# Feature

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## [Could discourse have a go back to last page button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-discourse-have-a-go-back-to-last-page-button/324188)

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**Author:** [@Rick\_Jing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rick_Jing)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-discourse-have-a-go-back-to-last-page-button/324188 "2024-08-30T19:32:31Z")

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I think it’s great to have a go back to last page button when finished reading topics, especially on desktop, because in my opinion most user won’t use any keyboard shortcut, I don’t use shortcuts even I use discourse ev…

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## [Add option to disable backup compression](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288)

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**Author:** [@Koinu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Koinu)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-option-to-disable-backup-compression/37288 "2024-08-30T16:15:59Z")

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The built-in backup functionality is great, but It’d be nice if there was an option to disable compression and produce plain .tar files. Specifically, if the backups were uncompressed, rolling hash-based chunking (intra…

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## [Expanding Search / Similar Topic Externally](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-search-similar-topic-externally/149829)

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**Author:** [@ravilach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ravilach)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expanding-search-similar-topic-externally/149829 "2024-08-29T14:51:35Z")

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All wise and all-knowing Discourse Community! Hope everyone is well. My first Topic on the Community w00t! We have been leveraging Discourse \[hosted, SaaS\] for almost and year and really happy. Though we want to start …

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## [Add more language support for AI summaries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-language-support-for-ai-summaries/278151)

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**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-language-support-for-ai-summaries/278151 "2024-08-29T05:09:34Z")

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There is a small issue, the summarization feature works great but it generates summaries in English. However, the website is in Turkish. I wonder if the same error exists in different website languages or if there will b…

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## [ElasticSearch and Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elasticsearch-and-discourse/322014)

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**Author:** [@David\_Ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Ghost)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/elasticsearch-and-discourse/322014 "2024-08-28T12:57:17Z")

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Hey, sorry, i dont know where to post it. But i have a question. Discourse has any Elastic Search implementation project in the future? I’ve used this on a few other forums and I really liked the option “auto complete”…

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## [Autorefresh review queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autorefresh-review-queue/323563)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autorefresh-review-queue/323563 "2024-08-27T14:27:03Z")

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We’ve somehow caught the attention of a spam farm, and for the duration we’ve turned on approval of new users. That takes me to the review queue (finally… I use it so infrequently, it took a while to remember it exists)…

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## [Chat activity in Community health / Reports data](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-activity-in-community-health-reports-data/259301)

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**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon_tomes)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-activity-in-community-health-reports-data/259301 "2024-08-27T13:36:42Z")

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Hi there, How do “Chat Channels” and “Personal chat” feed into Community Health / Reports data? As far as I’m aware they don’t. Are there plans to enhance/modify the Community Health dashboard to take into account thin…

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## [Turn Data Explorer query results into CSV to attach to Discourse automated emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-data-explorer-query-results-into-csv-to-attach-to-discourse-automated-emails/267529)

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**Author:** [@paigen11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paigen11)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-data-explorer-query-results-into-csv-to-attach-to-discourse-automated-emails/267529 "2024-08-27T05:16:56Z")

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Follow up feature request spawned from this previous thread With Discourse automation, I’m able to run a Data Explorer query on a recurring cadence to pull the values constituting the Trending Search Terms report that c…

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## [Allow author of wiki post to revert changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-author-of-wiki-post-to-revert-changes/323340)

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**Author:** [@ego-lay\_atman-bay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ego-lay_atman-bay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-author-of-wiki-post-to-revert-changes/323340 "2024-08-26T19:07:08Z")

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I have ran into an issue where I had a giant post that I marked as a wiki post, so other people can edit it, but someone who didn’t know what a wiki post was, decided to just completely vandalize it, deleting the entire …

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## [Image links with query string results in weird-looking filename caption](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-links-with-query-string-results-in-weird-looking-filename-caption/16866)

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**Author:** [@samluescher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samluescher)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-links-with-query-string-results-in-weird-looking-filename-caption/16866 "2024-08-26T17:24:32Z")

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Embedding images with links containing a query string, e.g. foo.com/attachments/token/sc1kod6qalzegkg/?name=sunset.jpg results in weird-looking filename caption “?name=sunset.jpg”. Maybe check for query string?

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## [Allow admins to change email addresses easily](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-to-change-email-addresses-easily/33753)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-to-change-email-addresses-easily/33753 "2022-01-18T21:18:42Z")

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Current setup: Site is locked down for members to be invited or request access. We don’t want people changing their own email address, so the related email change site-setting is disabled. Of course, sometimes an admin…

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## [Templates for Wikis (especially an Infobox Object)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/templates-for-wikis-especially-an-infobox-object/322617)

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**Author:** [@hazenbiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hazenbiz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/templates-for-wikis-especially-an-infobox-object/322617 "2024-08-26T00:40:29Z")

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Hey all! Using Discourse partially as a wiki for my interest group — I would really love to have infoboxes to really take these articles to the next level. Has anyone integrated this into Discourse? I can’t find any plu…

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## [Slow mode for a chat channel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-for-a-chat-channel/323133)

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**Author:** [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-for-a-chat-channel/323133 "2024-08-24T13:12:27Z")

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it will be nice to be able to set slow mode for a chat channel,

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## [Detecting secrets in attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-secrets-in-attachments/322660)

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**Author:** [@Colin\_Mueller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Colin_Mueller)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-secrets-in-attachments/322660 "2024-08-23T14:51:09Z")

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Hey there! We run a support community where users often upload log files. We encourage open support discussions whenever possible and only exceptionally raise private messages to collect logs (when we think there’s a lo…

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## [Wishlist: show assignment comment in group's list of assignments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wishlist-show-assignment-comment-in-groups-list-of-assignments/323062)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wishlist-show-assignment-comment-in-groups-list-of-assignments/323062 "2024-08-23T12:10:30Z")

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We’ve come to use assignments quite extensively. Community managers assign to groups, and then groups assign to sub-groups or individuals. About… 40% of the time, I’ll include a comment in my assignment to give context…

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## [Unlist or archive a post when it has no reply per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-or-archive-a-post-when-it-has-no-reply-per-category/256176)

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**Author:** [@mononym](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mononym)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlist-or-archive-a-post-when-it-has-no-reply-per-category/256176 "2024-08-23T11:41:06Z")

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Hello. This feature – unlist or archive a post when it has no reply after x amount of time per category – would be super useful not to have the Annoucement category (single post topics) filling up the Latest listing.

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## [Users exempted from watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-exempted-from-watched-words/220991)

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**Author:** [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-exempted-from-watched-words/220991 "2024-08-21T11:13:07Z")

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We’re using the Watched Words feature, but we’re not watching or worried about profanity or other bad words. Instead, we have to look out for words like compensation, or salary. This is thanks to antitrust laws governing…

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## [Persistent notification for user when their post is held for approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/persistent-notification-for-user-when-their-post-is-held-for-approval/322659)

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**Author:** [@nick3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nick3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/persistent-notification-for-user-when-their-post-is-held-for-approval/322659 "2024-08-21T08:44:39Z")

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To combat spam, I’ve set the “approve post count” setting to 1, which requires every new user’s first post to be approved by a moderator. However, I’ve noticed a recurring issue: many users are not noticing the one-time …

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## [Automatic Admin settings backups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-admin-settings-backups/321654)

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**Author:** [@wal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-admin-settings-backups/321654 "2024-08-19T13:10:15Z")

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We have methods for automatic backups of the Discourse site Configure automatic backups for Discourse and there are methods for backing up the Admin settings to a YAML file Administrative Bulk Operations It would be nic…

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## [Eliminate YouTube thumbnail black bars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eliminate-youtube-thumbnail-black-bars/319936)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eliminate-youtube-thumbnail-black-bars/319936 "2024-08-19T08:33:09Z")

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YouTube embeds were improved a while ago by removing the black bars if they were present. However these persist in Thumbnails of many videos. Can this be addressed too?

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## [Group-specific Whispers in addition to staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-specific-whispers-in-addition-to-staff/233114)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-specific-whispers-in-addition-to-staff/233114 "2024-08-18T07:45:35Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How do I create a whisper post?: Whispers could be useful to expand, similar to the newly in-development functionality for group-specific canned replies, to also allow multiple whispers (s…

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## ["Circles" in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/circles-in-discourse/223034)

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**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/circles-in-discourse/223034 "2024-08-16T19:33:55Z")

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I’d love to see something like this be implemented into Discourse. Groups are nice, but they’re not entirely similar, nor are they exactly what I have in mind. Maybe it would be possible through a Customization \> …

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## [Support for Google's Feedback-ID headers and Feedback Loops](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-googles-feedback-id-headers-and-feedback-loops/321913)

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**Author:** [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-googles-feedback-id-headers-and-feedback-loops/321913 "2024-08-16T01:22:56Z")

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Are there plans for Discourse email to support the Google/gmail Feedback-ID header and feedback loops? Here’s what the Google Postmaster Tools page has to say about them: To monitor your messages or campaigns for a hig…

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## [Use CMD+K Shortcut to Move Between All Focused Sidebar Options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-cmd-k-shortcut-to-move-between-all-focused-sidebar-options/245776)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-cmd-k-shortcut-to-move-between-all-focused-sidebar-options/245776 "2024-08-15T16:35:54Z")

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debryc #chat feedback I love the CMD-K option of moving between chat channels. I'd love it even more if it included all the focused sidebar options (Everything, Tracked, My Posts, each Category, etc.)

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## [Sort by Created Date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812)

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**Author:** [@PeakProsperity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeakProsperity)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812 "2024-08-15T13:18:39Z")

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I would like to put a feature request in for a built-in button that allows users to sort topics by the topic creation date. We get asked for this all the time in our community and right now the only way I know of to do …

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## [Automatically add the tag which is required by the tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-tag-which-is-required-by-the-tag-group/321787)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-tag-which-is-required-by-the-tag-group/321787 "2024-08-15T10:19:08Z")

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Sometimes it is confusing that you cannot add a tag to a topic. It is not obvious that it is part of a tag group, which requires you to add a different tag first. When you create a new topic by using the new topic butto…

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## [Automatic\_tax.enabled for Discourse Subscription plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-tax-enabled-for-discourse-subscription-plugin/254606)

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**Author:** [@SteveRueck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveRueck)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-tax-enabled-for-discourse-subscription-plugin/254606 "2024-08-14T12:40:07Z")

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Hello all, I use the Stripe Discourse Sub plugin an got my first subscriber. yeah :slight\_smile: Unfortunatly the bill for this subscriber was without tax information, but which is necessary. I had contact to the stri…

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## [Silence and suspend reason messages should be PMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-and-suspend-reason-messages-should-be-pms/312801)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silence-and-suspend-reason-messages-should-be-pms/312801 "2024-08-14T00:50:12Z")

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I’ve found myself wanting to find logs of the communication with users regarding their silencing and/or suspension. While an email is sent to the offending user with the reason (I think?) I’m not able to see this messag…

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## [Firefox has quirky copy/paste image behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-has-quirky-copy-paste-image-behavior/39345)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firefox-has-quirky-copy-paste-image-behavior/39345 "2024-08-13T13:15:28Z")

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How to repro. Firefox Only (latest) Open any image from imgur/imageshack etc.. Copy Image. (Do not copy image URL/Just copy image) Paste the image on your latest upgraded Discourse community, Instead of uploading the i…

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## [Allow AI helper for reading only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-ai-helper-for-reading-only/320871)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-ai-helper-for-reading-only/320871 "2024-08-12T23:20:52Z")

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It is currently possible to allow the AI Helper in the Composer and disallow it while reading posts, but the opposite is not possible. Is there anything in the works to allow admins to let users have the AI Helper when r…

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