# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=165&status=open [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 166 --- ## [Readability Score (a-la HemingwayApp)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readability-score-a-la-hemingwayapp/58159)
**Author:** [@brucellino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brucellino)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readability-score-a-la-hemingwayapp/58159 "2017-03-02T15:47:41Z")
Hidyho discourtesans Every now and again, I like to post well-written topics. I have an idea or a position I want to express, and I want it to come across clearly, albeit in a way that invites discussions. To do this, I… --- ## [Notify users by email when "account temporarily on hold" is removed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-by-email-when-account-temporarily-on-hold-is-removed/52365)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-users-by-email-when-account-temporarily-on-hold-is-removed/52365 "2017-02-24T19:02:08Z")
--- ## [Why does Discourse not use the «Enhanced Link Attribution» Google Analytics feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-not-use-the-enhanced-link-attribution-google-analytics-feature/57821)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-not-use-the-enhanced-link-attribution-google-analytics-feature/57821 "2017-02-23T04:30:34Z")
The following code shows how to load the enhanced link attribution plugin: ga(‘create’, ‘UA-XXXXX-Y’, ‘auto’); ga(‘require’, ‘linkid’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); As I see, Discourse currently does not use this fe… --- ## [Making launcher a bit more versatile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-launcher-a-bit-more-versatile/56851)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-launcher-a-bit-more-versatile/56851 "2017-02-23T01:04:02Z")
launcher logs shows the whole log for the container, which can take a while to finish. How about changing the launcher logs command to take --tail the way that docker logs does? --- ## [Github onebox broken for some link types](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-broken-for-some-link-types/57587)
**Author:** [@imrehg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/imrehg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-onebox-broken-for-some-link-types/57587 "2017-02-20T12:53:26Z")
Discourse has really great preview cards for links in general, dropping in a link on a new line (onebox previews). Recently I’ve found, though, that Github repository links no longer have any previews (I think they had … --- ## [Trust Level Qualify TL3 "Likes Received: unique users" should be independent from TL3 "Likes Received"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-qualify-tl3-likes-received-unique-users-should-be-independent-from-tl3-likes-received/57593)
**Author:** [@Lutz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lutz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-qualify-tl3-likes-received-unique-users-should-be-independent-from-tl3-likes-received/57593 "2017-02-20T09:14:31Z")
On our side, trust level 3 depends on a high number of Likes. TL3 should not be easy to reach. Our user base is rather small. The setting “tl3 requires likes received” is set to 500. Obviously, another hidden requiremen… --- ## [Ability for users to make join requests to private groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-for-users-to-make-join-requests-to-private-groups/49011)
**Author:** [@Nischayn22](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nischayn22)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-for-users-to-make-join-requests-to-private-groups/49011 "2017-02-18T01:16:21Z")
This is a request to extend the work done in Groups should have a root directory page, just like Users and Add group owners to manage group membership Users should be able to make join requests to private groups. The gr… --- ## [Could users choose their own primary group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-users-choose-their-own-primary-group/57556)
**Author:** [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-users-choose-their-own-primary-group/57556 "2017-02-17T16:46:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from What does selecting "Primary Group" for a user do?: From what I can tell, when members are in multiple groups one of the groups can be named as their primary group, but this can only be se… --- ## [Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to choose an existing topic as the category topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543)
**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-choose-an-existing-topic-as-the-category-topic/57543 "2017-02-17T16:23:09Z")
Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to choose an existing topic as the category topic. See also: Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to suppress an auto-creation of the category topic. --- ## [Expanding on location field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501)
**Author:** [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501 "2017-02-16T09:25:49Z")
I know this is probably plugin territory but was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on expanding the location function. We would like to make it easier for users to be able to interact with others in a close physical l… --- ## [Can Discourse handle classified ads succesully or is there a better way?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141)
**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-handle-classified-ads-succesully-or-is-there-a-better-way/47141 "2017-02-14T21:28:57Z")
Has anyone seen or deployed a successful classified ads system or plugin for Discourse. Is this something that could work well or is there a better approach, a third party solution that would play nicely with DIscourse p… --- ## [Use new AWS S3 endpoints with IPv6 support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315)
**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315 "2017-02-13T15:05:32Z")
Just adding this to the backlog: If we change our current S3 endpoint from: https://$BUCKET.s3-$REGION.amazonaws.com to: https://$BUCKET.dualstack.$REGION.amazonaws.com we get IPv6 support. Example: IPv4 only image… --- ## ["Autobiographer" badge query and empty bio\_raw](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242)
**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242 "2017-02-13T11:03:46Z")
Hello! I just been found that after saving user profile with an empty “About” field, it will be empty in the database, but not null. At the same time in a badge query “Autobiographer” are checked for null value for bio\_… --- ## [IP ban button within a profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301 "2017-02-13T08:51:20Z")
Everything’s so convenient within Discourse, however IP banning is a pain. I have to copy their IP, find the logs and screened IP’s to add their IP for a ban. Can’t there just be a “IP Ban” button beside their name when… --- ## [Request: Customisable Digest colors and URL parameters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254)
**Author:** [@DiscourseMetrics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscourseMetrics)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254 "2017-02-12T11:09:57Z")
I’d love to be able to: Customize the background color and link color used in the digests so it matches the rest of my site Add a hardcoded or customisable suffix to the URLs in the emails like “?utm\_campaign=digest” s… --- ## [Message if you don't have enough space for installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-if-you-dont-have-enough-space-for-installation/56667)
**Author:** [@JohnGinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnGinger)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-if-you-dont-have-enough-space-for-installation/56667 "2017-02-10T14:24:45Z")
I had problems installing because there wasn’t enough space on the virtual machine for discourse, I tried to have a look to see if this is an existing issue but I can’t find anything. How easy would it be to add a quick… --- ## [Send official warning to multiple recipients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583 "2017-02-10T08:09:57Z")
It is currently not possible to send an official warning to more than one recipient. Adding a second recipient removes the “This is an official warning.” checkbox, even if it’s already been checked. There are odd occas… --- ## [Digist/Summary E-Mail - Topic Algo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157)
**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157 "2017-02-09T15:00:16Z")
Hi there, I was wondering how the summary works. The way I understand it is that it looks at all threads/posts that have been created during the last 7 days and based on some magic algo it picks the most interesting one… --- ## [Visual diagraming to add visual dimension to Conversations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123)
**Author:** [@diogocsc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diogocsc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123 "2017-02-08T22:31:38Z")
I’ve been finding that many people these days prefer visual communication, and I was just about starting to go and write another text-based topic when it suddenly popped… How great would it be if I could represent what … --- ## [Category security: Obfuscate topic content from admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089)
**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089 "2017-02-08T00:52:57Z")
I am operating Discourse as a closed intranet for an organization. I use groups and category permission settings to create private sections for different groups of users. But the admin user is still able to access topic… --- ## [Downloading points](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005)
**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005 "2017-02-07T07:24:29Z")
In the forum, sometimes we we have to upload files for downloading. I wonder why there is no downloading points system in Discourse. You see in almost every forum, downloading files should have to pay something, like do… --- ## [Put TL4 in the "moderator/admin" category instead of trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-tl4-in-the-moderator-admin-category-instead-of-trust-level/56985)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-tl4-in-the-moderator-admin-category-instead-of-trust-level/56985 "2017-02-07T02:47:42Z")
TL4 is confusing. It can only be attained by manual promotion and it grants you some potentially destructive abilities i.e. splitting & merging topics. It is my understanding that it started out as a trust-level because… --- ## [I'd like to send a bi-weekly email to all of my users via my Discourse. is that possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/id-like-to-send-a-bi-weekly-email-to-all-of-my-users-via-my-discourse-is-that-possible/56957)
**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/id-like-to-send-a-bi-weekly-email-to-all-of-my-users-via-my-discourse-is-that-possible/56957 "2017-02-06T08:50:37Z")
i’d like to send a very simple bi-weekly reminder to all of the members of my team to remind them that its time to perform an action, if they’d like to join in this round of action on a project. i’d like to give users t… --- ## [Action reminders for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893 "2017-02-05T23:14:01Z")
Every now and then someone creates a post on our forum which raises my attention, but my reaction isn’t immediate. Two examples: A user creates a post online complaining that they can’t submit via email. I go and look … --- ## [Don't merge topics!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892)
**Author:** [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892 "2017-02-04T11:58:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from Moving posts into an existing topic doesn't keep chronology: I don’t agree with any of the options proposed to resolve how to merge posts and my comments have moved too far from the topic … --- ## [Showing only excerpts (selectively) for not logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874)
**Author:** [@ewanly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ewanly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874 "2017-02-03T20:51:01Z")
What if we have the ability to show only excerpts for not logged in users in a chosen topics. But this excerpt position and length are defined when needed by the author of the topic. This could be defined into any topic… --- ## [Import profile from other communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-profile-from-other-communities/56852)
**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-profile-from-other-communities/56852 "2017-02-03T16:06:55Z")
I think that a good feature to include to Discourse would be to import your profile (with images, settings, etc.) from other communities. For example, I’m an user of , and now I’ve registered in Meta Community, but I do… --- ## [Slack plugin: automatically subscribe a channel to updates on a topic when link is shared](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-automatically-subscribe-a-channel-to-updates-on-a-topic-when-link-is-shared/56520)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-automatically-subscribe-a-channel-to-updates-on-a-topic-when-link-is-shared/56520 "2017-02-03T00:59:14Z")
In our company, Slack channels proliferate with wild abandon. This is a topic of discussion in of itself, but it will likely be a challenge to work towards having a more curated set of Slack channels… some folks have wo… --- ## [If you leave notifications open forever, you never get notified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-leave-notifications-open-forever-you-never-get-notified/56740)
**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-you-leave-notifications-open-forever-you-never-get-notified/56740 "2017-02-02T16:01:13Z")
(Topic title might need finessing.) Be logged in to a Discourse forum. Click on your user icon in the upper right to see the list of likes, replies, mentions, etc. Walk away from that computer with the menu open. Log i… --- ## [Is there a way that I can pull the title from latest topics from discourse to my app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-pull-the-title-from-latest-topics-from-discourse-to-my-app/56675)
**Author:** [@railsnoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/railsnoob)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-that-i-can-pull-the-title-from-latest-topics-from-discourse-to-my-app/56675 "2017-02-02T01:19:29Z")
i want to pass data, for example: titles of the latest questions from forum.example.com to example.com is this possible? i want to have a section on example.com that says: Latest Questions and then a list of those ques… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=164&status=open) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=166&status=open)