# Feature

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## [List of full moderation tools?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-full-moderation-tools/57214)

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**Author:** [@Maelrawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maelrawn)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-full-moderation-tools/57214 "2022-10-29T06:34:27Z")

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I’m a moderator on another forum using Discourse, and (this is going to sound silly) I’m not entirely sure I know where all of the moderation tools are. Most importantly, I want to know if there’s any default function f…

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## [Improving the "Search -\> More..." experience](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-search-more-experience/243208)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-search-more-experience/243208 "2022-10-29T04:20:05Z")

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It’s just struck me that the current search presentation is a little inefficient. If I search for a term and none the top five suggested results match my query, I’ll click through to see the full results, only to be pre…

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## [What is "fast access to favorite reactions"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-fast-access-to-favorite-reactions/214767)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-fast-access-to-favorite-reactions/214767 "2022-01-13T18:15:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from 2.8.0.beta11: User will not be Mentioned Warning, Updated Emoji, and more: What is: Fast access to favorite reactions A search only brings me the announcement — and I’m not noticing a…

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## [Reset user preference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-preference/243107)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-preference/243107 "2022-10-27T17:47:55Z")

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It may be that the above was a deliberate decision here on meta to encourage users to choose their own categories/tags, so it may be that the defaults are empty. Nevertheless, seeing that made me think that it would …

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## [New category and tag notification UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-and-tag-notification-ui/242593)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-and-tag-notification-ui/242593 "2022-10-24T20:31:12Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Sidebar category configuration – just follow watching/tracking instead of having separate config?: This is great. I’d love to be part of that exploration. I’ve put a lot of work into how …

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## [Topic List Sort By Votes in voting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sort-by-votes-in-voting-plugin/63281)

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**Author:** [@kevinprow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinprow)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-sort-by-votes-in-voting-plugin/63281 "2022-10-21T14:08:37Z")

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We have a feature request category using the voting plugin, and the Votes sort order is available in our top menu, but is not available in the “Topic List Sort By:” dropdown in the category settings. I would love to set …

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## [Request: pin topic, default duration forever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-pin-topic-default-duration-forever/242540)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-pin-topic-default-duration-forever/242540 "2022-10-20T22:32:33Z")

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I’d like to suggest a default duration for setting a post pinned. In my case, 99% of the times I pin a topic I set it to forever. I think this is the case for most forums. It would be nice to have it set to forever as …

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## [Email-in Filtering or Multiple Emails per Category/Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-filtering-or-multiple-emails-per-category-group/242463)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-in-filtering-or-multiple-emails-per-category-group/242463 "2022-10-20T16:27:44Z")

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Summary Allow admins to create filters for incoming emails, or allow more than one email to post to a category/group. Description Sometimes a 1:1 map of an email address to a category or group is inconvenient. Sometimes…

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## [Topic Timer Enhancements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184 "2022-10-19T16:17:03Z")

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Hi, When setting a topic timer, there are a few enhancements that I believe would make it even better: When selecting a custom time, to have a popup window that makes it easy to select a time, in a process parallel…

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## [How to add the gamification leaderboard to community homepage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-gamification-leaderboard-to-community-homepage/242231)

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**Author:** [@GaurangTandon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GaurangTandon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-the-gamification-leaderboard-to-community-homepage/242231 "2022-10-18T17:06:10Z")

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I’d like to be able to display the leaderboard on the homepage. It can be a small, condensed table of top N users, with only their usernames and cheers. If that is not possible, even a simple comma separated list of top …

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## [Assign a topic to a group of users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-topic-to-a-group-of-users/128512)

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**Author:** [@tkwong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkwong)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-a-topic-to-a-group-of-users/128512 "2022-10-17T06:49:56Z")

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Is it possible to assign a topic for a group of users using the Assign plugin?

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## [Dealing with unwanted (and probably spam) accounts via SSO?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-unwanted-and-probably-spam-accounts-via-sso/24050)

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**Author:** [@molly\_cushing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/molly_cushing)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-unwanted-and-probably-spam-accounts-via-sso/24050 "2022-10-16T14:52:58Z")

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I’m dealing with a lot Russian spam and instead of having to go to each individual profile to delete and block emails and IP addresses (despite having the domains blacklisted already), it would be much less time consumin…

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## [Allow swipe up/down actions to close images on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-swipe-up-down-actions-to-close-images-on-mobile/241923 "2022-10-15T09:33:57Z")

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When you have a big phone it gets frustrating to have to have to reach up to the close button to close out an image When you swipe up/down, compared to most mobile apps it should close out to the image instead of scroll…

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## [Realtime notifications about users typing a reply?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/realtime-notifications-about-users-typing-a-reply/241762)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/realtime-notifications-about-users-typing-a-reply/241762 "2022-10-13T01:55:41Z")

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Hi there, I’m almost positive that I remember Discourse somewhere around 2016 having realtime notifications toward the bottom of the thread about users that were currently typing a reply in a given topic. Has this been r…

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## [Content attribution using Shared Edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-attribution-using-shared-edits/241491)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-attribution-using-shared-edits/241491 "2022-10-10T12:53:38Z")

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We are considering pushing for shared-edits use in our community for situations where https://etherpad.org/ is being used right now. Although Etherpad is more mature and feature-rich, we are interested in the integration…

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## [Automate custom SQL queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-custom-sql-queries/241611)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-custom-sql-queries/241611 "2022-09-24T21:24:05Z")

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This plugin doesn’t seem to have SQL queries, does it? I would like to automate tagging people in the introduction thread on my forum. But only if a user’s account is one month old, haven’t reached TL1 yet and of course …

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## [Include pronoun field as default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-pronoun-field-as-default/241564)

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**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-pronoun-field-as-default/241564 "2022-10-10T14:02:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Announcing - Gender Pronouns Userfield on Meta For the sake of convenience, maybe it would make sense to bake it into all Discourse communities? I don’t see any harm in having it enabled …

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## [Can we have multiple drafts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-multiple-drafts/241302)

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**Author:** [@RoadOcean](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RoadOcean)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-multiple-drafts/241302 "2022-10-07T21:39:22Z")

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Can you guys make it so that we can save multiple topic/posts drafts. This would be very useful for multitasking. I have a community who uses this forum, I kinda need this. What do you guys think?

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## [Logo-related features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-related-features/276471)

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**Author:** [@carbonrich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carbonrich)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-related-features/276471 "2022-10-07T18:00:45Z")

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Could we get a “logo dark” option? And maybe even a “Use default site logos” checkbox?! (I hope to contribute to this kind of thing soon, but above my coding pay grade at the moment. Thank you for a wonderful component…

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## [Search existing topics when hyperlinking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-existing-topics-when-hyperlinking/112922)

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**Author:** [@SMx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SMx)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-existing-topics-when-hyperlinking/112922 "2022-10-06T19:54:23Z")

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Hi everyone, if I may give you a suggestion. When in editor and hyperlinking a word in a post, it would be a great idea to write a word/keys and dynamically search for matching topics. Because I’m finding myself linking…

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## [Calendar plugin features to make it really useful for us](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-plugin-features-to-make-it-really-useful-for-us/210333)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/calendar-plugin-features-to-make-it-really-useful-for-us/210333 "2022-10-06T18:43:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Calendar: The Fedora Project currently has our own calendaring web app, Fedocal. It’s due for an update, and I’m thinking about whether we could replace it calendars on Discourse…

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## [Oneboxes with anchors hide the anchor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxes-with-anchors-hide-the-anchor/191125)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxes-with-anchors-hide-the-anchor/191125 "2022-10-06T18:13:04Z")

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When I write a onebox with an anchor — for example to a particular comment in a GitHub issue — the generated onebox has multiple links: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7666#issuecomment-497742621 The diminu…

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## [Create ranked polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-ranked-polls/215351)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Holdgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Holdgraf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-ranked-polls/215351 "2022-10-06T17:33:29Z")

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I quite like the polls feature for quickly getting feedback from a part of the community. In some cases, we’d like to be able to let people rank their preferences in a poll, rather than simply choose from multiple option…

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## [Restrict category access during certains hours](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-category-access-during-certains-hours/241150)

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**Author:** [@Fabrice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fabrice)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-category-access-during-certains-hours/241150 "2022-10-06T15:55:00Z")

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Maybe I’d only be interested in a feature like this, but it would be definetely useful to have the ability to automatically restrict posting/viewing to certain groups/TL during certains hours or maybe days of week. The f…

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## [Text File viewer within post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-file-viewer-within-post/241077)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-file-viewer-within-post/241077 "2022-10-05T22:07:52Z")

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Currently this is how text files are being displayed in posts: Instead, it can be presented like this: This way allows for you to know what’s in a text file without having to download it and open it on your system…

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## [Is there a way to "secretly" unlist posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-secretly-unlist-posts/240973)

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**Author:** [@Frank2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-secretly-unlist-posts/240973 "2022-10-05T18:16:36Z")

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Situation occurs that a topic deviates from the theme of the forum; however, this topic expresses opinions that may not be suitable for a straight-up deletion. What I’m thinking about is to unlist this topic, but the aut…

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## [Threaded chats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-chats/240998)

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**Author:** [@asirota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asirota)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-chats/240998 "2022-10-05T10:08:10Z")

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Will Discourse chat support threads like Slack at some point? If so how should they work? There may be an opportunity here to think about how conversations that start as a thread in a chat channel could then become a to…

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## [Honouring Resent-\* in email receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honouring-resent-in-email-receiver/240132)

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**Author:** [@Natureshadow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Natureshadow)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honouring-resent-in-email-receiver/240132 "2022-10-04T06:05:47Z")

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We have a workflow where we use Discourse as an e-mail archive. We have a group mail address, and our agents Cc that address when starting a mail thread with a customer. This works great until a customer replies to the …

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## [Send by email a message to add it in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-by-email-a-message-to-add-it-in-a-topic/240714)

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**Author:** [@laurent.c](https://meta.discourse.org/u/laurent.c)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-by-email-a-message-to-add-it-in-a-topic/240714 "2022-10-03T11:37:46Z")

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We can create topics by email or reply to a notification by email but it seems impossible to add a message to a topic with a unique email address. I explored the forum to understand all features related to emails: Mirr…

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## [Add a progress bar to actions that take a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-progress-bar-to-actions-that-take-a-while/237636)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-progress-bar-to-actions-that-take-a-while/237636 "2022-10-02T19:10:52Z")

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There are some actions that even on powerful hosts that take a while. For example, I split a topic that’s ~8.6k posts long and it took around 30 seconds. Discourse gave me 0 confirmation anything was happening. I just …

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