Gareth Rees

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I don't disagree with the sentiment here, but [Favor functional programming over imperative programming](https://github.com/uohzxela/clean-code-ruby#favor-functional-programming-over-imperative-programming) states that "Functional languages are cleaner and _easier to test_". The test for the example doesn't...

help wanted

During the first manual transparency report we tried to tally the reasons which requests were hidden. In doing so we noticed that when requests have their prominence changed through the...

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transparent-administration
f:redaction
enhancement
f:admin

At the moment we store notes as translated attributes of `PublicBody`. We're needing to do more complex things with notes, particularly in the Pro batch interface (https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli-professional/issues/356). The main things...

f:authorities
improvement

A tag should be "notable" (#6931) so that we can display additional context in cases where we're trying to make consistent use of tags (https://github.com/mysociety/whatdotheyknow-theme/issues/1158, https://github.com/mysociety/whatdotheyknow-theme/issues/1143, etc) As a concrete...

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enhancement
f:admin

- [ ] Review all emails that we send out - [ ] Add ability to unsubscribe from any that you can't unsubscribe from that aren't sent in response to...

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bug
f:user-profiles

> We've had a couple of instances on WhatDoTheyKnow where a Pro user has reported a normal (public) request, presumably things they've noticed whilst browsing the site. In these cases,...

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easier-admin
professional
improvement
f:admin

A [query](https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/g/alaveteli-dev-private/c/n1bYBk-1xhI/m/ANx5y-o0AQAJ) came in recently about [a request](https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/collections_of_artwork_gifts_sil#incoming-1851657) where the authority had attached a CSV but Alaveteli is presenting it as `.csv.txt`. Looking at the [raw email](https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/admin/raw_emails/1851505) they have indeed...

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f:request-analysis
improvement

At the 2021 retreat I had a conversation with Catherine where she mentioned (paraphrasing) "Trust = Competence + Warmth". This made me think about this with respect to WDTK. We're...

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t:design
improvement
f:framework

Some discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32066453.

re-user-experience
x:turkey
improvement
f:framework

Added a censor rule to a user to redact `Localhost`. Created the following request: ``` Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:16:12 +0000 From: Example User To: FOI requests at TGQ...

user-experience
f:redaction
improvement