Questions tagged [bug]
Something amiss or broken with how you're working with the site? Report it.
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My flag weight is an illogical value [closed]
From my understanding of how flag weights work, the flag weight should always be a multiple of 5, as you get ±10 for posts and ±5 for comments. My flag weight is currently "537.2867". How on earth did ...
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How does the reputation on parent and on meta site work?
The meta site shows the reputation of the parent site Super User at the top.
The activity of this meta site shows I have earned reputation, are these added to the parent site?
This would allow one ...
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Superuser: You won 'Necromancer'?
A few of us on Super User have won Necromancer. Judging by the number of days SU has been opened, and the days required to qualify a question for Necromancer, I wouldn't think this was possible.
Jonathan Sampson
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elections.stackexchange.com doesn't like SuperUser
The Election information page doesn't seem to like SuperUser.
When you load the page, only the Loading elections page item is ticked and then the checklist disappears. However, the page continues to ...
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Why is code highlighted in preview, but not in the actual post?
I'm editing my answer to this post and wonder why code blocks are highlighted in the editor's preview, but not in the answer itself. Is it a bug? I don't remember ever having seen code blocks ...
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Convert to comment results in oops! something bad happened error.
Trying to convert this answer to comment results in oops! something bad happened error.
Actual error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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Timeline broken
Trying to view the timeline for Thunderbird 3 "Reply to all", also replies to myself using the URI https://superuser.com/posts/120241/timeline fails with Oops! Something Bad Happened!. This ...
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The accepted answer styling makes 'votes' invisible in search
See for example this search query:
'votes' is invisible here -- it's styled a pure white. Also, I believe there should be some border or background on the box surrounding the '2 votes'. Can this ...
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(Stack Exchange) Notifications won't clear - even after they are read
Since this morning, I see that the notifications (unread count), isn't getting cleared even after the corresponding notification is read (in fact, I currently don't have any unread notifications). ...
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Why can't I add an edit summary within the 5 minutes grace period
I edited the body and tags of this question. After I saved my changes, I realized that I forgot to add an Edit Summary. Since I was within the 5 minutes grace period, I just went back to the question, ...
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For questions put On Hold, why is "on-hold" included in the URL of the question's title?
When a question is put on hold (i.e., closed for a reason other than duplicate), the title links to a URL that ends with “-on-hold”. For example, this question (Am trying to connect my laptop LAN ...
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Migrated question showing wrong account as asker
This question was asked on SU, then migrated to MSU. The question says that the asker is the user who actually answered the question before it was migrated. The actual asker is no longer shown, and ...
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The tag [variables] is too similar to [variables]
When creating the [variables] tag, the following dialog pops out:
After clicking "Yes, I'm sure", the system throws:
So does the [variables] tag exist or not?
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Review completed by one person in First Posts queue?
I've came across this review which I wanted to flag it as not answer, but after it was hanging awhile in my open tab, when I've back to it, it says:
Review completed 24 mins ago:
x reviewed ...
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HTML Formatting Error
I tried to downvote a question. However, I don't have enough rep to do this, and I got the following message:
I'm no expert on HTML, pretty sure the <a href="/help/whats-reputation">...
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Wrong suggested edit markdown comparison; no visual line-to-line matching
I just made this suggested edit. The comparison is wrong and incorrectly shows that I deleted a bunch of text, then added another bunch of text. This could give reviewers a wrong impression.
What I ...
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Review Reopen Votes broken
The review queue Reopen Votes seems to be malfunctioning.
When I try review questions, it says loading item , but it never finishes.
After a while, the JavaScript Console shows
Unexpected ...
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"Latest activity" with a background color on Super User
On other sites, the "latest activity" is a simple link, written the same way as the two previous informations.
On Super User, however, this link has a blue background (which makes it finally ...
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Are you a human being? [closed]
I was presented by this while trying to search from my home computer on superuser without being signed-in.
Since I could not answer a CAPTCHA; here is my proof:
I hope I the confusion is now cleared,...
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How to link to URLs contaning strange unicode chars
In my question I wanted to link to
http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/aligning-filesystems-ssd’s-erase-block-size
and it didn't work. Note that the link as displayed here
http://ldn....
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Cannot ask question with Korean in it?
I tried to ask a question about Korean fonts and copied some text directly into the question box. The following image appeared, though I moved the red box beneath the question to make the aspect ratio ...
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Badge border is cut off in Chrome and Opera, fine in Firefox
I just noticed this at the bottom of this question on SuperUser:
Chrome 2.0.172.33
As you can see it looks like the text of the tag overflows the right border of the tag, thereby cutting it off.
The ...
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Is there an error with Late Answers Review?
Well short and clear. watch this:
is this a bug?, maybe is an error of our network and will grant to reviewers to farm.
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Superuser bug - daily vote limit reached
I've noticed an asthetic bug on SuperUser - I'm not sure if it affects any other sites. Basically, I've reached the daily voting limit, and clicked on the vote up button. While an error was received, ...
Lucas Jones
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Tag name not viewable when doing search on superuser
When doing a term search on superuser.com and it switches the term to a tag. If the tag is a tag you are following, you can't read the tag text unless you hover over the tag. The tag get places under ...
MacAnthony
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If a post is marked as a duplicate, what happens if the original is deleted
Example
Internet usage monitor software
This question is marked as a dupe, but the dupe cited has been deleted.
Should this be possible? Is it a bug or by design?
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Differences between plain-text diff and formatted diff
Plain-text diff and formatted diff produce different results in what they consider was added.
I wondered about the following editing diff in a recent post of mine:
I clearly added a sentence to ...
Daniel BeckMod
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HTTP status 404 for image on Meta's 404 page
Stack Exchange 404 error pages ('page not found') usually have site-specific images, like this one from the main site:
However, the image on the equivalent page on the meta site 404s itself; it leads ...
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Korean characters not allowed
For some reason posts or comments with some Korean characters inside aren't allowed. For example in this question it must be worked around using images How to search a Korean word made up of two or ...
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Question migrated to Meta.SuperUser has incorrect URL in the Global Inbox permalink
Soon as a question is posted on meta, diamond mods get a notification of that in their inbox.
I just migrated a question from superuser.com to meta.superuser.com and found that the question ...
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What the heck is this invisible question and and answer post?
I honestly don’t know how I got to this thread to even link to it, but what the heck is this about? I also cross-posted this on Meta Stack Exchange because of the sheer oddness of it all and it seems ...
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Search for special characters in title only
Sometimes people use > or : to post tags in titles and separate them afterwards, like:
Excel 2003: How do I enter a formula
I tried to find those questions where > or : were used in this way ...
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Deleting answer bug on FireFox mobile
I posted an answer on How can I reinstall Windows 7 on a laptop without the drivers CD? and then deleted it (on Saturday, 2 days ago)
After I deleted it using my mobile phone, I see the following ...
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Are the tiles in our user profile supposed to change color when we unlock them? [closed]
As you can see here, I have completed the second tile by accepting an answer to one of my questions. However, there is no indication of this accomplishment unless I physically mouse-over the tile and ...
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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.
Daniel BeckMod
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Rollbacks are not shown as revisions in a user profile's responses view
This post has been edited, and afterwards was rolled back:
Revision 3, the rollback of the previous edit, does not show up in my user profile's responses » revisions list:
Daniel BeckMod
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Enable Non-Mods to edit meta questions with "protected" tags:
I was updating the Top Question of the Week 1 question for the blog and wasn't able to make any changes due to the fact that some of the tags used were "protected". Is there a way that we can enable ...
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10K Tools Page Broken on SuperUser
Currently when using any of the links on the 10K+ users page the links are generating wrong.
When clicking on Close/Delete the url is generated as tag=Close instead of tab=Close
Just tested Rev: ...
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Reversal badge not available on Super User
I've just noticed that the Reversal badge isn't available on Super User.
Is this an oversight or by design?
It's available on both Stack Overflow and Server Fault
7th November 2009
Still not ...
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Editing Comment Issue
I just noticed when I go to edit a comment from a typo or whatever, I get back [object Object].
Question: Am I the only one affected by this and what is it or what does it mean?
I already closed ...
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Inconsistent information regarding amount of answers for a question to become Community Wiki [closed]
The amount of answers to turn a question into a community wiki is listed differently in two places:
https://superuser.com/help/privileges/community-wiki mentions "30 answers".
What are "...
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"Question needs 0 votes to close", but I didn't cast a close vote
I just flagged this question as off-topic in /review, and got the popup
This question still needs 0 vote(s) from other users to close
I don't have 3000 rep; I didn't vote to close, just flagged it....
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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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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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Stop asking me about cookies / multiple, nonstop popups
When I visit Super User, it asks if I want cookies. I am using macOS 11 / Safari. This is using the default setting Privacy > Prevent cross-site tracking. Not Private Window.
Then I go through the ...
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Top bar is visible through 'welcome back' message
.top-bar { z-index: 5050; } versus #overlay-header { z-index: 5052; } so the overlay should win. Strangely enough disabling the top bar z-index fixes the issue. Another fix is to set the overlay ...
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SuperUser has wrong answer in one of its tests
I was just volunteering some time reviewing First Posts, and SuperUser presented an answer regarding not Broadcasting SSID's. The answer was technically correct, but very misleading. I took my time ...
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Oops, I think I managed to dispute my own flag!
So, funny story:
I was reviewing Late Answers earlier this week, and came across this one:
It looked more like a comment than an answer, but I wanted to see the other answer referenced here just to ...
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Some tag edits cause a demand for body edits
Usually, when editing the tags on a question as part of a tag cleanup simply editing the tag is accepted by the system.
Most recently: here and here
Occasionally, a popup appears demanding 6 ...
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What happened to the “too old” message?
I just voted to close this two-year-old question
because I believed that it was off-topic for Super User,
and that it belonged on another site in the Stack Exchange network.
However, I was not given ...