Questions tagged [bug]
Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behaviour in the system that needs to be fixed.
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Is CV's 'Reopen votes' review queue working right now?
A few minutes ago I had to skip the two reopen votes visible in my review queue because I couldn't complete any of them due to a strange error of the kind
An error ...
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Inconsistent view count between question page and search results page?
When I search "moose" in the search engine I see this post has 3k views:
When I open up the question's page I see 4k views:
Is this some kind of difference in rounding rules, or something ...
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Disappearing questions?
A few hours ago, I posted a comment and an answer to a question (deleted questions are only visible for users with enough rep). Someone had found a nonstandard parameterization of the negative ...
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System is systematically changing URLs in many of my posts
Many of my posts which have links to blog articles such as https://fharrell.com/post/po are having the URLs systematically changed to http://www.fharrell.com/p/blog-page.html which is not even a valid ...
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Why can’t I edit this post? [closed]
The following question has some formatting issues that I wanted to correct.
Econometrics problem with regression
I cannot edit it, even though I can edit other questions (not just my own).
What’s ...
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Issues with syntax highlighting (r tag)
I've noticed that there seem to be issues with the syntax highlighting.
Take this recent post as an example:
Clearly, the question is tagged r. Thus, R syntax highlighting should be applied. However, ...
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Improve "Similar questions" results when writing a question
I've noticed recently that when I write a new question such as this one, the "Similar questions" box just above the Body text entry box shows results that are similar, but they're similar ...
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Code snippet ends with triple backticks
On my question, the very last code snippets ends with the triple backticks "```".
The same exact code snippet on StackOverflow does NOT end with the triple backticks (I thought I erred with ...
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First Questions Review Queue: Flagging a Question Does Not Advance the Actions or Move to Next Item
In the new First Questions Review Queue, if I flag a question, say, as needing clarification, in my opinion the Actions box should have a button saying "I'm done" or the entire screen should ...
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What's going on with MathJax today?
I'm looking at this question.
It says:
$$
\Pr(X=x) = \frac{-p^x}{ x\log(1-p)} \text{ for } x = 1,2,3,\ldots\, \tag 2
$$
Now I will set that in an inline, rather than displayed, context:
$\Pr(X=x)...
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Search: Problem with views:keyword in search
I ran into this: For a certain user with many posts,
user:4505
https://stats.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A4505
search gives (16.09.2019) 812 hits. Augmenting ...
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Misleading link about MathJax help [duplicate]
The online help of Cross Validated contains the following part at the LaTeX section: "Learn more: MathJax help."
Problem is, the link leads to a site about TeX, not MathJax. This is not really ...
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A ghost wiki excerpt after tag merge
My understanding was that when a tag B is made a synonym of tag A and merged with it, then if B had any tag wiki excerpt it would not be visible anywhere anymore.
However, this apparently did not ...
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"Upcoming events" side box lists the wrong election end date
The side box that appears on every page currently displays that our moderator election ends in just under a day:
However, the election page states that we have about 8 days left:
My guess is that ...
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A space is missing in the design of the opinion-based post notice
It lies before the "If..." sentence.
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Unexpected reset of the daily login count (towards Enthusiast badge)
I am logging into the site everyday, for the "Enthusiast", without fail. However today the login count was reset from 22 to 1 ! What should I do?
EDIT
While going through the activity log and votes ...
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Why am I not notified and my reputation is not increasing when my comment is upvoted?
I had an upvote of a comment but I did not see it, neither in my Inbox nor in reputation. Is it normal?
Reputation is less important, compared to not seeing this activity in my Inbox.
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"Reviewer" badge cannot be selected as the "Next Badge"
Why aren't the reviewer or steward badges shown or selectable as "next badge" on the user activity page? They are shown among the help-center badges.
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Matlab syntax highlighting now works on CrossValidated but does not turn on automatically
There has been this feature request on Meta.SE since 2012: Add syntax highlighting for the MATLAB language
In May 2016 it was marked as [status-completed] and the following answer was posted by an SE ...
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Answers appear sorted by date and not by the vote count
When I read the question
How to correct outliers once detected for time series data forecasting?
the answers are in an unexpected order, based on how the answers appear in StackOverflow. ...
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An answer posted 30 seconds after the question was closed; how is it possible?
This question -- SVD for PCA: Why would one standardize the data matrix? -- was closed as a duplicate at 16:59:24 (nine minutes after having been posted). I can swear I saw it closed and without ...
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A question is not displayed in the Linked list, even though it is linked
This question (A): How to write the error term in repeated measures ANOVA in R: Error(subject) vs Error(subject/time) contains a link to this question (B): Specifying the Error() term in repeated ...
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Why am I seeing the SE network icons exchanged?
Basically, when visiting profile pages or looking at the HNQs the SE sites icons are exchanged for me. CV appears with SuperUser icon, while Personal Finance & Money (money.SE) appears with the ...
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Q: Is this a Critic badge bug?
I got Critic badge yesterday, but My user page > Activity > votes > downvote say "you have not cast any votes". It seems strange, so I report it. I have something likely come to mind. After I voted up ...
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Why did this edit go through the review queue?
Yesterday, the author of: Volume representation of ring distribution (cylindrical coordinates) attempted to edit his own question (edit 4 in the revision history). Instead of going through, the edit ...
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40 votes won't trigger the Vox Populi badge
In my profile I can see the following track of the vox populi badge:
However, if I want to vote a question, I get the message:
Is there sort of a restriction to this badge?
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What to do about "sounds like spam" error?
I attempted to post a detailed question, focused on conceptual and statistical issues, not coding. The site rejected my post with an unexplained error message that my post looked like spam.
I also ...
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Bug in displaying the list of review badges
Badges such as "Custodian" (bronze) to "Steward" (gold) are awarded for each of the six review types. However, in browsing the list of users who have been awarded a badge, CV reports the same users in ...
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Increasing visibility to questions by upvoting comments = cheating?
I have begun posting questions in CrossValidated and recognized that many go almost unnoticed.
I realized that by periodically upvoting the corresponding comments the question may reappear as active,...
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Can't post answer because Captcha hangs
I can't post an answer because the Captcha hangs. It keeps spinning indefinitely when I check "I'm not a robot", and the reCaptcha button cannot be activated. I'm using Opera 12.x.
Is this something ...
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"Math Processing Error" in red instead of a TeX formula [duplicate]
I just noted that \binom{}{} does not work, as before, and as it should:
$$
\binom{3}{2}
$$
What I typed within double dollar signs is : ...
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Can't delete previous comment
Please see my comment here. I am unable to delete it since the X used to delete it overlaps with the Related question links:
Is there any way that I can delete the comment?
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Why are there 500+ entries in the Late Answers queue?
On inspection, it looks like many "late answers" from years ago have been added to the review queue.
Is this a change to, or an error in, the algorithms that select which answers get added to the ...
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Strange identicon
For two days I've been meeting a strange identicon in place of the true one. This is about my own profile, and also about some other people profile. The identicon is this
I see my posts now "signed" ...
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Problem with the Mortarboard badge?
I had got a reputation of 225 (200+) on a day, but wasn't awarded the Mortarboard badge.
So, just wanted to know whether the badge is still active or is the explanation of the badge wrong; so that it ...
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Have Latex tables stopped working?
In a range of browsers, I've found that $\LaTeX$ tables no longer seem to work on this site. Neither of these posts display correctly:
How to test for a synergistic effect of A & B with ...
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Links to review history on the election page are broken
On the election page there is a link "review history" under each nomination. It's supposed to display the list of nominee's reviews, but it does not. The reason is a recent tweak of user profile pages:...
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Error in the suggested edits review queue
For some time now I've had problems with rejecting suggested edits in the suggested edits review queue. Usually the majority of edits is actually an improvement but when the exceptions occur the ...
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The Talkative Badge?
I just received notification that I have earned the Talkative Badge for posting 10 messages in Cross Validated chat rooms with one or more of them starred. I can recall only one message that I have ...
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I don't receive notifications
A user sent me several notifications in the comments of this discussion today, but I have not received any notification.
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Missing or broken CSS in main CV chat room
The CSS for the main CV chat room is broken/not resolving rendering the room difficult to use. This has been the case for the past few hours and I did try this in clean browser sessions / multiple ...
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Rendering error: Comments with MathJax syntax errors overflow their boxes
For some reason the rendering of the right hand column of the webpage is overlapping my comments and is preventing me from editing or deleting my post...
Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800
Windows XP
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Problem with log-in and posting when using https://
I am unable to ask questions or post when accessing https://stats.stackexchange.com/. When I attempted to access the meta site it was also not possible for me to log in.
Edit:
Screenshot:
Edit: ...
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Just got an invalid security certificate for meta.stats.SE ... what's up?
I normally get to meta.stats.SE by either typing "meta." in the address bar or by clicking a link to meta in the sidebar - which might link to say ...
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Blog design is off for monthly view
http://stats.blogoverflow.com/2012/02/
Something is wrong with your layout there:
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Double-underlining on linked questions on profile page
If I hover over the upper edge of a question on a profile page, then first one line appears under the hyperlink, and as I move the mouse down, towards the centre of the question, then as the mouse ...
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Changes to tag Wiki gone missing
I just edited a previously empty tag Wiki and put a good deal of effort into writing a decent description, providing an example etc. in a reasonable length. I saved it, got the usual "Thanks for the ...
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Does the bounties page of user profile have a bug? (or am I just especially dense?)
This has been nagging at me a while.
I guessed I'd figure out what was going on eventually, but I haven't - I am more puzzled than ever. If it is a bug I could post it to meta.SO* -- but it's more ...
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First post review queue -bug or new feature?
I flagged a post for "unclear what you're asking".
Just a few minutes after, I got the same question on the first post review queue.
Before the change on the flag options, the "I am done" button ...
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