Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Reduce the required number of reopen votes to reopen a meta question to 3 instead of 5
Current state: currently, the required number of reopen votes to reopen a question is 3 on the main site and 5 on meta.
Proposal: reduce the required number of reopen votes to reopen a meta question ...
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Let's lower the reputation requirement for privileges back to "beta" levels
The question Reduce the reputation threshold to be allowed to cast a reopen vote on a closed question led to close and reopen voting being reduced to 500 rep here. I additionally suggested that we ...
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Deleted Answers Article Not Specific Enough, Request to Clarify
After reading the Why and how are some answers deleted? article I suspect one of my answers submitted on the WebApplication site was deleted by a moderator here because it was not in accordance with ...
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Tag warning for [wordpress]
Tl;Dr: Please add the following tag warning to wordpress:
Questions about WordPress (WP or wordpress.org), the open-source content management system, are off-topic in Web Applications SE. Check out ...
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The guidance in the "Step 1: Draft your question" box on the Ask Question page should be customized
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In Web Applications we got, some times more off-topic questions than on-topic questions, about
Apps for other platforms (desktop, Android, iOS, etc.)
Most web applications doesn't have the ...
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Let user know if there's a pending edit from the review queue
I was trying to edit an answer from the review queue (late answers), and nothing happened - like the edit button/link is not working.
So I entered the post page, and then when trying to edit I got ...
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Can you add “identify-this-video “?
I’m asking this because, I have seen a video from YouTube and I need someone to identify it and tell from where was this video taken from. And I’m having problems with finding this. Can you please ad ...
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What flag should be used for customer service questions?
I have just seen this question which looks to me immediately off topic because it is a customer service question, which is off-topic according to this.
But when I look at the off-topic flag list:
I ...
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Don't remove tags that are only used once in the last 6 months
One issue with tagging on Web Applications is the tag removal script which automatically deletes tags that have only been used once in the past six months.
This tag removal script has led to untagged ...
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Tag [bandcamp] should exist. Also, there should be less reputation needed to create tags
There is a soundcloud tag already with 26 usages. There should be a bandcamp tag. It's a very similar website in purpose. Both have their own special features but they're both fundamentally made for ...
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Clarify "Ask Question" placeholder text
The current placeholder text in the "Ask Question" form title reads:
What's your web applications question? Be specific.
I think this can be clarified to (maybe) stop or slow down users who are new ...
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Can't good editors have their edits automatically approved even though they don't have enough reputation?
The title pretty much says it all. I do a lot of edits and the vast majority of them gets accepted after the peer reviewing.
Couldn't the editors who have like over 90% of their edits on the ...
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“Historic value” questions
Given today’s web development dynamics, I think Web Applications is particularly prone to content decay — there is and will be a large number of closed questions (that were valid at a point in time) ...
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Please update the "recommendation" custom off-topic reason to include guidance to Software Recs
Among our current custom off-topic Close reasons is one for questions asking for recommendations. It currently reads:
Application/website recommendations are off-topic and out of scope. It is better ...
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Let's expand the "dead app" close reason
One of the custom off-topic close reasons here is
Questions on applications that no longer exist are off-topic for Web Applications as no one will ever be able to make use of the answers again. Rest ...
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