Questions tagged [error-message]
For questions concerning various error messages that users receive throughout the network.
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Fetching posts in a given month with the StackExchange Data Explorer produces Execution Timeout Expired error
Some years ago, I wrote a generic query to fetch posts in a given month.
WITH allData AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY P.Id) AS row
, P.Id
, ...
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What is islands/voting-prompt, and why does the question page HTML include a dedicated script tag to unconditionally log an error about it?
When I open any question page in the network, I get the following error printed in the console:
Unable to load nonexistent manifest entry 'islands/voting-prompt'. Check that your file path is correct....
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If my suggested edit is canceled, there should not be a notice saying my edit is rejected
When I suggested an edit in Mathematics Stack Exchange, my suggested edit was canceled due to “This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit.” By community bot.
Due to my canceled edit, when I click “...
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Remove `[Text]` from the no-alt-text warning message
Feature request: Remove [Text] from the no-alt-text warning message.
Screenshot taken on https://ell.stackexchange.com/
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What does `[Text]` refer to in the no-alt-text warning message?
What does [Text] refer to in the no-alt-text warning message?
Screenshot taken on https://ell.stackexchange.com/
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Improve upload error message for animated WebP images
Animated WebP images are not supported. The error message is misleading (test file):
Not a valid file type: please upload a bmp, gif, jpeg, png, or webp file.
Feature request: Improve upload error ...
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"Comment reserved for system use" when trying to edit with an edit summary
Trying to leave an edit summary gives me this error message:
Comment reserved for system use. Please use an appropriate comment.
This occurs both for anonymous and logged-in edits, for answers and ...
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Data Explorer Query crashes with collation conflict error
I have a website built off my Q & A posted in Stack Exchange sites such as; Ask Ubuntu, Stack Overflow, SE Security, etc.
Data Explorer is used to scrape ALL Stack Exchange Q & A I've posted ...
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New image uploader should have a more descriptive error when you paste in a link rather than a picture
Admittedly, I pretty much tried to fit a square peg into a round hole, but I accidentally used the image upload button instead of the link button when trying to post a link to a question.
Current ...
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Adding GIF images or images is very laggy or provides errors [duplicate]
I never had these issues in the past (using BSE for years now), but in the last weeks I have massive problems adding GIF images or images into my answers. While images work (after waiting a loooong ...
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Display name can contain full stops, diacritics, and underscores as well - message should mention this
Full stops and underscores should be added to the list below when editing display names.
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Should the "too many pending edits" pop-up be reworded for accuracy (unless rejected edits have no effect on the number pending)?
As per this pop-up, I have maxed out on my pending edits:
For those who cannot read screen images, it says with my emboldenment:
You have too many pending edits. Further edits cannot be submitted ...
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Asking how to format code blocks on SOF because I am prohibited from commenting on an existing post
I am getting this warning when proofreading a question:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code. Please indent all code by 4 spaces using the code toolbar button or ...
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"An error occurred with log in."
(N.B., this is not affecting me, who uses Google auth., but has been reported by multiple people within the Meta Discussion discord).
Upon trying to log in, the error:
An error occurred with log in.
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Who is Dave and what is he doing in the chat?
As discovered here, there's an Easter Egg in chat, triggered when trying to set a negative timeout for a chat room. It shows a funny error message:
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.
So, ...
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