# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=162&status=open [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 163 --- ## [Specify custom purge interval for «scheduler\_stats» tables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-custom-purge-interval-for-scheduler-stats-tables/61785)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-custom-purge-interval-for-scheduler-stats-tables/61785 "2017-04-28T21:32:36Z")
These 2 useless for me tables take 99.9% of my database’s disk space: --- ## [Ban members from specific topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-specific-topics/61800)
**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-members-from-specific-topics/61800 "2017-04-28T21:50:01Z")
I wonder if it’s possible at all to ban specific members from specific topics rather than banning them from whole categories or the general forum. A certain other forum software has the ability to do this (no idea if it… --- ## [I just received two anniversary badge notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-received-two-anniversary-badge-notifications/61794)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-just-received-two-anniversary-badge-notifications/61794 "2017-04-28T21:15:42Z")
See screenshot. I just got two identical notifications reminding me I am an old timer on meta. :older\_man: I wonder why that happened. --- ## [New badges shouldn't be on by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badges-shouldnt-be-on-by-default/61371)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-badges-shouldnt-be-on-by-default/61371 "2017-04-27T22:58:35Z")
I’m not a fan of new badges being turned on by default. We don’t use most of the native Discourse badges so I have them turned off, but there was an awkward situation just now when someone received this: I knew noth… --- ## [Propose to add an ability to highlight the XML Schema Definitions (XSD)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propose-to-add-an-ability-to-highlight-the-xml-schema-definitions-xsd/61664)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propose-to-add-an-ability-to-highlight-the-xml-schema-definitions-xsd/61664 "2017-04-27T02:51:28Z")
--- ## [Provide more details when performing a bulk add to group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-details-when-performing-a-bulk-add-to-group/60665)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-details-when-performing-a-bulk-add-to-group/60665 "2017-04-27T02:18:52Z")
Problem: We recently tried to add a list of users to a group by adding their email addresses to the Bulk Add to Group page. This list had 191 emails. Upon completion, I got the following message: The users have been ad… --- ## [\`/srv/status\` monitoring endpoint doesn't catch some service unavailability issues - one example free space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/srv-status-monitoring-endpoint-doesnt-catch-some-service-unavailability-issues-one-example-free-space/61470)
**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/srv-status-monitoring-endpoint-doesnt-catch-some-service-unavailability-issues-one-example-free-space/61470 "2017-04-26T02:18:39Z")
Situation An existing site monitored by the /srv/status endpoint today had a free space issue (i.e. there was none). The monitoring endpoint /srv/status continued to return “200 OK” whilst a Homepage request / normal us… --- ## [Generic import-from-URL feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-import-from-url-feature/61593)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generic-import-from-url-feature/61593 "2017-04-25T19:43:52Z")
Posting this feature / plugin idea in hopes that it already exists somewhere. The feature would allow a user to import the complete contents of a web page to a new topic using a URL. The real value of the feature would … --- ## [Prevent replies to welcome PMs (auto-close)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-welcome-pms-auto-close/57542)
**Author:** [@mcg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-welcome-pms-auto-close/57542 "2017-04-24T20:27:41Z")
Apologies if the search engine has failed me here, but I don’t see a way to cause welcome messages to be sent already closed; that is, to prevent replies. I see lots of posts about how to send the messages from a system … --- ## [Excessive spacing on text/plain email content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-spacing-on-text-plain-email-content/61297)
**Author:** [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excessive-spacing-on-text-plain-email-content/61297 "2017-04-20T23:59:00Z")
Hello again, and just one more minor nit. The stock email templates seem to be adding too much padding around the actual post content. Here is an example just received: ----==\_mimepart\_58f8139956892\_20ce3fbcdc0cd6bc74… --- ## [Tag CSS with !important flag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-css-with-important-flag/61291)
**Author:** [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-css-with-important-flag/61291 "2017-04-20T20:24:31Z")
There’s some Sass in tagging.scss with the !important flag overriding custom CSS. Is this intended or should it be changed so I don’t have to make my overrides !evenmoreimportant? --- ## [Allow for email re-writing to solve the additional email address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-email-re-writing-to-solve-the-additional-email-address/58892)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-email-re-writing-to-solve-the-additional-email-address/58892 "2017-04-20T02:12:22Z")
Continuing the discussion from Straightforward direct-delivery incoming mail: Over in Two emails for one user the debate in: Its pretty much settled on 2 emails. I think that’s best, but there will still be cases whe… --- ## [Manually blocked users should not be allowed TL3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-blocked-users-should-not-be-allowed-tl3/47797)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-blocked-users-should-not-be-allowed-tl3/47797 "2016-07-26T04:58:59Z")
According to What do user trust levels do?, users who have been suspended within the set time period cannot be TL3 (and will lose TL3 if suspended). However, blocking is not mentioned in the #faq, nor in the code (see b… --- ## [Increase the post cloaking threashold, or check first if media is playing before cloaking a post on scroll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-post-cloaking-threashold-or-check-first-if-media-is-playing-before-cloaking-a-post-on-scroll/43026)
**Author:** [@anon36895752](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36895752)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increase-the-post-cloaking-threashold-or-check-first-if-media-is-playing-before-cloaking-a-post-on-scroll/43026 "2017-04-18T20:43:24Z")
A lot of posts on my forum are mixes. If the mix is posted at the top of the thread, and the user hits play, and then scrolls down the page to join the discussion and read the responses, eventually the player is unloade… --- ## [Moderate User Profile Photos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderate-user-profile-photos/61105)
**Author:** [@TimeDoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimeDoctor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderate-user-profile-photos/61105 "2017-04-17T09:29:30Z")
Sometimes users may choose inappropriate profile photos that don’t necessitate banning them. As far as I can tell there isn’t currently a way to specifically disable one user’s profile picture. --- ## [Naming bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/naming-bookmarks/46052)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/naming-bookmarks/46052 "2017-04-16T08:19:58Z")
Sometimes when I look at a bookmark, I’ll think “Why did I even bookmark this?” Just before posting this, I spent an hour trying to find a post only to find that I had already bookmarked it but didn’t notice it because o… --- ## [Assigning topic under a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-topic-under-a-group/60964)
**Author:** [@manzarul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manzarul)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assigning-topic-under-a-group/60964 "2017-04-14T13:05:16Z")
In discourse is there any api , by which i can assign complete group under a topic. another doubt is while creating a topic we are assigning some user name using comma separated , so is that message is visible to only to… --- ## [Default invite email says to change email from profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-invite-email-says-to-change-email-from-profile/60885)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-invite-email-says-to-change-email-from-profile/60885 "2017-04-14T02:01:59Z")
We’ve created this new account for you. Change your name or password by visiting your user profile. I was wondering why I keep getting messages telling me they can’t change their name. Updated Discourse just a few d… --- ## [SQL Free Badge Editing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-free-badge-editing/60933)
**Author:** [@nicatronTg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicatronTg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sql-free-badge-editing/60933 "2017-04-13T18:02:20Z")
Reading the process for enabling custom badges, I think that it’s worth discussing the idea of having a badge editor that doesn’t require SQL to manage in the first place. Since disabling SQL editing, badges are very dec… --- ## [Separate user selection of flair and title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-user-selection-of-flair-and-title/60883)
**Author:** [@ender03](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ender03)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-user-selection-of-flair-and-title/60883 "2017-04-13T02:00:48Z")
Currently users are given flair from group membership and titles from group membership and awarded badges. However, I’d like to see users be able to select these independent of each other. Flair should be selected from … --- ## [Title structure for SEO (when sorting via Latest button)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-structure-for-seo-when-sorting-via-latest-button/60781)
**Author:** [@Sunny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sunny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-structure-for-seo-when-sorting-via-latest-button/60781 "2017-04-12T06:50:08Z")
Upon clicking “Latest” in a category view, I am seeing that discourse adds “/l/latest” to the page URL. However the canonical points to the base category URL. Google seems to be indexing both for us. There could be… --- ## [Category \> Security \> Permission type \> Author-only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-permission-type-author-only/60805)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-permission-type-author-only/60805 "2017-04-11T23:08:09Z")
This is a suggestion to add a feature to the category security, to restrict access to a topic to the author. By adding other groups to the category security, e.g. author & tech\_support\_group, you can easily create custom… --- ## [View only category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-only-category/60626)
**Author:** [@Miro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-only-category/60626 "2017-04-11T23:04:29Z")
Would it be possible to set category permission so everyone can see the category and introduction post but not the other posts. After reading the intro they can for example subscribe and see the other posts. https://me… --- ## [File attachments in restricted categories should be restricted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-attachments-in-restricted-categories-should-be-restricted/60765)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/file-attachments-in-restricted-categories-should-be-restricted/60765 "2017-04-11T19:37:00Z")
Currently, files that are uploaded to a restricted category are accessible to anyone, even users who are not logged in. Chances are that these files get indexed by search engines and thus become public. I agree with @tob… --- ## [Allow images higher than 100 megapixels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-images-higher-than-100-megapixels/60753)
**Author:** [@nicatronTg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicatronTg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-images-higher-than-100-megapixels/60753 "2017-04-11T05:44:34Z")
Is there any reason why the admin panel limits image sizes to 100 megapixels? I have a 110 megapixel image I want to post on my Discourse install (8858x12402) but I can’t because I can’t raise the megapixel limit to 110. … --- ## [Throw warning when inviting user who is already tracking/watching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/throw-warning-when-inviting-user-who-is-already-tracking-watching/60299)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/throw-warning-when-inviting-user-who-is-already-tracking-watching/60299 "2017-04-08T04:54:42Z")
I sometimes invite people here on Meta to specific topics when I see they haven’t been involved yet but I know they’d have great input to share. I’m always a little hesitant to do so though, because they might have alrea… --- ## [Missing replies in embedded topic on Discourse blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-replies-in-embedded-topic-on-discourse-blog/60550)
**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-replies-in-embedded-topic-on-discourse-blog/60550 "2017-04-06T14:50:50Z")
Whenever I start the build of a community for myself I try to read through this post again: I figure it’s linked in the bootstrap message of a blank forum so it must be important, right? :wink: As I made it to the bo… --- ## [Any working image gallery plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-working-image-gallery-plugin/52160)
**Author:** [@Aman\_Jagga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aman_Jagga)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-working-image-gallery-plugin/52160 "2017-04-06T09:10:05Z")
Is there any available working image gallery discourse plugin similar to this This plugin is nice but it’s paid.I am looking for a free plugin My requirement is very simple, multiple images should open in a gallery --- ## [Request to Join Group feature and requirement for Message/Mention rights by Everyone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-group-feature-and-requirement-for-message-mention-rights-by-everyone/55264)
**Author:** [@scombs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scombs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-to-join-group-feature-and-requirement-for-message-mention-rights-by-everyone/55264 "2017-04-06T07:15:53Z")
The group setting for Allow users to send membership requests to group owners (Requires everyone to be able to mention the group) seems a little dangerous. We are asking users to request permission from the group owner … --- ## [Allow users to suspend/close their accounts for good](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-suspend-close-their-accounts-for-good/55029)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-suspend-close-their-accounts-for-good/55029 "2017-04-04T18:39:04Z")
Our community has been running on Discourse for one year and is more popular than ever. At this point it is also more common than ever that a user whats do suspend/delete/shutdown their account, ie. does not want to have… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=161&status=open) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=163&status=open)