# Contribute

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=241

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## [Events: If subcategories hidden, so is the events calendar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-if-subcategories-hidden-so-is-the-events-calendar/246179)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-if-subcategories-hidden-so-is-the-events-calendar/246179 "2022-11-20T09:10:04Z")

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If you have an events\_calendar\_categories set in that category’s settings set Default List Filter to be no subcategories then the events calendar is not displayed. I discovered this when making a subcategory to house…

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## [Published page url as a hash](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-page-url-as-a-hash/246164)

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**Author:** [@bosal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bosal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-page-url-as-a-hash/246164 "2022-11-20T01:00:00Z")

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Hi, we are used to publishing pages and sending the url to clients or employes from systems like Google Docs or ClickUp. I would love to get a checkbox when publishing a page for: no index for crawlers generating a h…

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## [Printer Friendly CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/printer-friendly-css/30899)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/printer-friendly-css/30899 "2022-11-19T12:46:19Z")

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So there is a couple of us at SP who have been playing with a print media css queries to try and make Discourse more “printer friendly”, so far we’ve come up with @media print { /\* remove items N/A for print \*\* visual c…

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## [Can we have the shortest possible links for sharing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-the-shortest-possible-links-for-sharing/186933)

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**Author:** [@Ym\_gg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ym_gg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-the-shortest-possible-links-for-sharing/186933 "2022-11-18T17:53:50Z")

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sry for my bad english :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: If I have grammatical errors, please point out or correct them, thank you! in normal i use share button and i get this link: https://hibot.top/t/topic/7?u=ym\_gg i thin…

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## [Tags rendering weird on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-rendering-weird-on-mobile/246041)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-rendering-weird-on-mobile/246041 "2022-11-18T16:55:03Z")

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Is this right?

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## [Group id length limit arbitrarily(?) short](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-id-length-limit-arbitrarily-short/246060)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-id-length-limit-arbitrarily-short/246060 "2022-11-18T16:38:03Z")

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I created a new group this morning. I wanted to key it AzureDevOps\_extension but that was one char too long. I shortened it to ADO\_extension The limit of 20 characters seems pretty tight to me. Expressive naming is supp…

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## [Add a specific class to enable targeting Category Moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-specific-class-to-enable-targeting-category-moderators/246063)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-specific-class-to-enable-targeting-category-moderators/246063 "2022-11-18T16:12:33Z")

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Would it be possible to add the “admin role” of the user (e.g. is-admin, is-moderator, is-cat-moderator) as a CSS class to this wrapper (or somewhere more global): \<div style="position: absolute; top: 34px; left: 0px;" …

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## [Trust Level growth graph mangled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-growth-graph-mangled/217703)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-growth-graph-mangled/217703 "2022-11-16T12:46:17Z")

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I’ve been looking at some of the built-in reports, and I initially found the Trust Level growth startling: On closer inspection, it looks like the query results aren’t properly ordered before they’re fed into the gra…

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## [Move staff post to the top of the thread or show staff color in 'Solution' excerpt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-staff-post-to-the-top-of-the-thread-or-show-staff-color-in-solution-excerpt/245671)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-staff-post-to-the-top-of-the-thread-or-show-staff-color-in-solution-excerpt/245671 "2022-11-18T04:35:01Z")

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As a support community, we occasionally get new threads from users like this one: This was answered definitively in post 16, with staff color & everything: And yet, we still get people tacking on to the thread sayin…

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## [500 Error when editing an existing post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594 "2022-11-17T22:49:22Z")

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I’ve had this twice now when editing an older topic in my discourse. The second was after a full docker update about 20 minutes ago. Repro: Find an old article Edit it, in my case making a number of words into http li…

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## [Chat button in user card should hide if disable direct message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-button-in-user-card-should-hide-if-disable-direct-message/245877)

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**Author:** [@topological](https://meta.discourse.org/u/topological)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-button-in-user-card-should-hide-if-disable-direct-message/245877 "2022-11-17T22:44:57Z")

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Hello, I allow user to chat in channel but disable them in direct message. In this case, a non-staff user can still see Chat button in others’ user card. But they may get wrong message after click it. I read the code, …

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## ["Global pin" (currently) does not really mean "global."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-pin-currently-does-not-really-mean-global/245541)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-pin-currently-does-not-really-mean-global/245541 "2022-11-17T16:00:03Z")

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I’ve noticed I’m not alone in my thinking on this one: When you go to pin something “globally,” the expected behavior for some of us at least is that the post will appear globally across all categories. The team pushbac…

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## [Impossible to add staged users to a group via /groups -\> add user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-add-staged-users-to-a-group-via-groups-add-user/245870)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-add-staged-users-to-a-group-via-groups-add-user/245870 "2022-11-17T05:57:22Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What happens when you add a staged user to a discourse group?: When you go to a group and press the “Add User” button, the user “cannot be found” through the subsequent dialog if the user…

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## [Problème de workflow Crowdin : traduction 🇫🇷](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-crowdin-workflow-issue/245824)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-crowdin-workflow-issue/245824 "2022-11-16T21:03:41Z")

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A menudo recibo notificaciones para traducir cadenas nuevas, pero una vez que hago clic en el enlace, me encuentro con una zona de no-operación (noop): ¿Hay alguna forma de solucionar esto @zogstrip?

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## [Mandatory onboarding training for code formatting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-onboarding-training-for-code-formatting/245036)

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**Author:** [@BryanV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BryanV)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-onboarding-training-for-code-formatting/245036 "2022-11-16T18:44:42Z")

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Hi, I run https://discourse.bokeh.org and also frequent https://discuss.python.org often. In both places, there is a pretty terrible issue with new users not formatting code in their first posts. There are typically seve…

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## [Group assignment notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-assignment-notification/241119)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-assignment-notification/241119 "2022-11-16T12:12:07Z")

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I have a user asking for an email notification when a topic is assigned to a group she’s in. I’m not finding anything around that. Am I missing it, or it is really not there? …Could it be there? :smiley:

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## [Max Accounts per IP Setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-accounts-per-ip-setting/245668)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-accounts-per-ip-setting/245668 "2022-11-16T11:32:48Z")

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There’s already a half setting for this, titles “max new accounts per IP”. The only issue with this is it only prevents TL2 and below accounts from doing this. This would prevent TL3/4 users from doing that as well. My …

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## [No search result if filtered by unicode username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-result-if-filtered-by-unicode-username/243349)

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**Author:** [@topological](https://meta.discourse.org/u/topological)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-search-result-if-filtered-by-unicode-username/243349 "2022-11-16T09:43:17Z")

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I met a bug that I cannot search a user’s posts by @+username in search box if the username contains unicode (e.g. Chinese \\p{Han}). The reason is regex used in following code (in lib\\search.rb) only match ascii charact…

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## [No "Leave this personal chat" button on desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-leave-this-personal-chat-button-on-desktop/238083)

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**Author:** [@miss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/miss)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-leave-this-personal-chat-button-on-desktop/238083 "2022-11-15T22:18:50Z")

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I chat with six users no “X” button to close the chat box. Desktop: On Mobile: No close “x” button at all

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## [Deprecation warnings are causing an exception](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-warnings-are-causing-an-exception/245583)

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**Author:** [@hithere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hithere)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deprecation-warnings-are-causing-an-exception/245583 "2022-11-15T00:05:28Z")

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Our forum, which is hosted by Discourse, is suddenly gone - it doesn’t show any posts anymore and there’s a big JS error in the console. Any idea what might be the issue? I was thinking it could be an issue with the the…

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## [Gamification leaderboard on Sidebar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamification-leaderboard-on-sidebar/245456)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gamification-leaderboard-on-sidebar/245456 "2022-11-14T23:40:19Z")

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Feels like it’d be a good place for it. Since it was added to the Right Side Bar block component (which feels … somewhat useless with the experimental sidebar growing in popularity), is this under consideration?

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## [Spammer with phantom posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spammer-with-phantom-posts/245537)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spammer-with-phantom-posts/245537 "2022-11-14T19:01:30Z")

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I flagged a post as spam and was given an option to delete the spammer. Cool, cool. Then I was warned that doing so would delete 5 posts. Concerned, I opened the spammer’s profile and could only find 1. After ping-pon…

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## [Scrollbar position isn't correctly set/memorized when toggling small ↔ large chat window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbar-position-isnt-correctly-set-memorized-when-toggling-small-large-chat-window/235490)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbar-position-isnt-correctly-set-memorized-when-toggling-small-large-chat-window/235490 "2022-11-14T17:01:28Z")

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edit: it seems to happen whenever we go to another channel too.

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## [Users randomly added to private messages (including messages from System)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-randomly-added-to-private-messages-including-messages-from-system/245511)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-randomly-added-to-private-messages-including-messages-from-system/245511 "2022-11-14T12:53:12Z")

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Users randomly added to private messages (including messages from System) and we’re not sure how to figure out how this happened nor how to reproduce this issue; however, what we are seeing is that a random number of use…

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## [Adding a “description” behavior on watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-description-behavior-on-watched-words/294027)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-description-behavior-on-watched-words/294027 "2022-11-14T12:38:03Z")

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Would adding a “description” behavior on watched words, such as: be a pr-welcome? I’ve started using linkification of some terms and acronyms on my forums, but I feel it’s not the best solution, and I need more quick…

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## [Emoji - index\_pointing\_at\_the\_viewer.png with white background?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-index-pointing-at-the-viewer-png-with-white-background/228729)

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**Author:** [@Noah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-index-pointing-at-the-viewer-png-with-white-background/228729 "2022-11-14T07:47:44Z")

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Hi Discourse Community, I was recently scrolling through the emojis tab when I noticed that the emoji “index\_pointing\_at\_the\_viewer.png” has a white background and is the only emoji to have a white background. As shown…

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## [Watched Words to serve as shortcut command to insert links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-serve-as-shortcut-command-to-insert-links/242695)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-serve-as-shortcut-command-to-insert-links/242695 "2022-11-13T20:53:07Z")

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sorry for my english, i’m using google translate I left Wordpress, to enter Discourse and I saw a lot of evolution, I am very satisfied with Discourse. But there’s a feature that my members miss wordpress a lot it woul…

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## [Discourse Polls Tell Logged-Out Users Their TL Isn’t High Enough](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-polls-tell-logged-out-users-their-tl-isn-t-high-enough/245442)

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**Author:** [@khenmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/khenmu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-polls-tell-logged-out-users-their-tl-isn-t-high-enough/245442 "2022-11-13T20:02:50Z")

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I noticed this on Try Discourse. The poll tells me I must be trust\_level\_0 to participate. I think a more meaningful, user-friendly message would be that users must be logged in. My understanding is that it isn’t possib…

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## [Title Not showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-not-showing/245410)

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**Author:** [@S\_B\_2\_Go](https://meta.discourse.org/u/S_B_2_Go)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-not-showing/245410 "2022-11-13T12:39:20Z")

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title showing in account preferences but not in the badge title section

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## [Info button for category description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/info-button-for-category-description/245404)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/info-button-for-category-description/245404 "2022-11-13T10:47:43Z")

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It looks like the description is very slightly visible when a user already read the description topic (if it’s even pinned, usually I unlist them). The description only shows at the /category page. I would expect an info…

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