Questions tagged [comments]
Comments are small addenda to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting and intended to prompt clarifying edits. Can also be used for comments on the blog posts.
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Is it possible to see the removed content due to my flag in my own question?
Years ago I flagged a comment or maybe an answer for "Harassment, bigotry, or abuse" in my own question, and it was probably removed by a moderator. I just found out earlier today on my ...
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Question already answered by a comment [duplicate]
I was wondering if someone else has the problem that a question might be already answered by a comment. I mainly focus on questions that don't have any answer already in order to help.
It costs me a ...
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Add a way I can see the comments I've upvoted
I know that this question has been asked multiple times like here and here. But as you can see, by visiting the links, most of the times the question has been closed without any resolution. Hence, I'm ...
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Allow me to block other users from close-voting my posts to prevent harassment and trolling
The Problem:
My daily flags are spent on a handful of people, who I see again the next time I log in with the same nasty behavior. They won't get banned, they actually have huge positive reputations ...
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Is it okay to upvote answers posted in comments?
I recently received an answer to one of my questions posted as a comment. I upvoted the comment and suggested that the commenter post it as an answer. Was it appropriate to upvote the comment? The ...
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Prevent comment duplication
Possibly due to an internet connection problem I posted a couple of comments with the same content.
Staff can check it here. The latter one was already deleted by me.
My proposal is to check the ...
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A comment is better than my answer - should I remove the answer?
I answered a question, and a user later added a correct comment that would actually make a better answer than mine. Should I remove my answer?
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Moderators can delete comments on any post but not undelete them prior to signing the moderator agreement
Is it expected behavior that an elected (but before accepting the agreement) moderator can delete any comment on the post, but unable to undelete them? Even for my own comments I got the error:
An ...
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Can't comment because of a bug
Wherever I click Add a comment on Stack Exchange sites, even on my own questions, the screen gets like this:
without any possibility to comment. How can I fix it?
I'm using Chrome version 111.0.5563....
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Comment "flagged" on opening author profile in a new tab [duplicate]
I am faced with a very weird behavior with a comment on the moderator election page (reproducible only on Chrome/Safari on iPadOS 16.4). Opening the comment's author profile in a new tab leads to ...
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When were comments first available on Stack Exchange?
I am curious about when comments first became available on Stack Exchange (or whatever the site was when the development occurred). I ask this because, in the Database schema documentation for the ...
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How do I ask long clarifications on an answer?
Someone has left a thoughtful answer to my question.
I have a bunch of clarifications, and for now I've left these as a set of long comments. Is this the appropriate way to do this, or should I have ...
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I'm repeatedly getting 409 and 500 HTTP responses when trying to edit comments
I'm getting this on SO, MSE, and other network sites.
The 500 error returns the content of the 404 page.
What happened?
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Comment markdown formatting doesn't render correctly when immediately followed by a forward slash
Consider either of the following Markdown formatting examples:
a**b**/c
a*b*/c
They will (as expected) render as ab/c and ab/c, respectively, in posts. However, in comments, it does not work for some ...
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Comments and Questions should use the same ENTER key actions
When writing a question, the ENTER key goes to the next line.
When adding a comment, the ENTER key is booby trapped to also hit the
comment submission button that is also present. Yes, one can then ...
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