# Feature

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## [Customizing the Category About post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-category-about-post/41850)

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**Author:** [@nskerl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nskerl)\
**Respostas:** 9\
**Última atualização:** [4 Abril , 2016 09:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-the-category-about-post/41850 "2016-04-04T09:24:49Z")

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Is it possible to customize the text that is used to prepopulate the “About the \_\_\_\_ category” post? I would like to modify the list of prompts in that text. Can this be done via a plugin, or should I consider this pos…

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## [Incorrect help guide showing when sending first PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-help-guide-showing-when-sending-first-pm/41925)

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**Author:** [@tomwrench](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomwrench)\
**Respostas:** 1\
**Última atualização:** [2 Abril , 2016 20:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-help-guide-showing-when-sending-first-pm/41925 "2016-04-02T20:15:25Z")

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The help guide when first sending a new private message looks a bit out of place. It appears the help guide for a first reply is showing instead?

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## [Unlisted option on creation of a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-option-on-creation-of-a-new-topic/38515)

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**Author:** [@jqnatividad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jqnatividad)\
**Respostas:** 5\
**Última atualização:** [30 Março , 2016 19:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-option-on-creation-of-a-new-topic/38515 "2016-03-30T19:24:27Z")

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Is there a way to specify that a topic should be unlisted on creation? Otherwise, if somebody subscribes to a category, they get a notification, even if I quickly unlist a topic after creation. If not, what’s a workaro…

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## [Ability to Block Certain Readers from Seeing Your Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-block-certain-readers-from-seeing-your-posts/41730)

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**Author:** [@youderian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youderian)\
**Respostas:** 6\
**Última atualização:** [30 Março , 2016 18:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-block-certain-readers-from-seeing-your-posts/41730 "2016-03-30T18:38:44Z")

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Does Discourse offer the ability to block certain forum members from seeing your posts? Why I ask: Our private community is made up of business owners who share freely from their experience, strategy, etc. But as we g…

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## [Adding a comment when deleting a post or topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-comment-when-deleting-a-post-or-topic/41704)

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**Author:** [@zainab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zainab)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [29 Março , 2016 15:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-comment-when-deleting-a-post-or-topic/41704 "2016-03-29T15:09:03Z")

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Hey There, I was wondering if there is an option of adding a comment/reason as to why the topic or post was deleted. Thanks

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## [Let users custom their title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-users-custom-their-title/37626)

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**Author:** [@zh99998](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zh99998)\
**Respostas:** 13\
**Última atualização:** [29 Março , 2016 06:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-users-custom-their-title/37626 "2016-03-29T06:44:40Z")

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in admin panel, i can modify user title as any string. but in user panel, they only can use pre-defined Badge as title. what can i do if i want to open custom title to users ?

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## [UserName changes - History](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-changes-history/41663)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Respostas:** 4\
**Última atualização:** [28 Março , 2016 19:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-changes-history/41663 "2016-03-28T19:39:44Z")

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We get quite a few users who want to change their names - over time. It would be nice if the system automatically kept track of these name changes so that we can remember who that person was before. It might even be so…

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## [Closed Topics Listed as Unread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-topics-listed-as-unread/41578)

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**Author:** [@Carson1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carson1)\
**Respostas:** 2\
**Última atualização:** [25 Março , 2016 21:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-topics-listed-as-unread/41578 "2016-03-25T21:57:33Z")

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Recently in our community we have been mass locking old topics. I’m aware that when I lock a topic it doesn’t come up in latest, but it does come up in Suggested and Unread with the blue bubble.

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## [Deleting posts within the grace peroid should instantly delete them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Respostas:** 2\
**Última atualização:** [23 Março , 2016 20:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476 "2016-03-23T20:41:41Z")

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Occasionally I’ll see posts deleted right after they were posted or delete my own post right after posting it. The most common reasons for doing so are: Someone was ninja’d with a much better response and their own re…

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## [Community Hall of Shame listing in admin panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-hall-of-shame-listing-in-admin-panel/41329)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Respostas:** 7\
**Última atualização:** [21 Março , 2016 21:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-hall-of-shame-listing-in-admin-panel/41329 "2016-03-21T21:02:07Z")

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Discourse lists the top performing users very nicely in the Users view. As and administrator however, I would like to see the worst performing users: flags, deleted messages, suspensions. This would be beneficial for ev…

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## [Inbound gutter post-links are not relative urls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbound-gutter-post-links-are-not-relative-urls/41170)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [21 Março , 2016 18:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inbound-gutter-post-links-are-not-relative-urls/41170 "2016-03-21T18:49:32Z")

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inbound gutter post-links are not relative urls for example, in this post there is a gutter post-links link like: \<a class="track-link inbound" href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-in-topic-names/33852/4"\>\<span\>E…

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## [Ability to specify external url to edit sso overrides](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-specify-external-url-to-edit-sso-overrides/41352)

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**Author:** [@mkew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mkew)\
**Respostas:** 1\
**Última atualização:** [21 Março , 2016 08:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-specify-external-url-to-edit-sso-overrides/41352 "2016-03-21T08:24:42Z")

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We’ve just got SSO implemented and running smoothly - very happy so far! :grinning: We are currently using the ‘sso override’ settings for user details and avatars. A small feature addition that we’d find really useful …

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## [Custom user fields and presentation on profile (and popup)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-and-presentation-on-profile-and-popup/40967)

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**Author:** [@daath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daath)\
**Respostas:** 6\
**Última atualização:** [20 Março , 2016 00:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-and-presentation-on-profile-and-popup/40967 "2016-03-20T00:36:00Z")

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I’ve set my forum up with SSO - works great! My main concern right now, is that I would like to have a new link on the profile page, and the profile popup - I would like to link back to the main site with the external I…

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## [Notify administrators of new settings on upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-administrators-of-new-settings-on-upgrade/41207)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Respostas:** 5\
**Última atualização:** [19 Março , 2016 11:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-administrators-of-new-settings-on-upgrade/41207 "2016-03-19T11:45:39Z")

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It would be nice if there were a mechanism that notified the admin of new settings when they appear. I would like to have known sooner about tl3 time period. I usually at least scan the commits in github, but lots of adm…

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## [Why is there a character limit on text-based flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-character-limit-on-text-based-flags/41191)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Respostas:** 0\
**Última atualização:** [17 Março , 2016 13:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-character-limit-on-text-based-flags/41191 "2016-03-17T13:35:12Z")

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I’m not sure if this a bug or by design, so I wasn’t sure where to categorize the topic. I ended up going with feature though since this isn’t exactly preventing me from using Discourse normally (normally I don’t send \> …

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## [Jumping Reply's via Arrows or more clickable Box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928)

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**Author:** [@Spirit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spirit)\
**Respostas:** 2\
**Última atualização:** [12 Março , 2016 11:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jumping-replys-via-arrows-or-more-clickable-box/40928 "2016-03-12T11:19:01Z")

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Hi there, I wrote in another forum about the small up/down arrows in the bottom right whilst viewing forum reply’s… initially I thought these arrows would change up or down the reply number but instead it opens a comman…

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## [Extended / dependent drop-down list for sign-up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Respostas:** 0\
**Última atualização:** [11 Março , 2016 11:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-dependent-drop-down-list-for-sign-up/40900 "2016-03-11T11:32:59Z")

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\##I’m looking for something like this: Otherwise, I won’t read such gigantic list, to provide additional information of myself as a new user. Another – better way – would be, to work with conditional drop-down lists:…

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## [Show PM participants in title bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [9 Março , 2016 18:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-pm-participants-in-title-bar/40798 "2016-03-09T18:26:31Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Show recipient/sender in PM list: In a regular topic, the title bar shows the context of that topic But a PM shows no context For that, you have to scroll to the first post and look …

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## [Who/howmany copied a code snippet?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816)

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**Author:** [@gingerling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerling)\
**Respostas:** 0\
**Última atualização:** [9 Março , 2016 16:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-howmany-copied-a-code-snippet/40816 "2016-03-09T16:35:51Z")

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Hi So maybe this is impossible, maybe not. I like in discourse how when you post a link, anyone who clicks it is “logged” and next to the link you get the click counter etc. I wonder if this could also be added for the …

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## [Ubuntu Pastebin onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Respostas:** 1\
**Última atualização:** [8 Março , 2016 19:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-pastebin-onebox/40752 "2016-03-08T19:48:10Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Pastebin onebox?: Now that we have Gist & Pastebin, is there any interest in supporting https://paste.ubuntu.com/ too? :slight\_smile:

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## [Discourse for helpdesk use cases?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [8 Março , 2016 11:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-helpdesk-use-cases/40711 "2016-03-08T11:50:33Z")

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Today, I was looking for new way to manage help desk inquires. Most of todays solutions are available as SaaS plans. Other open source projects (osTicket) feeling pretty lame… 1990-2000 like … It would be much better …

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## [Nested category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-category-permissions/40475)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Respostas:** 5\
**Última atualização:** [3 Março , 2016 13:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-category-permissions/40475 "2016-03-03T13:43:32Z")

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Let’s say I have Category A and to participate, you have to be a member of Group A. We also have Category B, which is a sub-category of Category A. To participate, you have to be a member of Group B. What I expected: T…

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## [Max topics per day configuration setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-topics-per-day-configuration-setting/40470)

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**Author:** [@bbendick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bbendick)\
**Respostas:** 0\
**Última atualização:** [3 Março , 2016 00:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-topics-per-day-configuration-setting/40470 "2016-03-03T00:15:57Z")

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Unlike every other setting I’ve come across, setting max topics per day to zero does not disable it. Instead you need to set it to some arbitrarily high number. Whether this is an intended behavior or not, it definitely…

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## [Typing time check catching Google Translate users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typing-time-check-catching-google-translate-users/40469)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [3 Março , 2016 02:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/typing-time-check-catching-google-translate-users/40469 "2016-03-03T02:40:38Z")

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On the Let’s Encrypt community forums, we’ve been seeing a pattern: Users show up in the “needs approval” queue with a legitimate post – these users actually do need help – but invariably in broken English that takes si…

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## [When clicking to view muted topics: "There are no latest topics. That's sad."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-clicking-to-view-muted-topics-there-are-no-latest-topics-thats-sad/40452)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Respostas:** 0\
**Última atualização:** [2 Março , 2016 18:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-clicking-to-view-muted-topics-there-are-no-latest-topics-thats-sad/40452 "2016-03-02T18:28:07Z")

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Not sure how to classify this, but it seems like a bug to me or ux or a feature request. Feel free to reclassify. When on preferences, I now see this great Show muted topics link. However, when I go there it tells me “T…

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## [Why 10m interval for Akismet's Jobs::CheckForSpamPosts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-10m-interval-for-akismets-jobs-checkforspamposts/40396)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Respostas:** 6\
**Última atualização:** [1 Março , 2016 20:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-10m-interval-for-akismets-jobs-checkforspamposts/40396 "2016-03-01T20:32:38Z")

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It looks like the default polling period for the Jobs::CheckForSpamPosts scheduled task (which checks new posts for spam) is every 10 minutes. Is there a reason for that? Is there any reason it couldn’t be more frequen…

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## [Two new plugin outlets - user\_activity\_bottom and user\_menu\_glyphs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-new-plugin-outlets-user-activity-bottom-and-user-menu-glyphs/40227)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Respostas:** 20\
**Última atualização:** [28 Fevereiro , 2016 10:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-new-plugin-outlets-user-activity-bottom-and-user-menu-glyphs/40227 "2016-02-28T10:46:38Z")

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In the midst of working on the voting plugin, I had an idea for a way to show users the topics they’ve voted on. To keep with the current UX, I’d like to add another feed at the bottom of the user activity menu. This wou…

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## [OAuth-based login: Disable account merging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-based-login-disable-account-merging/40262)

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**Author:** [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)\
**Respostas:** 5\
**Última atualização:** [27 Fevereiro , 2016 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-based-login-disable-account-merging/40262 "2016-02-27T14:41:41Z")

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I’d like to make a feature request: It would be great if it was possible to disable the automatic merging of accounts when logging in with OAuth that happens right now. Concretely, if I create a local account, and then l…

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## [Alert users of earlier dupe links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-of-earlier-dupe-links/40252)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Respostas:** 1\
**Última atualização:** [27 Fevereiro , 2016 07:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-of-earlier-dupe-links/40252 "2016-02-27T07:54:40Z")

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I think a very cool use of the “big blue area superimposed over preview” :tm: would be alerting users that the exact same link appears elsewhere in the topic. For example: Say I am in a long topic … and in post #5 some…

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## ["Disable Markdown" Button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-button/40068)

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**Author:** [@anon58331930](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon58331930)\
**Respostas:** 3\
**Última atualização:** [24 Fevereiro , 2016 20:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-button/40068 "2016-02-24T20:52:15Z")

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Is it possible to include a button that allows you to disable Markdown? It would be useful for using the two asterisks without italicizing.

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