Questions tagged [bug]
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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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LaTeX snippets from Math.SE look like gibberish in the Stack Exchange hot questions list
This is what it looks like on Math.SE:
This is what it looks like in the SE hot topics list:
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Why is a tag too similar to itself? [duplicate]
I wanted to tag this question with variables. When I typed "vari" the only suggestion was environment-variables. Since the description says "system-wide" and my question concerned ...
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Close bug if post already closed
I loaded a post, there were already 4 close votes. I felt it should be migrated, so I clicked the close link to bring up the options but received a message similar to
You can only open the close ...
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The site does not accept drag-and-dropped comment
In a comment, I have dragged-and-dropped some text.
Now the comment text area has my comment, and I want to post it. So I click on Add Comment.
But this does not work.
The site keeps telling me to ...
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superuser.com layout bug: divs overlapping & comments not working [closed]
There are several problems with the layout. Right sidebar is overlapping slightly; share/edit/delete/flag links are pushed to the side; and when I click on "add comment", the add comment link ...
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Reputation transaction history is incomplete (missing today’s paired transactions)
This answer, which I posted 2012–12–11 21:27:14Z, got accepted and unaccepted within the following 26 hours. The following screen shots were taken 2012–12–12, approximately 16:40Z and 22:40Z:
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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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"You cannot delete this post" error when voting to undelete
I just tried to vote to undelete a topic (it was on the way to being a duplicate when the OP deleted it), and after I was asked whether I wanted to vote to undelete...
... this error message was ...
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Flag box is transparent [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Flag dialog on low-score answers appears faded out
Picture pretty much says it all. Note, my hunch is that this has to do with the fact that the answer was grayed out (at -3) ...
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Favorite tags in Chrome isn't displaying correctly [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
SuperUser bug: badge border is cut off in Chrome, fine in Firefox
Chrome displays Favorite Tag on home page like this:
I have confirm this on Chrome v12, v13, and v14 on ...
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Protection not considering Association Bonus
I'm not a very active member of SuperUser, but I have more than 100 reputation points because of the Association Bonus.
I'm experiencing something weird... I want to answer a question that's been ...
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How best to react to 5/5 badge getting stuck
Picture attached:
When I asked a question on Stack Overflow Meta I was told to just wait when things like this happen. I am happy to, but is this the best process?
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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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Won't allow me to flag
I found an odd problem. I was in newest questions and I saw this:
Instantly I was going to flag one as duplicate. My problem came when attempting this. The second question wouldn't show up. Any ...
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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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SSL Error - chrome
For the past two days chrome is giving me this warning when I login to superuser
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Differnt PNG encoding? [closed]
Using superuser.com's interface tonight, was given the below error when putting together Windows 7 in Compatibility Mode options on Windows 7 Enterprise:
Problem being, it was a PNG I was trying to ...
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No background on downarrow-beside-username popup on main page, but it is there on question pages
If I go to superuser.com and mouse over the arrow near my name, it's hard to read because there is no background. I click through to a question, and on that page there is no problem.
This is on Web+ ...
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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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Why aren’t my flags handled?
The last handled flag on my profile is from 21 February. None of the newer flags have been handled yet. Where are all the moderators?
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Errors in superuser and stack overflow
Whenever I click on 'chat' I get some message about my number of posts being been limited and will expire in 3 days, but this is for the 'forum' (whatever its called) not for the chat room, and its ...
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Autocompletion getting in the way: yas-snippet-dirs gets completed by adding a period [closed]
I tried to write this answer to a question. Every time I tried to type the variable name yas-snippet-dirs, a period was automatically added after that name, as soon as I typed a space char or a ...
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Please be mindful of non-programming and development question migrations
Stack Overflow is a site for programming and development questions. This question was recently migrated to Stack Overflow even though it has nothing to do with programming and development: Create ...
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I'm human, even when I'm incognito!
Whenever I'm visiting Super User in incognito mode, I have to verify that I'm a human (almost every time). I realize that this could be avoided by not being incognito, but for various reasons, I'm ...
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Super User Tag Dropdown busted [closed]
I'm seeing a big problem with the Tag Dropdown on Super User only. Using Windows 7 64-bit and IE 9.
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Inconsistent summary of questions already answered on Superuser
I have noticed that Superuser inconsistently provides the summary of posts on the left has side of the question.
e.g. see the attached pic to understand my point:
First Q on the pic appears to have ...
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The "set a bounty" dialog kept disappearing
I posted Can VMware Workstation Player be connected to my "Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller" card? and, as it got one "sanity check" comment but no other response, ...
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Automatic change of formatting while we answer [closed]
Whenever I give answers to the questions, my original format of the answer is not maintained. It is changed to all continuous statements all line by lines. So it becomes very clumsy for the reader, ...
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<kbd> tag looks wrong
According to W3C,
When the kbd element is nested inside another kbd element, it represents an actual key or other single unit of input as appropriate for the input mechanism.
The SU way of ...
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Trying to log off StackExchange [duplicate]
I was told this is a duplicate and I know people don't like duplicates but I don't know what else but to ask again. I checked the StackExchange icon and there is no log off there. PLEASE I'm so tired ...
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Unclear wording on comment editing timeout
So when trying to edit a comment before 5 minutes after posting, you get the error message "Comments may only be edited for 5 minutes."
I think that message is is unclear and should be changed to ...
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Allow help in the title [duplicate]
I tried to ask this question, but it was rejected.
How do I install a Windows update that gives an error but no help?
The reason was retarded.
Please fix this bug.
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Captcha doesn't work with IE
All I can see is "I am human being".
I don't know which version my IE is, I don't know where to check it, but it came with Windows 7, so it can't be that old.
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Accused of "targeted voting" (upvoting certain users) - Is the system broken (beyond what we already know it is)?
Today I received a "moderator message" with what seems to be a serious accusation. Quoted in full:
Hello,
We're writing in reference to your Super User account:
https://superuser.com/...
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