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Nelek wrote: -131k points in Author
Didn't see that! 
Nelek wrote: He once wrote an article that bad... that even the bots accounts downvoted him
Ouch, that's going to leave a mark!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Adding the PRE tags around a piece of code under "What have I tried" on this question: Editing a Question[^]
results in "What have I tried" coming back blank when the changes are saved.
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...and trying it for the 5th time and it finally works. Grrrr
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More likely than not it was a DB or Redis issue that's since been resolved. Sorry about that.
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Chris Maunder
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rather than chronologically.
Like in this weeks poll, the most popular one that everyone seems to agree with is at the bottom and will soon scroll off the page, prompting others to post the same thing repeatedly.
Probably a pain to implement though 
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Yes, a pain to implement 
We experimented with that and it's super easy to do. In sanely painful to do in an efficient manner that doesn't either bog down the database or take up our precious space in Redis.
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Chris Maunder
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When you hover over a user's name in one of the forums, it displays a placard with synopsis information about that user.
I suggest that this placard be available wherever a username can appear, like in the Comments section of a Q & A post. This would lend itself to uniformity in the interface and would be useful at the same time.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I've made a change to make the PRE blocks better.
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Chris Maunder
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The Bob of your badge looks weird, as it would have been compressed vertically or expanded horizontally.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This happens with age. The width increases while the height remains fairly constant  
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and I've edited your use of the <pre> block by changing the tag attributes to lang="c#"
It looks better now
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Thanks, but the "lang" attributes do not seem to work in comments.
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No, and this was how we designed it originally.
Comments where meant to be for small comments. Asking for clarification, nudging someone to make some corrections. Having codeblocks and useful solutions be posted in comments often means a lot of the meat gets lost, so others coming along to find an answer miss the info in the comments. Hence, we want the focus to be on asking a good question and posting (and improving) a good answer.
And I totally accept that this is not how the system is being used, and I know the arguments for providing a rich and robust comment system. However, I still do not want the comment system to be so bright and sparkly that it's the place the real good stuff gets posted.
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Chris Maunder
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Absolutely agree, Chris. I just wish that when I post "Please use the Improve question link above, and add complete details of what is not working.", people would actually do it, rather than reply with another comment containing 50 lines of code.
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Any thoughts on how we can solve this?
Obviously a bunch of people going in and cleaning / fixing / moving / editing questions would do it, but there also needs to be the culture, the understanding of the plan, and acceptance.
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Chris Maunder
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I don't think there is a great deal that we can do beyond cleaning up when things get messy. Unfortunately there is no simple way to get people to do the right thing. Some people just ignore suggestions as to how they use the comments fields. Some people post Solutions as comments or questions. Some perhaps get it wrong due to difficulty with the English language - especially when we use certain idiomatic expressions. And since people tend not to read the "rules" there is no way of getting them educated before they start using the forum; just count the number of homework questions we see. So I guess bottom line is trying to set some guidance for us regulars, as to what we should do to keep things tidy.
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Richard,
I am very sorry, but in my attempt to reformat your comment, the formatter has deleted most of the content.
Could you re-enter it.
And yes, the pre tag seems to be broken for comments.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Not to worry, if I had a pound for every time I've done something similar ...
I have rewritten it to the best of my recollection.
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I’m using an iPhone. I did manage to log in with the login option available next to the reply button in the forums
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I’m using it on my iPhone and iPad and aren’t seeing any issues. What are you seeing happen when you try to login?
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Chris Maunder
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Nothing happens if I tap once or twice on the login button. I’m not used to browsing the web from a phone. It just came to my mind that I don’t have the latest OS and web browser updates, that could be one of the issues causing the problem
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It shouldn't require the latest and greatest OS. It's fairly simple Javascript and CSS.
On your iPhone, are you using the built in Safari browser or a different browser?
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Chris Maunder
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I hadn't checked recently and thought those days where over.
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Chris Maunder
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