# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=658 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 659 --- ## [What development process do you use at Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-development-process-do-you-use-at-discourse/2529)
**Author:** [@ultimape](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ultimape)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-development-process-do-you-use-at-discourse/2529 "2014-02-22T10:53:33Z")
Speaking of “gotten there”, what are you using for a development process behind the scenes? One of the nice things about stackoverflow was that we got a good sense of what was a priority or not based on your posts on yo… --- ## [Scientific references or studies related to the Discourse/Stackoverflow's design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scientific-references-or-studies-related-to-the-discourse-stackoverflows-design/12618)
**Author:** [@Matthieu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scientific-references-or-studies-related-to-the-discourse-stackoverflows-design/12618 "2014-02-17T18:11:48Z")
Dear discourse team, I read some interesting posts on coding horror’s blog (on the gamification for example) and I’m wondering if you have any references that helped you to build the wonderful StackOverflow and Discours… --- ## [Goodbye Sidetiq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/goodbye-sidetiq/12476)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/goodbye-sidetiq/12476 "2014-02-15T11:05:11Z")
We have been plagued with problems related to our scheduler sidetiq. In particular we have had a few major recurring issues related to high CPU https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-issue-on-digital-ocean-with-disco… --- ## [Year should be added to post date at some point](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-should-be-added-to-post-date-at-some-point/12716)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-should-be-added-to-post-date-at-some-point/12716 "2014-02-14T16:21:57Z")
I can see why you wouldn’t think of this until a year in, but now the problem is obvious. I just ran into a post from February 2013, but looking at the date I first thought “oh, this is super recent, how did I miss it?” … --- ## [Is "Extensibility" meant for discussing prospective plugins?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-extensibility-meant-for-discussing-prospective-plugins/12673)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-extensibility-meant-for-discussing-prospective-plugins/12673 "2014-02-14T03:41:16Z")
Description of Feature category: Discussion about features or potential features of Discourse: how they work, why they work, etc. Description of Extensibility category: Topics about extending the functionality of D… --- ## [Retweet trusted users' tweets based on hashtag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retweet-trusted-users-tweets-based-on-hashtag/8726)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retweet-trusted-users-tweets-based-on-hashtag/8726 "2014-02-13T09:42:28Z")
When I first saw @Sam’s Discourse Security Guide my first thought was “so handy! has the internets been informed?” Since it’s only on Sam’s Twitter feed and not the Discourse one, the answer was “only sort of”. I got … --- ## [Improvements to digest emails for updating infrequent visitors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-digest-emails-for-updating-infrequent-visitors/12464 "2014-02-10T06:31:46Z")
Hi, I’d like to request a more refined algorithm for updating and pulling users back to the site for conversations. What I’d like to see is a customizable algorithm for how the software manages updates emailed to visit… --- ## [Give Users More Control Over Topics/Threads!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-users-more-control-over-topics-threads/12571)
**Author:** [@SnowyTerror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SnowyTerror)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/give-users-more-control-over-topics-threads/12571 "2014-02-09T05:18:28Z")
Hello I had a topic/thread open on the site Greenheart Games Forums and was suggested to post this kind of thing here as it would be more relevant and the Question from is why do regular/standard users not have access/pe… --- ## [Admin menu feature: view installed plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-menu-feature-view-installed-plugins/12353)
**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-menu-feature-view-installed-plugins/12353 "2014-02-07T06:52:59Z")
How about a feature in the admin menu that lists the active plugins and their versions? I also propose a header for plugins, like Wordpress has, where meta information can be stored. And since I don’t see a good reason… --- ## [Category selecting weirdness](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selecting-weirdness/12461)
**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selecting-weirdness/12461 "2014-02-06T06:06:01Z")
I was trying to figure out a better way to implement ui for the categories and noticed these inconsistencies: The link to Categories-page gets hidden from the nav when you select a category If you select new, unread, s… --- ## [Show latest subcategory topics in /categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-subcategory-topics-in-categories/12422)
**Author:** [@abis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-subcategory-topics-in-categories/12422 "2014-02-05T17:08:44Z")
Hi all, as per subject: it looks like the ‘Latest’ column in the /categories page only lists topics from the category but not from any of the subcategories. In my case I’ve got a few cases where the category has no top… --- ## [Is anyone working on a generic badge plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-generic-badge-plugin/12441)
**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-working-on-a-generic-badge-plugin/12441 "2014-02-05T02:08:56Z")
Badges have been discussed since the early days of discourse. Is there any progress on such a system? Anyone else working or interested in working on a badge system? --- ## ["Hide" a user from another user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-a-user-from-another-user/12405)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-a-user-from-another-user/12405 "2014-02-03T23:54:12Z")
I seem to recall a discussion on this topic earlier, but I can’t find it. A user has asked that he be able to “hide” another user who’s posts he finds upsetting. I think he’s coming from a facebook perspective where yo… --- ## [Forum Signatures?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-signatures/12241)
**Author:** [@Rice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rice)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-signatures/12241 "2014-01-28T03:13:36Z")
In all the different types of forums I’ve been at, they all include signatures or at least the option to include a signature below the message. Do you think this would be a good idea to implement or would it be too clutt… --- ## [Display first page to view without login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-first-page-to-view-without-login/12226)
**Author:** [@sethuv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sethuv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-first-page-to-view-without-login/12226 "2014-01-27T18:32:54Z")
Hi, Can we have a feature (like is available in other forum s/w), where a visitor / user can view the front page with all the topics and responses, but when he tries to open any post, he is prompted for login. Currently … --- ## [Limiting/customising user data collection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-customising-user-data-collection/12143)
**Author:** [@drbrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drbrake)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limiting-customising-user-data-collection/12143 "2014-01-23T21:40:00Z")
When I went to register for this site and tried out Twitter or Google, both notified me that you are collecting data that you do not need to in order to run the service like, say, my location. Is this because both servic… --- ## [Provide easy way to be notified when hosting is available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-easy-way-to-be-notified-when-hosting-is-available/12142)
**Author:** [@drbrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drbrake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-easy-way-to-be-notified-when-hosting-is-available/12142 "2014-01-23T18:34:52Z")
put a simple e-mail address form on the front page of discourse.org saying “if you want to know when hosted discourse is available enter your e-mail here". Optionally, provide two different lists–one for those interested… --- ## [Notification on Stale Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-on-stale-posts/12015)
**Author:** [@jgordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgordon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-on-stale-posts/12015 "2014-01-21T05:49:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Email notifications: We have the need to be notified when a post is older than X hours. Any plans for this? --- ## [Styling based on group membership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-based-on-group-membership/12031)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-based-on-group-membership/12031 "2014-01-18T19:15:16Z")
I think it would be pretty cool if we could get some CSS classes on posts based on what groups a user belongs to. So, for example: \
With a checkbox fo… --- ## [Adding a Second Topic Tag as a MetaTag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-second-topic-tag-as-a-metatag/12020)
**Author:** [@mrsentinel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrsentinel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-second-topic-tag-as-a-metatag/12020 "2014-01-17T23:39:15Z")
Why can’t you tag a topic with more than one area of emphasis? This seems to take discourse back to a typical forum. What would be cool is to have two menus, one for the primary category and then one for a secondary cate… --- ## [Excluding categories from the top view?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-categories-from-the-top-view/11981)
**Author:** [@radq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/radq)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excluding-categories-from-the-top-view/11981 "2014-01-15T23:57:47Z")
Is there any way to exclude a category from the “top” view? The -categoryname that we’re using for the latest section doesn’t seem to be working. --- ## [How far to take user documentation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-far-to-take-user-documentation/11943)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-far-to-take-user-documentation/11943 "2014-01-14T19:19:46Z")
In pull request 1821, @eviltrout asked: "About rails s: I wouldn’t be against adding it but at what point do we stop holding their hand and expect them to know how rails works? I’m sure rails documentation could do a b… --- ## [Deleting lots of (but not all) posts from a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-lots-of-but-not-all-posts-from-a-user/11958)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-lots-of-but-not-all-posts-from-a-user/11958 "2014-01-14T18:54:39Z")
On our forums we get users occasionally who come in when I’m not watching (i.e. at night, etc.) and post a ton of marginal or questionable posts. Right now its a real pain to moderate and delete these because you have t… --- ## [Editing reason for Suspension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-reason-for-suspension/11935)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-reason-for-suspension/11935 "2014-01-14T18:38:44Z")
I made a typo in my “reason for suspension” of a recently banned user. It would be nice to be able to go back and edit that reason. Right now it seems there is no way to edit the reason. --- ## [First Admin GUI utility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-admin-gui-utility/11894)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-admin-gui-utility/11894 "2014-01-11T14:34:34Z")
Now that installation gets more easier with Docker, why don’t we get it even more easier with a GUI utility to create the very first admin right from your browser? I enjoyed few types and 5 mins installation with Docker… --- ## [Search engine traffic share and level to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-engine-traffic-share-and-level-to-discourse/11822)
**Author:** [@MaSe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MaSe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-engine-traffic-share-and-level-to-discourse/11822 "2014-01-08T07:21:25Z")
I am interested in Discourse SEO. As I know there are big live instances (partners and meta itself) of Discourse at the moment. What is a share of traffic to the site that comes from Google? What should be an expected s… --- ## [A new IRC Channel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-irc-channel/2235)
**Author:** [@alessandro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alessandro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-irc-channel/2235 "2013-02-07T20:49:56Z")
Dear fellow users, An IRC channel has been created at freenode called #discourse. Everyone is welcome to join! :smile: --- ## [Defining a custom Title for a Trust Level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defining-a-custom-title-for-a-trust-level/11693)
**Author:** [@Torrelles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Torrelles)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defining-a-custom-title-for-a-trust-level/11693 "2014-01-02T20:03:51Z")
Hey there! I’ve actually been searching for a bit and haven’t found an answer for this question, so I hope some people on here can help me out to sort this. I’m wondering if I could change the end title of a trust leve… --- ## [Make \[blog\] a protected category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-blog-a-protected-category/11023)
**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-blog-a-protected-category/11023 "2013-11-19T22:54:21Z")
Just to have some more demonstrations of the available features of the software. --- ## [Global nickname registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-nickname-registration/10198)
**Author:** [@Maomao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maomao)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-nickname-registration/10198 "2013-10-05T16:25:06Z")
I signed up for meta before I read the part of the FAQ that says: … For now, sign up on meta and that will globally reserve your nickname for later use. I would like to do this but I’ve already chosen another nickn… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=657) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=659)