# Contribute

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## [Alert moderators when posts are flagged and increase amount of alerts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-moderators-when-posts-are-flagged-and-increase-amount-of-alerts/47679)

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**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-moderators-when-posts-are-flagged-and-increase-amount-of-alerts/47679 "2016-09-05T00:57:00Z")

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I’ve been using the excellent push notifications plugin for a while and would like to see the underlying desktop notifications extended and simplified to make it even more useful. Apparently you only get notifications o…

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## [In some languages the save edit button is too large](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-some-languages-the-save-edit-button-is-too-large/49630)

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**Author:** [@grxninesix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grxninesix)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-some-languages-the-save-edit-button-is-too-large/49630 "2016-09-04T23:29:29Z")

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When the keyboard are deployed and after We can’t see properly the text on the box

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## [Customized login auth plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-login-auth-plugin/49691)

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**Author:** [@Asoul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Asoul)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-login-auth-plugin/49691 "2016-09-04T14:31:13Z")

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Hi, I’m new to discourse, I want to create a plugin for customized login that contains below feature: No signup button on homepage, and can not create new account in discourse After click signin button, user will be a…

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## [Colored usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690)

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**Author:** [@Drakon\_Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon_Dawn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/colored-usernames/49690 "2016-09-04T01:38:53Z")

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So I’ve seen xenforo forum software has an option for people to set colored usernames for others and like a marketplace plugin for users to buy those cosmetic perks, does discourse have this? if not could it be implement…

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## [Selecting text by triple clicking on a paragraph does not show quote reply link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-text-by-triple-clicking-on-a-paragraph-does-not-show-quote-reply-link/49643)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selecting-text-by-triple-clicking-on-a-paragraph-does-not-show-quote-reply-link/49643 "2016-09-02T19:23:54Z")

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On my osx chrome browser, I am able to select text to quote reply, but it doesn’t work if I select text by triple clicking a paragraph. to replicate: while reading a post, double click on a word you want to quote repl…

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## [Add Message button to user card and profile of logged out user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-message-button-to-user-card-and-profile-of-logged-out-user/49641)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-message-button-to-user-card-and-profile-of-logged-out-user/49641 "2016-09-02T18:37:05Z")

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I’d like to add Message button to the user card and profile of logged out user. The UX choices are as follows: I’d like to add Message button to the user card and profile of logged out user. The UX choices are as follow…

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## [Add text area on user card and profile for logged out users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-area-on-user-card-and-profile-for-logged-out-users/49562)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-text-area-on-user-card-and-profile-for-logged-out-users/49562 "2016-09-02T18:29:16Z")

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Can we add a text area at bottom of the user card and user profile for logged out users? LinkedIn does something similar as follows: View Steve’s full profile to… See who you know in common Get introduced Contact S…

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## [Make first post automatic wiki posts (using Topic Templates)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-first-post-automatic-wiki-posts-using-topic-templates/49629)

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**Author:** [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-first-post-automatic-wiki-posts-using-topic-templates/49629 "2016-09-02T15:15:22Z")

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It would be great if the Topic Template UI also allowed automagically making first posts wiki posts. Use Case We Discourse for discussions ongoing project, people we are looking to hire, partnerships we are working on …

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## [Image hover enlarge should be enabled by image % size instead of predefined setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hover-enlarge-should-be-enabled-by-image-size-instead-of-predefined-setting/49626)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-hover-enlarge-should-be-enabled-by-image-size-instead-of-predefined-setting/49626 "2016-09-02T12:08:12Z")

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Images can’t be enlarged if they’re less than a site’s thumbnail settings. I have two images – the first one is ~1000x500, and the second one is ~500x100. I’ve scaled each one down so their width is 200 below: I’m …

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## [Adjust visibility calculation for custom header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-visibility-calculation-for-custom-header/25340)

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**Author:** [@matt\_mcneil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matt_mcneil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adjust-visibility-calculation-for-custom-header/25340 "2016-09-02T05:48:58Z")

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We have a custom fixed nav bar (above Discourse’s native d-header nav) that takes up about 60px on the top of the screen. Is there any way to let Discourse know about this vertical shift when it’s calculating which po…

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## ["New topics": Please track per-user info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topics-please-track-per-user-info/49519)

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**Author:** [@keybounce](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keybounce)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topics-please-track-per-user-info/49519 "2016-09-02T00:10:39Z")

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So, as a new user of this forum system, I’ve found something that I really dislike, and would like to see changed: Preferences All topics less than two days old are considered new. Every other forum that I use track…

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## [Incorrect advice when uploading profile background](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-advice-when-uploading-profile-background/49518)

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**Author:** [@Martyn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martyn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-advice-when-uploading-profile-background/49518 "2016-08-31T22:27:19Z")

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When uploading an image for your profile/user card background which is too big the following warning appears: It says to upload the image to a cloud sharing service, however this doesn’t apply to profile/user card ba…

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## [Onebox and shortened links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-and-shortened-links/49541)

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**Author:** [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-and-shortened-links/49541 "2016-09-01T15:23:23Z")

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I’m using custom shortened links with my site for two reasons; to easily track link clicks through the bit.ly dashboard and for branding purposes on social media. For reference my site is EVOwners and my custom domain s…

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## [Uppercase Posts bug in other languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uppercase-posts-bug-in-other-languages/49526)

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**Author:** [@Yassine\_Yousfi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yassine_Yousfi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uppercase-posts-bug-in-other-languages/49526 "2016-09-01T13:35:21Z")

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Hi, I am using Discourse for couple weeks now, i noticed a bug when using different language (Arabic). When doing a Post in arabic with English uppercase Keywords (as expected in other languages only keywords are menti…

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## [False recognition of numbered lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/false-recognition-of-numbered-lists/49554)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/false-recognition-of-numbered-lists/49554 "2016-09-01T12:52:11Z")

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I don’t know if this is a bug or a feature, but when people are writing especially dates, it seems that the text is changed into a numbered list even when it is not desired. Reproduction of the bug: 31. test test

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## [Extra lines in suggestion popup when @ mentioning groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-lines-in-suggestion-popup-when-mentioning-groups/49530)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-lines-in-suggestion-popup-when-mentioning-groups/49530 "2016-09-01T03:55:52Z")

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When mentioning groups, each suggested group seems to have two lines in the popup - see screenshot. This is the case even for short group names. Mentioning users displays the correct format, no problem.

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## [Interesting SSO and suspended user behaviour](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interesting-sso-and-suspended-user-behaviour/49504)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/interesting-sso-and-suspended-user-behaviour/49504 "2016-08-31T23:53:47Z")

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So if you are using SSO to login into a discourse site and your account on the discourse site is suspended you get blocked in a odd way. Instead of hitting a “Your (sitename) account is suspended” page you get bounced b…

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## [Badges list on user profile - bottom line alignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-list-on-user-profile-bottom-line-alignment/49503)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-list-on-user-profile-bottom-line-alignment/49503 "2016-08-31T23:15:14Z")

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Please see on the following screenshot how the badges list UX could be improved a bit by making all items in a single row same height: Not sure if it’s a trivial CSS change though…

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## [Avatar of OP displayed on categories page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-of-op-displayed-on-categories-page/49499)

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**Author:** [@mbajur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbajur)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-of-op-displayed-on-categories-page/49499 "2016-08-31T20:38:32Z")

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Hey! I’m not sure if that’s intended or not but i can’t find any info about that here on meta.discourse.org. Basically, when i’m visiting my forum on a mobile device, “Active” topics page shows me, on the left side of a…

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## [Cards design for topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-design-for-topics/48107)

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**Author:** [@amaboura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amaboura)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-design-for-topics/48107 "2016-08-31T16:06:22Z")

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Hello Discourse! I’m curious if anyone in the Discourse community tried to display topics as cards instead of a list, the result would look like this For those who tried fully customizing the stylesheet, how do you usu…

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## [Last message vs Seen - inconsistent minutes value in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-message-vs-seen-inconsistent-minutes-value-in-user-profile/49476)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-message-vs-seen-inconsistent-minutes-value-in-user-profile/49476 "2016-08-31T15:53:12Z")

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Here: last message says 29 minutes seen says 30 minutes I think it is impossible for “seen” to be earlier than “last message”. If last message was written 29 minutes ago, then the user was for sure seen 29 minutes a…

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## [Username check at account creation doesn't handle CaSe properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-check-at-account-creation-doesnt-handle-case-properly/49491)

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**Author:** [@jooize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jooize)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-check-at-account-creation-doesnt-handle-case-properly/49491 "2016-08-31T13:54:26Z")

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Issue Attempting to register as Administrator gives the impression it will succeed until you press Create New Account. Trying with administrator correctly presents the username as disallowed. Reproduce Press Sign Up bu…

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## [Option to create categories for Topic Replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-create-categories-for-topic-replies/49481)

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**Author:** [@Chetan\_Jain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chetan_Jain)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-create-categories-for-topic-replies/49481 "2016-08-31T12:23:20Z")

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Is it possible to categorize replies within a forum Topic. For Example I’ve created a topic related to a Book that is newly published. Now i want to categorize all the replies to the topic like About the Author, About th…

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## [Incorrect incoming email parsing case (Ukrainian language)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-incoming-email-parsing-case-ukrainian-language/49450)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-incoming-email-parsing-case-ukrainian-language/49450 "2016-08-31T07:10:50Z")

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Here is how it appeared in a topic: Спасибо еще раз, Антон. “Вилли милк” окончательно-точное))))) 30 серп. 2016 р. 20:45 “Антон” no-reply@kozovod.com пише: The second line should not have been included. Hope this w…

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## [Request header field Dont-Chunk is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers in preflight response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-dont-chunk-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers-in-preflight-response/49469)

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**Author:** [@brahn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brahn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-header-field-dont-chunk-is-not-allowed-by-access-control-allow-headers-in-preflight-response/49469 "2016-08-31T03:37:10Z")

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After setting up Full site CDN acceleration for Discourse I am seeing the following in chrome console: XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://mydomain.com/message-bus/d487d3e56113405b95d297fbc468c99d/poll?dlp=t. Request he…

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## [Inaccuracies with post count stats on User page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccuracies-with-post-count-stats-on-user-page/49464)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccuracies-with-post-count-stats-on-user-page/49464 "2016-08-31T02:02:09Z")

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/users?order=post\_count&period=monthly implies that it displays all users that made a post in the last month, ordered by post count. If I scroll down to the end of the list there are users with replies logged for the pe…

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## [Can't create new topic going from categories -\> latest page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-topic-going-from-categories-latest-page/49460)

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**Author:** [@nikdavis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nikdavis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-new-topic-going-from-categories-latest-page/49460 "2016-08-30T23:36:09Z")

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Starting with a a fresh categories view, click on latest. If you try you click on New Topic the composer complains that it was opened w/o a draft key. This is reproducible on Meta right now. edit: adding gif

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## [Lock username to GitHub username when authenticating using GitHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133)

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**Author:** [@ossia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ossia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-username-to-github-username-when-authenticating-using-github/49133 "2016-08-30T20:53:41Z")

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User story: As a new user, when I authenticate with GitHub, my username is automatically set to whatever my GitHub username is, and I cannot change it unless I change my username on GitHub. The reason this would be help…

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## [How can i help in the translation of missing strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-help-in-the-translation-of-missing-strings/49435)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-help-in-the-translation-of-missing-strings/49435 "2016-08-30T13:27:02Z")

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there are some few strings which can not be translated through the “admin → customize → site\_texts” tab; I mean if you change the text in the admin-text panel, nothing will happen in the main forum. some of them are in …

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## [Spec: Table of Contents](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-table-of-contents/32248)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spec-table-of-contents/32248 "2016-08-30T10:58:31Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Is there markdown for creating a table of contents in a topic?: Ok, I’d really like to see this happen, so here’s my attempt at making a spec for it. This feature allows the automatic c…

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