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Reputation "lost" but not showing in reputation timeline - bug?

This user apparently lost some reputation points and now the reputation is stuck at "1". On checking the reputation graph, OP peaked at 295 points and then "lost" 93 points. So, ...
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Extra spacing before mhchem super/subscripts

I'm not entirely sure if this is still the correct platform for mhchem issues, but I've noticed a mildly annoying extra space that occurs just before ...
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Watched tags not displaying

As you can clearly see [organic-chemistry] is a tag that I have been watching. However the first question in the image doesn't show up as watched. This behavior is not seen on Meta SE but seen on all ...
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Flag comment option unavailability

The option to flag a comment is unavailable in the mobile version of Chrome.(atleast for me) But it is available in the desktop view/version. This creates the following issues: New users who were ...
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Why is the box with chat options not visible on the main site?

I remember when I first joined this site, a box containing the active chat rooms would be visible on the right side of the home page of the site. However, currently all I can see is filters, tags and ...
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Close a question glitch

I do not have the reputation required to be allowed the privilege of closing a question. But I am allowed to close only my own questions. See this screenshot and this as well. Now this might seem ...
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problems rendering overbar in square root on Main ChemSE site

On the ChemSE site (Is it better to use a smaller, more accurate measuring cylinder several times or a larger, less accurate one for the same volume?), the following MathJax code renders my square ...
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Glitch in monthly leaderboard

I noticed an interesting glitch (feature?) while looking at the monthly reputation league: Notice that the month reputation is greater than the total reputation, which should not be happening (unless ...
Aniruddha Deb's user avatar
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Badge not awarded even though it shows completion?

I recently checked into my profile and found that the "Curious Badge" showed progress completion and it showed 9/5 days, which was kind of peculiar. I don't know if I had actually completed ...
Vamsi Krishna's user avatar
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Email after sending a community team message

I just sent a new community team message using the moderator action "Contact community team" from a user profile. After that, I received an email from Stack Overflow Technical Support to my ...
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Problem in rendering with arrow

Screenshots of MathJax text, CH3-CHOH ->[H2SO4][\Delta] CH2=CH2 while editing (lower stuffs are cropped): after editing, on post page (both stuffs are cropped)...
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Inconsistency in "Unanswered" category, when moving between pages

I've recently noticed a bug while selecting the option "Unanswered" in question's category (mobile device). Whenever I seelct it, the questions gets sorted on the basis of "Votes". ...
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Wrong tooltip for vote buttons on questions

Due to an unknown mistake, the tooltips for the vote buttons now read Downvote this question if you find it unclear or not useful and Upvote this question if you find it clear and useful The ...
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Why has this user's reputation removed/deleted?

Note: I have nothing against this user. I am just trying to shed some light on this issue. User @One-Eye-Triangle's reputation has dropped down to 1. This change occurred after he/she has posted two ...
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Nonconforming MathJax example on the Markdown Editing Help page

The Markdown Editing Help page on Chemistry Stack Exchange (https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/editing-help#latex) includes the following short example for the the use of MathJax: ...
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User Profile picture doesn't appear

My Chem SE account is registered through my Google account. So obviously my Google profile picture was the one set for my Chem SE account as well. Few months earlier I had changed my Google profile ...
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Why is there no "reduced ads" privilege at 200 reputation on this site?

By accident I found out that on this site the privilge reduced ads at 200 reputation does not exist according to the help page. Is there a reason for this?
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Why all questions from tags I follow don't highlight as I suppose they should?

As you can see I follow the tag "thermodynamics". And only a few questions are highlighted. Why? I use: Chrome Version 76.0.3809.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Should the [homework] tag probably be removed from the suggestions when posting a new question?

I noticed that when asking a new question, a [homework] tag appears in the example list: as if the website promotes its usage. However, it's been deprecated for a long time, and it seems like it ...
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My user page is wider than my browser window in the new layout

There’s not much to be said about this: Figure 1: part of the page is shy and hiding behind the window’s frame. I believe in this day and age {CSS/web design/you tell me, I don’t actually do this ...
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Words are being covered by something

The top portion of the words is being covered by something. The 'FEATURED ON META' block is showing the same problem on Mathematics and Physics site and not on other sites. But the top bar which has '...
Apoorv Potnis's user avatar
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links to my posts point to chemistry.meta.stackexchange.com instead of chemistry.stackexchange.com

I have a question about my Chemistry Stack Exchange post: Is there a terminology contradiction about whether the conjugate of a strong acid is a "weak base"? When I fill out the form to ...
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Wrong alternative invocation of MathJax

It is commonly known that MathJax can be invoked with $...$ for inline mode and $$...$$ for display mode. The more latex-like ...
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Possible bug in newsletter?

February 6's newsletter had my question at the very end of its list (under the section "Can you answer these questions?"): It says, "answered by Oscar Lanzi". However, if you have a look at the ...
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Changes in UI mess with design of the "lab bench"

I don't know since when this appears the way it does, but it must have been rather recently. Originally the box on which the lab equipment sits was stretching in the green background (compare here, it'...
Martin - マーチン's user avatar
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Wrong alignment or "floating" comment?

It is probably a minor issue, but I thought I should still bring it to the attention of the community... Jan's comment is a bit "off" Am I the only one seeing it?
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The new reputation sum in the new top bar is calculated incorrectly

I was very happy when I saw a sum of new reputation of 123, thinking I may have won a bounty or something and looking forward to another epic day. Then I opened the menu and saw this: I don’t know ...
Jan's user avatar
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MathJax in the Android App

Has anyone else noticed issues with MathJax in the StackExchange app? I'm aware the comments and titles don't render MathJax automatically, but I've also seen questions where certain math expressions ...
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Fine-tune footer CSS

While we are at the fine details of CSS, I'd say that sometimes there is some spacing missing above the footer. These are screenshots from the User > Activity page.
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Plus-minus sign messes with mhchem's \pu command

The following bug report has been fixed, here is screenshot of the question in its original state. Explicit error values are usually given as an interval with $\pm$. When I try to typeset this with ...
Martin - マーチン's user avatar
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mhchem in Android app configured differently

Bugreport. Take a look at How to write physical units in the Android app (I did with version 1.0.89), you will see that \pu does not render on Android, while it ...
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So … I think I just reviewed the same reopen queue entry twice …

I love the review queue, and I especially rejoice when the rarer reviews are available. Today was one such day where the reopen queue made its appearance. Well, so I reviewed one edited closed ...
Jan's user avatar
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Mhchem broken on mobile

That's how it looks right now. I don't recall this being a problem earlier. It's like this on other questions as well. Link to the answer in question: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/a/55285/...
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An answer a full hour after the question was closed? [duplicate]

There was a question closed today for being too homeworky. Closing happened ‘1 hour ago’ as of now. Right a few seconds ago, an answer to said question was posted (labelled with ‘1 minute ago’ right ...
Jan's user avatar
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Bug in the favourite button

This is not a question. I am new to chemistry stack exchange and I don't know how I can report a bug. Hovering over the "favourite question" button always pops up a message saying"This is a favourite ...
The Cryptic Cat's user avatar
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A question was put on hold, but gained an answer about thirty minutes later

I closed the following question at 2016-04-10 11:36:57Z as off-topic: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/49269/4945 Yet about thirty minutes later, at 2016-04-10 12:05:02Z, it received an answer. ...
Martin - マーチン's user avatar
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The “Congratulations!” notice on the user profile page is not shown correctly

The “Congratulations!” notice on the user profile page is not shown correctly. In this case, the notice is about a new tag badge. A small part of it can be seen below the dark bar. I would have ...
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Some text is barely showing in answers in the tour due to MathJax formatting

Image 1 Image 2 I would suggest the last line is removed, or the max-height expanded to 190px. This would allow the gradient to take effect. Image 3 This cutoff ...
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Chat welcome message missing the “Okay, I'll keep it in mind” button, hence can't be dismissed

Seems we have some bad styling in chat.chemistry. Here is my original question: Chat welcome message missing the "Okay, I'll keep it in mind" button, hence can't be dismissed Other ...
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Why did this post turn up in the first post review queue?

I was happily wasting my time here when I stumbled upon this post in the first post review queue: In case it’s not clear enough the damn thing seems to be a month old. It wasn’t there when I was in ...
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On mobile, mathjax fails to render \geqslant

When I was browsing the Hot Network Questions today, I came across this answer which on my iPhone 4S (iOS 9.1) looks like this: On my laptop it renders just fine, and I couldn't find any existing bug ...
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Minimum character change requirement during tag-edit

I recently tried to edit https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/33521/an-unkown-substance-present-in-urine-with-the-empirical-formula-ch4n2o to remove the incorrect tag (it has been done now). ...
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Formulae with charge and number of atoms (e.g. sulfate ion) aren't displayed properly

I just noticed that there is a problem when using mhchem to display structures such as sulfate's. According to its manual, they should appear as But using ...
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Design request - Can I please have the visited questions in a different color?

I thought I wouldn't like the new design, but what I can I say? I looove it! And I'm not gotta grow tired of it this soon. But...There's something that bothers me. I'm used to sleeping every night. (...
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Total posts awaiting review

Since graduation, I have observed a mismatch between the total posts awaiting review indicator in the upper right corner and the actual number of posts I see in the ...
Ben Norris's user avatar
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"You earned a new privilege!" is misaligned

Compare Chemistry's new design: With another site (say Software Recommendations): It would be nice if it was easier to tell what privilege I earned, along with it being in alignment.
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Feed item in chat doesn't show the new Chem.SE logo

When a new feed item pops up in chat, the logo shown is the old beta on rather than the new logo Chem.SE got on graduation.
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Hot chemistry question on main SE page doesn't show the new Chem.SE logo

I was just browsing the hot questions on the main SE page and I came across a chemistry question and the logo to the left of the question text showed the beta logo not the new logo assigned on ...
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Accept mark moves a little bit in different states

I just noticed that the checkmark is in a slightly different spot in its two states: It's a little bit to the left when checked, and a little bit to the right when not. Could we have it stay in the ...
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Edit button below question is greyed out

I was trying to edit a question (to change some formatting), but the edit link was greyed out. The question I'm talking about : I need to find the Ka of a weak acid in titration with a strong base ...
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