Questions tagged [bug]
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Still logged in even after clearing browser data
Before closing my browser on a shared computer, I usually clear the browser data. On StackExchange, I am still logged after clearing my data.
open https://superuser.com/users/login
log in with google
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Reputation related badges exist and are attainable on MSU
Quoting any child meta site's /reputation:
Reputation on this per-site meta is derived entirely from the main site; nothing to show.
Which is consistent with what's shown as part of the user info: ...
Daniel BeckMod
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can't post answer on community blocked question, have enough points
This is more of a bug report:
No option to hibernate/shutdown in GNOME 3?
text under the message says:
protected by Community♦ Oct 22 at 14:12
This question is protected to prevent "thanks!",...
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Stylesheets do not display on mobile sites
Since the past day or two, the mobile editions SU/MSU are being shown without the stylesheet.
This happens on Android stock browser as well as Dolphin HD. Clearing cache has made no difference
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Issue with the "migrated" marker
There is an issue with the [migrated] text being added to the end of a question title. If that question was migrated from another site, and closed on the site it was migrated to, it will show the [...
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Review - First questions - mixed answers and questions
First questions review page lists both answers and questions, mixed. That's annoying, as it's tempting to flag answers as "not question" and vice versa, until realizing that it's actually answer.
Why ...
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Submitting edit on Super User fails
When I try to edit my question, I get a page not found error.
The error:
Page not Found http://ep2up.com/uploads/1270635831.png
Edit:
Now it works again. But this wasn't the only error. I've tried ...
Ikke
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Why is the comments box obscured by right hand text box?
This cannot be just my browser, Firefox 3.6, so what is causing it? When I click to add a comment, the comment box (just after the first comment seen in the screenshot) extends beyond the center ...
casualcoder
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Increasing "show x items per page" does not working on SuperUser
I wanted to show 50 items per page in the Unanswered Questions page (default: 15).
After clicking the corresponding button, no questions are shown (blank left column). Same with the button for showing ...
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Software-rec tag; disclaimer looks cut off
I stumbled across a question that is on hold, so I checked out the reason why, and eventually found the software-rec tag, which I thought was weird since SuperUser didn't do software rec's and there's ...
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Internal search doesn't find questions when only part of tag is included
I've checked a post on my phone, than tried to search for it in my pc, but didn't succeeded for first try:
After modification I've found it:
There was just a slight difference: first search term ...
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Right answer picked up wrongly as an audit, because somebody marked it as a new question?
This answer appeared in the First Post queue:
Change it the way you would your videos library by right-clicking the folder on your hard drive, choosing properties and selecting the location tab.
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Why is the moderator diamond so big?
If you take a look here
you'll notice that the badge is much bigger than the username itself (and it is a joke but used to hide the actual name). I have also noticed that the diamond is a bigger font ...
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Reputation change in the notification bar appears to be incorrect
We get notification for reputation changes like below.
The problem is, it shows +1? When I open the link, it shows me +10.
Assuming this was to save space or indicate how many updates/changes had ...
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Historical significance lock reason on answers still states "this question"
While the content dispute and off-topic comments lock reasons use a more general term ("this post"), the historical significance lock reason on both questions and answers still states:
This ...
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HTTPS links aren't accepted when proposing a duplicate
I'm using HTTPS Everywhere plugin which redirects me to HTTPS versions of websites if they are available. It works on SuperUser too, so all SU pages are loaded through HTTPS.
I have just tried to ...
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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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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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Inconsistent handling of downvotes for reputation cap between site and /reputation page [closed]
From my reputation development yesterday, I believe there is an inconsistency between how the site treats downvote reputation loss, and how it's treated in /reputation.
Because of migrated and ...
Daniel BeckMod
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Empty editing description of post's first revision
When viewing a specific revision, the description entered by the user is displayed. Even if it's revision 1, the original post, with no editing description.
Depending on the site style used, this ...
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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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Bug with Badges?
The first bug I noticed was that I have a question Java (1.6.0_15) not working on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.2). Why? that has been viewed over 1000 times yet I never got the Popular Question badge? ...
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Approved suggested edits not rewarding +2 reputation
I proposed the following suggested edits today that were approved:
Suggested edit 1
Suggested edit 2
I am still under 2000 reputation. Shouldn't I have received +2 reputation for at least one of ...
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More than 1 flag per post
I've flagged a post as spam. Being forgetful, I clicked to flag it as spam again. Naturally I can't flag again, but, it appears as if I have flagged it twice, for different things.
Is this a bug? I ...
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SU Review, how to stop "watching" a tag
On the review page, I selected a tag to see the questions needed review for that specific subject. But now, I can't find a way to go back and see all the tags combined.
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Re-Calc Lowerd Rep, Then Activity Raised it, Got Max 200, Then Today Back Down
I was somewhat shocked yesterday when the re-calc dropped my rep down ~250 or so (on SU)... OK, fine. I read the info and started doing my business. I hit the max cap of 200 yesterday, after the re-...
nicorellius
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Answer should have been changed to wiki
When the question for my answer here was changed to CW, I think my answer should have been made CW as well.
JP
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Why are some tags grey and some are light grey?
I'm here to ask why are some tags grey and some are light grey?
See in this photo:
is light grey, but is dark grey. Why is that?
Edit: it does it here with the tags of this question
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Commentator badge progress shows 1/10 before having commenting priviledge
I just received the privilege to post comments on SuperUser (yay!), but before that happened I noticed that the Commentator badge already has a progress of 1/10. I believe this also happened to me on ...
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Strange behavior on the FAQ... (hidden link?)
I was at the superuser.stackexchange faq using the most recent stable version of Chrome on my Pentium 3POS, and I ran into some interesting behavior.
Some of the divs that are direct descendents of ...
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Why is the revision list empty for 225512?
Why is the revision list for Super User question 225512 empty?
Platform: Firefox 3.6. Windows XP Professional 64-bit, SP 2.
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Why am I not allowed to propose a tag synonym ?
Why am I not allowed to propose a tag synonym on Super User? I have 10k+ rep, the privileges show 100% across all - what am I missing out on ?
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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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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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How can I get credit for answers I wrote in a sister site that were moved to superuser?
I answered these questions in SO before they were migrated to SU:
How can I concatenate two files in Unix?
How to find the largest file in a directory?
My accounts are (or should be) linked. Why ...
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rep points not working?
My rep on superuser shows 101, yet I have 11 upvotes, should it not be 110? Is there a delay before it shows up? I have not noticed the same on SO or SF.
SqlACID
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Is the time between two questions allowed to be posted constant?
I ve just started to participate and I have to wait 40 minutes since my last question to post another.
Will it be 40 minutes for the rest of my life on superuser or does the waiting time Change with ...
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Problems with SE sites
Over the past two days I have been experiencing various problems using SE sites - the first I noticed is that my chat wouldn't work even though I was logged in ("You need 20 reputation to talk here") ...
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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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letternapped! Alien invasion or random glitch?
(Click for full size)
There's some serious screwiness with the SU/MSU websites. Lots of letters seem missing - even on this, only the E in the submit button seems visible.
I'm running Google Chrome ...
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Community ad rendering bug in Firefox
I'm having a problem rendering the community ads on Firefox 5.0.1, where they are displayed side-by-side instead of vertically:
This problem occurs often under Firefox, but not under Internet ...
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Page Not Found when submitting edited answer
I'm trying to edit this answer of mine over on SuperUser, but when I save the edits, I get redirected to a SU Page Not Found page. Some notes:
My edit is just adding a link to the page (and ...
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Red remaining-character counter in SU flag reason unreadable/ugly
When you flag a post as "requires moderator attention", you get a box to enter a reason. On SuperUser, this box is pink, unlike the red on the other sites. As you type, the number of characters ...
lc
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Bug on /review already closed
On the cast close vote page, this came up:
No potential close reason listed, and its already shown as closed. Any ideas what happened, or is this to be expected?
question link: https://superuser.com/...
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Page Not Found when clicking on non-existant tag in chat room
In the Ask a Super User Moderator chat room, when someone clicks on tag:moderator*, a page not found error is reached.
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Text colour issue when searching
When searching for questions, the colour of the text which shows the number of votes for accepted answers appears to be wrong:
Presumably the text should be the same colour as the "votes" text. This ...
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Markdown discrepancy between live preview and finished posts
(I'm not sure I'm right on this meta site, but since there's a bug tag...)
The following is a link to a web page with a trailing ) in its URL:
test
I know, the parentheses can be escaped, but that'...
Daniel BeckMod
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Bugs with tagging questions
While editing a post tonight I noticed this bug with the tags. There were two of the same tag (windows-7-x64), and several tags with 0 uses but still showing up. Seems broken, unless I'm missing ...
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Users on the favorites tab are incorrect
On the favorite tab, the users displayed are completely incorrect. The users have no affiliation to the question displayed, and this can be verified when visiting one of the questions.
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Question in tangled state with broken link
The question Transfer a folder from local system … to … virtual system was, according to its revision history, migrated from StackOverflow to SuperUser
over a year ago (May 31 ’13 at 9:14), and then ...
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