspended?
I came across this user. There's an notification that states:
This account is temporarily suspended network-wide. The suspension period ends on Dec 2 '18 at 2:35.
Screencap for posterity:
Unless ...
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Network profile name different from per se name
The user amWhy used to be an active participant on Math.SE. Here's their network profile.
I clicked on his/her per-site profiles, and each of them showed their new user name Namaste.
You may click ...
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“Go get it” for sportsmanship lists questions where mine is the only answer
The Sportsmanship badge is about upvoting other people's answers where you yourself also have an answer.
Now, I think "Go get it" on this kind of badge is questionable to begin with (i.e. it ...
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The default period for the users page is different on Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites
The default period for the /users page is different on Stack Overflow and all other Stack Exchange sites.
Previously for the /users page, the default period is set as "week". Now except Stack ...
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1answer
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Avatars won't load in Firefox if very restrictive content blocking is enabled
This is quite a trivial bug. On https://math.stackexchange.com/tour if content blocking is enabled, avatars won't load:
Content blocking is set up to custom, trackers are blocked in all windows, ...
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New contributor has more than 1000 rep [duplicate]
This user has 1568 reputation yet is still a new contributor:
It's probably that this is the first time they post on meta.
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1answer
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Reputation Retained After Deleting Answer on Migrated Question?
A couple of years ago, I answered a question (*) on EE.SE that was subsequently migrated to Home Improvement. Prior to migration my answer had IIRC about 5 upvotes.
I didn't have an account on Home ...
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1answer
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Problem clicking on title of question to link
Consider the title of this question -- it's very long, multiple lines regardless of the size of the browser window..
If I wish to connect to the question, if the cursor is positioned between the ...
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Syntax coloring not working on the syntax highlighting FAQ page
The syntax highlighting FAQ page shows code samples in all black text. Is something broken with the syntax coloring feature?
Here's what I see on What is syntax highlighting and how does it work? ...
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1answer
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Can't access favorite rooms from Meta Stack Exchange's chat
If I access chat from Meta Stack Exchange then tap on the "favorite" tab I just get a blank screen.
This is not the case for Chemistry Stack Exchange or a couple of other daughter sites.
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1answer
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Incorrect number of questions shown on tag mouseover
I recently answered this question. I also edited the question's tags from exact-duplicates to duplicate-questions as the former is now synonymized to the latter.
However, when mousing over the latter ...
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1answer
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Issue with the search term in the stackexchange.com moderator page search
In the stackexchange.com - moderators page, there is a strange issue with the search text.
When I try with "ask" in the search box, it is displaying the matched entries such as Ask Different, Ask ...
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1answer
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Defect on profile page: vertical line consisting of zeros
I have no idea what this is nor how to describe it but it looks like a bug to me.
Funny thing is, I tried visiting other users' profile pages but this "error" only appears on iBug's profile page. No ...
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1answer
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Bug with rendering <code>`TEST`</code>?
There seems to be a bug with rendering the following snippet.
<code>`TEST`</code>
It is shown as TEST and should be visible with quotes.
Suprisingly the following works fine
<code&...
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1answer
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I can add comments on an old election
I was looking at an old election page, and I noticed that I am able to add comments, as well as the other standard moderator actions for comments (deleting, editing, etc.):
I clicked "add a comment", ...
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1answer
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Spamming random mod tools lets me cast an ordinary undelete vote
I was playing around with the mod tools (testing out some bugs and stuff) when I noticed that I'd caused this:
This occurred because some combination of mod tools added an undelete vote, marked the ...
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2answers
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The association bonus does not persist as advertised and “Altruistic” users are penalized
The association bonus FAQ says:
This bonus gives users who have shown some basic understanding of how the Stack Exchange system works a boost past the initial site restrictions on sites where they ...
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1answer
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Why the links with “leagues/{site-name}” do not work for all sites?
Typically when you go to reputation league, the url looks something like https://stackexchange.com/leagues/{id}/{site} or https://stackexchange.com/leagues/week/{id}/{site}, etc. The link contains ...
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Location auto fill showing old name of a country
When editing my profile and changing the location field, I have accidentally bumped into "Swaziland" still being listed as a country - although the official name as far as I can recall has been ...
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0answers
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Top bar bug - no reputation shown for Area 51
The top bar's hamburger menu displays all the community's you're a member of, and your reputation there.
Area 51 is displayed there, but its reputation isn't. Funnily enough, Area 51 Discussion Zone ...
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1answer
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Winterbash knitting - fill mode doesn't work
When I create a boundary such as:
and switch to fill mode:
and click inside the boundary, the entire screen is filled:
I expected only the area inside the boundary to be filled.
If I click ...
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3answers
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Why can't I end a question title with a full stop? Sometimes it's appropriate
I cannot end a question title with a full stop, as it gets deleted by the system.
On regular sites, most question titles will end with a question mark, which is kept. An exclamation mark is also ...
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1answer
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Undelete button incorrectly says 2 undelete votes remaining, when in truth I have none
I cast some undelete votes, with the undelete dialogue claiming I have 2 votes remaining. In reality, I have used my 5 undelete votes, and I am unable to cast any more. The "Vote to undelete this ...
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1answer
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Haven't Received Any Email on Watched Tags Ever [duplicate]
I wonder if this is a broken functionality just on the stack exchange that I'm part of. I've subscribed to ethereum.stackexchange.com and I have three watched tags solidity parity and ethereum-classic ...
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1answer
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Login bug in email address
I have two valid email addresses in my account. As of 5-9 hours ago, I tried to log into one of the SE sites (superuser), and couldn't get in. Long story short, I reset my password and still couldn'...
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1answer
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Facebook-derived profile images are not displayed in Firefox when tracking protection is enabled [duplicate]
Thanks to KacosPro, we've identified the cause: Firefox's new Tracking Protection blocks these images:
Some member's picture displays as a white square instead of real picture. For example there ...
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1answer
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Users with only the association bonus can answer protected questions on per-site metas
A user on Photography has only 103 rep, and has the association bonus rights. So their rep without the association bonus is 3.
Yet they were able to post this answer to a protected question on the ...
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Users can bypass the 30-day username change limit by constantly changing name within 15 minutes
Note: Not a duplicate of Name Change Limiting can be Broken, as the bug reported there is different; it has to do with account association, while this one is a completely different issue resulting in ...
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1answer
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Posting as guest prevents signing in with different email address
I didn't have my login credentials available on a laptop, so I posted an answer as guest using a different mail address than what I used to register at Stack Exchange.
Later I decided to reset my ...
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1answer
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What the heck is going on with the “newest” question filter on the profile page?
Link to my profile page newest tab.
Yes, I've read this question. I thought I already knew the answer:
activity is most recent activity (answers, comments, edits)
newest is ordered by when the ...
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1answer
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Upvoting a 1 reputation bug
I'll give an example of what I think to be a bug.
Say someone has 1 reputation. I vote up, he now has 6. Someone vote him down, he now has 4. I cancel my upvote, he now has 1. I upvote him again, he ...
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Why does this simple Data Explorer query only return 124 rows instead of 4,912?
Why does this query only return 124 rows when https://stackoverflow.com/users/470749/ryan?tab=votes&sort=all says "4,912 Votes Cast"?
SELECT v.id, v.VoteTypeId, v.CreationDate
FROM Votes v
WHERE ...
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1answer
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Upvoting comment leaves border around icon until mouse is clicked elsewhere
When clicking to upvote a comment, the icon seems to retain focus resulting in a border around the icon (the bottom comment in the image below). This remains until I click elsewhere on the page or ...
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1answer
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Receiving Yearling badge for 4 years one by one each day
I've had an account here for 4 years, but only recently started using the site. And now I'm receiving Yearling badge one by one each day.
Why don't you give all of them at once?
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1answer
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“New contributor” shows for yourself
Title says it all. Puzzling Stack Exchange just told me to be nice to myself.
Somehow, the page expects more text from me to submit this, so here, page, have some text. But that won't make the matter ...
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?noredirect=1 parameter no longer works for deleted merge stubs for <10k users
Questions that were merged into other questions, before being deleted, ordinarily redirect to the merge target. However, it's possible for users to append ?noredirect=1 on any question that redirects ...
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Underline appearing for hyperlinks
All the hyperlinks in the Post and Comments in the site are displaying with an underline. Sample link. Previously the hyperlinks are displaying without an underline.
While edit the post, in the "...
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1answer
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The illustration for the code of conduct is broken
In the illustration accompanying the code of conduct, the part with the lady in the wheelchair is broken:
The fill of her top is not aligned with the outline. Also it breaks the style of the image, ...
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2answers
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<50 reputation users can't delete comments that were posted on their behalf
Some preface: I have an alternate account that I'm using to gain rep in order to help test/build bots for the SOBotics community on stackoverflow. Bot accounts are essentially users, and they need 20 ...
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Bug with user removal and going over 200 point per day cap? [duplicate]
I've noticed from time to time that when a user is removed from the system that I'll receive a -10. However if I'm over the 200/day cap and this happens, any further upvotes do not count.
...
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Answered vs Unanswered results inconsistent when searching for tags
When I search for a set of tags (e.g. jsonschema and .net), answered and unanswered treat the query differently.
Answered seems to return questions that have BOTH tags.
Unanswered seems to return ...
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2answers
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Why is a user allowed to keep the mortarboard badge aquired by voting fraud?
Consider the following situation: A user is a member for approximately two years. During this period his/her reputation gain was slowly, but steadily increasing: a few votes per week.
Suddenly within ...
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Duplicate of… appears in the initial flag dialog and after you press should be closed
I am seeing the duplicate of... option twice in the flagging dialog. In the initial dialog and it appears once again after you press should be closed.. Is this supposed to be like this and why?
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2answers
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Audit questions in Low Quality Posts have a Close button instead of a Delete button
I have sufficient reputation to delete questions, so for me, Low Quality Posts reviews on Stack Overflow display with a Delete button instead of a Close button.
However, I just saw an audit question ...
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My favorite tags are alphabetized now
Recently my favorite tags have become sorted alphabetically, not in the order I've added them. This happened on several sites of StackExchange where I had favorite tags. It's very comfortable to ...
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1answer
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Zero visibility while editing a message in a chat room
I was having a conversation on one of the questions with a member of stackoverflow.com and I came across to edit my message and after clicking on edit I was presented with this.
You can see that the ...
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I don't get notification for achievements in the Stack Exchange Android app [duplicate]
I don't find a notification when I somehow earn or lost reputation points. But, in the web version I get notified by +2 or +10.
App version: 1.0.95
Device manufacturer: Symphony
Device model: V75
OS ...
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Reputation and Badge Difference
If you go on my chat account which is based on my Stack Overflow account, they have different reputation and amount of badges as shown below. Why is that? Is this only a problem on my account or on ...
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If there are more than 200 internal links in a post, only the first 200 display question titles [duplicate]
When you post an answer with more then 200 internal links, only the first 200 are automatically converted to show question titles. All internal links after the first 200 just display the URL.
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Why is edit history being logged during the grace period? [duplicate]
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/posts/367912/revisions
The initial post occurred at 2018-03-19 15:37:03Z.
The first edit (second revision) occurred at 2018-03-19 15:38:52Z and the ...
