# Contribute

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=591

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## [Split topic notification does not get market as read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-topic-notification-does-not-get-market-as-read/38677)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-topic-notification-does-not-get-market-as-read/38677 "2016-01-29T04:08:42Z")

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Step 1. Click on the “split topic” unread notification: Step 2. Let the web application fully update: Notice there is no notification shown - is this a positioning problem? Step 3. Open the profile menu again, n…

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## [Let admin/mod edit a post without logging the changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-admin-mod-edit-a-post-without-logging-the-changes/38622)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-admin-mod-edit-a-post-without-logging-the-changes/38622 "2016-01-28T21:04:25Z")

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We used to fix errors and improve formatting for a big portion of what is getting posted in our forum. However, we started to receive complains: people don’t like when their grammar is fixed. So we stopped fixing format…

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## [Any technical or philosophical reason no emoji in titles ❓](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-technical-or-philosophical-reason-no-emoji-in-titles-question/27230)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-technical-or-philosophical-reason-no-emoji-in-titles-question/27230 "2016-01-28T19:26:41Z")

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Curious if there was any reasoning why emoji can’t be inserted into topic titles. I’m sure it could be abused - but so could emoji use in general :stuck\_out\_tongue\_winking\_eye: :grin: :scream: :wink: Additionally could …

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## [Change of date in digest email body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-of-date-in-digest-email-body/34983)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-of-date-in-digest-email-body/34983 "2016-01-28T17:57:57Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Date in digest emails are not localised: There is still a date localisation problem in the actual digest message body where at the start of the digest it says "A brief summary of “\[%{site…

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## [Bug when putting code between two fenced code blocks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-putting-code-between-two-fenced-code-blocks/38626)

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**Author:** [@wil93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wil93)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-putting-code-between-two-fenced-code-blocks/38626 "2016-01-28T14:58:53Z")

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Hi, I think there is a bug with the editor/renderer when putting markdown code between two fenced code blocks. I tried the following code on try.commonmark.org and it gives correct output, but here it is: int main() { …

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## [Only display group archive once you click on a group inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-display-group-archive-once-you-click-on-a-group-inbox/38610)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-display-group-archive-once-you-click-on-a-group-inbox/38610 "2016-01-28T05:07:12Z")

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We are starting to look at groups in our community, and can see that many of our users will be in 10+ groups. That each one has an archive directly under it will make for a very long, pontentially cluttered page. Suggest…

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## [Feedback about location of new message button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-about-location-of-new-message-button/38611)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-about-location-of-new-message-button/38611 "2016-01-28T04:56:31Z")

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Some feedback from a member: thanks, tobias. wow, i feel dumb, for some reason it was very hard for me to find that new messages button, and I looked for a long time. i think discourse trained me to always look to the …

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## [Encourage users to add an avatar after signing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-users-to-add-an-avatar-after-signing-up/38607 "2016-01-28T03:06:15Z")

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Avatars increase the perception of trust on online platforms and make for a more personal community (1, 2, 3. I would love it after users sign up, Discourse encouraged them to upload a profile photo. Here’s how collabor…

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## [Reply as Group publicly to posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-group-publicly-to-posts/38601)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-group-publicly-to-posts/38601 "2016-01-28T02:48:17Z")

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Members of the moderation team on one of my Discourse instances would like to… … reply as “Moderators” or “Committee” to clearly indicate that it is the reply is position / view of the group as whole. Whilst there coul…

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## [Ability to moderate topic before publication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581 "2016-01-28T01:25:39Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to get the ability to moderate topics before publication on a specific category? Thanks

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## [Old screenshot for welcome messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-screenshot-for-welcome-messages/38550)

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**Author:** [@Ossama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ossama)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-screenshot-for-welcome-messages/38550 "2016-01-27T03:12:12Z")

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Hi there, For the welcome message, there’s an image that needs to be updated I dont think the messages icon still exist in new versions. Currently, running v1.5.0.beta8 +150. Not of high importance.

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## [Display "current" like count in notification drop down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569 "2016-01-27T20:23:21Z")

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Currently we only notify on the first like and display: :heart: zogstrip “My brilliant topic” This is great and all but gets very tiring, especially if you are operating in @zogstrip’s timezone, he is always first to l…

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## [Upgrading Bug after latest commits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-bug-after-latest-commits/38588)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-bug-after-latest-commits/38588 "2016-01-27T19:07:15Z")

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upgrading via /admin/upgrade Upgrading Discourse tagging plugging plugin got this bug Purging temp files rake aborted! I18n::InvalidLocaleData: can not load translations from /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-taggi…

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## [If you split a topic there is no 'new' icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-split-a-topic-there-is-no-new-icon/38578)

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**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-split-a-topic-there-is-no-new-icon/38578 "2016-01-27T16:54:47Z")

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I’m not sure if it is a bug. But when i split a existing topic into 1 new topic the new posts indicator is not showing.

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## [Add some punctuation to unordered lists in Discourse-in-Discourse oneboxing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-some-punctuation-to-unordered-lists-in-discourse-in-discourse-oneboxing/38548)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-some-punctuation-to-unordered-lists-in-discourse-in-discourse-oneboxing/38548 "2016-01-27T02:16:06Z")

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I just embedded one of my topics from Meta into another forum, here is hot it looks like: While the original is very well structured and has multiple leve headings, the one-boxed version is really hard to read. The …

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## [Email notifications get skipped on busy topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-get-skipped-on-busy-topics/38422)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-get-skipped-on-busy-topics/38422 "2016-01-27T01:24:17Z")

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This has already popped up twice: https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-notification-emails-on-busy-topics/13380 and I just reprod it locally and am working on fix but I wanted to explain what is going on: To repro: …

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## [Configurable "You were granted BadgeX" message per badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configurable-you-were-granted-badgex-message-per-badge/18336)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configurable-you-were-granted-badgex-message-per-badge/18336 "2016-01-27T01:21:06Z")

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Being able to specify a custom “you were granted” message would create end-less possibilities to make these messages unexpextedly interedting, dedicately for different society types. I suppose there shod be some value f…

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## [Browsers scroll view slightly when opening "reply to" popup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browsers-scroll-view-slightly-when-opening-reply-to-popup/38356)

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**Author:** [@FichteFoll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FichteFoll)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browsers-scroll-view-slightly-when-opening-reply-to-popup/38356 "2016-01-27T01:01:57Z")

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Didn’t find a report of this, although I have seen it for a while. I can reproduce this with FireFox 43 (and earlier) and Chromium 45. When I click on the “reply to link” to open the popup of the post replied to, the v…

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## [Unlisted topics show up under "New"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-show-up-under-new/38521)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-show-up-under-new/38521 "2016-01-26T22:33:47Z")

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I went over to the New tab because I missed some things from Latest apparently, and I had an unlisted thread appear in the list. The forum it happened on is a private one, but the Discourse staff have an account there. L…

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## [Does Discourse require 2GB to work "Lag Free"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278)

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**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278 "2016-01-26T19:42:13Z")

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In my opinion, we should be working on improving the performance of Discourse rather than working on adding more features. I find it ridiculous that for Discourse to work lag free we have to use a 2gb server, whereas usi…

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## [Message bus does not respect subfolder during update process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-does-not-respect-subfolder-during-update-process/38520)

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**Author:** [@Strikki\_Strik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Strikki_Strik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-bus-does-not-respect-subfolder-during-update-process/38520 "2016-01-26T18:56:29Z")

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I’m just perform an update from 1.5.0.beta8 to 1.5.0.beta9 of Discourse with enabled subfolder installation. My Discourse was installed via official guide and subfolder enabled according to official how-to. During upda…

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## [Prevent new user from posting before watching a video or reading a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-new-user-from-posting-before-watching-a-video-or-reading-a-post/38468)

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**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-new-user-from-posting-before-watching-a-video-or-reading-a-post/38468 "2016-01-26T15:09:22Z")

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I run a developer community and people not posting code correctly along with not describing their issue thorough enough is driving me and my moderators up the wall. So I thought I could create an intro video that explain…

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## [Notify users when they lose badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-when-they-lose-badges/38461)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-when-they-lose-badges/38461 "2016-01-25T23:25:19Z")

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Over the weekend I accidentally gave a few members a badge by adding them to a group they should not be members of, which they then ceremoniously were informed about via a notification. Then they were not informed when I…

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## [Emails with attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-attachments/38474)

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**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-attachments/38474 "2016-01-25T21:43:38Z")

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I wanted to check on the status of emails with attachments. Currently, when a user posts or replies via email with an attachment, there is no error message sent to the user, and nothing is posted to the site (email blac…

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## [Group owners and members can't see their own group unless "Group is visible to all users"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-and-members-cant-see-their-own-group-unless-group-is-visible-to-all-users/38357)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-and-members-cant-see-their-own-group-unless-group-is-visible-to-all-users/38357 "2016-01-25T18:13:40Z")

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I’ve just been exploring the new group owners for managing group membership functionality and am loving it! We’re going to really start using this. One bug we found is that group owners and group members are not even ab…

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## [Add invites filter to notification menu, change invite icon to pointing hand](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-invites-filter-to-notification-menu-change-invite-icon-to-pointing-hand/37864)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-invites-filter-to-notification-menu-change-invite-icon-to-pointing-hand/37864 "2016-01-25T13:30:14Z")

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Continuing the discussion from User Invitation/Poking a user to a topic is now live!: I’m confronted by some confused users (moderators, actually) who want to use the invite button and find it confusing. We will have to…

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## [Alias username and group mentioning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291)

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**Author:** [@Konstantin\_Ladutenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konstantin_Ladutenko)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alias-username-and-group-mentioning/38291 "2016-01-25T08:24:04Z")

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Hi! Thank you for Discourse, it is really nice to use. Is it possible to create an alias username? So that @ mentioning of two (or more) names will notify only one real user? So I can use different names for official …

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## [Improved Group Members Management](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768)

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**Author:** [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-group-members-management/16768 "2016-01-07T11:28:55Z")

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Following up on the bug that our Admin UI only shows up to 201 members for groups, I’d like to propose the following changes to Group-Admin interface. allow group editing on user First, allow direct editing of Groups on…

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## [Easy sitemap with Apple's look. What's best?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-sitemap-with-apples-look-whats-best/38366)

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**Author:** [@JohnEhRedding](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnEhRedding)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-sitemap-with-apples-look-whats-best/38366 "2016-01-24T06:40:32Z")

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My folks are rarely engineers. One such needs to constantly redo or upgrade the tabular sitemap using everyday apps (such as Google Docs). It needs to easily replace the sitemap we want to ‘front-end’ Discourse. My use…

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## [Why are "likes received" on user profiles no longer public?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-likes-received-on-user-profiles-no-longer-public/38391)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-likes-received-on-user-profiles-no-longer-public/38391 "2016-01-24T05:39:58Z")

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On the meta and the Discourse forum I’m part of, “likes received” no longer show up on other peoples’ profiles. On the old forum software we used and on with the Discourse software after we switched, I would frequently l…

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