# Feature

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@Nischayn22](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nischayn22)\
**Risposte:** 3\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [18 Febbraio 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")

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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…

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## [Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to suppress an auto-creation of the category topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-suppress-an-auto-creation-of-the-category-topic/57541)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Risposte:** 2\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [17 Febbraio 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-the-new-category-dialog-with-an-ability-to-suppress-an-auto-creation-of-the-category-topic/57541 "2017-02-17T17:35:11Z")

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Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to suppress an auto-creation of the category topic. See also: Provide the «New Category» dialog with an ability to choose an existing topic as the category topic.

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## [Could users choose their own primary group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-users-choose-their-own-primary-group/57556)

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**Author:** [@burke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burke)\
**Risposte:** 1\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [17 Febbraio 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-users-choose-their-own-primary-group/57556 "2017-02-17T16:46:44Z")

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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…

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Risposte:** 1\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [17 Febbraio 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")

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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.

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## [It's not clear that the "don't allow uncategorized topics" limitation applies only to staff members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-not-clear-that-the-dont-allow-uncategorized-topics-limitation-applies-only-to-staff-members/57498)

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**Author:** [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)\
**Risposte:** 3\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [17 Febbraio 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-not-clear-that-the-dont-allow-uncategorized-topics-limitation-applies-only-to-staff-members/57498 "2017-02-17T14:43:43Z")

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I think the explanation next to the “allow uncategorized topics” should be a little more descriptive, explaining that staff are immune to this limitation.

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## [Expanding on location field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501)

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**Author:** [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)\
**Risposte:** 8\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [16 Febbraio 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-on-location-field/50501 "2017-02-16T09:25:49Z")

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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…

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## [Discord Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-integration/57341)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Risposte:** 1\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [15 Febbraio 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-integration/57341 "2017-02-15T16:19:20Z")

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Discord has a very simple JSON-based API. They also have “login with Discord” integrations. It would be cool to see some integrations with this. Connect account to display your Discord name, link a related server to the…

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\
**Risposte:** 11\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [14 Febbraio 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")

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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…

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## [Che ne dite di un metodo più semplice per determinare la versione di Discourse da parte dell'utente finale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-an-easier-way-to-determine-version-of-discourse-by-end-user/52428)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Risposte:** 21\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [13 Febbraio 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-about-an-easier-way-to-determine-version-of-discourse-by-end-user/52428 "2017-02-13T17:07:49Z")

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A parte - come si determina quale versione di Discourse si sta utilizzando dal front-end?

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## [Tagging a topic from email in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-a-topic-from-email-in/57275)

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**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\
**Risposte:** 4\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [13 Febbraio 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tagging-a-topic-from-email-in/57275 "2017-02-13T16:47:33Z")

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Hello again, Apologies for posting again I didn’t provide enough information and I wasn’t clear enough in the previous topic. I followed this tutorial here Set up structured tagging with tag groups and category tag res…

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## [Use new AWS S3 endpoints with IPv6 support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Risposte:** 0\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [13 Febbraio 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-new-aws-s3-endpoints-with-ipv6-support/57315 "2017-02-13T15:05:32Z")

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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…

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## ["Autobiographer" badge query and empty bio\_raw](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242)

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**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\
**Risposte:** 1\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [13 Febbraio 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autobiographer-badge-query-and-empty-bio-raw/57242 "2017-02-13T11:03:46Z")

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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\_…

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## [IP ban button within a profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Risposte:** 1\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [13 Febbraio 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ip-ban-button-within-a-profile/57301 "2017-02-13T08:51:20Z")

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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…

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## [Request: Customisable Digest colors and URL parameters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254)

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**Author:** [@DiscourseMetrics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DiscourseMetrics)\
**Risposte:** 2\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [12 Febbraio 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-customisable-digest-colors-and-url-parameters/57254 "2017-02-12T11:09:57Z")

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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…

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@JohnGinger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnGinger)\
**Risposte:** 9\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [10 Febbraio 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-if-you-dont-have-enough-space-for-installation/56667 "2017-02-10T14:24:45Z")

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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…

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## [Set topic tag from email-in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-tag-from-email-in/57207)

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**Author:** [@sizeof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sizeof)\
**Risposte:** 0\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [10 Febbraio 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-tag-from-email-in/57207 "2017-02-10T13:37:33Z")

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Hi there, Since there’s no option to set topic tag through ‘email-in’, is it possible to set the topic tag simply by using a tag inside the text? I think we can assume that if the tag is in the text then the text is ab…

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## [Send official warning to multiple recipients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Risposte:** 5\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [10 Febbraio 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-official-warning-to-multiple-recipients/45583 "2017-02-10T08:09:57Z")

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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…

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## [Can't forward an email to a group & preserve the content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-forward-an-email-to-a-group-preserve-the-content/42897)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Risposte:** 7\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [10 Febbraio 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-forward-an-email-to-a-group-preserve-the-content/42897 "2017-02-10T07:13:45Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Category not accepting "anonymous email" from known users: On a similar note, I tried to forward an email from the user having problems to a different email alias that was mapped to the Gr…

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## [Discourse and CommonMark](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-commonmark/25410)

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**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\
**Risposte:** 18\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [9 Febbraio 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-commonmark/25410 "2017-02-09T21:51:25Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse doesn’t follow the CommonMark spec for HTML tags inside code spans I’ve wondered about this for awhile now. They aren’t that far off, but there are differences I know that wil…

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## [Block PMs from certain users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-pms-from-certain-users/19593)

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**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\
**Risposte:** 6\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [9 Febbraio 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-pms-from-certain-users/19593 "2017-02-09T16:18:50Z")

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Feature request: Block a specific user from PMing you.

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## [Digist/Summary E-Mail - Topic Algo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157)

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**Author:** [@Slind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Slind)\
**Risposte:** 2\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [9 Febbraio 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digist-summary-e-mail-topic-algo/57157 "2017-02-09T15:00:16Z")

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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…

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## [Visual diagraming to add visual dimension to Conversations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123)

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**Author:** [@diogocsc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/diogocsc)\
**Risposte:** 6\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [8 Febbraio 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-diagraming-to-add-visual-dimension-to-conversations/57123 "2017-02-08T22:31:38Z")

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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 …

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## [La ricerca dovrebbe limitarsi alla categoria o includere anche le sottocategorie?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Risposte:** 7\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [8 Febbraio 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-limited-to-category-also-search-subcategories/41100 "2017-02-08T14:22:59Z")

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Ho una categoria per le sfide/compiti che è vuota, tranne che per le sue sottocategorie. Pensavo di poter cercare in quella categoria e trovare elementi nelle sottocategorie, ma non è così. Qui su Meta, fai clic su Personalizzazione \> …

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## [Category security: Obfuscate topic content from admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Risposte:** 9\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [8 Febbraio 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-security-obfuscate-topic-content-from-admin/57089 "2017-02-08T00:52:57Z")

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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…

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## [Downloading points](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Risposte:** 5\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [7 Febbraio 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-points/51005 "2017-02-07T07:24:29Z")

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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…

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Risposte:** 8\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [7 Febbraio 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")

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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…

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## [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)

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**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\
**Risposte:** 2\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [6 Febbraio 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")

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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…

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## [Action reminders for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Risposte:** 4\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [5 Febbraio 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/action-reminders-for-moderators/56893 "2017-02-05T23:14:01Z")

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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 …

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## [Don't merge topics!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892)

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**Author:** [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\
**Risposte:** 6\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [4 Febbraio 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-merge-topics/56892 "2017-02-04T11:58:03Z")

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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 …

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## [Showing only excerpts (selectively) for not logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874)

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**Author:** [@ewanly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ewanly)\
**Risposte:** 2\
**Ultimo aggiornamento:** [3 Febbraio 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-excerpts-selectively-for-not-logged-in-users/56874 "2017-02-03T20:51:01Z")

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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…

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