What is broken on this site
Please list here anything that is broken at http://ask.sagemath.org.
UPDATE: Please post bug reports at the main askbot development site: askbot.org.
asked 2010-08-18 21:06:43 +0200
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Please list here anything that is broken at http://ask.sagemath.org.
UPDATE: Please post bug reports at the main askbot development site: askbot.org.
answered 2010-09-23 22:55:36 +0200
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@Admins: Not sure if this is "broken", but: Why is the Q/A link from sage-support sometimes not present?
answered 2010-12-06 10:27:34 +0200
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When for example I only wish to view unanswered questions (clicking unanswered), the url is http://ask.sagemath.org/questions/?sc.... When I click the link to e.g. page 2 the url to that page is http://ask.sagemath.org/questions/?so....
Edit: Note that the answers on page 2 in my example is not only unanswered questions - indicating that if the scope variable is stored in session it doesn't work. If I manually edit the url to go to http://ask.sagemath.org/questions/?sc...&page=2 the scope is used and works correctly.
Moreover, the questions listed on page 2 are not sorted by number of answers. Note, for example, that the question find-f2py_f2cmap-file-from-notebook shows up on page 2, even though all the unanswered questions are listed on page 1.
What is odd is that if I copy-paste the the first two urls you gave into the new browser window, everything works just fine. The same happens if I click "unanswered" and then "page 2". Maybe somehow whatever is in your search state became inconsistent. Try deleting the cookie - will that help? Did you modify the url manually? Perhaps it is better to use stateless approach and keep everything in the url, but it will take some work. Search state includes: text query, scope, sort order, page number, tag selection and user (the latter is not yet easily accessible). For all that to work in the url, the parameters need to be appended to every relevant link in the main page and updated in any ajax calls, but maybe I'll just get it done. In addition there are ignored tags, stored separately.
I receive the e-mail notifications on every new answers and questions, meanwhile I checked to only notify me about the questions asked by me or answered by me. I have also reported this problem on askbot.org and was answered that this bug had already been fixed. Should I just wait for ask.sagemath.org website engine to be updated to the newer (fixed) version?
Thanks.
Well, it appears to me that right now you are subscribed to "instant" updates on all categories - please take a look at your profile. There was a bug where a stale set of receivers was used to send updates and that was fixed a while ago, including on this site.
Hmm, sorry for the multiple commenting, now I've looked at my own subscription settings (at this point I only subscribe to instant updates on the individually selected questions) and the emails I receive, and it does look like I do get more email than I should... There must be another bug. Thanks for the heads up.
> Well, it appears to me that right now you are subscribed to "instant" updates on all categories - please take a look at your profile. Yes, but I tried to turn them off and on before posting this. And finally decided to turn on the options I would like to use and just wait until the bug is fixed.
answered 2011-12-20 13:16:47 +0200
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I have stopped getting email updates. I tried updating my subscriptions but I don't receive any emails. Is there any way this could be fixed?
Hello!
A strange thing happened today. DSM answered my question, but after some hours this answer disappeared. Is something wrong with the forum or has somebody deleted it? If the latter - why?
Thanks.
answered 2012-02-26 02:59:12 +0200
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Comments disappearing.
I was trying to explain something on this thread
http://ask.sagemath.org/question/1179...
and suddenly in a matter of minutes my comments won't appear on the thread. There is no error. Comments just disappear. I tried posting the comment again no luck. I tried doing the same thing using another browser just to check whether it is a browser issue but same thing happened.
answered 2012-02-28 11:58:58 +0200
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I never received any mail from this site, although I wish it in my profile (subscriptions tag). But yesterday the situation changed drastically, more than 30 emails from asksage ! I didn't change subscriptions (and had no activity on asksage for last month). Here are my subscriptions:
Asked by me: instantly Answered by me: instantly Individually selected: weekly Entire forum (tag filtered): weekly Comments and posts mentioning me: weekly Choose email tag filter: off
answered 2012-03-14 02:28:17 +0200
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Is there a way to ban users?
http://ask.sagemath.org/users/789/edi...
This guy just posted spam as answers to two questions in the last few minutes. I have edited them to mark them as spam. But I don't know of any way to stop further such answers.
The best way to deal with spam is delete the messages and mark user accounts as blocked, but not delete the accounts, that way owner of the corresponding email address will not be able to use that account. If the accounts are deleted - he can create another with the same email address and continue.
I recently joined the site to post an answer to something that I realized I could help with. However, I soon went on to discover that one needs at least 10 karma to answer. I can see how there is a need to eliminate spam, but I think the site could benefit from some other form of verification so as to not scare off new users.
Please start posting anonymously - your entry will be published after you log in or create a new account.
Asked: 2010-08-18 21:06:43 +0200
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hi guys, would you consider posting these issues at http://askbot.org instead? It might actually serve two good purposes - (1) new users of this forum will be more likely to post b/c "what's broken on this site" will not be the first thing they see; (2) - you will increase activity at askbot.org
that said I don't mind at all to follow this thread as I receive updates by email, just thinking that some folks may be put off from using your forum by seeing this on top of the list :). btw, I've already fixed many of the issues mentioned here.
Can the default sort order be changed to "newest"? That might help.
actually you probably want "active" - that way people will see that something is going on at the site, otherwise they are less likely to post.
Presuming the backend is SQL, a "group by" clause could also help (a 2nd level of sorting). I know pure python lets you do multiple levels of sorting as well.