Questions tagged [status-completed]
Indicates that the report has been resolved through the implementation of a feature or the fixing of a bug.
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We need to take an official stance on code trolling
Here's our to-do list for the project:
Close all existing code-trolling questions (or maybe re-tag those three I mentioned).
status-declined - if locked or deleted, closing might not matter, so we ...
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Increase reputation awarded for questions
It has come to my attention that the amount of reputation awarded for questions can be adjusted on a per-site basis. For example, Stack Apps awards +10 reputation for question upvotes. As you probably ...
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Stack Snippets messing with JS?
I've noticed that my Red vs. Blue Sandbox controller snippet here has stopped working (at least in Chrome).
This is incredibly strange because the JSFiddle that is exactly identical is working fine. ...
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Should we remove the reputation requirement for answering on meta?
I've been made aware that it's possible to lower the reputation threshold required to ask or answer questions on a per-site meta.
A very common complaint about the sandbox is that new users, who are ...
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Do we really want LaTeX/MathJax (right now)?
Update: The decision has been made to deactivate MathJax on the site. This does not reflect the current votes, as these changed significantly after the decision was made.
We've had MathJax support ...
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Should we increase our post character limit to allow substantial stack snippets?
Calvin's Hobbies posted on Mother Meta about increasing the character limit for posts across the Stack Exchange network. This answer shows that it is possible to increase the limit from the standard ...
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Users with 1 rep aren't able to post answers on Meta
Despite our help page claiming you only need 1 reputation to participate in Meta, multiple users have reported being unable to post answers on Meta, despite being supposed to be (screenshot of a ...
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Is the name of the community correct?
The title of this question really sounds very silly, but lets see all of those questions:
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/22665/how-many-valid-routes
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/...
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Let's customise the "How to Answer" pop-up
It was recently suggested in a comment to point at our standard loopholes (and potentially other implicit community rules) next to the Answer text area (similar to the How to ask? sidebar when writing ...
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An info box to point new users to The Sandbox
So along with site graduation, one new option we have is an info box on the sidebar. For example, you can see what these look like on Law or Judaism Stack Exchange (directly above the "featured on ...
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Inline code inside a spoiler block is difficult to read
It is very difficult to read inline code when it is located inside of a spoiler block:
Readable (standard quote):
ActionScript already contains a Math.pow() ...
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Let's think of a creative name for our chatroom
I'm hoping we're nearing the end of beta soon, but even if we aren't, our chatroom name is so bland. "Code Golf." Look at all the creative names others have thought up:
"Root Access" for Super User
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Line break formats and character numbers [duplicate]
I've recently saw someone, who says that their code is 350 characters long.
Problem
It can vary depending on platform.
Code length compared across various platforms
Windows: 371 characters
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Can we raise the privilege levels?
PPCG has graduated. Some features for graduated sites come immediately after graduating. However, other features are held off for an indefinite amount of time:
The site gets a custom theme, and
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Community is being Overprotective of the Sandbox
Recently @Community♦︎ has been constantly protecting our beloved Sandbox.
Our rep threshold for meta has been decreased specifically to grant new users access to the Sandbox so they can post their ...
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Can we have MathJax back (part II)?
More than a month ago, we've reached a consensus: We want MathJax back. The reasons why it was turned off in 2015 no longer seem to apply, and details about why MathJax is needed on this site are ...
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Our favicon is ugly and asymmetric. Let's fix it! [duplicate]
The favicon for this site has ugly and asymmetric corners:
Compared to the corresponding icons for other beta SE sites, which only have one pixel cut off from each corner, I find the upper corners ...
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Revisiting LaTeX
A while back, people asked about whether to include LaTeX formatting on PCG.SE. The answer was generally no, because people believed that the filesize was too big and had too much of an effect on ...
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Moderation: a call to action
Let me just say this bluntly: we need to do more moderation.
Some facts:
For a while, I was the only user with any active delete votes. (I posted a message in chat to rectify this, which helped a ...
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Should we have even more room owners for The Nineteenth Byte?
A few months back, we had a discussion about adding more room owners to The Nineteenth Byte. As a result, five users were added as room owners, and the problems we were facing lessened. However, we're ...
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Can we disable auto-protection?
Currently, the system protects any challenge that either:
Has 3 deleted answers from new users
Has multiple answers from new users within a short amount of time
We already have a policy that ...
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Please raise or remove CW limits on Code Golf SE site
Please kindly raise or remove CW limits on Code Golf SE site
Raise or Remove CW Conversion because of too many edits
Raise or Remove CW Conversion because of too many answers
Please allow current ...
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Replacement moderator proposal
As some of you know, I've joined Stack Exchange today as a core developer. As such, I'll be stepping down as a moderator. It's been a fun four years, and I'll miss this community a lot.
In exiting my ...
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Should we have a "Welcome to PPCG" new user post?
I recently notices that Tex.SE has a Welcome to Tex.SX! meta post. In it, it describes what the site is and how to use it. It also includes information on the scope. I think this would be a good ...
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LaTeX/MathJax support would be nice?
Several StackExchange sites have support for mathematical formulae using MathJax (LaTeX syntax).
Many Code-Golf challenges are mathematical in nature. Equations come up very often in discussions.
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Should we distinguish between types of fastest-code challenges?
It seems like many users who want to do a fastest-code challenge don't really think about it how they actually measure "fastness". And then usually a short discussion develops in the comments laying ...
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Should we repost the Kolakoski challenge?
We've got a fairly old challenge about the Kolakoski sequence. Unfortunately, the challenge is fairly restrictive in its I/O requirements: in particular, input has to be taken via command-line ...
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Introducing OldSandboxPosts
My name is OldSandboxPosts and I am a chatbot written by caird coinheringaahing and hosted by Redwolf Programs. My source code can be found here. Every day, at 1:00am UTC time, I log onto Stack ...
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Could we get the audio embedding feature for PPCG?
Music and AVP and Signal Processing can embed audio files via the SoundCloud player. Since the feature already exists, it would only need to be activated for PPCG, and judging by Signal Processing the ...
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Should we have even even more room owners for The Nineteenth Byte?
4 years ago, we voted on and appointed additional room owners for The Nineteenth Byte. That was the most recent time TNB has had new room owners. Currently, only 2 of the room owners are able to be ...
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What does the puzzle tag mean?
A certain (currently on hold) question was retagged from code-golf to puzzle with the reason given
Because the challenge is asking for the smallest possible solution, this is a [puzzle]
I was ...
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Does [tag:algorithm] serve any purpose?
The tag wiki for algorithm consists of a summary:
This challenge is intended to be solved by using, creating, or resolving some processing algorithm.
and a detailed explanation:
This challenge ...
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Does P&CG need a new moderator?
P&CG is over 3 years old now. I hope one day it gets out of beta, I have a lot of fun here... even though I mostly pose questions rather than answering them myself.
Anyway, I checked the recent ...
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Is this another puzzle? 404 image in 404 page
I just stumbled upon a question that was deleted here on this meta. (Link to reproduce for users with >2k rep.)
All good, questions get deleted all the time, but I couldn't help noticing something ...
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Remove Auto CW Limit
The auto CW limit of 60 answers should be removed. The good questions that have been around a while, such as Golf you a quine for great good! get a lot of different answers; good for code-golf. It ...
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Chat Event: Learn-a-lang
Advertisement
Been pushing off learning that one lang for too long? Maybe it doesn't qualify for LotM status? Then [name pending] is for you!
This is perfect for languages which are too popular for ...
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Help us come up with rules who should be rewarded with an iPad2 for making the site great
dmckee has recently started the "1P5" to improve the quality of posts, the quantity of (good!) posts, and the motivation of users on this site.
We (Stack Exchange Inc.) think that this is a really ...
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Should we replace The Nineteenth Byte's feeds?
The Nineteenth Byte, our main chat room, has some feeds. These post new challenges, meta questions, sandboxes posts, and some other assorted things. Unfortunately, they're kinda slow. New Main Posts ...
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BMG is slowly dying
Let me put it simply: BMG, which was a good idea at first, is dying, to the point that we're not scheduling new ones, we're not hearing about it, we forgot that there was meant to be one on Tuesday, ...
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Can we have MathJax back?
It's been a couple years since PPCG voted against MathJax. Since then, the vote ratio has changed significantly, and most seem to be in favor of MathJax. However, it is status-completed and no change ...
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When is Programming Puzzles & Code Golf getting community ads?
Over 3 months ago, on February 23, 2016, it was announced that this SE site was graduating.
That post said that
You will soon be able to select your own community ads. Give me a moment to set ...
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Change the nominations process for Best Of 2023
As discussed in chat, Best Of 2022 has had a serious lack of nominations, with currently 4 of the 16 categories still uncontested.
So that this dosen't happen next year, I'd like to propose a change ...
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Getting rid of the sandbox directory
I would like to propose to remove the answer directory from the Sandbox. It seems that:
It's never up to date.
It takes a lot of unnecessary vertical space.
I have no indication that anyone is ...
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Can we revive The Programming Language Quiz?
status-completed
The Programming Language Quiz was a Cops and Robbers challenge posted 2 years ago, where users were challenged to create obfuscated Hello, World! programs, and others tried to ...
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New tag proposal: decision-problem
Inspired by a question in chat from a new user, I thought it would be a good idea to have a tag for challenges where the output is a truthy value if the input meets certain criteria, and falsey ...
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Should we have additional room owners?
Currently our main chatroom, The Nineteenth Byte, has only the 4 PPCG moderators as room owners. Since the chatiquette is not applicable to other Stack Exchange sites, using chat flags for breaches of ...
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Can we remove the semicolon-# tag?
semicolon-# is a tag for challenges related to the language ;#. I suggest we remove this tag, since it is very localized and we've pretty much exhausted all non-...
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New First-Time Asker Dialog
This revision has been submitted to the devs to push the change, so unless there are any critical issues, this is the final version and I will not be modifying it anymore.
(I have cut down the post ...
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The meta FAQ bloat
We currently have 29 questions tagged with faq. The faq tag is meant to be a category of up-to-date community consensuses on various aspects of the site, but having 29 of them indicates that perhaps ...
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Can we have a Hello, World! feed? [duplicate]
Recently I suggested having a feed in The Nineteenth Byte for new answers to the Hello, World! challenge. It received some support (as you can tell from the stars), but it was suggested that it be ...
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