https://outdoors.codidact.com/categories/6/feedNew Posts - Meta - OutdoorsOutdoors - Codidact2024-02-01T02:50:52Zhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/290034It seems odd to have both "bikes" and "biking" as top-level tagsMichaelhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/659612023-10-17T16:56:17Z2024-02-01T02:50:52Z<p>Should [biking] and [bikes] be synonymized or perhaps "bikes" made a child of "biking"?</p>
<p>I'm not very familiar with Codidact's hierarchical tags and what they imply for cases like this. D...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/288722Should posting on Meta affect reputation?Monica Celliohttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80462023-06-27T00:49:24Z2023-06-27T00:49:24Z<p>When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, s...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/286446Please temporarily REopen my closed ID questions, just to let me answer? Most of them have been pinpointed.TextKithttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/536962022-05-14T20:53:31Z2022-05-14T22:58:10Z<p>I hereby swear and affirm — under the pains of moderators — that I shall not post new questions to identify locations of pictures before June 30 2022.</p>
<p>I have located most pics in my clos...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/284299What is our position on picture identification with no research?Olin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962021-09-22T15:35:52Z2022-01-15T04:58:29Z<p>Yesterday a user posted two picture identification questions with no apparent prior research. The same user did this a couple of months ago too. At that time, I spent a few minutes with Google...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/285028How can we grow this community?Monica Celliohttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80462021-12-02T01:17:53Z2021-12-02T18:11:27Z<p>Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engage...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/279707What is causing old posts to show up with recent changes?Olin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-12-03T14:18:53Z2021-02-02T20:23:36Z<p>Continuing on with <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/279380">this previous meta post</a>, <b>what is actually going on?</b></p>
<p>The previous post was initially about the polic...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/280628Downvoting old questions just because they are old needs to stopCharlie Brumbaughhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/81632021-01-31T21:54:03Z2021-02-02T14:34:57Z<p>It has not gone unnoticed that someone(s) have been downvoting imported questions as soon as they hit the front page regardless of whether they are good or bad questions otherwise.</p>
<p><stro...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/279380Stop bumping old imported posts with no-change editsOlin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-11-19T17:09:38Z2020-11-20T21:45:45Z<p>Lately some old posts that were already old when imported from elsewhere have popped to the top of the active questions list. In one case, one of the answers was apparently deleted.</p>
<p>Two...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/279196Question shows activity in list, but no changes foundOlin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-11-14T13:26:07Z2020-11-14T22:29:36Z<p>I've seen this a few times, most recently today with <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/54548">this</a> question. The question list says <i>"last activity about 7 hours ago b...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/279090Let's stop importing questionsOlin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-11-12T17:45:50Z2020-11-12T17:45:50Z<p>Today, another imported question popped up. I didn't notice it was imported right away, and ended up wasting time on it. OK, that's on me. It is properly marked as imported. It's my fault fo...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/278835Where do all these archery questions come from?OddDeerhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/535392020-10-27T17:23:35Z2020-10-27T17:23:35Z<p><a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/categories/5/tags/504">https://outdoors.codidact.com/categories/5/tags/504</a></p>
<p>Ah yeah, it's me.</p>
<p>Howdy peeps ;)</p>
https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/278163Moderator tags appear to be messed up on OutdoorsMithicalhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80822020-09-22T05:40:42Z2020-09-22T13:28:31Z<p>Looking at posts tagged [status-completed], or the tags list for the category, it becomes evident that the [status-completed] tag isn't showing up formatted as a moderator tag and the other stat...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74784Dead links for questions.James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-04-27T16:32:31Z2020-09-18T15:14:56Z<p>I am going through my imported posts and voting on answers.</p>
<p>Some of them are giving me this message. This occurred with Google Chrome, right click open in new window. In the first exampl...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/277204What do the 'delete' and 'close' options I see under a question do?James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-08-10T18:00:18Z2020-08-29T20:00:58Z<p>What do the 'delete' and 'close' options I see under a question do?</p>
<p>I am a normal user with ~1700 rep.</p>
<p>I see a delete button under questions and answers (if I wrote them or not). ...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74860Can't read the inbox drop-down on mobilegoncalopereshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363642020-05-07T08:47:05Z2020-07-09T13:39:52Z<p>I am using the mobile version of Codidact on Firefox (on an Android device).</p>
<p>If I press the inbox to check the messages (as it has the notice with 1 message to read), I cannot read it, as...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/276268How to refine search for multiple words?James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-06-24T16:46:31Z2020-07-08T05:42:30Z<p>How to refine search for multiple words?</p>
<p>If I search 'Rain' I get 30 groups of answers. <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=rain">https://outdoor...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/276202Why was comment deleted?Olin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-06-19T12:23:40Z2020-06-19T15:32:56Z<p>Yesterday (I think), I wrote a comment to <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/276186">this</a> question. I can't show the exact text of the comment since it's now gone, but it was ...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/276169Import new posts from TGOJames Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-06-17T14:19:06Z2020-06-17T14:19:06Z<p>I know from experience on other codidact sites. That if we provide a list of posts, ArtOfCode can and will import them.</p>
<p>I propose that about monthly we use the list at <a href="https://o...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/275957Gear RecommendationsJames Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-06-11T15:03:14Z2020-06-11T15:12:55Z<p>Charlie I saw the new <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/categories/28">Gear Recommendations</a> my first impression is that I like it.</p>
<p>My second thought is that there are probably a ...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/275921Is pool maintenance on topic?Peter Cooper Jr.https://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363662020-06-10T15:01:21Z2020-06-10T17:11:27Z<p>I see "Swimming" is listed in the <a href="/help/scope">Help page on scope</a>, but I'm not sure if that's that solely regarding the "sport" itself somehow, or if questions o...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/275827Advertise Outdoors on The Great Outdoors?Monica Celliohttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80462020-06-05T01:22:13Z2020-06-05T13:11:30Z<p>Stack Exchange sites that are not beta support community-curated ads. The Great Outdoors is one such site, and obviously there's some support on meta there for this community, so have y'...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/275806Merge imported and new user accounts.Olin Lathrophttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363962020-06-03T13:31:10Z2020-06-03T13:45:10Z<p>I noticed that some of the posts I wrote on SE Outdoors were imported, apparently to give the illusion of more activity here than there really is. It was a little disconcerting to see that, alt...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74959bicycles in scope?James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-05-15T12:47:21Z2020-06-03T13:20:24Z<p>I was thinking this morning I might manually migrate over my posts at <a href="https://bicycles.stackexchange.com">https://bicycles.stackexchange.com</a> to <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.co...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74908Are gardening questions on-topic?Monica Celliohttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80462020-05-10T19:18:33Z2020-06-02T13:25:14Z<p>Are questions about gardening on-topic on this site? It's "outdoors", but not the kinds of outdoor <em>activity</em> that most questions seem to be about. I know that over on SE ...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74987Bugs on other sites.James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-05-18T12:26:06Z2020-05-22T14:27:33Z<p>I am not able to vote up or down on the question or answer here </p>
<p><a href="https://photography.codidact.com/questions/74926">https://photography.codidact.com/questions/74926</a></p>
<p>I...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74920Do we want to know the visits per page?James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-05-11T14:52:49Z2020-05-11T14:53:34Z<p>Counting page visits is possible, and it is an intricate part of the displayed details on some sites. </p>
<p>I was considering asking for it as feature request, but I wonder if that is inform...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74869403 error on editing a questionmanassehkatzhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80622020-05-07T17:38:11Z2020-05-10T19:29:38Z<p>If I click on the <strong>edit</strong> link on a question (e.g., <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/74859/edit">https://outdoors.codidact.com/questions/74859/edit</a> ), I get a 4...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74874Minor issues with adding/editing.manassehkatzhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80622020-05-07T21:40:02Z2020-05-07T22:36:57Z<p>More inconsistencies...</p>
<p>Allowed in original save, but reported as errors when I edit and try to save:</p>
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<li>Title can't be blank</li>
<li>Title must be more than 15 non-white...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74785Duplicate posts:James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-04-27T16:34:57Z2020-05-04T17:48:21Z<p>Duplicate posts:</p>
<p>Both of these links to go the same content "Is it possible to make a slingshot from "Natural" resources?"</p>
<p><a href="https://outdoors.codidact....https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74813Unable to upvote answerJames Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-04-30T18:25:21Z2020-04-30T19:24:55Z<p>Unable to upvote answer, I am not able to upvote this answer by llogan </p>
<p>I tried using the permalink for the question, still not able to vote the question up or down. </p>
<p><a href="h...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74812Relink local questions?James Jenkinshttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/363322020-04-30T17:45:44Z2020-04-30T18:41:27Z<p>I am going through my answers that migrated over. Many of them have links to posts on TGO.SE. I have been manually editing them to point to the post here. </p>
<p>Is it possible or desirable...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74762Welcome to Outdoors on Codidact!Monica Celliohttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/80462020-04-23T21:55:47Z2020-04-26T20:19:40Z<p>Welcome to the Codidact home for the Outdoors community. Please use it, report problems and make requests on <a href="https://outdoors.codidact.com/meta">Meta</a>, and collect your thoughts abo...https://outdoors.codidact.com/posts/74763Discord Server for chattingCharlie Brumbaughhttps://outdoors.codidact.com/users/81632020-04-23T23:05:26Z2020-04-25T20:53:41Z<p>Currently, there is not a Codidact specific chat system, so I went ahead and created a <a href="https://discord.gg/q5r2UjB">Discord server</a> for us. </p>
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