Questions tagged [comments]
Comments are small addenda to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting and intended to prompt clarifying edits.
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Why were comments locked on my post?
I recently asked a question, and after a while that post was locked and comments were disabled. Why did that happen with that question? The message said:
Locked for 22 hours. Comments on this ...
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Auto-resolve local URLs in comments too
When local ELU URLs are added to question and answer fields, they are automatically resolved into question titles. For example, if I paste a random link such as this one, Reason for the current trend ...
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Auto review comments can save you time
There is an extension available for Google Chrome called AutoReviewComments, which can save you time if you frequent the review queues, or guide new users with your comments, and I've been using it ...
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Comment deletion notifications
I see that all the comments I made to the questions referenced in Wordreference cross-posting have been deleted. Can I somehow be notified when my comments are deleted?
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Should the contrast of the highlighted OP's name in comments be increased? Use this GM script if you want it changed now.
Spot the OP!
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Here is a link to the Greasemonkey sript (works in Firefox, most probably also in Chrome). George made this for me. I cannot thank him enough: this is great! Note that you ...
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Did our comments get bigger?
A while back, we noticed that our comments seemed to get a little bigger. I went and poked around a few other sites and it seems like Meta.SE, Parenting, Academia, and Programmers all have 15px in the ...
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Comment threads that make no sense
I am fairly new to SE and ELU(less than a month old). While going through some questions and answers, I spotted a few comments that made absolutely no sense to me.
Comments that appear to at-mention ...
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“possible duplicate of…” is uncapitalised
When we close-vote a question as a duplicate of another question, a comment is auto-generated. This comment reads:
possible duplicate of [Title of Dupe Question]
For as long as I've been here, ...
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Why were my comments deleted?
All the comments I made under the questions referenced in Wordreference cross-posting have been deleted. Why?
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Boilerplate Comment Etiquette
There is an app for making boilerplate comments on SE. This makes quickly posting identical comments easy, which helps with site maintenance tasks like flagging or suggesting improvements to posts. In ...
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Duplicate Comments & Un-flagging Comments
I've three related questions:
If I believe a comment is essentially a duplicate of an earlier one, what is the proper etiquette, if any? I assume it's better to up vote a comment I agree with, rather ...
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Message not addressed to me arrived in MY inbox
Mari-Lou wrote a pugnacious message to persons unknown, did not use my @name, but it nevertheless arrived in MY inbox, causing distress.
I suspect a bug.
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Is an english.stackexchange user expected to have searched at onelook.com?
Is an english.stackexchange user expected to have searched at onelook.com before asking a question about a word?
If so, should it not mention such an expectation in the Help or Tour sections of the ...
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