Questions tagged [feature-request-process]
For questions about filing feature requests on meta, or the process by which feature requests are proposed and considered.
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Can Stack Exchange have a direct interface to push code from GitHub? [closed]
I would like to see this feature implemented—an interface to push code from GitHub—as I keep having to copy paste code between Stack Exchange and GitHub.
I know that GitHub has its own discussion ...
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What are some deferred, ignored, or sunset projects we wish SE would work on to facilitate the community?
We all have our pet projects - things we wish SE would do but which seem to be forever stuck in the backlog pile. Other times, something that's well received gets forgotten in the shuffle.
Inspired by ...
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How can I determine if this is a bug or feature-request for design tagged question?
Some design issues are based completely on personal opinion. In some other situations, they feel like an edge case, like this one: Add comment link is too close to Flag link
Should this be tagged as ...
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What can I do if I have a feature idea that was already requested, but the author removed the suggestion in the meantime? [duplicate]
I've come up with a feature suggestion for the Stack Exchange engine. After searching the site to ensure my suggestion wasn't already requested, I found an existing post requesting the same thing. The ...
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What can I do if I have a good argument for a feature change, but there's already a negatively-received existing post that makes a weak argument?
Sometimes, I've come up with a suggestion for a feature change to be made to the Stack Exchange engine. Based on several guideline posts on how to write well-received feature requests, I've come up ...
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Is it valid to ask if or when a request tagged as under review or planned a long time ago will be implemented, or for its current progress?
Quite a bit of the time, many bugs I run into or feature requests I come up with have already been asked about on the site. These prior requests have received a positive response from a staff member, ...
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Can feature requests not be questions? [duplicate]
Even as a someone who is something of a UI/UXtist myself, I found it pretty awkward to navigate to the right place to submit feedback. I don't want a "Ask Question" button, I want a "...
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How can I mark a feature request on meta as "won't fix" / "bad idea"?
What is the correct way to vote for "won't fix" / "bad idea" for a feature request posted as a question on meta?
I didn't find this mentioned on
How should feature requests/bug ...
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Contact page provides weak guidance on providing feedback and making feature requests
https://stackoverflow.com/contact mentions "Feedback" only under the unclear heading "Jobs Support" near the end and there is no mention of "feature requests" or "...
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Hide the reputation of requester and posters in feature-request tagged posts, to add more guaranties of balanced advice
The more I look at Stack Exchange Meta or Stack Overflow Meta, the more I see the effects of the requester's reputation (and posters' ones) on them.
Do you have a lot of gold medals and reputation? ...
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Can I ask for a recent feature change to be reverted in whole, and what are the chances of such a request succeeding?
(This is a general question and isn't specifically asking about one particular change.)
In the current times, quite a few radical changes are being made to the Stack Exchange engine, such as the ...
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Asking a tag question/question tag or opposite yes/no question to avoid getting downvotes for a 'no' answer or other 'rejection' [closed]
I read some meta posts that are yes/no questions often use downvotes to indicate a 'no' answer even if the question is good. I don't know about Christianity SE, but I recall I read they do that on ...
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What to do with these accidental duplicate posts of feature-requests and bug reports, where the original hadn't been recently or at all addressed?
Based on some of my recent feature-requests and bug reports being closed as duplicates, helpful discussions with the community and reading through Why can a feature request or bug report without an ...
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How do I get attention for a bug report or feature request that was deferred a long time ago?
As I was using the site, I had an idea for a new feature for the network.
As I searched through the Meta archives, I found that someone already asked for the same thing a long time in the past. The ...
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Is the SE feature request triage team overworked?
This feature request has been out there for 6 months with no real answer. It's not a major enhancement - it's just reversing a (seemingly useless) change.
I don't expect an immediate change. But after ...
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