# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=157&status=open

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## [Show 'Categories' to New Users, 'Latest' to Members 📈](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-to-new-users-latest-to-members/70355)

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**Author:** [@Justin\_Veenema](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Veenema)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-categories-to-new-users-latest-to-members/70355 "2017-09-25T07:36:04Z")

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Hey all, Recently we implemented a few tweaks to our homepage based on some user testing and feedback from new Community visitors. Essentially we moved from Latest to the Categories view. So far from what we can tel…

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## [Required checkbox field can be bypassed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-checkbox-field-can-be-bypassed/68962)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-checkbox-field-can-be-bypassed/68962 "2017-09-21T19:30:30Z")

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While creating a test user the other day via google auth, I noticed that I was able to create the user even though I did not fill in (tick) the custom user field that is required at sign-up.

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## [Steam Onebox doesn't show Bundles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/steam-onebox-doesnt-show-bundles/69983)

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**Author:** [@Der-Eddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Der-Eddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/steam-onebox-doesnt-show-bundles/69983 "2017-09-19T19:47:15Z")

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The Onebox plugin doesn’t render “Bundles” i.e. Tokyo Dark Collector's Edition on Steam

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## [Don't send email for posts with a single flag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-send-email-for-posts-with-a-single-flag/70334)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-send-email-for-posts-with-a-single-flag/70334 "2017-09-19T10:36:26Z")

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Am I correct in assuming that when discourse compiles summary emails/ digests, it honours flags the same way as it does when displaying topics on the website? In other words, it will not include a post in an email when i…

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## [Poll not working on a banner topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-not-working-on-a-banner-topic/70304)

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**Author:** [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-not-working-on-a-banner-topic/70304 "2017-09-18T21:39:57Z")

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Hi Team Discourse ! I’m here to report on a little bug, when I create a topic with a poll and pin it to banner topic two things are broken : it is impossible to vote If we go inside the topic and vote, the result is n…

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## [Show posting badge right inside the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posting-badge-right-inside-the-post/70200)

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**Author:** [@Stefan\_Fairphone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan_Fairphone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-posting-badge-right-inside-the-post/70200 "2017-09-17T09:14:09Z")

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Hi everybody, a user on our forum proposed to show the badge, for example for “nice reply” right inside the respective post. I came up with a quick mock up of how this could look like. I think it would be intuitive to h…

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## [Create a custom page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-custom-page/37631)

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**Author:** [@ryanhidajat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanhidajat)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-custom-page/37631 "2017-09-16T13:46:17Z")

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Hi, I wonder if its possible to create a custom page like FAQ, TOS, and Privacy page. and I also notice that they are actually a Topic. if its not possible to create custom page, how can I make a permalink like FAQ, TOS,…

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## [Display "Similar To" earlier if we have an exact title match](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-similar-to-earlier-if-we-have-an-exact-title-match/68630 "2017-09-15T23:04:03Z")

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At the moment, we hold off on doing a similarity search for topics till there is a minimal amount of text in the body of a topic. This has 2 flaws: If there is an exact title match we do not display it early (you may …

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## [TL2 requirement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-requirement/70118)

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**Author:** [@gauthier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gauthier)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-requirement/70118 "2017-09-15T14:44:15Z")

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Is it possible to get a page like tl3 requirement in user administration but for tl2? Why this page doesn’t exist? There is a reason? Thanks

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## [Google, Facebook, etc. login email template improvement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-facebook-etc-login-email-template-improvement/70099)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-facebook-etc-login-email-template-improvement/70099 "2017-09-15T09:04:56Z")

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Situation The email template at /admin/customize/email\_templates/user\_notifications.set\_password contains a sentence that invites users to use those services to login by default, but the site settings require activation …

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## [Most liked messages in the topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/most-liked-messages-in-the-topic/38308)

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**Author:** [@Konstantin\_Ladutenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konstantin_Ladutenko)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/most-liked-messages-in-the-topic/38308 "2017-09-14T22:00:06Z")

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There is a summarize feature in the topics starter post, however, it is rather unclear how it works. Probably a button “Show most liked post first” can a good companion to it. At the moment, it looks rather hard to find …

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## [Hide links in flagged posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-links-in-flagged-posts/69865)

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**Author:** [@Gamarlamar5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gamarlamar5)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-links-in-flagged-posts/69865 "2017-09-13T21:19:21Z")

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Hello, I’m gamarlamar5 from an other forum called the blockheads, I’m new here so I believe this is the right category to create an topic on, so back to what I’m talking about: After looking at an Flagged post with an l…

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## [Mailing list question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-question/69657)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-question/69657 "2017-09-13T15:40:24Z")

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Hi, Let’s say I have a unique group of people who really only want to interact in one category within our community. They also want to use a mailing list like feature to get all the emails from that category and partici…

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## [Can we pass an email address to /password-reset?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-pass-an-email-address-to-password-reset/69916 "2017-09-12T21:28:13Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Reset password URL is /password-reset: I’m working with someone moving over from Ning and am trying to minimize the pain of joining a new forum. I’m elated to find /password-reset, but it’…

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## [Allow anonymous visitors to create topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anonymous-visitors-to-create-topic/69797)

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**Author:** [@Markus\_Maurer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Markus_Maurer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-anonymous-visitors-to-create-topic/69797 "2017-09-11T10:25:10Z")

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Hi there! I am a happy user of Discourse - thank you so much for the continual development. What i would like to see, is logged-out / not yet registered visitors to be able to create a new topic. They create the post a…

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## [OpenCollective plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opencollective-plugin/59912)

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**Author:** [@Sudaraka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sudaraka)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opencollective-plugin/59912 "2017-09-09T11:51:02Z")

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Hi all, I would really love to participate in GSoC 2017 for Discourse. I believe that the plugin for integrating OpenCollective is a very crucial project for this community. I have been in this community from last year …

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## [Site feedback form powered by Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-feedback-form-powered-by-discourse/69614)

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**Author:** [@pavel-kirienko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pavel-kirienko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-feedback-form-powered-by-discourse/69614 "2017-09-09T11:04:38Z")

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Greetings, my fellow humans. We have a website and an associated discourse forum where users come to talk about our stuff. We want to set up a feedback form on the website so that visitors could send us messages (with t…

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## [Can't embed SVG link in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-embed-svg-link-in-posts/69632)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-embed-svg-link-in-posts/69632 "2017-09-09T00:19:41Z")

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Our forum is talking about the upgrade from EmojiOne v3.0 to v3.1. For some reason, emojione.com decided that v3.0 would appear on their website in PNG, so I can link to them in a Discourse post, but v3.1 uses SVG. When …

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## [Posts with multiple authors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-multiple-authors/69661)

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**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Noack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sebastian_Noack)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-with-multiple-authors/69661 "2017-09-08T21:43:44Z")

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Sometimes, I co-author posts with my colleagues, collaboratively writing a draft, and then one of us posts it on Discourse. It would be great if there would be a way to attribute these posts to multiple authors, so that …

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## [Include group membership in algorithm for summary email composition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-group-membership-in-algorithm-for-summary-email-composition/69585)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-group-membership-in-algorithm-for-summary-email-composition/69585 "2017-09-07T22:03:52Z")

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When discourse composes a summary email for a user, does it somehow consider which groups that user is a member of? If not, wouldn’t that be a nifty (optional) feature to improve the relevance of summary emails? More sp…

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## [Allow searching user by email for admins / mods](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-user-by-email-for-admins-mods/44936)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-searching-user-by-email-for-admins-mods/44936 "2017-09-07T20:17:45Z")

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Being an admin, I’d like to be able to click the “search” button in the top right corner, input user email and get the link to that user. In other words, the proposition is to allow search-by-email for admins and mods. …

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## [Understanding the new member process](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-the-new-member-process/69556)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-the-new-member-process/69556 "2017-09-07T17:12:27Z")

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Hi, As I am trying to understand the Discourse platform, I am wondering how customizable the new member process is. For instance: \*Can I require a new member to agree to Community Guidelines before completing the signu…

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## [Show if I've responded to a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-if-ive-responded-to-a-topic/69531)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-if-ive-responded-to-a-topic/69531 "2017-09-07T07:29:49Z")

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I’m interested in the opportunity to show I answered or not . How best to implement this? There is something simple that can be used immediately or necessary to make the request to the database plugin?

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## [Add tags with space and special characters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-with-space-and-special-characters/47471)

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**Author:** [@Idan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Idan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-with-space-and-special-characters/47471 "2017-09-05T15:10:46Z")

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I wanted to know how can I create a tag like so: No Man's Sky and have its slug to be: no-mans-sky From SEO standpoint, I want to be able to put a phrase like the one I put above, and it will slugify it (same as we d…

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## [When should automatic leader promotions be out?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-should-automatic-leader-promotions-be-out/43196)

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**Author:** [@Huggingfluffybear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Huggingfluffybear)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-should-automatic-leader-promotions-be-out/43196 "2017-09-04T06:28:10Z")

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Hey @sam and @codinghorror so like the title says, When should automatic leader promotions be out? It would be very cool if you added this! Bye, from the fluffy bear.

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## [Wondering if we can have a float banner picture that can be custmized](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wondering-if-we-can-have-a-float-banner-picture-that-can-be-custmized/69177)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wondering-if-we-can-have-a-float-banner-picture-that-can-be-custmized/69177 "2017-09-01T11:09:01Z")

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It can pop out from the right side and can be closed for this time viewing. So that we can present some important but short messages without words. Also it can be used to present simple ads or simple notifications if th…

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## [Public-facing date for when a user progressed past TL0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-facing-date-for-when-a-user-progressed-past-tl0/69021)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/public-facing-date-for-when-a-user-progressed-past-tl0/69021 "2017-08-30T05:05:56Z")

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Our Discourse forum is semi-private. A number of our categories are public for viewing, but TL0 users cannot post in any section, send PMs, etc. I’m not sure how many of Discourse’s customers use Discourse for private fo…

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## [Triggering alerts when topic not solved/handled/replied](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-alerts-when-topic-not-solved-handled-replied/68865)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triggering-alerts-when-topic-not-solved-handled-replied/68865 "2017-08-28T14:57:20Z")

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Is there a feature to automatically alert staff (or some team) that a topic has not been solved/handled/replied to for a period of time? This will make the solved plugin much more powerful. What would be perfect is an e…

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## [Could the undelete flow be improved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-undelete-flow-be-improved/68876)

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**Author:** [@gmanjapan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gmanjapan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-undelete-flow-be-improved/68876 "2017-08-28T10:00:40Z")

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Here’s the flow right now as far as I can tell Type reply Post it Realize something is wrong Delete it so no one responds to the wrong message Now you want to fix it but there’s no way to pick edit and undelete Instea…

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## [Grant Admin without LoggingIn](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-admin-without-loggingin/68894)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-admin-without-loggingin/68894 "2017-08-28T08:54:01Z")

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I’m not sure if this should be done without logging in, but I was able to grant admin without logging in with my account: What I’ve done was to Grant Admin to an user, logout, hit thr hab nk on the email and I verifi…

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