# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=51

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## [More options to filter users on users page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-options-to-filter-users-on-users-page/87047)

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**Author:** [@SMT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMT)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-options-to-filter-users-on-users-page/87047 "2024-05-23T08:13:41Z")

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https://meta.discourse.org/u On my forum there are 18K users. But there is no way to filter users. Example filter users via location. If I want to see how many people are from new york or from san francisco how to I do…

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## [More granular options for font size (in user settings)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-options-for-font-size-in-user-settings/309077)

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**Author:** [@schneeland](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneeland)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-options-for-font-size-in-user-settings/309077 "2024-05-22T21:14:21Z")

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As mentioned in this thread about the recent font size increase, I have found that I prefer the old base font size of 15px to the new one of 16px (in particular because of the size of thread titles, which is 18.4px on my…

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## [Connect Discourse status to Outlook out of office](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-status-to-outlook-out-of-office/309016)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-status-to-outlook-out-of-office/309016 "2024-05-22T15:06:42Z")

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Setting status manually can be tough to remember across multiple applications. It would be great if Discourse could connect to Outlook so that status could be set automatically when a user has out of office calendar even…

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## [Live markdown editor for chat text box](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-markdown-editor-for-chat-text-box/309005)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/live-markdown-editor-for-chat-text-box/309005 "2024-05-22T12:54:26Z")

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It would be great to have live markdown support in the chat text box. I feel the text box is too small to have a raw text editor and live preview side-by-side like the composer, but having a live markdown view would be g…

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## [Create custom "channel category" dividers for chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-custom-channel-category-dividers-for-chat/309004)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-custom-channel-category-dividers-for-chat/309004 "2024-05-22T12:51:50Z")

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When utilizing chat full-time, I’m noticing that the number of channels you can have can start to balloon very quickly. It would be great to have the ability to create categories that you can group the channels by in you…

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## [Post Created / Edited Trigger for Send PMs Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-created-edited-trigger-for-send-pms-automation/308749)

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**Author:** [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-created-edited-trigger-for-send-pms-automation/308749 "2024-05-21T18:01:03Z")

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I want a private message to be sent, as long as the user types a keyword in a specific category. That is, I have the category “contests” and if the user writes a keyword that he left in the topic, for example “win5”, th…

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## [Refining Tag Groups for Column Curation in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refining-tag-groups-for-column-curation-in-discourse/308783)

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**Author:** [@almereyda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/almereyda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refining-tag-groups-for-column-curation-in-discourse/308783 "2024-05-21T13:54:28Z")

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Would it seem suitable to support tag groups for choosing the columns of board? ▶ Screenshot A remaining question would be how to solve effective ordering of lists. Another observation was, that “scoped” tags using a p…

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## [How to disable checker for “Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-checker-for-body-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence/241859)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-checker-for-body-seems-unclear-is-it-a-complete-sentence/241859 "2024-05-21T11:08:30Z")

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I’m struggling to turn this off, I have set: allow uppercase posts → enabled title prettify → disabled body min entropy → 0 title min entropy → 0 min post length → 1 min first post length → 1 allow uppercase posts → en…

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## ["First Flag" badge has precise public timestamps that could be correlated with flagged posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-flag-badge-has-precise-public-timestamps-that-could-be-correlated-with-flagged-posts/187710)

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**Author:** [@joshtriplett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshtriplett)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-flag-badge-has-precise-public-timestamps-that-could-be-correlated-with-flagged-posts/187710 "2024-05-21T01:33:43Z")

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It’s possible to see a full list of everyone who has been granted the “first flag” badge, and the corresponding RSS feed first-flag.rss gives a timestamp that’s precise to the second for when the badge was grantedAt. Tha…

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## [Ability to silence users in chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-silence-users-in-chat/308426)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-silence-users-in-chat/308426 "2024-05-20T08:57:12Z")

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We have a need for more moderation capabilities—in this case, the ability to silencer a user in chat, directly from that chat/channel. Beyond the obvious value to a community manager/moderator for easy access to these m…

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## [Improvement of the Discourse avatar menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-of-the-discourse-avatar-menu/308659)

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**Author:** [@zwaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zwaa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvement-of-the-discourse-avatar-menu/308659 "2024-05-20T05:53:10Z")

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Hi! I’ve noticed that before the Notifications, Replies and Bookmarks etc. panes under the avatar gets populated with stuff, there’s actually a very good explanation there of what you’ll find in them. When I first starte…

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## [Discourse AI to make spam filter smarter?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-to-make-spam-filter-smarter/279158)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-to-make-spam-filter-smarter/279158 "2024-05-18T10:29:28Z")

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I’ve just okay-ed yet another false positive flagged as spam by Akismet. It seems to object to users posting stacktraces, which is rather common in our instance. It seems to me that recognzing what’s normal for a site …

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## [Move summary button to topic footer and other reorganization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-summary-button-to-topic-footer-and-other-reorganization/308427)

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**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-summary-button-to-topic-footer-and-other-reorganization/308427 "2024-05-17T14:59:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Feedback on our simplified topic map experiment… What about Moving summarize Pick an Icon For Topic Controls(maybe replace word Control with svg icon) Move Notify Bell as Symbol up to…

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## [Allow staff to edit other users' chat messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-staff-to-edit-other-users-chat-messages/237941)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-staff-to-edit-other-users-chat-messages/237941 "2024-05-17T14:14:47Z")

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I’m not totally sure if this can be counted as a bug, but because Chat is now acting differently than topics I’m counting this as a bug. With topics and posts, basically everywhere, an admin can edit everything. But tha…

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## [New monetisation feature proposition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-monetisation-feature-proposition/84142)

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**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-monetisation-feature-proposition/84142 "2024-05-17T11:54:57Z")

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Hi All, I have been thinking of a way of monetising the website and during the launching stage for us about 4 months old site it it a bit tricky. There is different monetising ways : 1 - ads ( I don’t like it, it look…

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## [Federation support for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921)

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**Author:** [@buoyantair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/buoyantair)\
**Replies:** 120\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921 "2024-05-17T09:52:43Z")

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The mail goal of this feature is to connect all the Discourse communities like how Mastodon makes use of global and local feeds to maintain a healthy and decentralized network of Mastodon instances which allows a user fr…

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## [Display banner in chat (or modal-like message) for first-time users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-banner-in-chat-or-modal-like-message-for-first-time-users/269270)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-banner-in-chat-or-modal-like-message-for-first-time-users/269270 "2024-05-16T18:12:16Z")

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We want to display a message (or modal-like cover over chat) to first time chat users with a message of our choice. In this case, we want to remind them that chat is for general discussion and support questions should st…

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## [Dedicated chat client?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021 "2024-05-15T17:26:58Z")

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My business is ramping up our usage of Discourse, now building “micro communities” within our community—that is, other business units want to do their user-facing operations through Discourse. As a forcing function, I’m…

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## [Could I use slash command in chat?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-i-use-slash-command-in-chat/258572)

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**Author:** [@cmdntd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmdntd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-i-use-slash-command-in-chat/258572 "2024-05-15T14:19:58Z")

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Sometime, I want to have a command in chat like slack Could I build a slash command in chat?

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## [Add tags based on user selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-based-on-user-selection/299388)

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**Author:** [@Jayne\_ivana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayne_ivana)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-tags-based-on-user-selection/299388 "2024-05-15T06:02:44Z")

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One feature I’d love to see is for specific tags to be automatically added based on the checkmark selection a user makes on a question. Example: What platform do you use? Steam Xbox PC And when they check one, the re…

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## ["Reader Mode" theme component feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reader-mode-theme-component-feedback/304314)

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**Author:** [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reader-mode-theme-component-feedback/304314 "2024-05-14T15:27:12Z")

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I recently installed a theme component here on Meta that introduces a “reader mode” when viewing a topic. The button to toggle this feature is located at the top of the topic timeline controls: Clicking it will put …

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## [Allowing Markdown when replacing in Watched Words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-markdown-when-replacing-in-watched-words/272014)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-markdown-when-replacing-in-watched-words/272014 "2024-05-14T09:50:02Z")

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Scenario: I want to have a watched word, say GET (no quotes) and I want to replace it with ## GET to make it an H2 header. I create that watched word and its replacement, but when I compose a message with GET, and hit s…

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## [Add plugin check when trying to install as theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-check-when-trying-to-install-as-theme-component/307879)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-check-when-trying-to-install-as-theme-component/307879 "2024-05-14T08:37:03Z")

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This happens frequently and the “are you sure this is a theme” clearly isn’t a good enough prompt since people post here as if there is a problem with the code. Maybe that code should also look for a plugin.rb (or other…

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## [Copy/cut the current line if invoked without any text selected in composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-cut-the-current-line-if-invoked-without-any-text-selected-in-composer/307562)

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**Author:** [@fokx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fokx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-cut-the-current-line-if-invoked-without-any-text-selected-in-composer/307562 "2024-05-10T15:56:55Z")

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I find it quite useful to be able to copy/cut the current line if invoked without any text selected in a JetBrains IDE or in a text editor like KDE’s default Kate. Also, as this behavior does not introduce new key-bindin…

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## [Mandatory fields for group site setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-fields-for-group-site-setting/307219)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandatory-fields-for-group-site-setting/307219 "2024-05-13T20:38:36Z")

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In the commit FEATURE: mandatory fields for group site setting (#26612) · discourse/discourse@98fc614 · GitHub, the admins and moderators groups were added as mandatory to some settings. In addition to the effect that th…

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## [Add bulk\_create to Gamification external event API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800)

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**Author:** [@colin.mckibben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colin.mckibben)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-bulk-create-to-gamification-external-event-api/307800 "2024-05-13T20:22:13Z")

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Is the external gamification built into the SQL database? I have a need to assign external points to a large quantity of users and doing it through the API with its rate limiting will take too long and cause issues with …

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## [Mobile Indicators for Who’s Online](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-indicators-for-who-s-online/236621)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-indicators-for-who-s-online/236621 "2024-05-12T12:09:16Z")

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This could probably be an option for people who don’t want it. Pretty much if Discourse detects a mobile client, on top of the green ring the user has a green mobile icon. This wouldn’t replace the flairs, maybe put th…

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## [Show Topic Timer information in the Topic list view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-topic-timer-information-in-the-topic-list-view/216788)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-topic-timer-information-in-the-topic-list-view/216788 "2024-05-12T11:42:22Z")

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Hi, When I have a number of posts scheduled, say in the drafts Category, it would be super convenient if the Topic Timer information was displayed when I am looking at the Topic list for the Drafts Category. Then with o…

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## [Rumble.com onebox for videos not working / Video object JSON LD](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rumble-com-onebox-for-videos-not-working-video-object-json-ld/191902)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rumble-com-onebox-for-videos-not-working-video-object-json-ld/191902 "2024-05-10T23:44:55Z")

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Many users share videos from rumble.com in our community. However, onebox does not create proper video embeds for this ever-growing video platform: However, the website provides the necessary data for the embed via J…

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## [Adding a central authentication log to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-central-authentication-log-to-discourse/307581)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-central-authentication-log-to-discourse/307581 "2024-05-10T19:16:21Z")

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Summary We should add an standardised authentication log system to Discourse that stores authentication events from all of the enabled authentication methods for analysis & troubleshooting. Details We would provide an a…

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