6 votes

Does this site need more moderators?

Users Glorfindel and rene were appointed as moderators on June 2 2021, they join Tim Stone. Currently one is a moderator on a few sites and both are active on the Stack Exchange network, usually a few ...
Rob's user avatar
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5 votes
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"Informed" badge shown as Next badge, but doesn't exist on this site

The Informed badge is removed from the "Next badge" tracking. Previously it was listed in the Available badges section. Now it is not available under the Available or Bronze section. So the bug has ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
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5 votes
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Stack Apps homepage truncates user names

Recently the user name truncation issue has been fixed in the Stack Apps site, now it is looking good. Screenshot for reference:
Arulkumar's user avatar
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4 votes

Stack Apps homepage truncates user names

If you have TamperMonkey installed, this simple script should fix the problem: // ==UserScript== // @name SAHPA (Stack Apps Home Page Aligner) // @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/ // @...
anonymous2's user avatar
4 votes

How to 'publish' an app after the development is complete?

You should update your placeholder post to reflect the latest developments. You can use the template to know which information could be useful for potential users of your application. Otherwise, your ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
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3 votes
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Please migrate the question templates to CommonMark

It looks like this has been fixed. Here's how the templates currently look like: <!-- thumbnail: https://example.com/some-image.png --> <!-- version: 1.0 --> <!-- tag: a-tag-on-the-...
double-beep's user avatar
3 votes

Should we close questions which ask for feedback to go elsewhere?

Closing them would help the developers, as sites like GitHub make it much easier to track and act on issues. However, I don't think we should/can assume that every Stack Apps user has an account on ...
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2 votes

Does this site need more moderators?

Flags here are being acted upon, it is just that sometimes they take a couple of days to be seen. No moderator on any site is expected to be active every day. There are a number of the lower-traffic ...
Chenmunka's user avatar
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2 votes

Is the Stack Overflow App available on iPhone?

No. The mobile apps are unfortunately discontinued. You can read the formal post here, quoting the most relevant part: We are not providing any further support for the mobile apps. There will not be ...
rene's user avatar
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1 vote

How can I see how a Stack Apps summary looks for a particular app?

You can't. The summary is only visible on Homepage tabs or the /tagged/[tag] endpoint for a few tags. The following endpoints show the summary in the post list: https://stackapps.com/?tab=apps https:...
rene's user avatar
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1 vote

Localhost test Stack App authentication: error 'redirect_uri' does not match

I get the reason: Do not use gem 'omniauth-stackexchange', '~> 0.2.1' ,but instead of gem 'omniauth-stackexchange', git: 'https://github.com/nashby/omniauth-stackexchange.git' The reason see this:...
sylor_huang's user avatar
1 vote
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Using the API for one-off batch jobs

I think you can just create an app and mark it as a placeholder. Those are for apps that don't quite work yet, but need a registered Stack Apps post for testing. Incomplete posts are allowed for ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
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1 vote
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Stack API doesn't return json with encoding of UTF-8

That data is stored as HTML in the database, as are more fields (e.g. the about_me field right above the location). Presumably, this is done for performance reasons. &#252; is the HTML entity ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
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1 vote
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The 'should be closed' description in the flag dialog is missing a word

As with many things on the Stack Exchange network, some bugs resolve themselves within 6 to 8 ... years in this case. The dialog today looks like this: needs improvement This question needs updates ...
rene's user avatar
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