Questions tagged [timeline]
For questions about the timeline view of questions or answers, accessible via "/posts/xxx/timeline" on any site or using the clock icon.
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Display the reason for review invalidation in timeline's comment
For more transparency on review invalidations, in the post's timeline, can the "comment" column on the line of the invalidation contain the reason for the invalidation instead of being empty?...
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Please add an event for when a question is removed from the HNQ
Currently, when a question is added to the HNQ (Hot Network Questions), an event is created in the post's history. However (unless it was manually removed by a moderator), no event exists for when a ...
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"This answer was migrated to another site 19 mins ago along with its parent question" but the answer timeline doesn't show that. What's going on?
I read on this deleted answer (screenshot):
This answer is hidden. This answer was migrated to another site 19 mins ago along with its parent question.
However, the answer timeline (screenshot) ...
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Is there a delayed effect from reopening a question on subsequent close votes coming soon after?
This happened recently:
A question was closed as a duplicate. I wasn't involved in this closing.
It was reopened by two users with close-vote privileges but no special privileges, and one with a ...
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What does the "timeline score" of a question mean?
If you go to some questions and open history, you might see "timeline score: _". What does that mean? Does it mean the number of upvotes - downvotes? Or is it just saying who upvoted/...
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No more simultaneous dates?
I have noticed that in the timeline, hovering over timestamps events that occurred at the same time as others no longer shows S for simultaneous dates.
For example, normally, when an edit review task ...
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How can I get bounty information from the API?
I want to get information about all bounties that were active within last 3-4 days. This should include started, awarded and expired bounties. How do I do this?
Here are my thoughts.
If a bounty is ...
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Too small margins between user names on the timeline
In the post timeline, the margins between usernames are too small, especially when a moderator (with the additional displayed icon) has participated:
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Reduce the vertical spacing in the question title on the timeline page [duplicate]
There is too much vertical spacing in the question title on the timeline page when viewed on Chrome with Android. I'd suggest reducing it.
Example from https://stats.stackexchange.com/posts/604021/...
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What is a red-highlighted event in the timeline?
When I was new to the site, I always wondered what red-highlighted timeline events meant. Some events such as review events or audits are highlighted in red:
What does the red highlight mean? Why are ...
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Why are un-votes and their original vote dates not shown in timeline vote summaries?
I recently encountered an answer that I'd up-voted years ago. But since then, I'd learnt something that allowed me to now see a fundamental problem with it. (The post had been edited in the meantime....
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Let us go to the timeline of the post from homepage
This is how the homepage looks like:
Beside the username, we have words like "asked", "answered", "modified", + date and time.
When the mouse pointer is over those words,...
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How do I set "site" to anything other than Stack Overflow, like the Blender or Ethereum Stack Exchange sites, for example?
I was able to run this request https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/users/MY USER ID/timeline?sort=creation&page=1&pagesize=100&site=stackoverflow just fine.
For some reason, when I change ...
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Multiple "became hot network question" events on timeline [duplicate]
The timeline for this question on literature.se shows multiple "became hot network question" events (see screenshot below). This looks like a bug.
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Remove "by" from "deleted by" in timeline
It seems that the "by" word should be removed from the "deleted by" phrase in the post timeline. E.g.:
Since "by" is already placed in the title of the next row in the ...
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Vertical distance between title parts is larger than the distance between title and license attribution [duplicate]
In timeline for questions with long titles on devices with narrow screen the vertical distance between parts of the title is larger than between title and the licensing attribution. E.g. here:
Red ...
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Two actions (edit + delete) by seemingly the same user attributed to different users
Consider these two timelines (a user cross-posted the same question, then defaced both copies):
https://superuser.com/posts/1730319/timeline (screenshot)
https://stackoverflow.com/posts/72891625/...
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Do we need N/A for daily summary in timeline?
In the post's timeline for the "daily summary" item, I always see the "N/A", e.g.:
Is there really a reason to print it? Can we just omit this like for the "Suggested edits&...
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Add a custom message of a bounty as a comment part to the post timeline
A bounty can have a custom message specified on the bounty start
And placed as a notice when the bounty is in the active phase:
That message will not be visible anywhere after the end of a bounty ...
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Add bounty value as a comment in timeline [duplicate]
Currently, there is no information about bounties worth values in timeline, e.g.:
It would be nice to add a value of bounty as comment part in timeline, i.e.
bounty worth N reputation
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Answer appears multiple times in first answer review queue [duplicate]
I just came accross an answer that seemingly appeared multiple times in the same review queue. If I trust the timeline it was three times. First reviewed by two people, then again by one who already ...
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Triple HNQ entry (2022 edition)
This question appears to have entered the HNQ list three times with the same timestamp:
Seemingly related to Very hot network questions found, but not a duplicate because that was marked as status-...
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Why not showing individual votes summary instead of daily votes summary in a post's timeline? [duplicate]
Particular a post's actions timeline by clicking the
option.
I can see all actions with dates and times except votes. It shows the daily votes summary,
Example: Link to the post timeline
Is there a ...
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"bounty start" with reputation entry is removed from the bounty post's timeline
When there is a bounty added for a question, previously there are three entries are added to the post's timeline, such as :
"bounty started"
"notice added" with a comment provided ...
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Why is the "Show vote summaries" filter not available to anonymous users?
I was just checking the timeline of a post on a site where I don't have an account, and I noticed that the "Show vote summaries" filter option is unavailable.
Here's an example of what the ...
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Responsive design issue on the timeline page on the mobile screen
When viewing any timeline page on a mobile screen, the header banner is missing while scrolling to the right-hand side in landscape and portrait mode.
Sample timeline page: https://meta.stackexchange....
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What does `S` stand for in the timeline? [duplicate]
E.g. from https://patents.stackexchange.com/posts/24959/timeline:
Appeared after clicking on the edit dated Oct 4 at 22:39
Same?
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"Added to review" label looks like a tag badge
When there is a question was closed and the author edited the post to reopen it, there is a new label added named "Added to review" in the revision and timeline of the post.
But the "...
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Change "removed from network questions" to "removed from hot network questions" in HNQ timeline and revision history
The timeline and revisions for this question includes:
became hot network question
And, subsequently:
removed from network questions
Should the latter entry say "removed from hot network ...
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Can OP see the list of users who voted for deletion on their question? [duplicate]
My question is simple: is it possible for OP to see the list of users who voted for deleting their question in the question's timeline?
If this answer is still correct, the OP can see the names of ...
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"Vote summaries" are confusing if you don't have the "established user" privilege
If you don't have the "established user" privilege, clicking "Show vote summaries" on the timeline of any post, displays something like this:
When
Comment
Date
score: y
Date
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Timeline doesn't show review task results if you don't have the minimum reputation required to access any review queue
It seems that on sites where you don't have the access review queues privilege, you don't see the results of reviews in the timeline. Example:
However, you are able to click on the review itself to ...
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When a user offers a bounty on their own question, their name isn't highlighted [duplicate]
All the bounty events (bounty started, notice added, bounty ended, notice removed) are missing the blue highlight (exact color varies by theme) for the OP's name in the timeline. Example:
(More ...
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Why does the edit summary have an appended whitespace in some places?
The edit summary is appended with a whitespace character in the user profile's revision list.
When I've needed to copy-paste an edit summary I've ended up taking the extra work to not select the ...
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Does the date field in the Timeline have a broken link?
Android v.12 Galaxy XCover Pro, with Google app version 13.12.11.23.arm64 in "full site" view...
Further to this question: Incomplete box around selected event in timeline, when I select the ...
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Remove 'show timeline' from the mod menu
With the post timeline now available for everybody via the clock icon under the vote buttons, it can be removed from the mod menu. That list is already quite long, so fewer options is better.
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/timeline for some posts returns 500 error for moderators
The /posts/xxxxxx/timeline link is showing a 500 error on some questions, for moderators only. Logged-out and non-moderator users (confirmed by multiple users at various reputation levels) are both ...
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Add anchors to the top of each revision element on the timeline pages
While in response to the request Add anchors to revisions it is apparent that there is a link to each revision. I often prefer to link to a revision within the context of the entire timeline of the ...
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Toggling the format in the timeline causes the "S" (for "simultaneous dates") to move outside the table
In the timeline for Why is the Google Analytics cookie defined as "strictly necessary" and saved without consent?, the "S" for "simultaneous dates" fits in the table for ...
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Remove diamonds in reviews done by moderators before becoming moderators
I was going through this post's timeline: Is a clean install better than upgrading?
Looking at the events in the timeline is quite confusing TBH.
First, let's take a look at this event: https://...
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Do moderators have the ability to pre-emptively remove questions from the HNQ?
I noticed that the question 'Isomorphism class of the zero module is not a set' on Mathematics SE was removed from the HNQ by a moderator, but curiously there is no entry in the timeline for when it ...
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Use the localized SE site's language for links to the Creative Commons' licensing pages
Any post timeline contains a link to the Creative Commons' license pages. For modern posts, it is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. As far as I see, there are many different languages ...
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Make it clear in the moderator tools when a delete vote is retracted
(Origin of this request: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/371277/253521)
Users can now retract delete votes. Moderators can also see a second date entry on the timeline for retracted votes. However, ...
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Review audits in post timeline
I just found this question that is being used as a review audit.
In the question's timeline audits completed by users are being shown. Is this a bug or intentional?
It seems to pollute the timeline ...
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Labels have incorrect spacing in timeline
I found two posts where user labels apparently have incorrect spacing in some timeline events.
Example 1: The label overlaps a username.
Example 2: The label has zero spacing from the username in the ...
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Why is the "Became Hot Network Question" event shown as an edit? [duplicate]
I was looking at this question to see when it became a Hot Network Question. I went to the revisions page and noticed that this event is shown as an edit, along with the tweet on Twitter:
The ...
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All post history events are now incorrectly showing as edits in post histories and timelines
When checking the timeline of a post I noticed that "Post Closed" events are now attributed to Community, and the close voters were moved to the "comment" column. Before, all close ...
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OP name not highlighted in reopen action in timeline
As far as I know OP name should always be highlighted, but for some reason doesn't for reopen action in timeline, e.g.:
Similar for other actions. E.g. here:
OK for:
creating a post
comment
Not OK ...
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Add answer acceptance timestamp to the post timeline [duplicate]
As far as I see the timestamp for answer acceptance is only visible on green tick tooltip on the post page, e.g.:
Answer's timeline doesn't contain any information about acceptance as described here.
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Suggested edits should show "edited" instead of "suggested" for the edit event in the timeline
When viewing a post's timeline (for example), the edit event once a suggested edit is accepted says "suggested":
I remember it saying "edited" before. Saying "edited" ...
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