# Feature

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## [Add richer individualized data to digest - TripAdvisor style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-richer-individualized-data-to-digest-tripadvisor-style/27713)

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**Author:** [@mak23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mak23)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-richer-individualized-data-to-digest-tripadvisor-style/27713 "2016-12-02T21:07:25Z")

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Any chance to consider a newsletter style emails per user highlighting statistics of their posts and topics? It could have the number of views and likes for all topics (and maybe posts if possible) and the number of lik…

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## [Indicate number of messages in folder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-number-of-messages-in-folder/53709)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indicate-number-of-messages-in-folder/53709 "2016-12-02T19:29:25Z")

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I have hundreds, maybe thousands, of messages in my private message folders and am trying to get on top of them. Is there any way for members to see how many messages are in each folder, e.g. the inbox, archive, sent, gr…

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## [Feature to create quizzes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-to-create-quizzes/53600)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Grigor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Scott_Grigor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-to-create-quizzes/53600 "2016-11-30T22:52:55Z")

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Is there any plugin with the ability to create quizzes? Something like playbuzz would be quite exciting to use for forums

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## [Moderation of Admin and Moderator Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-of-admin-and-moderator-posts/30212)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-of-admin-and-moderator-posts/30212 "2016-11-30T22:51:41Z")

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We had set our Discourse installation so that all posts were moderated, including those from moderators and admins. We did this by setting a very high number of posts from a new user that must be approved and a low trust…

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## [Split e-mail rate limit between notification and mailing-list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-e-mail-rate-limit-between-notification-and-mailing-list-mode/53556)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-e-mail-rate-limit-between-notification-and-mailing-list-mode/53556 "2016-11-30T21:17:24Z")

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I just got a report from a user who is using discourse primarily via the “mailing list” mode, that he had hit the 100 e-mails per day limit. From my understanding the setting max emails per day per user applies to all e…

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## [Listing software version on About page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/listing-software-version-on-about-page/53529)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/listing-software-version-on-about-page/53529 "2016-11-29T17:29:58Z")

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So I was looking around to quickly find the version of a site on which I’m not an admin. I remembered I could find it in the page source code, but realized that might not be too obvious to a non-technical person that was…

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## [Permissions for custom groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-custom-groups/53441)

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**Author:** [@Arcanum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arcanum)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-for-custom-groups/53441 "2016-11-28T13:06:41Z")

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Please corect me if I am just not seeing the option. So let’s say I want some users to approve newcommers, just approve accounts, or I want someone to manage users and add badges. I just cannot do that without giving th…

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## [Email digest for specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-for-specific-categories/53398)

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**Author:** [@anon29908737](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon29908737)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-digest-for-specific-categories/53398 "2016-11-26T20:17:46Z")

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We’re implementing discourse for courses and would like to allow students to select email delivery for the specific categories (courses) they are enrolled in. Is that already possible or a feature request? Eta I think t…

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## [Forum with Q&A combined?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-q-a-combined/53388)

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**Author:** [@Sara\_Noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sara_Noel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-q-a-combined/53388 "2016-11-26T19:05:39Z")

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I guess this is what I want. I want a forum, but with Q&A combined. But I want the conversation to be front and center and the Q&A prominent, but not the primary focus and separated out from the conversations. Problem:…

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## [Can Discourse get reports about search history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-get-reports-about-search-history/53353)

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**Author:** [@helperhaps](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helperhaps)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-get-reports-about-search-history/53353 "2016-11-26T02:13:11Z")

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As we know Discourse can get so many reports about itself. But I can never find a report about search, such how many search query we get per month, or which is the most search result, or which user use search the most et…

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## [Hide About Me for Suspended Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-about-me-for-suspended-users/53383)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-about-me-for-suspended-users/53383 "2016-11-26T00:34:11Z")

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We’ve recently switched to SSO and we’ve quickly discovered that accounts we’ve suspended are finding ways to regenerate their About Me text (we manually remove it) by logging in to the parent site. The parent site, sen…

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## [Cannot grow/shrink composition pane with touch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-grow-shrink-composition-pane-with-touch/53316)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-grow-shrink-composition-pane-with-touch/53316 "2016-11-24T01:12:32Z")

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On my Surface, I can’t grow or shrink the composer area using touch – it’s interpreted as a scroll of the content below. My guess is that this is because on the “desktop” version of Discourse, only mouse events are hand…

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## [Summary Email Changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-changes/52777)

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**Author:** [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-changes/52777 "2016-11-22T00:05:54Z")

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See this post for more information Currently we’re implementing a redesign of the Discourse summary emails (formerly known as the “weekly digest”). These emails are extremely important to community engagement and reten…

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## [Use last outgoing link in closed topic as forwarder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-last-outgoing-link-in-closed-topic-as-forwarder/33683 "2016-11-22T10:52:52Z")

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Please bear with me as I don’t know exactly what I’m suggesting yet, but I need help fleshing out this idea. If I search “wordpress and discourse on same server”, I get this result: 4 closed topics. All technically …

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## [Seperate grace edit setting for TL0 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seperate-grace-edit-setting-for-tl0-users/53237)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seperate-grace-edit-setting-for-tl0-users/53237 "2016-11-22T06:03:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from this topic: One of the new features added to Discourse in the wake of Stonehearth’s massive spam attack was the ability to limit editing to certain trust levels. This was done in part beca…

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## [\`levenshtein distance spammer emails\` should flag accounts that are similar even if no accounts have been marked as spammers yet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/levenshtein-distance-spammer-emails-should-flag-accounts-that-are-similar-even-if-no-accounts-have-been-marked-as-spammers-yet/49858)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 61\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/levenshtein-distance-spammer-emails-should-flag-accounts-that-are-similar-even-if-no-accounts-have-been-marked-as-spammers-yet/49858 "2016-11-22T04:39:04Z")

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Update: After detailed discussion, it seems that this setting is working as currently coded - it only checks emails against a list after an account is deleted. As this does not help when a spammer makes many accounts im…

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## [RSS feed for weekly or monthly digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-weekly-or-monthly-digests/53170)

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**Author:** [@jcrben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcrben)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-weekly-or-monthly-digests/53170 "2016-11-21T04:59:59Z")

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I really don’t like automated email. There are now a couple Discourse forums which have sent me digest emails that I’ve had to unsubscribe from. I’d really like to subscribe to them, but I can’t handle the information ov…

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## [Integration with embed.ly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-embed-ly/41590)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-embed-ly/41590 "2016-11-21T04:15:19Z")

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For the content that cannot be one-boxed in Discourse, a universal fallback to embed.ly might be better than nothing. Look like a plugin area.

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## [Simplified badge management for new and existing users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-badge-management-for-new-and-existing-users/53166)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-badge-management-for-new-and-existing-users/53166 "2016-11-21T04:14:13Z")

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I’ve found that in-person conferences and workshops are a great way to build up community membership by personal invitations. For those who attend such conferences and workshops, I’ve been manually granting badges reward…

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## [Editing name tags down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-name-tags-down/52851 "2016-11-20T21:49:47Z")

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Is it possible to edit a name tag after choosing it like on Facebook? Most of our users have their full name in their tag (so mine is @Rob\_Nicholson). I find myself wanting to say in a reply “Yes John, I…” but want to ta…

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## [Expandable advanced search UI panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expandable-advanced-search-ui-panel/48440)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 72\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expandable-advanced-search-ui-panel/48440 "2016-11-19T20:54:01Z")

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We’ve got some excellent advanced search options in Discourse at this point, but the UI for them is.. how shall I put this.. … uhhh… bad? Yes, I believe the word I am looking for is “bad”. Recently, I was pleasantly…

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## [Mark a Topic as members-only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072 "2016-11-18T15:32:20Z")

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This is a feature I have wanted on every forum I have ever run, a way to mark a thread/topic to be viewable by members-only. I know we can create a members-only category, but there are often cases when this isn’t a good…

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## [Batch Delete topics in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/batch-delete-topics-in-a-category/12128)

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**Author:** [@sschafft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sschafft)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/batch-delete-topics-in-a-category/12128 "2016-11-18T15:04:17Z")

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How feasible would it be to have a “select all” or check box for each topic in a category to run some action on - ie move, or delete? The problem comes if you need to delete a bunch of posts or re-categorize them, it ge…

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## [Mobile apps re-branding/ White labeling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012)

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**Author:** [@junaid\_pk14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/junaid_pk14)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012 "2016-11-18T07:08:30Z")

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Hello, Background: We are using Vbulletin since 2004 and on mobile side we are using Tapatalk app. Tapatalk(tapatalk.com) also provides a app for global audience and plus for registered users, it allow to create priva…

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## [Allow moderators to break topic title rules](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-break-topic-title-rules/53039)

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**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-break-topic-title-rules/53039 "2016-11-18T00:37:40Z")

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If I, as the owner of my forum, want to post a topic with a cryptic title, it would be nice if discourse would let me do that without having me go and change a global setting first. A “Yes” button, or a “I know what …

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## [Categories access based on custom fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-access-based-on-custom-fields/52924)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas\_Goutaland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicolas_Goutaland)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-access-based-on-custom-fields/52924 "2016-11-16T16:46:45Z")

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Hi, Thanks for your amazing work. Discourse is a very great forum. Long story : We have a mobile application were users are required to login. Onced logged, they may access to a forum, and are automatically logged in …

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## [Edits to Wikis with Replies Should Cause Timestamp Change / Post Shown as Updated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-to-wikis-with-replies-should-cause-timestamp-change-post-shown-as-updated/52700)

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**Author:** [@alexs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexs)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edits-to-wikis-with-replies-should-cause-timestamp-change-post-shown-as-updated/52700 "2016-11-15T15:34:47Z")

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Note I use the terms topic / post & Wiki interchangeably throughout the post, all mentions of topics / posts are referring to Wikis. At the moment, edits to Wikis which don’t have replies cause the topic’s timestamp to …

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## [Customize emails in mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-emails-in-mailing-list-mode/52893)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-emails-in-mailing-list-mode/52893 "2016-11-14T21:49:42Z")

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I have a client that would like to customize (read: insert ads into) outgoing all-mail and daily-summary emails for people in mailing list mode and the since-your-last-visit email. “Go ahead” was my knee-jerk reaction, b…

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## [Lang attribute doesn't change when changing locale on profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lang-attribute-doesnt-change-when-changing-locale-on-profile/52830)

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**Author:** [@Aymane\_Shuichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aymane_Shuichi)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lang-attribute-doesnt-change-when-changing-locale-on-profile/52830 "2016-11-14T09:34:13Z")

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Hi , I have set the default locale to fr and I changed the language to Arabic on my profile. when I check the html while on Arabic page I get lang="fr" as attribute for html tag. The reason why I want it to change is …

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## [Title given through groups are not selectable by users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-given-through-groups-are-not-selectable-by-users/52863)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-given-through-groups-are-not-selectable-by-users/52863 "2016-11-14T02:45:03Z")

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Currently I can add a Default title for all users in this group, but that title is not selectable when I as a admin am changing the title of a users (and thus I have to manually enter it), or if users wants to switch the…

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