# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=458 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 459 --- ## [Groups can be given same name as existing username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-can-be-given-same-name-as-existing-username/74010)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-can-be-given-same-name-as-existing-username/74010 "2018-06-12T08:08:28Z")
I just came across this on my site - it is indeed possible to create a group with the same name as an existing username. Chaos ensues. (Actually, not sure about the chaos - we had this situation for months before I not… --- ## [Add support for Groups and Usernames that completely overlap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-groups-and-usernames-that-completely-overlap/89661)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-groups-and-usernames-that-completely-overlap/89661 "2018-06-12T08:08:10Z")
Em… We use this feature, I mean ability to have both group and user with the same name. And I found it awesome. We divide users into their own private groups to have personal private category for support purposes. There… --- ## [Pending users notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pending-users-notification/35399)
**Author:** [@thomasschmit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomasschmit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pending-users-notification/35399 "2018-06-11T14:28:31Z")
A pending users notification is currently sent every 9 hours and this period can’t be modified. It can be quickly annoying when you want to contact a user before accepting him. Consequently, it would be great to create … --- ## [Notification levels (Watching, etc.) - All descriptions incorrect for Private Messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-levels-watching-etc-all-descriptions-incorrect-for-private-messages/87826)
**Author:** [@jerry0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerry0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-levels-watching-etc-all-descriptions-incorrect-for-private-messages/87826 "2018-06-11T09:36:56Z")
The four different editable notification descriptions for private messages in Discourse have the following names js.topic.notifications.watching\_pm.description js.topic.notifications.tracking\_pm.description js.topic.no… --- ## [\[Jobs::PollMailbox\] Job exception: undefined method \`update\_columns' for nil:NilClass](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-pollmailbox-job-exception-undefined-method-update-columns-for-nil-nilclass/43629)
**Author:** [@TyIsI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TyIsI)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-pollmailbox-job-exception-undefined-method-update-columns-for-nil-nilclass/43629 "2016-05-04T05:37:22Z")
Getting regular alerts for this error: Job exception: undefined method \`update\_columns’ for nil:NilClass Backtrace: /var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:44:in \`rescue in process!' /var/www/discourse/lib/email/rece… --- ## [In polls: Make results and users only visible to admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-polls-make-results-and-users-only-visible-to-admins/69136)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-polls-make-results-and-users-only-visible-to-admins/69136 "2018-06-11T00:38:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from Elections Plugin: pr-welcome on this feature. @jomaxro @angus what do you suggest the syntax for this should be? --- ## [2FA input field is too wide on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-input-field-is-too-wide-on-mobile/89547)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-input-field-is-too-wide-on-mobile/89547 "2018-06-10T13:34:25Z")
Should probably be an easy fix i guess --- ## [Low-bandwidth "lite" version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-lite-version/32448)
**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-lite-version/32448 "2015-08-26T18:47:27Z")
So a couple of my users are complaining that my site loads slowly when they’re on a slower connection or have bad reception and/or uses too much “data” on their mobile devices. My site loads fast for me so I don’t really… --- ## [Reminder function for pre-defined trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reminder-function-for-pre-defined-trust-levels/89249)
**Author:** [@Roman\_Gomilsek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman_Gomilsek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reminder-function-for-pre-defined-trust-levels/89249 "2018-06-07T20:45:25Z")
Hey friends! At the moment the follow-up functionality is only available for users in trust level 4, right? Would it be possible to unlock it for other trust levels – e.g. trust level 2 (member)? Thanks! Roman --- ## [Uninitialized constant when uploading JPG](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninitialized-constant-when-uploading-jpg/89362)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uninitialized-constant-when-uploading-jpg/89362 "2018-06-07T16:05:19Z")
uninitialized constant EXIFR::JPEG jpeg v2.1.0.beta1 +115 I tried to upload a photo above in jpg, and it does not work on this forum. --- ## [Customize wording i.e. change "Category", "Topic" etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307)
**Author:** [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307 "2018-06-07T01:49:16Z")
Disclaimer: I am new to Discourse, just read about it for the first time yesterday. I’ve noticed that every forum I’ve viewed that utilized Discourse uses the same terminology like “category” and “topic”. Is that becaus… --- ## [Option to turn off tall image cropping](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-turn-off-tall-image-cropping/89011)
**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-turn-off-tall-image-cropping/89011 "2018-06-05T15:13:54Z")
Going back to this feature request I would like to have the option to turn this off, our forum is centered around photography and we do not want images to be cropped, I’ve already ran into some instances where an imag… --- ## [URLs for Group Message: Error for private groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-group-message-error-for-private-groups/70631)
**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urls-for-group-message-error-for-private-groups/70631 "2018-06-06T01:16:07Z")
Just some probably low-priority weirdness I ran into last night. :slight\_smile: Expected Behavior: Anyone who has permission to message a group (as defined on the group admin page) should be able to click on a link to g… --- ## [Recovery codes for 2FA?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-codes-for-2fa/89175)
**Author:** [@imrehg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/imrehg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovery-codes-for-2fa/89175 "2018-06-05T18:48:38Z")
Hey! The 2FA feature of Discourse is great to have, we are enabling it for all our admins to keep the forums safer. On the other hand, it seems to be missing one commonly used feature, recovery codes (that is a handful o… --- ## [Poll: Would you like to see Personalized / Customized User Feed for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-would-you-like-to-see-personalized-customized-user-feed-for-discourse/42623)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-would-you-like-to-see-personalized-customized-user-feed-for-discourse/42623 "2018-06-05T17:58:07Z")
I believe that as your user base and daily message posting rate in your forum climbs higher than the average user will read in a day, the noise to signal ratio of the forum starts to increase quickly with the result that… --- ## [Unable to add new poll to topic with public poll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-new-poll-to-topic-with-public-poll/89134)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-add-new-poll-to-topic-with-public-poll/89134 "2018-06-05T13:49:43Z")
If a topic has an existing poll with public=true set, you cannot edit the topic to add new polls. When attempting to save the topic after adding a new poll the following error is received: Poll named \ has vot… --- ## [Badge image in post template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-image-in-post-template/89112)
**Author:** [@mpj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-image-in-post-template/89112 "2018-06-05T09:23:46Z")
When a user picks a badge as their title, it would be really cool if the badge image appeared next to the title as well. --- ## [Sharing popup not working macos/chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-popup-not-working-macos-chrome/89154)
**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-popup-not-working-macos-chrome/89154 "2018-06-04T23:34:49Z")
The sharing popup has been doing nothing for months. Probably since this commit: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/796e1d4c1760af3be27ee241ce71c504a0263657 I pushed a PR for this, can you have a look/merge … --- ## [Disclosure of S3 secret access key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disclosure-of-s3-secret-access-key/87221)
**Author:** [@Asher\_Densmore-Lynn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Asher_Densmore-Lynn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disclosure-of-s3-secret-access-key/87221 "2018-06-04T16:36:56Z")
I was working on a Discourse forum – v2.0.0.beta9 – recently, when I spotted the Files tab of the administrative settings. I was surprised to see the S3 secret key displayed to the user, and I was horrified to observe th… --- ## [Duplicate the 'Edit Topic' pencil at the very top of the screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-the-edit-topic-pencil-at-the-very-top-of-the-screen/89097)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-the-edit-topic-pencil-at-the-very-top-of-the-screen/89097 "2018-06-04T13:48:39Z")
As a moderator, it’s a mild annoyance that you always have to scroll all the way up to the top of a topic to edit the title, category and tags. It would be great if the ‘edit pencil’ was also shown in the top bar that’s … --- ## [Export all themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-all-themes/88953)
**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-all-themes/88953 "2018-06-04T03:28:22Z")
Suggestion: Add a button under Admin \> Customize \> Themes for “Export All”. I can open each theme individually and export it for safe-keeping, but it would be helpful to have a single “Export All” button that exports … --- ## [Add last visit statistics in the user directory for admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-visit-statistics-in-the-user-directory-for-admin/88753)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-visit-statistics-in-the-user-directory-for-admin/88753 "2018-06-01T18:34:24Z")
at the user directory in admin panel, i.e. /admin/users/list/active path, there are statistics about all-time users activity. for example total read time, total post views, … . it’d help much more to moderators and comm… --- ## [Posts/Topics Deleted via Approval Queue should be logged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-topics-deleted-via-approval-queue-should-be-logged/34933)
**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-topics-deleted-via-approval-queue-should-be-logged/34933 "2018-06-01T16:37:23Z")
This has happened twice today already for me, but it seems Needs Approved Posts/Topics are not logged in the Staff Actions. Here is what happens (the best I can tell) User signs up and creates a post (that is spam) Po… --- ## [System admin actions should include reason](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-admin-actions-should-include-reason/46389)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-admin-actions-should-include-reason/46389 "2018-06-01T16:36:28Z")
I’ve heard from multiple customers who were puzzled by how the system user was quietly taking action on certain posts and users. What’s usually happening here is that our friendly anti-spam measures are simply taking out… --- ## [Suppressing the word "likes" on posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppressing-the-word-likes-on-posts/84178 "2018-06-01T00:15:15Z")
In 2015 we switched from a discrete line of {x} people liked this under the post.. .. to moving the smaller phrase {x} likes up near the like button itself. One additional tweak we discussed at the time, but disc… --- ## [Non-admins can't set "title" to none!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admins-cant-set-title-to-none/88857)
**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-admins-cant-set-title-to-none/88857 "2018-05-31T23:18:49Z")
Several people had reported this issue on my forum as well and here it is happening in the same way, we’re unable to revert the title back to none if it is set to anything! For example, right now I’m stuck with Tech Sup… --- ## [Logging out does not log out of all active sessions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-out-does-not-log-out-of-all-active-sessions/88807)
**Author:** [@Nichalas\_Petranek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nichalas_Petranek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-out-does-not-log-out-of-all-active-sessions/88807 "2018-05-31T05:45:53Z")
This specific request has two different use cases that I can highlight. The first case: On one of the forums that I regularly visit, I have access to 2 organisational accounts (meaning each account is shared with 2-3 o… --- ## [Parsing RSS feed missing quotes + apostrophes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parsing-rss-feed-missing-quotes-apostrophes/87880)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_David](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Patrick_David)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parsing-rss-feed-missing-quotes-apostrophes/87880 "2018-05-31T05:22:44Z")
Hi all! We’ve recently upgraded to 2.0.0.beta10~git49.9f422c93f6 and our latest RSS pull for comment embedding nuked apostrophes and quotes from the posts: The image example is from this page: The feed it’s pulli… --- ## [Avatar flair suggestions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-suggestions/87009)
**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-flair-suggestions/87009 "2018-05-31T01:53:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from Avatar Flair (not Badges) for Groups: This is still confusing and tripped me up today. Took a long time to find where the problem was. The way the system currently works is that flair do… --- ## [Undo official warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-official-warning/58967)
**Author:** [@Janno\_Liivak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Janno_Liivak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-official-warning/58967 "2018-05-30T18:46:29Z")
Is it possible to “undo” an official warning? When moderator sends a warning and it turns out that user shouldn’t have got it, can the warning be cancelled? I don’t seem to find any information about it in meta. [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=457) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=459)