Questions tagged [new-contributor-indicator]
For questions about the "New contributor" indicator under the user cards of posts made by new contributors.
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Brand new user not shown as new contributor [duplicate]
A brand new user posted a question on Server Fault today.
The question was migrated to Unix & Linux Stack Exchange.
The user is brand new on Server Fault and Unix & Linux:
... but was not ...
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So nice, we said it twice: "User is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct."
When I was leaving my second comment under a new contributor's post, I got a duplicate message:
User is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sadly, the limit is two, no ...
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Rethinking the 'new contributor' banner
A couple of remarks regarding the new contributor banner:
If a new user is actively engaging on the site and posting regularly, it doesn't take long for them to become familiar with the site ...
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New feature to encourage improvement and discourage hasty closing of almost-good questions from new contributors [duplicate]
A new contributor asks a question that, on face value, is poor. Maybe the wording is off topic, or is phrased to solicit opinion, or is a little cloudy or asks too many questions.
If:
the situation ...
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Do we really need "new contributor" messages for Stack Exchange staff?
From this Chess.SE meta post we have:
It feels a bit mismatched for this message to pop up for Stack Exchange staff.
Question: Do we really need "new contributor" messages for Stack ...
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The new contributor indicator is not appearing in a post created by a user that joined today
On a site where I am a moderator, i.e. Code Review, I was looking at this post from a user that joined within the past day. The new contributor indicator is not appearing under their username and ...
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New contributor pop up creates a scrollbar inside the question [duplicate]
This seems to be a recent change... When I put the mouse over the new contributor indicator, the little pop up is created but seems to be confined within the question container -- creating an off-...
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New Contributor hover card information opens a scrollbar on a post
Not sure when this started happening, but the new contributor hover information now makes a scrollbar appear, and keeps all of the hover card information constrained to a small area surrounding the ...
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The tooltip for the "New contributor" is buggy if the answer is grayed out due to negative score
If an answer is grayed out due to having enough negative score, the tooltip for the "new contributor" will be displayed incorrectly.
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The new contributor tooltip makes it too hard to add comments
A haiku
Tooltip is zealous
in promoting temperance.
It is frustrating.
The new contributor tooltip advises us to take care when commenting but in some cases it's too proactive in preventing comments....
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"New Contributor" label not showing when a question is migrated
When a question is migrated, at least from a main site to a meta site, the "new contributor" label is not shown below the user card.
Here is an example from Ask Ubuntu Meta
Reputation prevents any ...
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Why I am labeled as a new contributor when this is not the case? [duplicate]
Why does philosophy.stackexchange suddenly label me as a new contributor when in fact I have already posted many questions in the last 2 years?
It this related to deleting cookies from my pc?
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The "New Contributor" dialog is masked
The New Contributor dialog is masked from where the comment section ends.
Here are some screenshots just to be more clear:
With no comments:
With one comment:
No masking with more comments:
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Posts made by new accounts that are later merged into established accounts still show as "new contributor", contradicting the user card
Imagine an established user accidentally makes a post through a new or unregistered account (or intentionally to prevent their account credentials from being compromised through a public network). ...
