# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=101&status=open

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## [Grant badges based on gender profile field?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badges-based-on-gender-profile-field/178200)

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**Author:** [@cosdesign](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cosdesign)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-badges-based-on-gender-profile-field/178200 "2021-02-03T03:25:44Z")

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Hello! On my forum, I have two specific badges, King and Queen. Is it possible to grant the right badge based on which option the user has chosen from the gender dropdown profile field? Example: I have two badges, King…

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## [Keep tag applied when switching category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tag-applied-when-switching-category/156150)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-tag-applied-when-switching-category/156150 "2021-02-02T23:09:38Z")

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Depending on how the forum was set up, tags can exist in several or most/all categories. I think it would be a really nice ux improvement if when a user opens a tag, then changes to a category which the tag also exists …

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## [Prompt a warning when attempting to reply/quote a hidden post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-a-warning-when-attempting-to-reply-quote-a-hidden-post/177699)

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**Author:** [@Meteor0id](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Meteor0id)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-a-warning-when-attempting-to-reply-quote-a-hidden-post/177699 "2021-02-02T16:32:44Z")

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Sometimes an inappropriate post is triggering to many users. Even if it is hidden, we see many people unhide it and reply to it anyway. Before we know it we have 10 posts of heated discussion mixed in with the intended d…

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## [Allow topic starter to be topic admin, and replacement for chat?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-topic-starter-to-be-topic-admin-and-replacement-for-chat/178088)

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**Author:** [@ffx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ffx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-topic-starter-to-be-topic-admin-and-replacement-for-chat/178088 "2021-02-02T11:47:42Z")

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Hi, I really like discourse, for sure one of the best and modern forum software. I basically know it from the Renoise forum, where it drastically improved the forum features over the old software. I was looking into fe…

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## [Pingbacks and Webmentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pingbacks-and-webmentions/177460)

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**Author:** [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pingbacks-and-webmentions/177460 "2021-02-01T21:38:52Z")

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Has anyone worked out a plugin that create “webmention” ping backs to links cited in a discourse topic?

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## [Help prioritizing Closed discussion content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-prioritizing-closed-discussion-content/177800)

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**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emyoulation)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-prioritizing-closed-discussion-content/177800 "2021-02-01T00:58:41Z")

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I was wondering if there is a feature to help documentation staff migrate content from Discourse to a comprehensive information system? Discourse forums, when used to support products (like our open source software), of…

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## [Split big posts for successful translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-big-posts-for-successful-translation/177876)

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**Author:** [@ValdikSS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ValdikSS)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-big-posts-for-successful-translation/177876 "2021-01-31T21:36:43Z")

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I use Translator plugin with Microsoft service. If the post is big enough, it can’t be translated with the following error: This post is too long to be translated by the translator. Could you please implement a feature…

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## [Add CSS class containing tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-css-class-containing-tag-group/68492)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-css-class-containing-tag-group/68492 "2021-01-30T23:28:17Z")

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I’d like to be able to style all tags within a certain tag group. It would be really handy if everywhere the tag-X CSS class exists, we could also have tag-group-X (where the tag belongs to a group. In my local forum, I…

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## [Use absolute links for images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-absolute-links-for-images/177618)

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**Author:** [@nottrobin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nottrobin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-absolute-links-for-images/177618 "2021-01-29T19:47:16Z")

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If you upload an image to Discourse through the button, the URL used in the HTML for the topic is relative. Other Markdown parsers, like GitHub, instead convert all such URLs to absolute. This would be helpful when pu…

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## [Do not allow users to unhide an inapproprite post until after it was edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-allow-users-to-unhide-an-inapproprite-post-until-after-it-was-edited/177700)

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**Author:** [@Meteor0id](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Meteor0id)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-allow-users-to-unhide-an-inapproprite-post-until-after-it-was-edited/177700 "2021-01-29T18:52:18Z")

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Sometimes an inappropriate post is triggering to many users. Even if it is hidden, we see many people unhide it and reply to it anyway. Before we know it we have 10 posts of heated discussion mixed in with the intended d…

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## [Make rate limit configurable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-rate-limit-configurable/129589)

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**Author:** [@ValdikSS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ValdikSS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-rate-limit-configurable/129589 "2021-01-29T13:17:30Z")

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Current version of the plugin allows non-staff users to perform only 3 translations per minute. This may be limiting in a multi-lingual forum. Please make this limit configurable.

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## [Review page doesn't show restricted tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-page-doesnt-show-restricted-tags/176210)

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**Author:** [@Flo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Flo1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-page-doesnt-show-restricted-tags/176210 "2021-01-29T09:46:27Z")

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Hi ! We have a discourse instance with tags limited to specific categories. In the moderation, these tags don’t show up. Do you have any pointer on how to solve this ?

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## [Discourse loses the top/bottom pixels when generating thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-loses-the-top-bottom-pixels-when-generating-thumbnails/176612)

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**Author:** [@LeoDavidson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoDavidson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-loses-the-top-bottom-pixels-when-generating-thumbnails/176612 "2021-01-29T03:23:13Z")

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When you attach images to a post, Discourse resizes them to make thumbnails suitable for display. There seems to be a bug when it does this which causes it to consistently lose the top and bottom rows of pixels. This i…

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## [Auto bump date indicator seems off?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-bump-date-indicator-seems-off/177101)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-bump-date-indicator-seems-off/177101 "2021-01-29T02:06:30Z")

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This topic was just auto bumped; the last post was on July '18, and the indicator says ‘3 years later’, which is not correct. It seems the bump time is actually 2.5 years and perhaps there’s a rounding error in the messa…

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## [Emojis are not visible in excerpts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-are-not-visible-in-excerpts/177481)

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**Author:** [@PoojaPatel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PoojaPatel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-are-not-visible-in-excerpts/177481 "2021-01-29T00:44:36Z")

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Currently when insert emoji in title It is showing correct in display and view source. When insert emoji in description it is show correct in display (Picture 1). But when we see in view source then it is change in text…

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## [Zendesk: Two-Way Sync](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zendesk-two-way-sync/168556)

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**Author:** [@Isaac\_Farley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isaac_Farley)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zendesk-two-way-sync/168556 "2021-01-27T14:23:40Z")

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A point of clarification about the intended functionality of the new Discourse Zendesk plugin: is the plugin designed to support two-communication between messages posted from Discourse and delivered to Zendesk and, equa…

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## [Default badges for every reward tier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-badges-for-every-reward-tier/91569)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-badges-for-every-reward-tier/91569 "2018-07-04T15:07:22Z")

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Currently the plugin creates a “Patron” badge, for the pseudo-reward-tier that has every patron in a campaign. New campaigns in Patreon doesn’t have this “everyone” reward tier anymore, so the badge won’t work. To ease…

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## [How does Discourse guard against SQL injections via the user agent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-guard-against-sql-injections-via-the-user-agent/177251)

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**Author:** [@mbaker341997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbaker341997)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-guard-against-sql-injections-via-the-user-agent/177251 "2021-01-26T09:32:35Z")

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Noticed that Discourse persists the user agent in some tables, web\_crawler\_requests for instance. Attackers have been known to use the “user-agent” field to inject malicious code like in Sleepy User Agent attacks. I was…

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## [Allow users to edit posts awaiting approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-edit-posts-awaiting-approval/95429)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-edit-posts-awaiting-approval/95429 "2021-01-26T07:45:12Z")

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Quite often posts awaiting approval require editing or further info from the poster - often these are new users who haven’t added enough info, or in specific sections where the topic template has not been followed. being…

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## [About Silenced categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-silenced-categories/113158)

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**Author:** [@hhlp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hhlp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-silenced-categories/113158 "2021-01-24T16:48:44Z")

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When you silenced categories are still visible in the drop down menu. Is there any way to acomplish this? Regards.,

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## [Reorder /admin/upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-admin-upgrade/176945)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reorder-admin-upgrade/176945 "2021-01-22T15:16:03Z")

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As docker\_manager upgrades block both upgrade all and other individual upgrade actions can we get /admin/upgrade reordered so that it’s displayed either at the top, or directly below discourse? More than once lately I’v…

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## [Automatic post mod when moderators edit a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-post-mod-when-moderators-edit-a-post/176578)

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**Author:** [@Glenn\_Cooke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Glenn_Cooke)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-post-mod-when-moderators-edit-a-post/176578 "2021-01-22T11:54:25Z")

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Hey, Is there any way to have an automated text message appended to the bottom of a post whenever it gets edited by a moderator? Mods are concerned that when they’re snipping posts, they’re attributing content to a pos…

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## [Allowing only OP and Admin to engage in a single topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-only-op-and-admin-to-engage-in-a-single-topic/176425)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-only-op-and-admin-to-engage-in-a-single-topic/176425 "2021-01-22T05:07:23Z")

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I’m basing what I’m asking basically off of this idea and this idea. I want to be able to have a forum where a user can only reply to topics they created, and the admin has permission to create and respond to all topics…

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## [Warn before blocking own IP address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-before-blocking-own-ip-address/176467)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-before-blocking-own-ip-address/176467 "2021-01-22T04:47:59Z")

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I had an admin contact me recently because they had deleted a test user that they had created, and when they did, they accidently clicked the “…and block the IP” button, which then blocked them from their own forum. Had …

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## [Is there still no way for unregistered users to post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-no-way-for-unregistered-users-to-post/176502)

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**Author:** [@MrDavis97](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MrDavis97)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-no-way-for-unregistered-users-to-post/176502 "2021-01-22T04:33:35Z")

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Are the conclusions reached in this and this post still the same as of 2021? Basically, I have a discourse where I would like instant engagement, so I would rather have an unregistered user make a post anonymously than …

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## [Is there any way to change the list of time intervals when pinning a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-change-the-list-of-time-intervals-when-pinning-a-topic/176761)

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**Author:** [@Laurent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laurent)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-change-the-list-of-time-intervals-when-pinning-a-topic/176761 "2021-01-21T01:15:34Z")

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I always have troubles picking an interval for pinned topics, and the proposed options are some of the most non-intuitive I’ve ever seen. Like if I want to pin the topic for one month, there’s no such option. It can onl…

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## ['Categories & Latest posts' for visitors and only 'Latest posts' for users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-latest-posts-for-visitors-and-only-latest-posts-for-users/73407)

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**Author:** [@italophile](https://meta.discourse.org/u/italophile)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-latest-posts-for-visitors-and-only-latest-posts-for-users/73407 "2021-01-22T01:19:51Z")

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I feel that the ‘Latest posts’ homepage is perfect for conversations just as Discourse itself encourages. But for the first time visitor (not-logged-in users), a ‘Categories & Latest posts’ gives a better idea of what t…

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## [Test Email Templates button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-templates-button/73547)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-email-templates-button/73547 "2021-01-21T10:30:52Z")

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Hi, on the Customize \> Email Templates page, there is a button for “Save Changes”. It would be convenient if there was also a field for “Email Address” and “Send Test Email” on each of the email template form pages.

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## [Oembed Discovery - What is being talked about?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oembed-discovery-what-is-being-talked-about/176186)

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**Author:** [@JacobDK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JacobDK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oembed-discovery-what-is-being-talked-about/176186 "2021-01-20T20:47:13Z")

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One way to read a Discourse forum is to … just to read the topics. Another way could be to see what=oembeds is being talked about - in the topics. Say I need for my forum to discuss youtube-clips. Then I would want a lis…

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## [File Reference and Deletion, will it really be deleted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-reference-and-deletion-will-it-really-be-deleted/62527)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-reference-and-deletion-will-it-really-be-deleted/62527 "2021-01-19T23:31:27Z")

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I have a small server with only 20G of storage with my Discourse running on it. So I can’t let people upload too big files——of course if it is very important it should still be uploaded, but if not so important, it shoul…

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