# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=127&status=open [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 128 --- ## [Forcing users to use topic templates even if they attempt to bypass](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-users-to-use-topic-templates-even-if-they-attempt-to-bypass/129074)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forcing-users-to-use-topic-templates-even-if-they-attempt-to-bypass/129074 "2019-09-19T15:06:50Z")
Thanks for the improvements to this. There’s another issue: Users posting into a Category from another view, so the template isn’t populated into the Composer in the first place. They write their Topic in an arbitrary… --- ## [Liked and like\_count attribute on Topic is misleading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liked-and-like-count-attribute-on-topic-is-misleading/129247)
**Author:** [@MojoK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MojoK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/liked-and-like-count-attribute-on-topic-is-misleading/129247 "2019-09-22T19:20:17Z")
Currently when fetching a list of topics, the liked and like\_count attributes returned reflect the state of a likes that occurred in any or in all of the posts in that topic, not just the original post. Someone liking t… --- ## [Discourse dislikes my full name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-dislikes-my-full-name/129173)
**Author:** [@louquillio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/louquillio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-dislikes-my-full-name/129173 "2019-09-21T18:44:22Z")
On two separate Discourse instances — one that I admin — I’ve not been able to get my full name “Lou Quillio” to display. It does, however, display here on meta. I flipped a lotta bits trying to figure out why. enable\_n… --- ## [Classified ad for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classified-ad-for-discourse/129147)
**Author:** [@crazycells](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crazycells)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/classified-ad-for-discourse/129147 "2019-09-20T21:54:07Z")
Hi, We have a forum and would like to open a new classified session for our forum members. We do not want to use wordpress for this since we want it to be as integrated to our forum as possible, so people do not need t… --- ## [A moderator summary section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-moderator-summary-section/129034)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-moderator-summary-section/129034 "2019-09-19T22:29:46Z")
I’d like to see something similar to the users page (that shows posts/topics read, read time, days visited etc) but for moderators/admins. This would be a summary over a specific time period (or ‘All’) that displays the … --- ## [Show how many thanks a post gathered?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-how-many-thanks-a-post-gathered/129001)
**Author:** [@neo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-how-many-thanks-a-post-gathered/129001 "2019-09-19T20:22:10Z")
I’d like to appreciate someone because she or he wrote a nice post which can help me a lot and I want to say thanks :heart: sincerely. So is there any feature can list how many thanks a post collected? This feature is … --- ## [Make watching/tracking a tag overwrite the \`remove from latest\` category setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-watching-tracking-a-tag-overwrite-the-remove-from-latest-category-setting/129038)
**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-watching-tracking-a-tag-overwrite-the-remove-from-latest-category-setting/129038 "2019-09-19T19:33:53Z")
Hi everyone, On current version, there is a global setting remove muted tags from latest allowing to remove topics from latest when the user mute at least one or all the topic’s tags (or disabling the feature). Could t… --- ## [Keeping crawlers off a staging site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-crawlers-off-a-staging-site/128919)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-crawlers-off-a-staging-site/128919 "2019-09-18T21:29:59Z")
A client with a staging site just raised concern that their site could be crawled. (It would require a crawler to go looking for their domain, but if a crawler somehow stumbled on a link to the site, then the site could … --- ## [Global mute user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-mute-user/121080)
**Author:** [@ddf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-mute-user/121080 "2019-09-18T19:34:18Z")
I’m looking for global mute to user. That mean if someone get global muted by admin, him still can post reply or creat new topic but nobody can see him just like every mute him. Is this possible or not? --- ## [Automatic/bulk deleting inactive users doesn't consider SSO provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-bulk-deleting-inactive-users-doesnt-consider-sso-provider/128717)
**Author:** [@frictionel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frictionel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-bulk-deleting-inactive-users-doesnt-consider-sso-provider/128717 "2019-09-17T16:44:42Z")
I’m sorry but I believe that the PR referenced in this thread is faulty: This “feature” does not consider the fact that one might use Discourse as a SSO provider and users may not post in the forum but only use the mai… --- ## [Review queue contains suspended users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-queue-contains-suspended-users/128383)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/review-queue-contains-suspended-users/128383 "2019-09-15T10:30:20Z")
The new review queue contains pending users, even if they are suspended. We run a setup that requires user-approval. We use user suspensions as a kind of soft-reject (to reject users that might later on might become eli… --- ## [Allow groups to be members of other groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-groups-to-be-members-of-other-groups/128607)
**Author:** [@Marcy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-groups-to-be-members-of-other-groups/128607 "2019-09-14T23:28:51Z")
It would be useful to have the ability to add a group as a member of another group. This would allow us to give users access to other groups by being invited to one main group, and this would also allow us to give a grou… --- ## [Is there a nice GH badges (ala shields.io images) design to put in README to link from GitHub to our hosted discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-nice-gh-badges-ala-shields-io-images-design-to-put-in-readme-to-link-from-github-to-our-hosted-discourse/65105)
**Author:** [@chakrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chakrit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-nice-gh-badges-ala-shields-io-images-design-to-put-in-readme-to-link-from-github-to-our-hosted-discourse/65105 "2019-09-13T15:35:48Z")
As the title says. I am looking for something like these: …but for discourse. Is there one? --- ## [View/read by user or of user's posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-read-by-user-or-of-users-posts/128379)
**Author:** [@EliasHasle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EliasHasle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-read-by-user-or-of-users-posts/128379 "2019-09-12T08:59:16Z")
Context: It appears the columns (although not very well named or described) refer to the activity of the user. Is there a way to see how many times the user’s topics/posts have been viewed/read by other users? And wou… --- ## [Allow "$" in tags: $, $$, $$$, $$$$](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-in-tags/128345)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-in-tags/128345 "2019-09-12T00:37:06Z")
Special characters are not allowed in tags. Can an exception be made for the dollar sign, so the following tags could be used? $, $$, $$$, $$$$ I understand special characters add complications (escaping, encoding) but… --- ## [Discourse support for AMP for email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-support-for-amp-for-email/128158)
**Author:** [@Tgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tgr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-support-for-amp-for-email/128158 "2019-09-10T14:03:48Z")
AMP for email is, AIUI, a way to embed a dynamic webpage in an email, and have GMail display it. (You can see it in Google Docs comment notifications for example, which update as the document changes, and allow you to re… --- ## [Ability to censor user's email address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-censor-users-email-address/128075)
**Author:** [@InceptionTime](https://meta.discourse.org/u/InceptionTime)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-censor-users-email-address/128075 "2019-09-09T18:41:19Z")
Our instance of Discourse uses SSO to allow users to sign in to our forum and we do not allow our users to change their email on the forum, this is all done on our main site. With this being said, if an account is compr… --- ## [Are there plans to allow user created Subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-plans-to-allow-user-created-subcategories/127799)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Rothlaender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Peter_Rothlaender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-plans-to-allow-user-created-subcategories/127799 "2019-09-09T14:45:48Z")
are there any plans to extend the permission levels in a categorie to allow a group of users to create subcategories? --- ## [Notify All Group Owners for Membership Requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-all-group-owners-for-membership-requests/104707)
**Author:** [@neemiasvf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neemiasvf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-all-group-owners-for-membership-requests/104707 "2019-09-09T10:52:34Z")
Hi there! I’m not sure if this is a bug or not, but I’ve been doing some research for quite a while now and didn’t find anything related to my problem, so here it goes: In my Discourse instance, I have a closed group w… --- ## [Suspended accounts in member lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspended-accounts-in-member-lists/126438)
**Author:** [@Dani1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dani1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suspended-accounts-in-member-lists/126438 "2019-09-08T20:58:07Z")
Hi, Is it possible to have the ~/admin/users/list/active page show only the actually active accounts? At this point it also includes suspended accounts. By the same token I’d much prefer if suspended users didn’t appea… --- ## [Some Improvements to Encourage Users to ask questions ? Make People Engage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-improvements-to-encourage-users-to-ask-questions-make-people-engage/73003)
**Author:** [@Pramvir\_Rathee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pramvir_Rathee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-improvements-to-encourage-users-to-ask-questions-make-people-engage/73003 "2017-10-29T17:47:47Z")
Why i am demanding this in a discussion forum ? In 2017 all big forums are grown bigger because of Human Psychology Usages - (Humans gets enaged more to the questions and answers rather than OLD style Forum discussion.… --- ## [Discourse Comment Embed to Support Google AMP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comment-embed-to-support-google-amp/64721)
**Author:** [@Winsomniak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Winsomniak)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-comment-embed-to-support-google-amp/64721 "2019-09-08T08:14:23Z")
It would be really nice to use Discourse for embedding comments while still supporting google AMP on my content pages. Disqus was another option, but I really like Discourse for community building and I think you guys h… --- ## [Plugin: 'Ask to Answer' Mechanism](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-to-answer-mechanism/39864)
**Author:** [@pedro.pessoa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pedro.pessoa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-to-answer-mechanism/39864 "2016-02-21T03:23:04Z")
Definition 1) An option to send a "direct invitation" to somone that likely would be able to answer it 2) An enginee to find/filter those specific people. Use Case I whish to implement Discourse in my University Course W… --- ## [Splitting topics should default to current category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-topics-should-default-to-current-category/127780)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-topics-should-default-to-current-category/127780 "2019-09-06T09:07:23Z")
I know, another day another split feature request. It happens.:wink: Today I was splitting a category Staff topic and while I did notice that the new topic had the category uncategorized, I left it uncategorized to see … --- ## [House Ads - Multiple Banners that Switch?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/house-ads-multiple-banners-that-switch/127817)
**Author:** [@Mikael\_Baggström](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikael_Baggstr%C3%B6m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/house-ads-multiple-banners-that-switch/127817 "2019-09-06T15:12:34Z")
Is it possible to have a range of JPG-image ad banners that can switch every time the user re-loads the page by going into a new topic for example? --- ## [Is it possible for Trust Levels to be affected by non-discourse events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-for-trust-levels-to-be-affected-by-non-discourse-events/127727)
**Author:** [@camassey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/camassey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-for-trust-levels-to-be-affected-by-non-discourse-events/127727 "2019-09-05T18:52:03Z")
:wave: First-time poster, so I hope I’m putting this in the right place. Please do point me in a better direction for “is this possible?” questions, if one exists. I’m considering using Discourse to act as the discuss… --- ## [Ability to undelete staff actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-undelete-staff-actions/109660)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-undelete-staff-actions/109660 "2019-09-06T07:14:13Z")
As of right now it’s kinda inconvenient if, for example, I close a topic and I accidentally delete the ‘Closed’ post. I would then have to open the post and close it again if I wanted to add a reason. I think an un-dele… --- ## [Add Last Seen to usercard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-seen-to-usercard/127757)
**Author:** [@OrcaFrost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrcaFrost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-last-seen-to-usercard/127757 "2019-09-06T02:35:05Z")
Can we customize quick tooltip for user page? Personally I think that last seen is more important info than read time (perhaps different for each users). p.s. Doesn’t mean as callout thread --- ## [Inviting staged users on a site with SSO enabled?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-staged-users-on-a-site-with-sso-enabled/87841)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inviting-staged-users-on-a-site-with-sso-enabled/87841 "2019-09-04T19:49:47Z")
I have a handful of staged users who got deleted (don’t ask) and now am seeking to bring them back. I created them originally by addressing new PMs to them, and thought I could bring them back by inviting them to their m… --- ## [Onebox problem with i18n urls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-problem-with-i18n-urls/119254)
**Author:** [@jtsagata](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtsagata)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-problem-with-i18n-urls/119254 "2019-09-04T18:04:51Z")
Onebox have problem with some links from a wordpress site. The problem seems to have something with not latin characters in the url. 2 links to demonstrate the problem is this and this. I can follow the links in the inl… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=126&status=open) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=128&status=open)