Questions tagged [feature-request]
Indicates that you have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Should extensive edits reset vote counts?
Poorly written question is voted into oblivion. Later extensive edits improve the quality, yet if voted users don't bother to revisit the votes the improved question remains unseen.
A solution: Add ...
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Ban Fact Checking Websites in Answers
This site should not simply be a conduit for Snopes or FactCheck.
Why not?
I am a skeptic, and it simply irritates me.
Why does it irritate you?
Snopes, and these other fact checking websites, do ...
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Proposal for little sidebar guidance
Many specialised Stack Exchange sites have a little sidebar giving important context about the site. For example, Law has:
Law Stack Exchange is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute ...
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users down vote with bad faith
I have a question about my Skeptics Stack Exchange post: Linoy Ashram - Did she not miss the flag، and still win a gold medal at "the Olympic Games!"?
Why do users vote negatively with bad ...
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Incorporate today's SMBC into the site somehow
Today's Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal contains a proposed line from the keynote speech of a hypothesized "Skeptics Hall of Fame":
If I have found more bullshit, it is because I have ...
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Please configure display texts for custom close reasons
As of several weeks ago, questions closed as off-topic on skeptics.SE display a banner indicating that they are off-topic but without any information on exactly which custom off-topic close reason the ...
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sceptics.stackexchange.com should redirect to the site [duplicate]
In British English, “skeptic” is spelled “sceptic”. However http://sceptics.stackexchange.com does not redirect to https://skeptics.stackexchange.com. For the sake of our friends across the pond, can ...
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Can we add to tagging instructions not to tag on claimant?
Is it possible, in the instructions for tagging, to state that tagging ought to be on the subject of the claim, rather than on the claimant?
It’s understandable that the average user won’t browse ...
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Require questions about the Holocaust to receive moderator approval before publishing
If a low reputation user posts a question about the Holocaust, rather than being immediately posted, it should receive a notification telling the user that the question will remain visible (and ...
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Enabling mods to really act as users: make "different hats" more visible?
Everyone here should interact with everyone else with respect. That includes interactions between regular users and interactions between regular users and moderators.
There seems to be a problem ...
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So your answer was deleted... don't panic
My initial answer (and first answer written on here) was deleted, but has thankfully been re-instated. I've never had an answer deleted before in 7 years or using various StackExchange sites, so it ...
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Can we enable TeX?
Please feel free to edit this question! At current this question needs examples of existing posts and how they could be improved. Additionally, more links to related resources could be helpful.
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Add "is from fake news site" to list of close flags (distinct from "no notable claim")
Obviously this means we'd have to maintain a list of such sites. Yes, I'm aware of what's called the genetic fallacy, but things have changed since rhetoric was invented. We now must deal with ...
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More options for `This question belongs on another site`
When making a vote to close a question there's the option to vote This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network.
Currently this feature only allows the user to declare the ...
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Please replace the blue link colour used in Skeptics Main with a colour with higher contrast
Skeptics recently adopted a link colour that's an especially bright blue. I find it very uncomfortable to read, and I enjoy reading Skeptics questions quite a lot, so this is unfortunate. (Skeptics is ...
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