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I have been unable to reproduce this issue. Sorry, I've looked around for issues where this has happened to me, but can't find anything, even intentionally trying to make it happen. This issue of ...

Clearly, something needs to be done... I propose we reignite the fortnightly challenges with the following theme: Puzzling Honeypots The challenge would be to devise puzzles that were challenging, ...

How to stop mods from answering puzzles Write the solution in a comment (or a chain of comments if necessary) below your puzzle, then immediately delete the comment(s). Mods, who can see deleted ...

Yes, Deusovi should totally be banned from solving. What more need be said?

Yes, we should totally ban Deusovi from solving all puzzles. For proof, all you have to do is look at his profile - he has conveniently placed a lot of quotes of people telling him that they hate him ...

How about: Deusovi (and other black-listed members of the gang) are only allowed to post 1 answer for every 20+ voted questions they have posted? Booming high-quality postings on site might be a ...

I think we should urge puzzle posters to discuss their puzzles with Deusovi before posting them. That way we: Get high quality puzzles because Deusovi himself helped forging them. Get Deusovi out of ...

Yes we should If we don't, then all the good quality puzzles will be solved before people see them. Moderators in general in fact should be banned from solving puzzles. Just to be clear, if the ...

Don't worry Deusovi, I've got your back ;) Looking at the existing answers, my answer will probably be downvoted into obviation, as I can tell that users will find it way too controversial. But here ...

This is by-designed. Stack Exchange prevents editing for some values of the user agent to prevent bots. As explained by Oded (former SE employee), One heuristic our system uses to identify bots is ...

Better, have a thing like the sandbox where only the mods can post, and prevent them posting on the «public» version. Problem solved (sic).

We should set a time limit before allowing answers When a puzzle is posted, it should be closed1 as "too new" for, say, 1 hour2, before being open to answers. This time limit will level the ground ...

It would be quite cool if a puzzle could be posted with some kind of reputation cap that rises over time. I could just picture mods and other people with silly-high reputation (definition: anyone who ...