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unsaved comment edits are lost when showing new comments
When I do the following...
post a comment
start editing the comment I recently posted
see that newer comments have been posted
click the link to show the newer comments
...my editing of my [less ...
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How does @username commenting work?
I read in a comment that users can notify each other by starting the comment with @username.
Assume I want to notify Marco Ceppi. Do I write @Marco Ceppi or @marco-ceppi?
What does that user see? ...
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Can I cancel a vote for a comment?
I voted up for a comment and realized that it wasn't in fact such a great comment. I am not able to cancel my vote as I can do for questions or answers : "click again to undo" don't work.
Is it just ...
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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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Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
Why are you only allowed to comment on other people's posts when you reached 50 reputation? In my opinion comments are a good way to ask people to clarify their questions or add additional information ...
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Comment re-edit time-out is too short.. and Is there a limit on deleting my comments?
I'd like to know how long a comment I've written is "available" to be re-edited...
Either I'm too slow, or its too fast...
Also, what limits are there on deleting a comment? ...(which I couldn't re-...
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What HTML and/or Markdown code is allowed in comments?
What HTML and/or Markdown code is allowed in comments?
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Can I Know User Is Logged in or Not?
I want to know if a user is online at a given time or not. So that commenting on a question or answer would be effective.
Because the user profile only shows that the user was last seen : (Ex:30 ...
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Should comments be flagged for "light" rudeness?
I will give the example of this answer.
It was a bad answer, not much information in it, not really a good work around. A bad answer is a bad answer, we all understand that.
Now, I look at the user ...
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Is there a way to deal with people who repost other people's comments as answers?
When users see a question, they often write comments like “did you try x?” to clarify if a novice user has already tried some trivial steps before posting the question. Now there's almost always some (...
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Why are my comment flags continually getting rejected?
A little while ago I asked (Should I flag comments such as “I agree”, “+1 for x”, or “I changed x in my post”?) if certain kinds of comments should be flagged as useless, and got told that I should ...
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Why the limits on the number of users that can be notified in one comment?
Sometimes, it becomes necessary to notify more than one user (using the @) in the same comment. However, the current system allows notifying only one user in the same comment.
Why this limit?
Can we ...
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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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Can we improve the "better to include the essential parts" pro-forma comment?
I've seen the following problem a few times.
Alice posts link-only answer.
Bob reviews the answer and posts the following pro-forma comment:
While this link may answer the question, it is better to ...
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Refer to a comment
I need to refer to a previous comment in a question/answer/comment. How can I link to this comment?
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What should be done to useful posts posted by new users as answer but should be comments?
I am refering to this post, which was posted as an answer, but should have been a comment to the accepted answer. The user did not have enough rep(50) to post a comment, so he posted it as comment, ...
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Enter in context menu posts comment
I tend to use the context menu key to correct typos. Context key, select word, enter. The normally I will press down to get to the end of the row. Enter in the context menu posts (with about a 0.5 ...
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Could comments be allowed from 20+ [duplicate]
My opinion is that comment privileges are allowed until 50 reputation for what purpose" The Askubuntu Help Page says:
Privileges control what you can do on Ask Ubuntu. Gain more privileges
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Should I flag items for deletion when this is a method of communicating with the user?
I've recently been given review privileges for new users. Occasionally, some of them make the mistake of posting answers when they shouldn't, such as here, where the user asks for clarification on ...
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Why comment "This is an English only site"? [duplicate]
On occasion people post questions in a language other than English and within 5 minutes there are multiple comments informing them that this is an English only site.
Any user on the site is allowed ...
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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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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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Isn't the first step to post a comment rather than vote to close?
Can a question be closed without even a single comment?
I have an example here in which I do understand that several voters close the question without asking for clarification: https://askubuntu.com/...
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Suggestion: Use pro-forma/"review" comments when flagging certain answers
First of all, thank yous :)
We have many wonderful community watchmen (too bad most of them don't have any super powers) who love to flag (thanks!) wayward answers, such as those that should really ...
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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?
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What should I do with shortened links in comments?
I read Shortened Link Cleanup Time! a few days ago, and since then have been on the lookout for shortened links. However, occasionally I find a shortened link in a comment, and comments, unlike ...
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Should I report comments (in any way at all) that aren't spam but aren't constructive?
I'm looking at this question in which someone is giving pretty unhelpful answers in the comments attached to the question. I don't think this person is really trying to be unhelpful, but the comments ...
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Should we commment on spam to get it deleted faster?
Recently I observe that obvious spam often gets far more down votes than spam flags would be needed for community deleting and locking:
Should we in case of an obvious spam post leave a comment so ...
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Should I flag comments such as "I agree", "+1 for x", or "I changed x in my post"?
Oftentimes I see comments that go along the lines of "+1, really good answer/question!", "I agree, we should do that this way", or "This helped a lot, thanks!". These comments are encouraging and ...
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How can I revive the pro-forma script after a failed loading of "remote"?
Following the question about pro-forma comments I installed them and then tried to enable the remote source, which seemingly failed (at least it took a very long time ™ without any noticeable network ...
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Why can't I add a comment to others' questions? [duplicate]
Why can't I add comments to others' questions? I can only answer questions but I need to clarify some more specifically. I see instructions that I should avoid thanking, clarifying and other things in ...
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How do I leave comments on Ask Ubuntu?
How do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?
I posted a question and someone posted an answer. But the answer fails to take into account information posted on the site. How do I ...
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Can I give a bounty to a commenter?
I asked this question a few days ago. I got a couple of answers but nothing that worked so I added a bounty to try and get some more attention.
After placing the bounty, a user commented on one of ...
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Why I'm getting wrong notification?
Today I got a new notification "Congrats, you've gained the privilege – comment everywhere learn more".
I tried to comment on a post, but I was not able to comment on any post. After some ...
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Why do I always get "It does not meet our quality standards"
I just do the normal way of making a question but always says 'It does not meet our quality standards.' is there something wrong about my writings?
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Why don't "useful comment" results give reputation?
I saw the "Does upvoting a comment add to the commenter's reputation" question already, but seriously: this seems like a bug, not a feature.
There are questions to which there is no answer, but there ...
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How do you leave a comment on a question? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
I only see a box for leaving an answer, but I can't seem to figure out how to leave a comment to a question.
I must be blind, ...
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Cannot add @name at the beginning of a comment in an answer
I want to comment an answer asking for more help, but cannot add the @name-of-user - the user that my comment is addressed to. Why is that?
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When are "you can do this different thing instead" answers considered good?
Sometimes someone asks how to do something that is very hard, unlikely to have the intended effects, or fundamentally impossible or meaningless due to an insufficient understanding of what it would ...
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About the Comment system in New Review BETA feature
Review system looks good in controlling spam and low quality contents . I am aware it is still in BETA.
While reviewing i came across an answer whose author had less Reps to comment originally , ...
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How do I add comments on answers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
how do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?
This may be a stupid question, but I don't get it. I see that all kinds of people leave comments on specific ...
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How do I edit my original question without rolling back?
I asked a question and subsequently a user (and then another one) edited my question. Their edits were tags (thank you) and formatting, both of which I really liked, but I have noticed a grammatical ...
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How do I comment on a post?
I see a bunch of comments on someone else's answer to several questions and I'd like to add one but I don't see how. I can provide my own answer, but all I really want to do is add a little bit to ...
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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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Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?
Sometimes a comment with lots of upvotes is still obsolete and should be removed. This is usually the case, for example, when it requests information that the OP then provides (and provides in such a ...
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Commenting problems when using Opera Mini to browse AU [closed]
Now comment button wont work for my questions and answer to my questions . Is it a bug or am I blocked due to rude behavier?
PS:Commenting IN others questions and its answers still works
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Comment with one rep without participation in post
Is there any explanation for why the first comment on this post has been made by a user with 1 rep and no participation on that thread? Is it a bug?
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How to back up and restore customized pro-forma userscript comments?
I have extensively customized my pro-forma userscript comments (with new comments and new wordings/linkifications for default ones). I use Chromium as my browser most of the time, and Firefox ...
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Why can't I comment on other questions/answers? [duplicate]
I looking for a diary program, that I can use for writing things, shopping, doctor apointments, and other things for my wife and I found an answer.
But I can't ask the guy a question like other ...
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What happens to my comment if the parent question/answer is deleted?
Let's say that I leave a comment on a question, responding to an answer that was left.
Can the person who left the answer delete his answer and my comment? I didn't think that it was possible, is ...
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