Questions tagged [bug]
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'Unknown users' in Windows 8 challenge page
Apparently two of the folk involved in the Windows 8 challenge seem to be referred to as 'unknown user'. Clicking on them seems to indicate they're both users in good standing. Looks like a bug to me.
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Windows 8 contest - bounty tile awarded early
I've just started a bounty on a windows-8 question and despite not having awarded the bounty, I got notified that I qualified for the award a bounty tile in the contest.
Should the wording be changed ...
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Pop-up (error message) window doesn’t come to front
I recently tried to add two comments in rapid succession on SU and I got this error message pop-up window:
As you can see, it’s unreadable, because the “Chatting” screen element is in front of it.
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How do I cast my 31st vote?
I just cast 30 votes, all on answers. I then tried to vote on some questions, and was denied, with the message “Daily vote limit reached”. I thought I was allowed an additional 10 votes on questions ...
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Login using OpenID delegate fails
I just tried to login on another computer using my OpenID provider.
I use the delegate feature that lets me specify a URL, e.g. http://example.org/daniel-beck-id, and the document at that URL ...
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6-Characters minimum on editing with tag edit
I tried to edit a question because it was tagged badly. It seemed mostly fine otherwise, though I decided to fix 2 punctuation and one capitalization errors (which would not normally warrant a ...
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I can post questions, but they don't show up on the front page or anywhere else [closed]
The front page and other question listings don't show any new activity. I just posted this question and it doesn't show up on the front page or recent questions page. I understand this may be due to ...
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Closing Votes count bug
So here I am, minding my own business and checking out the Vote to Close statistics, when I notice a weird number... 25. I voted only 24 times in this UTC day. Weird bug? Or am I just that super ...
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Email is shown in profile despite (hopefully) already hidden only on SU
I have tried to remove my publicly visible email address several times from the SuperUser section. I have removed it and clicked Save, and Save for all StackOverflow sites.
Only the Super User ...
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Possible bug in "Low Quality Posts"
I'm going through Low Quality Posts for the month at the following link:
https://superuser.com/review/low-quality-posts?s=1&pagesize=15&filter=month
I scroll to the bottom of the page, and ...
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Long question titles not consistently shortened in user profile popup
Long question titles are usually shortened in the user profile popup. This is not applied consistently, as shown in the screenshot below.
The first question title is not shortened, but truncated by ...
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Delay in notifications
For the second time, i saw what i think to be a bug in superuser(i don't know if it doesn't happens in other SE sites).
I can see the title of the page where i am with a "(n)"(by n, i mean a number). ...
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Why my Flagging Summary page is empty? [closed]
In my profile, helpful flags shows as 2(2 is in a hyperlink). If I click it takes to a page of Flagging Summary. But the page is empty. And in the right side it says 'Your flagging history' without ...
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View more link under badges appears even if there's only one badge left
If you visit this user's page you'll notice that even if there's only one Badge unlocked by the user, the 'view more' link is shown.
The view more link makes sense if there's many badges but in this ...
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Close votes count on /tools page wrong
Does this happen to anyone else?
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List of (un)deletion votes is incomplete
I went through my (un)deletion votes on my profile page today and discovered that at least 5 are missing.
In the deletion tab, only 5 votes appear:
That can't be true. I don't recall every deletion ...
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Reviewing the same item two (or more times) times
Here is a screenshot of me reviewing a post that I reviewed earlier:
I know that it has happened many more times, but this is the first that I had had a comment on the post that would tell me for ...
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Pinged usernames are not highlighted when followed by a comma
Pretty straightforward, its what the title says.
Screenshot (courtesy of KronoS, who first noticed something was wrong):
The ping works in that the notification shows up, as well as the sound, but ...
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Review count goes down sometimes
Here is an example (Tom's count went down).
Beginning:
End:
It almost seems like I "stole" reviews from Tom, but that would be strange.
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Why are tags sometimes lost when quick-editing them?
I noticed the issue on this question:
Any game kills my sound
Before
After
The windows-xp is simply lost in the process.
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new /review reviewed count bug
The sum of all of the posts that were reviewed by everyone today do not add to the total that was posted.
Does this mean that something was deleted? I find that rather hard to believe as think many ...
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Listed close reason is wrong in /tools?
Not really sure what is going here, but here is a picture:
The stated reason at the bottom is that it is too localized, but the only close vote is for off topic.
What is going on?
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When flagging, requested to have link to duplicate
I wanted to flag two of the answers to this question as duplicates of the accepted answer, as they were later, and had less information (and thus serve no purpose).
For the flag (can't yet vote to ...
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Tag display wraps across lines
The list of tags at the bottom of a question is wrapping after the left border of a tag (view this question in Opera(perhaps other browsers also) and look at bottom tag list.
Screenshot:
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+4 rep for an upvote, meta and main site rep don't match
I'm not usually one to quibble about reputation, but i'm curious about this
Answer gets upvoted
I get +4 rep rather than +10
I've obviously not been downvoted, and my daily rep is 190. Did i hit ...
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Malformatted confirmation link
I tried to subscribe to a tag on SU, I've got the confirmation mail but the link renders with )### appended to it in Plain-Text Mode, which will result in a 404 not found.
###[Confirm Subscription](...
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Why does SU allow me to change my display name without confirmation and limits further changes?
Recently, I was editing my profile, typing something, and an advertisement frame popped up, for lack of better name, since y'all are sparing on the ads. The 'frame' somehow caused my cursor focus to ...
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Special tags on fav/ignore lists are not displayed properly without page reload
When adding a moderator-only (black) or required (black bordered) tag to the list of favorite or ignored tags, they're not displayed in their usual style. Only a page reload will give them the ...
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"Ignored tags" visibility preference misbehaves
I just had this happen:
The single search result disappeared the moment the page finished loading.
While it's possible to hide ignored tags (presuming this is a feature), I didn't check that ...
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Info panel block tab header when view less info in StackOverflow profile
I was viewing StackOverflow profile page, then click less info next to the name.
When the info panel finish resizing, it block over half of the tab header below.
Here is a screenshot:
I also ...
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Remove the forbidden "view more (votes)" link on user profiles
When you visit your profile, below the Votes Cast, there is a view more link which takes you to:
https://superuser.com/users/<id>/<username>?tab=votes
https://superuser.com/users/100787/...
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Inbox for Favourited items
Questions that are favourited should show up with an Inbox notification for events, such as comments or answers, or even an answer getting accepted as the right one
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Unwanted line breaks in <kbd> style [closed]
Using Google Chrome 21.0.1155.2 dev (I know this is not a supported version, but as in Element position bug in "Privilege" FAQ in Google Chrome it might be of interest anyway, and at least ...
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Click handling on post preview inconsistent and confusing
How Super User (and probably all Stack Exchange sites) handle clicks to preview areas for posts currently being written is confusing and horribly inconsistent:
If I click the preview pane for a new ...
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No "privileges" link on meta site user profile card
There's no privileges link on the user dropdown card on meta sites:
Main site:
Meta site:
/privileges on meta redirects to the main site's /privileges, so one could assume the site change is the ...
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"Unable to load popup" every other time
In Safari Version 5.1.7 (7534.57.2) and Firefox 12.0 on OS X, I can reproducibly trigger the following error message:
Click a link that opens a styled popup (not a dialog box), like close or flag.
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Edited my profile and system is refusing my email
So, today I tried to edit some settings(name, website and description) of my superuser profile(and consequently all another stackexchange accounts)...
Everything goes OK but when I tried to save, it ...
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Reputation summary badge is not calculated correctly
The "badge" number appearing next to the "reputation" tab title on a user's profile is not calculated correctly. It ignores the removed category of reputation gains and losses.
From May 6, 25 ...
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You must log in to answer this closed question
The Meta site tells visitors who aren't logged in that they need to log in to answer. Unfortunately, that won't help, since it's closed. So let's get rid of the message, as it doesn't apply.
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Element position bug in "Privilege" FAQ in Google Chrome
From chrome://version:
Google Chrome 19.0.1077.3 (Official Build 128359) dev
OS Linux
WebKit 536.4 (@111590)
The following happens on https://superuser.com/privileges/edit in ...
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Logging in at Ask Question page discards question
I painstakingly wrote a question up, not realizing I wasn't logged in. When I was done, I noticed that there was a log-in button below the question box, so I assumed that's what I needed to do to ...
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Organizer of what?
I gave this question an overhaul in grammar and got both the Editor and the Organizer badges. I'm totally cool with this myself, I think I deserved the two badges, but I didn't do anything with the ...
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Why was my tag suggestion rejected?
Today I suggested two tag wikis, one of them was this: https://superuser.com/suggested-edits/9748, that was rejected by user Community.
Does someone knows the reason? Comunity rejected without any ...
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New activity notification inserts new questions into currently focused tab
I don't know if this is by design, but when there is new activity in a question and this new notification appears:
The new questions will be inserted in the currently focused tab. Even if it isn't ...
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Comment @replies cannot see the names after posting?
I do not understand this and am well aware of this post but it does not address my issues. On stackoverflow I can just write
@iznogood love your post!
and I will see the comment as:
@iznogood love ...
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Blog mini graph for views is broken
When logged in to the Super User blog and viewing a post, I can see the following up at the top:
Before it used to show a little mini graph, but when we moved over to BlogOverflow (Super User was ...
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Was I awarded the Vox Populi badge due to a bug?
I was just notified that I received the Vox Populi badge on Super User, which is apparently awarded for voting 40 times in a single day. I don't vote nearly that often (I average about vote every 2 ...
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PDF tag wiki uneditable
There is no link/button that will allow editing of the pdf tag wiki. Improve this tag wiki pink just redirects back to the tag wiki page.
What is going on?
(Note DanielBeck also has this problem, so ...
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Tag wiki edit awarded double rep
So I proposed an edit to a tag wiki (this one not that it really matters) and I got 2 +2s when the edit was accepted.
Pretty sure this is a bug.
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Migrated questions are shown as {closed} on user profile pages
Migrated questions are shown as closed on a user's profile.
In the question list:
On the user profile:
This affects both meta and main sites and is inconsistent and confusing.