bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm

Show tip about rating half stars

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#3,581 opened on May 20, 2025

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Description

Describe the bug There is supposedly support for half stars, but I can only rate books with full stars. See #556, #766 and #1399.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Try rate a book
  2. Notice it's only full stars

Expected behavior Able to select half stars

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Desktop (please complete the following information): - OS: Fedora Linux - Browser: firefox - Version: 1.12.5b

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Research direction
Examine the frontend rating component (stars) and the backend rating model to understand why half star selection is not functional. Check the referenced issues (#556, #766, #1399) for prior context and partial implementations.
Tech stack
python
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full stack
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Bug
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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GitPython
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