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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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7
answers
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Cancelling upvote on comment?
As mentioned on uservoice:
For something that can be done so
easily by accident, there should be
the ability to undo mistakes.
I know that I have clicked several times on a comment up-vote ...
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459
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13
answers
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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" ...
user1228
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3
answers
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Inline links in comments
Can we please have these?
I would like to be able to write something like [Inline Link](http://example.com/) and have it work in a comment instead of "Inline Link - http://example.com/".
Case in ...
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6
answers
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Allow flagging a comment after upvoting it
It's sad to upvote a comment on a post that's subsequently updated in a way that renders the comment obsolete and not be able flag it afterwards.
There may well be other cases where one would want to ...
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6
answers
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Direct Link to a Comment
The increase in the character limit of comments has led them to become as important as the questions and answers that spawn them. On several occasions (especially on meta) I've found reason to want to ...
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3
answers
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Provide a tool for moderators to migrate comments to chat
One issue we have on Programmers.SE is that people like to have extended discussions in comments on answers and questions. Try as we might to delete long comment chains and educate them about chat (...
user149432
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Can we get a comments only lock?
Currently moderators have the ability to lock posts, for any of the following reasons:
Content dispute (~ edit wars),
Historical significance (to prevent great but off topic questions from being ...
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5
answers
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Subscribing to questions and comments that don't belong to you
There has been some discussion about getting notified on comments to questions or answers that don't belong to you, and the long-standing wish to be able to keep track of new answers or developments ...
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answers
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Stop inserting invisible characters into comments [duplicate]
Currently, the SE system inserts invisible characters (U+200C and U+200B) into text in comments if there's a "word" longer than 60 characters long, to force a break to preserve the layout. This is by ...
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4
answers
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Tell the user who will be notified of a comment
Note 2011/09/20: Jeff's marked this status-completed. I (the person making the request) disagree that what's been done, which is actually an implementation of this other request, meets this request ...
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10
answers
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Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)
I'd like the recent activity and responses pages to show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them). If I leave a comment somewhere, I am implicitly engaging in ...
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3
answers
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Allow more than 1 comment upvote in 5 seconds [duplicate]
This dialog box pops up so much that it's annoying. Please have it removed or allow something like 5 comment upvotes every 5 seconds.
At the least, make the box very small or replace the vote button ...
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4
answers
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Can we get x comment votes per y minutes, rather than one vote per 5 seconds?
I quite often will read a thread of comments, and want to vote up a few of them. I vote one up, read the next few comments, vote up another and get a *giant red box*.
I've seen that "You can only ...
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3
answers
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Adding a comment should not make me fail the review audit
I just failed these review audits in First Post, I read the question and thought it seemed reasonable but the user was deleted so to be on the safe side I clicked add comment and I failed the audit.
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2
answers
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Allow diamond moderators to comment on deleted or locked items
Moderators should be able to comment on things after normal users are unable to, such as when a post is deleted or locked. As a moderator on Programmers, I try to leave a comment (if necessary) before ...
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answers
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Drop "not constructive", combine "noisy", reword "rude" and "other" comment flags
The problem
Comments are terrible; no one agrees on what they're for, or how long they should be kept. Comment flags are equally terrible, because if no one's on the same page as far as what should be ...
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9
answers
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Should we be allowed to edit comments?
I am a horrendous speller, and my mild dyslexia does not help.
Sometimes I typo in my comments, I look at it a few days later and see something that screams to be fixed. But to fix it I would have ...
- 108k
93
votes
1
answer
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Community deletion of comments should raise a moderator flag
At present, truly rude or offensive comments can be deleted by the community with a single flag if they contain particular words or by a group of flags on the same comment. These comment deletions ...
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Disable chat migration notification if one of the users has insufficient rep?
Simple request, really.
Can we add a detection for the
Please avoid extended discussions in
comments. Would you like to
automatically move this discussion to
chat?
prompt, so that if one of ...
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87
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2
answers
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Allow moderators to flag comments normally
When a moderator flags a comment, the comment is instantly deleted. For a moderator, the only difference between using the “flag” and the “delete” button is that using the “flag” button asks for a ...
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5
answers
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List of Comments on User Tab
I suggested this on UserVoice, but with the discontinuation of that site wanted to move the suggestion and discussion here.
A list of all comments on the User Tab would be useful. Recent comments are ...
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4
answers
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Moderators should be able to undelete comments
Since recently moderators can see a list of deleted comments. There should be a possibility to undelete these comments as well, at least for a certain period of time. Sometimes moderators delete the ...
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4
answers
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Formal adoption of Pro-forma comments script into SE engine proper
My Pro-forma comments script has now gained quite a following (and it - allegedly - just got bust by upgrading to jQuery 1.7.1). This is a personal request to the team to consider adopting it.
Not ...
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5
answers
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Please return the comment rate limit to a flat 30 seconds
Recently, Jeff was inadvertently alerted to the fact that the rate limit on comments was a flat 30 seconds, and that users could button-mash their way to success. Apparently, this was not the original ...
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3
answers
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Tab name completion for comments please!
I find I'm doing the Unix command completion/IRC name completion thing where I type a few letters of the username and hit tab when I'm entering comments.
Please consider adding a bit of JavaScript ...
- 76.3k
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votes
1
answer
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Lift or reduce the comment rate-limiting timer for moderators
This is easily the most annoying timer on the site: post a second comment too quickly after the first, and the system kicks it back, telling you to wait 15 seconds. Count to 15 too quickly and retry, ...
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4
answers
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Should moderators be able to convert answers into comments?
Example of where it would be useful
Another example
Clearly, that was the result of an inexperienced user.
If a question gets a bunch of replies, then the "comment" could easily get lost in the ...
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votes
2
answers
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Make it possible to retract comment flags
I misread the content of a comment, and flagged it. Then I realized that the comment wasn't what I had initially thought. Would it be possible to have the ability to retract comment flags, just like ...
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answers
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Inform new users about the option to edit their own post when adding a comment
When reviewing close votes, I regularly encounter questions with the following history:
New users ask a question which is unclear because it is lacking relevant information.
People add comments, ...
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2
answers
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Add a "move comments to chat" link in the "mod" menu, instead of only in the flag dashboard
Currently, the only way to migrate comments to chat is if a "too many comments" autoflag is raised on the post, in which case there's a "move to chat" button in the flag dashboard.
Could this be ...
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7
answers
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Notify user when their name is mentioned in comment [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don’t own them)
Quite often on SO, there are extended ...
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2
answers
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Treat comments on deleted posts from moderating users like comments from diamond moderators
Comments on deleted posts don't reliably notify the owner of the deleted post about their existence, depending on the exact timing the post owner might never be informed about that comment. There is ...
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votes
1
answer
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Let moderators see the original, unedited version of comments
My question is related to Do moderators see the previous versions of edited comments? and Moderators should see the post as I flagged it, not the edited version. The accepted answer on the latter ...
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2
answers
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Could new users see a notification in the space where the add comment button would be, like "you need a minimum of X reputation to comment"?
I just went to comment on this answer, saying something like "hey thanks that solution worked for me; You know anything about extending it to provide this feature too?"
I was confused why I couldn't ...
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2
answers
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Allow post editor to see @comments directed at him
There have been times when I have edited a post, left no comments, yet I have made mistakes that were pointed out simply as @comments. That's ok, but unless I actually come back to the post, I will ...
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5
answers
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Autocomment when voting to close as duplicate
Another solution to this problem:
Problem:
People are voting to close as exact duplicate without leaving comments. Such votes are invisible to everyone under 3k. A comment is the primary way others ...
- 76.3k
42
votes
6
answers
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Advanced Syntax Ideas
The one useful thing I was ever taught in HCI was always give advanced users "hidden" short cuts and features.
Things a noob is not interested in but a power user can easily take advantage ...
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4
answers
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Show the "add comment" link also to users who cannot add comments
On Drupal Answers, there are many 1-reputation users with an unregistered account who write a comment, or a different question as answer. The fact they don't see an "add comment" link, and they see a ...
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votes
1
answer
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Add chat oneboxing support for comment links
Since we have direct links to comments now, IMHO it would only be fair for comment links in the chat to be treated on the same level as question and answer links.
(This question feels kinda empty, ...
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1
answer
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Show moderators a user's deleted comments in their profile
Moderators can see deleted questions and answers in a user's profile, but there is currently no way for a moderator to see all deleted comments of a specific user. The ability to see the recent ...
- 189k
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2
answers
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Users posting a series of identical comments should be brought to moderator attention
We've had a number of instances over on Stack Overflow involving users who get to the reputation level where they can comment, then spam comments across the site. Due to the lack of community review ...
- 60.9k
36
votes
2
answers
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Please change the wording of the comment generated when mods move comment threads to chat
Currently, when a mod moves a comment thread to chat, the system enters a very curt and borderline rude message that seems to be chastising users for doing something wrong instead of attempting to ...
- 25.9k
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2
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Allow moderators to edit/delete comments directly from the per-user comment moderation page
A while back, a new dashboard was added to the user moderation tools to allow moderators to view all of a user's comments directly from their profile.
It's great for scouring a user's comment history ...
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2
answers
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Can we improve the Move Comments to Chat functionality?
Having the ability to move comments to chat is a great tool to quickly move extended discussions but it can be a tedious process because we've have to perform a lot of steps to migrate the discussion. ...
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32
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1
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Expose the edit history of moderator-edited comments to other moderators
I was recently notified that another moderator on the site had suspended a specific user. I followed this to the source, but found some edited comments. My colleague had removed the offending parts ...
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No way to remove accidental upvote on a comment [duplicate]
I frequently upvote someone's comment only to realise I've fat-fingered it (especially easy to do on a touch phone, but I've also done it with a mouse) and clicked someone else's comment.
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Allow for Comment Reply to Usernames With Less Than Three Characters in First Word
I know this is somewhat of a rare request/edge case, but this is becoming really annoying. In the faq, which I've linked to below, you state that for the comment reply system to work,
There must ...
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2
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Flagging history should include comment flags
Whenever I tag a comment, I haven't got the faintest idea if someone has reacted on it or not.
Once, it took two days before a comment I flagged was deleted. In the meantime, I actually don't know if ...
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0
answers
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Reduce the threshold for comment deletion with flags
I have it on good authority that it takes six flags from ordinary users to delete a comment. This makes no sense; it only takes five community votes to close a question, and three to delete a post. ...
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