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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Mechanism to Determine Appropriate Stack Exchange Site
I see a lot of moderators migrating questions from one site to another pretty often, but tonight I had a question which doesn't neatly fit into any in the list.
Is there a mechanism, or even a ...
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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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The "talkative" user problem
After asking questions and providing answers here for about 10 years, few days ago I have faced with a very irritating problem.
Currently, the subject of my interest is ImageMagick, a command-line ...
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In the AI policy on SE sites allowing GenAI, don't discourage sharing the entire prompt(s). Sharing the entire prompt(s) should be instead encouraged
Regarding the SE sites allowing the use of generative AI:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://serverfault.com/help/ai-policy, ...
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i.sstatic.net is missing IPv6 DNS resolution
Cloudflare is about one of the easiest way to get a domain served over both IPv4 and IPv6. However the new image hosting domain doesn't have any AAAA records. Would it be too much to ask for images to ...
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Have an option to permanently switch to the jQuery fallback across all SE sites
Every SE site loads script from https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js. Unfortunately, the majority of Google's domains, including ajax.googleapis.com, are blocked by GFW.
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Revisit the idea of attachments, now that images are selfhosted
Is it time to revisit the idea of attachments, now that images are self hosted? (Stack Exchange’s image hosting arrangement with Imgur is ending - advance notice)
See the old question here:
Please add ...
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Please enable hotlinking to images hosted under sstatic.net
I have just discovered that the new i.sstatic.net domain does not allow hotlinking. I assume it was done to prevent using the images outside of the SE network, however I kindly ask you to reconsider ...
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Can Stack Exchange have a direct interface to push code from GitHub? [closed]
I would like to see this feature implemented—an interface to push code from GitHub—as I keep having to copy paste code between Stack Exchange and GitHub.
I know that GitHub has its own discussion ...
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How to easily access your "saved for later"/duplicates list when voting duplicates
It would be very useful, when voting on a question as duplicate, if one could easily access the "Saved for later" list (or whatever list one uses), since that's where I keep the commonly ...
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When a tag is removed, why isn't it removed from watchlists?
Recent activity in New Caledonia (and the closure of the airport) made me wonder if there were any recent questions in the air-calin tag on Travel. It's one of my watched tags, so I clicked it and -- ...
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Can we exchange one index for another one?
In the Stack Exchange Data Explorer only the most logical/beneficial yet minimal set of indexes is created for the tables found in the schema.
One of those indexes is on the Users table:
CREATE ...
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Allow editing already-submitted “In need of moderator intervention” flag comments
After I submit text for the flagging reason “In need of moderator intervention”, it's not possible to edit it.
So my feature-request is: after submitting the "In need of moderator intervention&...
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Stack Overflow announcement profile [duplicate]
Feature request: a Stack Overflow announcement account!
So as you all know, Stack Overflow manages a lot of the administration of the Stack Exchange network, so this is not site specific.
I just want ...
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Allow higher-resolution GIF images
Current limitation: One cannot upload animated GIF images with over 50 million pixels. This makes it impossible to upload HD animated images that have more than a few frames. E.g., if a gif has a ...
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Separately show number of upvotes and downvotes [duplicate]
Here on Meta Stack Exchange (MSE), by clicking on the net reputation of a question, we can see the number of updates and downvotes received separately.
I think this feature should be made available on ...
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Should the poster of a question be able to mark their self-answers after 2 days automatically?
After the poster finds an answer and posts it, they have to wait 2 days to mark it as the answer. Should Stack Exchange provide a button or option to automatically mark it as the answer after 2 days, ...
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Could we revisit WebP support with the new uploader?
There's a feature request from last year requesting WebP support. I'd say the arguments made there were persuasive, and I'd encourage people to take a look at that post.
I'd say that with the new ...
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Remove the 'resetting any rude or abusive flags' note from the rollback tooltip
The tooltip for the rollback button in a revision history is:
sets the current revision to this version of the post, resetting any "rude or abusive" flags
However, the 'resetting of red ...
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New image uploader should have a more descriptive error when you paste in a link rather than a picture
Admittedly, I pretty much tried to fit a square peg into a round hole, but I accidentally used the image upload button instead of the link button when trying to post a link to a question.
Current ...
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How can I make a reversed numbered list in a question or answer?
Numbered lists are easy:
Item1
Item2
This is how it looks when I'm typing this question:
Reversed numbered lists are not that easy:
Item2
Item1
This is how it looks when I'm typing this question:
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Make it flow smoothly to add a post to a specific saves list
I am an avid user of the saves feature. I like it. I want to love it. One of the biggest pain points is how much I need to move my mouse around to add a post to a specific list.
saves button is to ...
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Add a keyboard shortcut for adding a post to saves
I use the saves feature a lot, and I also use my keyboard a lot. It would be nice to have a keyboard shortcut for saving a post.
I dunno. How about v,s (as in "vote -> save").
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Allow bold/italic formatting in first question notice translations on international sites (English sites do make use of it)
When the user of any SE site is ready to post their first question they will see the notice, e.g. on ruSO now:
Source English text for the top paragraph in this popup is the following in traducir:
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Why do questions not get locked after a period of inactivity?
At least in exchanges where "necro-posting" is banned, questions do not get locked after a period of inactivity, and therefore can still have answers and comments added. If moderation ...
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Being able to easily see how many deleted versus non-deleted posts I acted on
I am often curious how many total questions I have closed/reopened/edited/etc regardless which ones were later deleted. You can view these statistics on your profile, and selecting the desired tab, to ...
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For each Stack Exchange site, would it be good to have a pseudo-dictionary webpages for tag list? [closed]
For each Stack Exchange site, would it be good to have a pseudo-dictionary web page for tag list?
Essentially, it is a dictionary web page(s) containing a list of pages used by a particular Stack ...
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Don't show the contents of a post that was deleted as "rude/abusive" in New Answers to Old Questions
When scrolling through /tools/new-answers-old-questions, it can be rather unpleasant and typically not useful to see the contents of posts that have already been deleted as rude/abusive inline. If it'...
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Minor terminology improvement for the AI policy
https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://superuser.com/help/ai-policy, https://serverfault.com/help/ai-policy, etc. state:
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Don't automatically convert answers to comments
It appears the system will automatically convert every short answer containing a link, into a comment. This is bad design. I wrote a short answer that is self-contained and perfectly acceptable as ...
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Create a view that provides a list of databases
In an answer to Strange new database 'Data.StackExchangePOC' is messing up cross-site SEDE queries our DBA extraordinair Aaron Bertrand suggested to have a feature request for a view to list ...
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The policy of editing out “noise” should be proactively explained and more easily referred to and justified
Across the network, but especially on Stack Overflow, it's considered important to edit questions and answers to remove noise. Of course I agree with this policy; it's part of what keeps the sites ...
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Prevent reopen votes from expiring until a question is dequeued to improve experience for low-visibility queue items
The workflow for getting a question reopened is you edit to improve the question, use the 'Add to review' checkbox or cast a reopen vote yourself to push your question into the Reopen votes queue, ...
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Knowing the date when I saved a post (a Question or an Answer)
In the Saves section of a profile (link pattern https://$community.stackexchange.com/users/saves/$userid/all?sort=Added) there is the "Added" sort option. But the items in the list don't ...
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Upgrade highlight.js library, due bad assembly code highlighting
When I edited a SO post, I noticed an error in highlighting assembly code sample.
Not only formatting is not applied when using assembly nor x84asm language identifiers, but it looks bad even if using ...
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Can we get an [ai-policy] magic link?
Now that sites have AI policies, it seems like we would benefit from a magic link, like [ai-policy], linking to the site's respective help page.
I tested this just now, but it didn't work, and it's ...
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