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Tone down "edited comment" icon
Compared to other SE sites I've participated in, especially SO, the icon for "this comment was edited" sticks out like a sore thumb on Ask Ubuntu.
Could it be toned down?
Here's my crude attempt, ...
Roger Pate
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Linking Encouragement
This isn't really a question, but I'm not exactly sure where to put it. I would like to request stack exchange linking rewards.
Everyday many of the same questions are asked. Users that are ...
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Add a reply option for comments
Don't you think that it is a good idea to add a reply button to comments to questions and answers? Most people forget to type @username when replying which makes the person who made the previous ...
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LQ Review: Add canned delete comment for link-only within askubuntu.com (should have been flagged as duplicate)
Within the last weeks, I reviewed a growing number of answers from the Low Quality queue (or spotted them directly on the main site) that basically looked like this:
Follow the answers at askubuntu....
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Can I opt-out from receiving notifications from a particular post?
What are the default text editors in different flavours of Ubuntu?
I asked the above question today, received some great answers, accepted an answer. And it solved the initial problem that I had plus ...
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Are people getting "rep shy"? || About "commentswers"
I keep bumping into questions with perfectly good answers that are not marked as accepted or can't even be marked nor voted because they're in comments. Even if you politely ask the "commentswerer" to ...
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Could we add on the 'about' page that questions should be edited to provide more information?
On both the about page it is explained how the site works. To my eyes, this should include that a user asking question should edit his post to improve it if some other users are asking clarification ...
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Should users be able to flag comments as obsolete that they have previously upvoted?
I understand why I cannot flag a comment I've upvoted. When I upvote a comment, it means I think it is of especially high quality.
But an especially high quality comment can become obsolete (for ...
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moving question-related discussions from comments to chat seems pointless, destroys clarifying information
After a bit of fact finding back and forth in the comments about a fix-it question, the site will now display something like:
Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to
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Mention multiple users
I know that in comment the number of mentions (@user) is limited to one (in addition to the OP).
But in some cases, as in How do I prevent one user in particular from accessing my home directory?, I ...
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Add launchpad quick link
For the comments we have lots of links, such as [se] and [ubuntu.se].
Here is a list of requested redirects, from me and the comments:
[launchpad] goes to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu and shows as ...
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What to do with answers that should be comments, but get deleted?
As the reputation requirement to comment is pretty high (50), many new users who want to contribute to the site use answers to leave a comment on questions, e.g. to request additional information ...
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How can I find the questions where I posted a comment?
I posted some comments on questions, but I didn't use the star symbol to transfer those questions to my favorites.
Is it still possible to rediscover those questions?
user85164
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Would it be helpful to see question comments on the question edit page?
Would it be helpful for those occasions when someone is trying to edit a question to incorporate extra information provided in comments?
Would this have more negative effects than positive?
I know ...
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Should new users be restricted from using comments within the questions they ask?
The faq for Ask Ubuntu ... as well as, I assume, all of the Stack Exchange sites (?) ... states in the "How Do I Ask Questions Here?" section
If other users ask you for more information in the ...
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HTML in questions but not comments?
Why is it that we can use HTML markup and entities in questions but not in comments? Shouldn't they be the same?
Testing markdown here, italic, bold... well, that seems to work.
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Can the star be on the browsing level of a question?
When I favor a question sometimes; I would like to be able to favor the question when I am browsing on the questions menu; as supposed to clicking the question and then favoring. I was wondering if I ...
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Include number of comments in question preview
I suggest the following change to the way questions are displayed on the homepage: In addition to showing the number of upvotes, number of answers, and number of views, we also include the number of ...
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No cancel button for commenting
If you start writing a comment, and then decide not to, there is no cancel button. To get rid of the box to write the comment in, you have to reload the page. It would be better in my opinion if ...
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50 Reputation on comments is too much? Add new function to suggest?
I have low reputation as you see. And the problem i see with this is, that when i try to troubleshoot someone's question that requires some active or continuous communication, or a suggestion like "...
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Always Allow Voting and Commenting Privleges For Users With More than 200 on other Stack Exchange Sites
As the question Am I allowed to ask for a rep boost indicates, offering a bounty without realizing that you will no longer be able to comment or vote seems to not be atypical. This is exactly what ...
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Show comments before comment form in add/show 3 more comments
In questions with more than five comments, the first five are shown and the rest hidden under a 'add/show x more comments'.
When you click that link, you are first shown the comment textarea to add ...
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How to create a comment with a picture?
I would like to be able to add comment with picture, in order to request some information to the person posting the question.
So I can not edit the question for that, like proposed in here.
It is ...
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Moderators should be able to mark questions as answered
I know about similar requests, but after stumbling over this question (just an example; question poster answered himself using edits instead of an answer) I thought you should at least add an option ...
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