# Contribute

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=522

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## [Backend's "IP Lookup" popup is wrong positioned on phone screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backends-ip-lookup-popup-is-wrong-positioned-on-phone-screen/46495)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backends-ip-lookup-popup-is-wrong-positioned-on-phone-screen/46495 "2017-04-21T18:51:07Z")

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I am unable even to shift it manually to the screen’s center. I am also unable to see it by making the UI elements smaller (they are not resizeable).

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## [Changing tracking state of group inbox updates your own tracking state instead](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-tracking-state-of-group-inbox-updates-your-own-tracking-state-instead/59101)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-tracking-state-of-group-inbox-updates-your-own-tracking-state-instead/59101 "2017-04-21T11:22:30Z")

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As an administrator, you can see the tracking state another user has for a group inbox. You can also update it, which is useful because the default is just “Tracking”. However, this updating no longer works. Reproductio…

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## [Update to webhooks removed topic title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-to-webhooks-removed-topic-title/61362)

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**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-to-webhooks-removed-topic-title/61362 "2017-04-21T02:05:36Z")

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I know that Discourse’s webhooks were recently overhauled, and I appreciate that the payloads are a lot leaner now, but I think that the topic title should be reintroduced by default in post\_created events. I finally go…

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## [Excessive spacing on text/plain email content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-spacing-on-text-plain-email-content/61297)

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**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-spacing-on-text-plain-email-content/61297 "2017-04-20T23:59:00Z")

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Hello again, and just one more minor nit. The stock email templates seem to be adding too much padding around the actual post content. Here is an example just received: ----==\_mimepart\_58f8139956892\_20ce3fbcdc0cd6bc74…

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## [Allow Admins to Disable Uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-to-disable-uploads/28577)

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**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-to-disable-uploads/28577 "2017-04-20T22:14:59Z")

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Hey! Why not allow admins to disable the upload button since s3 is now deprecated, and will soon be removed? This will force users to use something like imgur to host their images. I think it would be a good feature sin…

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## [Watching users option in preferences?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-users-option-in-preferences/61355)

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**Author:** [@LivThePotterhead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LivThePotterhead)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-users-option-in-preferences/61355 "2017-04-20T22:12:07Z")

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On our forum, people constantly try to get the first like of certain users. Some people want to be early to see important threads by admins. If either is the case on our forum, it would be extremely helpful if you guys…

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## [Tag CSS with !important flag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-css-with-important-flag/61291)

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**Author:** [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-css-with-important-flag/61291 "2017-04-20T20:24:31Z")

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There’s some Sass in tagging.scss with the !important flag overriding custom CSS. Is this intended or should it be changed so I don’t have to make my overrides !evenmoreimportant?

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## [Making badges more discoverable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-badges-more-discoverable/60929)

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**Author:** [@designbygio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/designbygio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-badges-more-discoverable/60929 "2017-04-20T19:49:06Z")

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Discourse has great and complex badges system but unfrotunately too little users are aweare of them or at leats give them the right attention. There are two type of badges, we can categorize them as award and title. Awa…

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## [Check email of a flagger without a log note](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-email-of-a-flagger-without-a-log-note/61325)

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**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-email-of-a-flagger-without-a-log-note/61325 "2017-04-20T16:45:50Z")

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I ran into a little glitch the other day. The system is designed so that if a mod or an admin.checks somebody’s email, a note is left on the staff action log. There is a systematic way to circumvent that, though, when th…

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## [Allow for email re-writing to solve the additional email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-email-re-writing-to-solve-the-additional-email-address/58892)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-email-re-writing-to-solve-the-additional-email-address/58892 "2017-04-20T02:12:22Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Straightforward direct-delivery incoming mail: Over in Two emails for one user the debate in: Its pretty much settled on 2 emails. I think that’s best, but there will still be cases whe…

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## [Group identification image on avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-identification-image-on-avatar/47276)

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**Author:** [@tomwrench](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomwrench)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-identification-image-on-avatar/47276 "2017-04-19T21:36:21Z")

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I’ve noticed the Discourse team now have a small identification image on their avatar, such as below: Is it possible to apply such an image, dependant on what group a user is in?

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## [Notify about flags after Bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-flags-after-bug/61034)

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**Author:** [@joco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-about-flags-after-bug/61034 "2017-04-19T20:48:04Z")

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I have tried setting this Flag to 1 but there is never any email sent to the contact email. Please advise how to get this working. -Joe

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## [Mark as solved doesn't show on categories home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solved-doesnt-show-on-categories-home-page/51070)

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**Author:** [@ItsGhost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ItsGhost)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-as-solved-doesnt-show-on-categories-home-page/51070 "2017-04-19T15:55:52Z")

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When a topic is marked as solved it gains a tick to the left of the title which is great, however this doesn’t show up on the split screen categories/latest home page.

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## ["Yes, abandon" post button in red?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yes-abandon-post-button-in-red/60777)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yes-abandon-post-button-in-red/60777 "2017-04-19T13:56:35Z")

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Shouldn’t the “Yes, abandon” button be in red/ the danger colour?

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## [Manually blocked users should not be allowed TL3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-blocked-users-should-not-be-allowed-tl3/47797)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-blocked-users-should-not-be-allowed-tl3/47797 "2016-07-26T04:58:59Z")

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According to What do user trust levels do?, users who have been suspended within the set time period cannot be TL3 (and will lose TL3 if suspended). However, blocking is not mentioned in the #faq, nor in the code (see b…

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## [Add \<progress\> support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-progress-support/29177)

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**Author:** [@KazWolfe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KazWolfe)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-progress-support/29177 "2017-04-19T12:35:58Z")

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I would like to propose the adding of the \<progress /\> tag to Discourse. It can be very useful, and can be used wherever a visual representation of a statistic is worthwhile. For example, “1/30 users registered” or “$50 …

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## [New or Updated Topic Banner Displayed for Updates to Muted Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-or-updated-topic-banner-displayed-for-updates-to-muted-topics/61216)

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**Author:** [@alexs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-or-updated-topic-banner-displayed-for-updates-to-muted-topics/61216 "2017-04-19T08:47:42Z")

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This is trivial for me but I think it would be better if the new / updated topic banner was not displayed at the top of the topics feed, after a muted topic has been updated. Especially as when the banner is clicked - wh…

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## [Redesigning the default category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redesigning-the-default-category-page/46783)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 118\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redesigning-the-default-category-page/46783 "2017-04-18T20:51:31Z")

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I feel that our default categories page is a bit too confusing and unfamiliar. When you compare this to a more traditional /categories page which looks like When you compare the “traditional” look I think there a…

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## [Increase the post cloaking threashold, or check first if media is playing before cloaking a post on scroll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-post-cloaking-threashold-or-check-first-if-media-is-playing-before-cloaking-a-post-on-scroll/43026)

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**Author:** [@anon36895752](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36895752)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-post-cloaking-threashold-or-check-first-if-media-is-playing-before-cloaking-a-post-on-scroll/43026 "2017-04-18T20:43:24Z")

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A lot of posts on my forum are mixes. If the mix is posted at the top of the thread, and the user hits play, and then scrolls down the page to join the discussion and read the responses, eventually the player is unloade…

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## [Zero search results searching private messages for specific keyword](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-search-results-searching-private-messages-for-specific-keyword/48429)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-search-results-searching-private-messages-for-specific-keyword/48429 "2017-04-18T18:01:56Z")

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As an admin attempting to search private messages for a discussion on “natwest”… Using the search in:private natwest returns zero results. Running the following query returns 9 results: SELECT COUNT(\*) FROM posts p LE…

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## [SSO Redirect Problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-redirect-problem/59044)

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**Author:** [@thepenguinmaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thepenguinmaster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-redirect-problem/59044 "2017-04-18T12:12:59Z")

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I am working with Discourse SSO authentication and running into a problem with redirects. I am able to successfully login and everything works great, until the user logs in using GitHub or Google. What seems to be happe…

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## [If a visitor's Facebook page does not contain a profile picture, then auth deletes the visitor's manually loaded profile picture](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-visitors-facebook-page-does-not-contain-a-profile-picture-then-auth-deletes-the-visitors-manually-loaded-profile-picture/51891)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-visitors-facebook-page-does-not-contain-a-profile-picture-then-auth-deletes-the-visitors-manually-loaded-profile-picture/51891 "2017-04-18T10:31:43Z")

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If a visitor’s Facebook page does not contain a profile picture, then an authentication in Discourse with Facebook deletes the visitor’s manually loaded profile picture from his Discourse account.

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## [Specifying maximum uploaded (not thumbnail) image width and height](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-maximum-uploaded-not-thumbnail-image-width-and-height/26715)

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**Author:** [@scottfsmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scottfsmith)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-maximum-uploaded-not-thumbnail-image-width-and-height/26715 "2017-04-18T10:24:19Z")

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Hi, I have a relatively new discourse site up, http://growingfruit.org. Everything has been going great, in a way too great as I am getting lots of image uploads and at the current rate it could end up maxing out my hos…

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## [How to add a loading page, some like Gmail?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-loading-page-some-like-gmail/61067)

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**Author:** [@kudouyuzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kudouyuzi)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-loading-page-some-like-gmail/61067 "2017-04-17T22:18:37Z")

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How to add a loading page, some like Gmail?

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## [Buggy activation email false alarm?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buggy-activation-email-false-alarm/61004)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buggy-activation-email-false-alarm/61004 "2017-04-17T20:11:01Z")

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Hi team. We’re getting ready to launch (in four days) and as we put our install through its paces, we came across the alert above. The path was: Admin in Chrome browser: • New user created (via csv bulk upload) •…

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## [Multiple completion boxes when private messaging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-completion-boxes-when-private-messaging/61126)

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**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-completion-boxes-when-private-messaging/61126 "2017-04-17T18:24:53Z")

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Hello again, The same issue reported about overlapping completion boxes is also taking place when trying to private message someone. When one goes to type the username, both the standard and discourse’s custom completio…

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## [Moderate User Profile Photos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderate-user-profile-photos/61105)

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**Author:** [@TimeDoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimeDoctor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderate-user-profile-photos/61105 "2017-04-17T09:29:30Z")

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Sometimes users may choose inappropriate profile photos that don’t necessitate banning them. As far as I can tell there isn’t currently a way to specifically disable one user’s profile picture.

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## [Discourse-setup uses ifconfig to check the IP address for Let's Encrypt, but it's not available on Debian stretch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-uses-ifconfig-to-check-the-ip-address-for-lets-encrypt-but-its-not-available-on-debian-stretch/61080)

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**Author:** [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-uses-ifconfig-to-check-the-ip-address-for-lets-encrypt-but-its-not-available-on-debian-stretch/61080 "2017-04-17T05:15:26Z")

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These lines in discourse-setup depend on ifconfig, but Debian Stretch doesn’t have ifconfig: local IFACE=none local IFCONFIG=\`which ifconfig\` /sbin/route |grep default \> /tmp/route$PPID if grep default /tmp/rou…

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## [A category can be set as both "tracking" and "watch first post" in preferences (and database)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-category-can-be-set-as-both-tracking-and-watch-first-post-in-preferences-and-database/61037)

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**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-category-can-be-set-as-both-tracking-and-watch-first-post-in-preferences-and-database/61037 "2017-04-17T01:22:33Z")

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The thread was locked, not sure why, but I wanted to ask you about one issue if you don’t mind. Feel free to make this a public topic. I haven’t yet tried your PR above, I’m still on 1.8.0.beta10+57. I have my auto-s…

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## [Suggestion to change topic-subscription descriptions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-to-change-topic-subscription-descriptions/41287)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-to-change-topic-subscription-descriptions/41287 "2017-04-16T23:42:04Z")

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Currently we have: Watching You will be notified of every new reply in this topic, and a count of new replies will be shown. Tracking A count of new replies will be shown for this topic. You will be notified if so…

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