# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=29 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 30 --- ## [Make category tag rules / restrictions apply to moderators too](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-category-tag-rules-restrictions-apply-to-moderators-too/240496)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-category-tag-rules-restrictions-apply-to-moderators-too/240496 "2025-05-31T14:41:49Z")
Problem: We have moderators who are also very active users of the site We’re using tag groups and tag requirements heavily — it’s fundamental to the structure of the site. \[1\] Moderator powers are always on, even if som… --- ## [A setting to allow storing persistent JSON data in artifacts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-setting-to-allow-storing-persistent-json-data-in-artifacts/367199)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-setting-to-allow-storing-persistent-json-data-in-artifacts/367199 "2025-05-30T18:57:17Z")
I humbly propose the implementation of rails console setting that would let admins enable the ability for AI artifacts to store persistent data in a single JSON file. This may of course inadvertently introduce some issue… --- ## [Ability to have granular scope for data explorer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-have-granular-scope-for-data-explorer/362351)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-have-granular-scope-for-data-explorer/362351 "2025-05-30T16:47:36Z")
Is there a way to scope an API key to be able to both read and write for data explorer queries without giving a globally scoped admin API key? --- ## [A better way to inform admins that some setting changes require specific sysadmin tasks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-inform-admins-that-some-setting-changes-require-specific-sysadmin-tasks/368254)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-better-way-to-inform-admins-that-some-setting-changes-require-specific-sysadmin-tasks/368254 "2025-05-30T14:36:07Z")
I’ve done this now (took a couple of minutes), with a rebuild for good measure. Interestingly, the search results are now the same (:partying\_face:) but only the accent-specific search terms are highlighted. Is that int… --- ## [Allow tags in target category for drafts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tags-in-target-category-for-drafts/368221)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tags-in-target-category-for-drafts/368221 "2025-05-30T08:04:52Z")
Use-case I’m preparing a Press Release. PRs are tagged #press-release and this tag is limited to the #Press category, to avoid community members from using it, that would confuse readers. But the drafts category where t… --- ## [Pin more than one topic globally](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-more-than-one-topic-globally/366271)
**Author:** [@Andrew15-5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew15-5)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-more-than-one-topic-globally/366271 "2025-05-30T04:54:08Z")
Hello. I would like to pin multiple topics globally, but it appears that it’s not possible right now. Can this be added? For example, one topic can be a default “welcome” topic, and another could be related specifically… --- ## [Discourse Update/Upgrade dependency check](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-upgrade-dependency-check/368142)
**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-update-upgrade-dependency-check/368142 "2025-05-29T23:54:28Z")
As we have observed over the years at times an update/upgrade will fail due to dependencies. Ie Docker version/OS. My idea is for discourse to run some kind of dependency check to ensure base requirements are met. If … --- ## [Why are weekly summary emails on by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-weekly-summary-emails-on-by-default/149448)
**Author:** [@gubikmic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gubikmic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-weekly-summary-emails-on-by-default/149448 "2025-05-29T04:22:37Z")
Why are weekly summary emails sent out as the default setting? Why, when users are never even asked?! The assumption that just because a user signs up for a forum means they want to be kept updated weekly seems very un… --- ## [Date line should be human-readable in emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-line-should-be-human-readable-in-mails/299937)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-line-should-be-human-readable-in-mails/299937 "2025-05-29T04:20:30Z")
New date entries in a topic appear like this in the corresponding notification emails: Nächstes Freifunk Treffen Makers Inn (noch unbestätigt) 2024-04-18T16:00:00Z UTC→2024-04-18T20:00:00Z UTC For the mail publicatio --- ## [Auto-delete system messages for bumping old topics after the topic gets a reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-delete-system-messages-for-bumping-old-topics-after-the-topic-gets-a-reply/147561)
**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-delete-system-messages-for-bumping-old-topics-after-the-topic-gets-a-reply/147561 "2025-05-28T21:17:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Automatically bumping old topics on a category: after the system bumped an old topic, and the topic gets some new replies, the bumping notification is not needed anymore. and it’d be less … --- ## [Provide visual cue when a topic is receiving an AI response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-visual-cue-when-a-topic-is-receiving-an-ai-response/356720)
**Author:** [@BrianC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrianC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-visual-cue-when-a-topic-is-receiving-an-ai-response/356720 "2025-05-28T12:12:58Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve been exploring the Triage with Persona option for auto-responses and noticed that when using thinking models with slower background processing, there’s no visual cue for users to know an auto-respon… --- ## [Possible to configure Discourse to allow flagging after disagreed flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-configure-discourse-to-allow-flagging-after-disagreed-flags/200074)
**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-configure-discourse-to-allow-flagging-after-disagreed-flags/200074 "2021-08-11T14:18:40Z")
Currently, I believe users are unable to flag content again if a flag was previously declined by a moderator on that post. Our moderation team has some use cases where they want users to be able to flag declined content … --- ## [Wrong -\> arrow direction in RTL text contexts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-arrow-direction-in-rtl-text-contexts/360760)
**Author:** [@NeatNit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NeatNit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-arrow-direction-in-rtl-text-contexts/360760 "2025-05-26T08:01:01Z")
This has nothing to do with bidi settings in Discourse. When I type -\> it gets converted into an arrow character →, so A -\> B renders as “A → B”. Pretty cool. However, the arrow goes the wrong way in RTL text: א -\> ב r… --- ## [Delete replies (or have the option to do so) when using Schedule Publish via a topic timer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-replies-or-have-the-option-to-do-so-when-using-schedule-publish-via-a-topic-timer/272778)
**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-replies-or-have-the-option-to-do-so-when-using-schedule-publish-via-a-topic-timer/272778 "2025-05-25T22:44:43Z")
Continuing the discussion from Use a Topic Timer to schedule a topic to be published in the future: I’m putting this in its own topic so it doesn’t\[1\] get deleted by the topic timer on that topic. As an organizer in a … --- ## [Ability to filter solved / unsolved messages in group PM inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-filter-solved-unsolved-messages-in-group-pm-inbox/367370)
**Author:** [@agit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-filter-solved-unsolved-messages-in-group-pm-inbox/367370 "2025-05-23T22:58:48Z")
Hello, we love the solved plugin. Is there a way to add the solved yes/no filter to groups? We are using the groups (with email) for supprt ticketing like discourse (How Does Team Discourse Use Discourse?) so it would b… --- ## [Allow for empty posts and empty topic body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-empty-posts-and-empty-topic-body/318665)
**Author:** [@wal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-empty-posts-and-empty-topic-body/318665 "2025-05-23T22:34:26Z")
Related to the issues described here How to turn off "Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?' It seems that it is not possible to do the following; create a new topic with an empty body message create a post w… --- ## [Feature request: automation to reply to topic when a solution has been selected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-automation-to-reply-to-topic-when-a-solution-has-been-selected/367369)
**Author:** [@ddsongs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddsongs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-automation-to-reply-to-topic-when-a-solution-has-been-selected/367369 "2025-05-23T14:16:06Z")
How would I add a trigger of the Solved in a custom automation? The idea is to post a new “custom” reply in the topic once any comment has been selected as solution. --- ## [Feature Request: Warning Before Replying to PMs with Mixed User/Staff Participants](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-warning-before-replying-to-pms-with-mixed-user-staff-participants/366953)
**Author:** [@Rubi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rubi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-warning-before-replying-to-pms-with-mixed-user-staff-participants/366953 "2025-05-22T20:44:47Z")
Hi, I am a moderator over on Ubuntu Discourse. In moderation workflows, it’s common to start a private message (PM) with a user, and then later add the @moderators group to get input from other staff. The problem is: … --- ## [Send the email login link to the entered email address (not to the Primary email)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-the-email-login-link-to-the-entered-email-address-not-to-the-primary-email/367016)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-the-email-login-link-to-the-entered-email-address-not-to-the-primary-email/367016 "2025-05-22T00:46:45Z")
I had the opportunity today to watch several of my users attempt to login to our site. Several forgot their passwords, and attempted to use the email login link: However, the expected email link never arrived. On fur… --- ## [Feature request: open kanban board items in a modal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-open-kanban-board-items-in-a-modal/366774)
**Author:** [@cmdntd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmdntd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-open-kanban-board-items-in-a-modal/366774 "2025-05-21T18:42:13Z")
Could you view post in modal box - Like trello? It makes user view multi card and navigate easier. --- ## [Group PM “pick up where you left off”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pm-pick-up-where-you-left-off/366937)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-pm-pick-up-where-you-left-off/366937 "2025-05-21T08:47:32Z")
Hi, the URL for a group message https://your.forum.com/t/topic-slug/topic-id has been returning first post of message, even if later posts have been read. Appending /last onto the URL, and then sharing that URL with … --- ## [Searching an external site possible?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-an-external-site-possible/98592)
**Author:** [@emilio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emilio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-an-external-site-possible/98592 "2025-05-20T21:07:28Z")
We use discourse for support questions but many answers can be found in our support documents. (it is wordpress based). Was curious if anyone knew of a way or thoughts on making the Discourse search include results fro… --- ## [Kanban feature request: don't switch back to global default view when selecting category or tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kanban-feature-request-dont-switch-back-to-global-default-view-when-selecting-category-or-tag/366758)
**Author:** [@matt11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matt11)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kanban-feature-request-dont-switch-back-to-global-default-view-when-selecting-category-or-tag/366758 "2025-05-20T13:45:32Z")
This is an amazing feature. Thanks for everyone who has added to it. I have a request for improvement. I am filtering by tags within a subcategory, and ordered the columns by using the syntax recommendation in the “defa… --- ## [Placeholders which can perform simple text substitutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholders-which-can-perform-simple-text-substitutions/366848)
**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/placeholders-which-can-perform-simple-text-substitutions/366848 "2025-05-20T12:48:30Z")
First of all thanks for placeholder-forms which is so incredibly useful and absolutely essential to my daily use of Discourses, across several instances ranging from ‘private notebook Discourse instance’ to ‘large public… --- ## [Integrate placeholder forms inside reply templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155)
**Author:** [@AndyB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-placeholder-forms-inside-reply-templates/279155 "2025-05-20T12:36:34Z")
If I could add a suggestion for this component, our current use case is seen here in a bug reporting category: I’m using a combo of this component and its sibling, Placeholder Forms, to allows users to pick components… --- ## [Solved finder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-finder/344518)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-finder/344518 "2025-05-20T08:22:49Z")
Hello :waving\_hand: Would it be possible to add a button for staff users somewhere next to ai summary button which can find the possible solutions for the topic? It would be really helpful and a real timesaver for staff… --- ## [Feature request: provide link to create new topic in column with category and tag already specified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-provide-link-to-create-new-topic-in-column-with-category-and-tag-already-specified/366788)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-provide-link-to-create-new-topic-in-column-with-category-and-tag-already-specified/366788 "2021-10-13T12:42:11Z")
Would it be possible to make each of the column headings to link to /tags/c/CATAGORY/TAG\_NAME, you can then see just that tag in a single list, but better, you can click New Topic and create a new topic with that tag. It… --- ## [Make it possible to start topics with only titles, no content in first post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-possible-to-start-topics-with-only-titles-no-content-in-first-post/313736)
**Author:** [@wartron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wartron)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-possible-to-start-topics-with-only-titles-no-content-in-first-post/313736 "2025-05-20T01:33:34Z")
I too would like to change the min post length. I run a private community all invited, and we sometimes reply with emoji that is more than just the :heart:. also im not sure what setting but if you do the character lim… --- ## [Use AI to be notified of potential solutions on topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-be-notified-of-potential-solutions-on-topics/366698)
**Author:** [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-be-notified-of-potential-solutions-on-topics/366698 "2025-05-19T23:11:23Z")
Was reading over this topic about AI based moderation - Experiments with AI based moderation on Discourse Meta - and wonder if a similar setup could be used to receive notifications/chat messages when a topic has a poten… --- ## [Feature request: allow kanban board columns to show category and tag colors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-allow-kanban-board-columns-to-show-category-and-tag-colors/366773)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-allow-kanban-board-columns-to-show-category-and-tag-colors/366773 "2025-05-19T22:31:14Z")
I thought I must have missed something. Thanks! The other thing that I think I want, and I usually hate stuff like this, is to have another set of tags that can be used to set the color. I have today in a column but wan… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=28) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=30)