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Should we remove the toxic-people tag? (removed tag)
I'm in favor to nuke because :
there are already the tags work-environment, professionalism and unprofessional-behavior to describe this problem
such a tag don't seems itself to be profesional and ...
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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues
This sounds like a good idea to me as well. I think the reasoning for why has been pretty clear, so I'd like to suggest a wording like this:
This question deals with a topic about which many people ...
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Do we still need the lower threshold for spam/rude deletions?
Do we still need the lower threshold for spam/rude deletions?
Based on the numbers outlined in your question, I don't believe we need any special attention. Also, considering our community is strong ...
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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues
We discussed this request internally a few weeks back, and then I kept my eyes open with it in mind.
Here are, I believe, the key factors to consider when constructing such a post notice:
Responses ...
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(Reopened) Reopen "How to make new employee accepting of light profanity at the workplace?"
The question has been reopened.
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Do we still need the lower threshold for spam/rude deletions?
It seems like it's an appropriate time to recalibrate. The trend is pretty clear on spam:
Data from SEDE
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Can we remove wrong perception of "cowboy" from this answer?
"I used to joke that they would only deploy new software if they were
wearing their cowboy hats."
In what way was this sentence offensive to you?
I have only my only limited experience to draw ...
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Do we still need the lower threshold for spam/rude deletions?
This seems pretty reasonable and it's a quick and easy change so... it's done. I've spoken with Charcoal to ensure that the autoflagging is raised to four as discussed.
Thanks for having this ...
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Why is this question not showing as protected?
The question has in fact been protected; this happened around about 07:00 UTC on 2019-01-31.
There is a network-wide bug which means that the protection status is not shown if (and only if) you do ...
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Can we remove wrong perception of "cowboy" from this answer?
Cowboy coding seems a perfectly reasonable thing to say. There was no implication that it was an actual cowboy on a horse. Complaining about it seems a bit 'non-cowboy' if anything.
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(Done) Rename maternity-leave tag to parental-leave
Done. Tags are merged and a synonym from maternity-leave now points to parental-leave.
The tag could still use a Wiki to describe it.
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Can we get a be nice post notice for questions that deal with sensitive issues
Do we want this notice? If yes What should the wording be?
I say yes, but let's see what others think (based on comments and the votes on this question seems that others think the same).
People may ...
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Why are these answers ordered strangely?
Ah, I missed this the first time - when an OP posts a self-answer, answers are sorted by votes even if it's accepted.
Notice the OP in that case is actually the same user who wrote the accepted ...
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Can we remove wrong perception of "cowboy" from this answer?
The answer was edited some hours ago by one of our Mods, and the problematic content removed.
It now does not contain the cowboy part, which was a bit unnecessary IMHO.
I'd say that the problem is ...
DarkCygnusMod
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Glitch in top banner
Thanks for reporting. It's definitely a bug caused by new footer. Fix is waiting in repo for build. Consider it done.
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(Done) Rename maternity-leave tag to parental-leave
Sounds reasonable. Maybe the tag-wiki for parental-leave could explain that this is both for maternal leave in the proper sense (i.e. leave for mothers before and after giving birth) and for parental ...
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Profile is showing the question score for my answers, not the answer score
Stack Exchange recently rolled out an update to the activity page across all SE sites. It looks like there are a few bugs with it, which are being tracked here:
New responsive Activity page
If your ...
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Profile is showing the question score for my answers, not the answer score
This has been reported previously, it is on status-review.
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Please change the visited link color
thanks for raising this issue! And sorry it took so long to update. I've updated the site's CSS to account for :visited links to appear visually different from both body text and non-:visited links. ...
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Green Colors on profile have changed?
Fixed now; see my answer on your question on the network Meta.
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Green Colors on profile have changed?
Not only are main and meta different, but this is a recent change on main (and Meta.SE). Here's a snapshot from the Wayback machine:
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Can we remove wrong perception of "cowboy" from this answer?
The term "cowboy" as it was used can generate a visceral response. It is often used as a pejorative by Americans living on the coastlines to disparage people in the heartland of the US.
To ...
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Removing the word "career" from the Off topic close reason
Yes lets remove the word Career from the close reason and go with the wording that was originally well received.
Questions asking for advice on a specific choice, such as what job to
take or what ...
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"Advice on what to do" close reason is over-broad
How about this:
Questions asking for advice specific to one's own career path ("what job should I take?", "what skills should I learn?", etc.) are off-topic as it can be difficult to give objective ...
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Profile is showing the question score for my answers, not the answer score
I believe this has been fixed in the latest round of changes on our Activity views.
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(Done) Rename maternity-leave tag to parental-leave
Let me point out that, at least in Germany these are not legally interchangeable terms, and the first Wikipedia Paragraph also clearly lays out the distinction. Could be confusing for some people.
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The "All actions", "Responses" and "Votes" tabs appears to be broken?
Per Nick Craver, it's been fixed and they have some more work to do to make it stay fixed.
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Unable to load Popup - Please try again later
There was no issue with the comment system. Instead, there was a bug on the bounty system, and the error message "Unable to load popup - please try again" appeared when "start a bounty&...
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Rep changes not popping up in navbar (FIXED)
Update: Seems that the rep changes are now reported immediately, as well as the ones that weren't reported are now on, and the total rep matches the one made.
Seems that this is starting to get fixed....
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