Questions tagged [feature-request]
Proposals for new features on the Stack Exchange network, or requests for a change to an existing feature. On posts tagged feature-request, voting may indicate agreement or disagreement with the proposed change, in addition to the quality or usefulness of the post itself. Feature requests are not brought to the company's attention until and unless a [status-review] tag is added by a moderator or employee.
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Remove `[Text]` from the no-alt-text warning message
Feature request: Remove [Text] from the no-alt-text warning message.
Screenshot taken on https://ell.stackexchange.com/
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Improve upload error message for animated WebP images
Animated WebP images are not supported. The error message is misleading (test file):
Not a valid file type: please upload a bmp, gif, jpeg, png, or webp file.
Feature request: Improve upload error ...
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Disable roomba on Meta.SE feature requests [duplicate]
Feature request: disable roomba on Meta.SE feature requests.
Motivation: keep track of which feature requests were disapproved by the community.
Example 1 (link to post), Example 2 (link to post), ...
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Move suggested actions in the duplicate autocomment to the close banner
As so eloquently put by Shadow Wizard:
There is already the "official" close banner appearing (for the OP only) on top of the question when there are pending close votes/flags - the ...
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Post duplicate autocomments as the Community user
We have stopped showing to users who voted to close a question*, and yet for duplicates, we still advertise it with a (now brand new and even longer!) autocomment. We should start attributing these ...
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Use a different template for duplicate automatic comments for reposted questions by the same user
It happens every now and then that a user reposts their question - maybe they don't know how to edit, maybe the question was closed and they wanted to dodge the review queue, or maybe they didn't get ...
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What if resources from SE Q&A communities are not enough for reviews of postings for reopening? [duplicate]
If a posting is in review queue for reopening and resources of Q&A communities of SE are not sufficient for review within a day or possibly several days, is it of value making a comment or being ...
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Could the named reference-link example be removed from the Markdown Help?
As documented in Stack Exchange's Markdown Help it's possible to create named "reference-style" links in Markdown:
Here's a very readable link to [Yahoo!][yahoo].
[yahoo]: https://www....
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Increase max SEDE query running time
I see an increasing amount of:
Line 0: Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
errors (screenshot) on SEDE due to ...
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Why is blocked tags list only allowed to edit by the staff, but not on site moderators level? [duplicate]
Modify the list of blocked tags is only possible by the staff as mentioned here.
What the problem we can face if we allow to make it on site's moderators level?
Is there something other than technical ...
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Has it ever been considered to raise the 30K character limit for answers?
Most Superuser questions can be comprehensively answered within the confines of 30K characters, however there are the occasional comprehensive answers that could benefit from additional comprehensive ...
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Should the long existing tag synonyms be merged at some point?
According to the FAQ post on synonyms and merging (current revision): "All good tag synonyms should eventually be merged (source)."
Having a tag synonym which is not merged causes various ...
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Add a way to hide site disclaimers
Issue: Site disclaimers sometimes take most of the page on mobile devices (example), and they appear on all questions, if the site has a disclaimer.
Feature request: Add a way to hide site disclaimers....
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Penalties for continuously closing questions for a bad reason?
It is extremely common in my experience to see a question that is closed for a reason that is clearly incorrect. It takes an eternity for the question to be unclosed through the appeal process.
In the ...
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Tutorials on Stack Overflow
Is there a reason why doesn't Stack Overflow have a tutorial section on its website?
I think this would be a great feature as yes, you can get an answer to a specific problem but sometimes it's just a ...
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