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Kitty can’t fix it — Old questions inaccessible for logged-in users, giving “unexpected error”
Thank you all for reporting and excellent documentation of this issue! We have applied a fix and all the affected pages should now load as expected for logged in users as well as anonymous users.
As ...
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Should we blacklist or delete the "research" tag?
This tag already has 23 questions using it, and from the list
it is clear that the usage is essentially random,
with no coherent unifying themes.
The only noticeable exception is that a substantial
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Filtering out the Autobiographer badge from "Recent Badges"
UPDATE:
We've blocked Autobiographer from appearing in the recent badges list network-wide so I've removed the general block of bronze badges described below. For more information on the changes that ...
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I fixed my question. Can it please be taken off hold now?
Although the question at MO has been reopened, the meta post is not completely moot: let me remind users that there is a meta thread dedicated to the requests for reopening: Requests for reopen and ...
Todd TrimbleMod
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Can we make the cite link bigger?
After letting this slip through the cracks for a couple of years, I'm pleased say we've implemented Scott Morrison's solution:
(Ignore the "mod" link if you aren't a moderator.)
We did talk about ...
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Should we blacklist or delete the "research" tag?
Suggestion: Burninate the tag research (rather than remove it manually).
Burnination means that the tag is removed from all questions without any bumping. (Pointers to more detailed information about ...
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"[error] I'm a teapot" when trying to add a picture
The "teapot" error is one of the various responses we return if something looks very suspicious at the http/form level - most likely because of an XSRF check failure. On mathoverflow, this is usually ...
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Braces don't render in preview
This had to do with the citation helper script - mostly with how I implemented the integration with the editor.
The fix is being deployed right now.
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What should the modal window for first-time askers say?
The new Custom Ask Advice that is shown to new users is now live. Here is what it looks like right now on the site:
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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?
As of 29 March 2022, I claim all the links in questions and answers to front.math.ucdavis.edu that predate April 2007, when the arXiv moved to the new, uniform ...
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Kitty can’t fix it — Old questions inaccessible for logged-in users, giving “unexpected error”
This is not a resolution of the bug, but at least I have found a way around it: If I log out of my account the affected pages all become accessible. If I then log back in I get the "kitty" ...
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Could there be a warning when a new tag is created?
I have just received a message from the Stack Overflow Team that the Warning pop-up for new tags has been enabled.
Todd TrimbleMod
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Formatting problem
This had to do with the citation helper script - mostly with how I implemented the integration with the editor.
The fix is being deployed right now.
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What should the modal window for first-time askers say?
Vote up / down if you would / would not prefer to add to Martin Sleziak's proposal some language about cross-posting.
Voting for this change does not preclude voting for any other change as well; we ...
Tim CampionMod
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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?
I've reviewed your request and - while I'd generally want to say "yes, we can do this" - in this case, I'm sorry to say that I don't think it will be possible - at least, not without some ...
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Request for help with javascript for the citation search feature
As an example, the first result here contains the JSON
{
"results": [
{
"pagination": "266-278",
"links": [
"http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jsl.2013.12"
],
"title": ...
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Text on some buttons has become unrecognizable
Thanks for reporting the issue. This will be fixed with our next production build.
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Customize the modal window for the first-time askers
Let me give some initial suggestion. (I hope that somebody proposes a better version - seeing many well-written posts both on main and on meta, clearly many MO users are able to do so.)
I have tried ...
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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?
As some of you may have noticed, I have a script which repairs broken links / images, with some more options than the mass-replacement tool available to Stack Exchange staff. It can do all kinds of ...
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Customize the modal window for the first-time askers
We used to have a page about how to ask a question on MO back on MO 1.0 that was quite good. The current one is kinda crap. I would suggest bringing back the old text explaining how to ask a ...
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Trouble with tea?
Fixed, sorry.
I broke something while making the demo archiving service accessible.
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Tabs on the front page
Sorry about that. We accidentally pushed a set of changes earlier that wasn't meant to go public just yet. The change has been reverted, and things should be back to normal.
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Bug with Marshal badge
This bug was reported yesterday, and is now partially fixed. See: Excavator and Marshal badges are being awarded over and over and Extra number of gold badges appearing in profile.
The consensus from ...
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Tabs misaligned
Thanks for sharing this issue. I also noticed the issue today and pushed a fix which is now live on production. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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What should the modal window for first-time askers say?
Vote up / down if you think Martin Sleziak's proposal should / should not be modified to use the phrase "research-level mathematics" rather than "mathematics at graduate level or higher&...
Tim CampionMod
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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?
At this moment, it is unclear whether a project like this should be done. (After all, until we heard from people running the arXiv frontend, we still should count as a possibility that it will be ...
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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?
Thanks for raising this one to our attention. We've now executed the requested changes on Math Overflow. However, it looks like, given the work y'all put in, this change set is relatively issue-free, ...
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Reputation displays after an edit even if opted out
We rolled out the fix.
Thank you for noticing that bug.
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