# Contribute

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## [Add interface preferences to individually hide Suggested and Related topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-interface-preferences-to-individually-hide-suggested-and-related-topics/409086)

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**Author:** [@akanora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akanora)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-interface-preferences-to-individually-hide-suggested-and-related-topics/409086 "2026-08-02T13:22:52Z")

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Hi! I’d like to suggest adding two optional interface preferences that allow users to hide the topic lists shown at the bottom of every topic. Instead of a single setting, I think it would be more flexible to let users…

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## [About nesting subcategories on dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-nesting-subcategories-on-dropdown/409046)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-nesting-subcategories-on-dropdown/409046 "2026-08-01T21:52:01Z")

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I wonder if it is possible to display subcategories nested in the main dropdown, replicating the categories display with the nested theme component in the sidebar. I’m cutting noise for our unexperienced users on our in…

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## [Remove the pure white on text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-the-pure-white-on-text/408966)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-the-pure-white-on-text/408966 "2026-08-01T21:16:09Z")

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As a dark-mode user, I always struggle with websites that use pure black for background and pure white for text. The current Discourse forum UI has a good background, but still using pure white (or close enough) for the …

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## [Nested replies appear at the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-replies-appear-at-the-top/408969)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-replies-appear-at-the-top/408969 "2026-08-01T17:12:58Z")

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I am using nested replies and not sure if its my install but i have them set to oldest first. When i reply to a topic the reply goes to the top and isn’t clear that the users reply has been submitted. Is this the standar…

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## [Tag-icons plugin icon display issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042)

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**Author:** [@iouvps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iouvps)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-icons/409042 "2026-08-01T14:29:24Z")

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\[ { "setting": "tag\_icon\_list", "value": "Tutorial,book-open-reader,#A8C6FE|Review,bug,#669d34|Announcement,bullhorn,#BF1E2E|Node,network-wired,#669d34|Feedback,flag,#669d34|Telegram,paper-plane,#12A89D|Github,fab-github,#12A89D|toapi,hammer…"

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## [Provide discounts based on trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-discounts-based-on-trust-levels/316008)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-discounts-based-on-trust-levels/316008 "2026-07-31T16:51:51Z")

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It’s currently possible to add discounts based on trust levels?

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## [S3 repository upload fails, v2026.8.0-latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-v2026-8-0-latest/408896)

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**Author:** [@sober](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sober)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-v2026-8-0-latest/408896 "2026-07-31T16:50:30Z")

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\[2026-07-30 05:10:54\] Finalizing backup... \[2026-07-30 05:10:54\] Creating archive: tech-2026-07-30-051048-v20260728162521.tar.gz \[2026-07-30 05:10:54\] Making sure archive does not already exist... \[2026-07-30 05:10:54\] …

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## [Opening forum goes to topics 1 day ago or older, not recent topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-forum-goes-to-topics-1-day-ago-or-older-not-recent-topics/400459)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-forum-goes-to-topics-1-day-ago-or-older-not-recent-topics/400459 "2026-07-31T15:27:47Z")

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Whenever I open Meta now, it goes to topics 1-2 days old, begore showing a ‘xx new or unread topics’, usually around 30, and when clicking on that, shows the actual recent topics. Furthermore, (I believe this is related…

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## [Support formatting of flag "reason" text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-formatting-of-flag-reason-text/408889)

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**Author:** [@per1234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per1234)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-formatting-of-flag-reason-text/408889 "2026-07-31T11:42:06Z")

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Feature description: In addition to the standard flags raised by users and built-in automated systems (e.g., Discourse AI Spam Detection), Discourse allows forum administrators to implement custom systems that raise flag…

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## [Allow use of input for value of manually mapped "Call workflow" Boolean type fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-input-for-value-of-manually-mapped-call-workflow-boolean-type-fields/408827)

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**Author:** [@per1234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per1234)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-input-for-value-of-manually-mapped-call-workflow-boolean-type-fields/408827 "2026-07-31T11:39:40Z")

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Feature description: Discourse has introduced a new “Workflows” feature, which allows forum administrators to easily configure complex custom operations to facilitate maintenance or otherwise enhance their forum. Please…

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## [Suspend from Review Queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-from-review-queue/225660)

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**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspend-from-review-queue/225660 "2026-07-31T08:14:21Z")

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Would it be possible to add the ability to add the ability to silence/suspend users from the review queue? We get a decent amount of spam traffic from sites because our community has been posted on those SEO forums as o…

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## [Add "Suspend" action to review resolution options for "User Needs Approval" flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-suspend-action-to-review-resolution-options-for-user-needs-approval-flags/408891)

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**Author:** [@per1234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per1234)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-suspend-action-to-review-resolution-options-for-user-needs-approval-flags/408891 "2026-07-31T08:13:39Z")

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Feature description: A common spam operation is to create user accounts which contain promotional content in the profile (typically a link, but may be the bio as well). Discourse has an “Approve suspect users” system th…

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## [Chat search results cannot be scrolled on mobile (touch swipe unresponsive)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-search-results-cannot-be-scrolled-on-mobile-touch-swipe-unresponsive/408922)

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**Author:** [@Tonja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tonja)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-search-results-cannot-be-scrolled-on-mobile-touch-swipe-unresponsive/408922 "2026-07-30T20:01:23Z")

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Hi. On mobile, when using the global chat search (search across all channels, not the in-channel search), the results list cannot be scrolled. Swiping up/down on the results area produces no scroll movement at all. This…

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## [Language level of ai "translate to English"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-level-of-ai-translate-to-english/282991)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-level-of-ai-translate-to-english/282991 "2026-07-30T19:21:57Z")

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I had a sentence, I was too lazy to translate myself. So, I thought I could just use the AI helper. So I left my message draft and started a topic darft, I put my sentence into the composer and used the ai to translate i…

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## [Turkish translation is generating archaic/Ottoman-style language instead of modern Turkish](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turkish-translation-is-generating-archaic-ottoman-style-language-instead-of-modern-turkish/408915)

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**Author:** [@akanora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akanora)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turkish-translation-is-generating-archaic-ottoman-style-language-instead-of-modern-turkish/408915 "2026-07-30T18:34:15Z")

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Hi, We’ve noticed an issue with Discourse’s Translate to Turkish feature over the past few weeks. Instead of producing natural, modern Turkish, the translation always generates text that resembles archaic Turkish or Ot…

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## [Duplicate poll title in email notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-poll-title-in-email-notifications/408875)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-poll-title-in-email-notifications/408875 "2026-07-30T09:02:57Z")

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I’ve just pushed out a notification about a poll for all the users of our site. It’s a minor thing, but in the email notification the title of the poll is duplicated duplicated. Here is the poll title on the site (with …

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## [Multi-language preferences for displaying localized content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-language-preferences-for-displaying-localized-content/381116)

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**Author:** [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multi-language-preferences-for-displaying-localized-content/381116 "2026-07-30T05:48:14Z")

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Currently, communities using the content localization feature can select multiple languages to show localized content. For example, a forum may have German, English, French set up in content localization supported locale…

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## [Image makes post events Onebox too big / dominant](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-makes-post-events-onebox-too-big-dominant/408878)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-makes-post-events-onebox-too-big-dominant/408878 "2026-07-30T01:18:24Z")

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I love the new Events Oneboxes: However, when there is an image added to an event in the modal, this is also pulled through into the Onebox. While this looks great, it makes the Onebox rather dominant - it takes up a…

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## [Automatic highlighting fails for some fenced code blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-highlighting-fails-for-some-fenced-code-blocks/408503)

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**Author:** [@irkode](https://meta.discourse.org/u/irkode)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-highlighting-fails-for-some-fenced-code-blocks/408503 "2026-07-29T15:52:21Z")

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This happens in my development setup, in a live discourse forum https://discourse.gohugo.io/ and the discourse playground. In general when a fenced code block has no language set we get autodetection. This succeeds in a…

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## [Permanently Delete does not show (even after 5 minutes)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanently-delete-does-not-show-even-after-5-minutes/408754)

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**Author:** [@tkforbes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkforbes)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanently-delete-does-not-show-even-after-5-minutes/408754 "2026-07-29T13:06:36Z")

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I have a self-hosted Discourse. It is quite up to date (a few weeks since update). Per Enable setting to allow admins to permanently delete data, the feature is enabled. I use the wrench to delete a topic as a moderator…

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## [Empty banner box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-banner-box/408667)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-banner-box/408667 "2026-07-29T05:59:54Z")

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I appear to have an empty banner box at the top of my page: Not sure what that’s about, but thought it worth mentioning. :slight\_smile:

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## [Site in staff only mode. No need to show signup or login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-in-staff-only-mode-no-need-to-show-signup-or-login/408703)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-in-staff-only-mode-no-need-to-show-signup-or-login/408703 "2026-07-28T23:45:38Z")

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For the past two days, the OpenAI Discourse forum has been in staff-only mode. Only staff members and users with higher permissions can interact with the site; everyone else has read-only access. Users visiting the sit…

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## [Reddit-ish Theme Apply background image and blur](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ish-theme-apply-background-image-and-blur/408755)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ish-theme-apply-background-image-and-blur/408755 "2026-07-28T18:50:11Z")

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Hopfully this will help someone who uses the Reddit-ish theme, it adds a bg image to the topic card and applys a blur making the site feel cleaner. Add this JS to your component import { apiInitializer } from "discour…

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## [Reply-by-email from Outlook drops everything after a numbered list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-from-outlook-drops-everything-after-a-numbered-list/408194)

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**Author:** [@ryanturner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanturner)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-from-outlook-drops-everything-after-a-numbered-list/408194 "2026-07-28T17:09:04Z")

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Self-hosted, 2026.1.5 (commit 2727e4d). We run a community in mailing-list mode and take replies by email. A member replied from Outlook with a fairly long post, and the copy that showed up on the site — and went back o…

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## [\`fetch\_response\` rejects HTTP 202 breaking IMDB oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fetch-response-rejects-http-202-breaking-imdb-oneboxes/407725)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fetch-response-rejects-http-202-breaking-imdb-oneboxes/407725 "2026-07-28T16:43:13Z")

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IMDB currently returns HTTP 202 Accepted instead of 200 OK (likely due to anti-bot measures or asynchronous request handling). The current implementation is too strict since it only considers 200 a successful response an…

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## [Admin: Category management page not translated into Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/408704)

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**Author:** [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/408704 "2026-07-28T14:42:32Z")

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## [Request for a date picker in AI Translate settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-a-date-picker-in-ai-translate-settings/405828)

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**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-for-a-date-picker-in-ai-translate-settings/405828 "2026-07-28T13:01:23Z")

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Minor Feature request. In the AI Translate Settings field: AI translation backfill max age days Can we get a date picker implemented with this field? For us folks who have forums with content going back decades (1999)…

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## [Request to be a Reviewer for Vietnamese language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-be-a-reviewer-for-vietnamese-language/408681)

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**Author:** [@KlassAdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KlassAdmin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-be-a-reviewer-for-vietnamese-language/408681 "2026-07-28T09:36:00Z")

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Hi Discourse Team, My Crowdin username is @KlassAdmin. I notice that the Vietnamese language currently has no active proofreaders or reviewers to approve pending strings, leaving many contributions stuck in the queue. …

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## [Allow owner of topic to set timer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-owner-of-topic-to-set-timer/408520)

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**Author:** [@greymont](https://meta.discourse.org/u/greymont)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-owner-of-topic-to-set-timer/408520 "2026-07-28T08:49:34Z")

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My site will have quite a few announcements of events. I do not want to use the calendar/events feature because my users will find it just too technical and complicated. So, I’m looking for a way to enable the topic aut…

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## [Media review is bypassed when image\_sizes is empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/media-review-is-bypassed-when-image-sizes-is-empty/408608)

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**Author:** [@Editor0732](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Editor0732)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/media-review-is-bypassed-when-image-sizes-is-empty/408608 "2026-07-28T04:43:13Z")

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This bug is about the Skip review media groups setting. When posting an image from mobile, the image upload succeeds and the post body correctly contains an image reference (for example, ). However, the subsequent POST…

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