# Feature

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## [Support Odysee.com embeds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-odysee-com-embeds/219765)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Zarebczan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Zarebczan)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-odysee-com-embeds/219765 "2022-03-02T18:42:54Z")

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Hey Discourse team, Tom from Odysee here! We recently integrated with embedly and some users of your software said that odysee.com URLs now show a nice preview, but the player doesn’t work. What would it take to support …

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## [Showing NOT translated strings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-not-translated-strings/220158)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-not-translated-strings/220158 "2022-03-05T19:32:12Z")

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This is a minor request, but it could help us non-native english speaking’ish admins. There is a tick to show overrided strings. Very usefull when searching some badly done translations. But mostly I need to find those …

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## [API Scope for pulling data explorer queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-pulling-data-explorer-queries/174738)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-scope-for-pulling-data-explorer-queries/174738 "2022-03-04T18:32:51Z")

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API responses for Data explorer queries are only available when an API key is generated with global scope. Tried with different scope options existing now (read, read\_lists) but it didnt work with them. It would be gre…

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## [Tell me in the summary when there are no more search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tell-me-in-the-summary-when-there-are-no-more-search-results/220084)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tell-me-in-the-summary-when-there-are-no-more-search-results/220084 "2022-03-04T17:39:20Z")

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Usually when I run a search, I get a link at the bottom to a page with all the results (so that, e.g. I can twiddle the sort the way I want it) When I don’t, it looks broken, and I have to use the Advanced Search but…

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## [What is the purpose of warning for duplicate links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-warning-for-duplicate-links/219298)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-warning-for-duplicate-links/219298 "2022-03-04T13:18:03Z")

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I get warnings like this occasionally: For a long time now, I’ve just dismissed them and gone on with my life. Today I finally asked myself ‘Why?’. What is this warning intended to accomplish? Are you trying to make…

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## [Links should remain in Docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-should-remain-in-docs/176627)

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**Author:** [@PhilippBoeing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhilippBoeing)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-should-remain-in-docs/176627 "2022-03-04T07:58:13Z")

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We use Discourse to communicate in our team. We have a special category for our internal handbook, where all posts are wikis. The Docs plugin is perfect to search and view our internal documentation, except for the fact…

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## [GitHub Plugin: Issue Mentions Linkback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-plugin-issue-mentions-linkback/163618)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-plugin-issue-mentions-linkback/163618 "2022-03-03T14:56:46Z")

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I need a little help, if someone has a few moments. I’m a little confused about this plugin, so some guidance for a semi-techie person would be appreciated. We use github for our repositories for our site’s developmen…

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## [Passing draft text into a new response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-draft-text-into-a-new-response/219888)

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**Author:** [@jlc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jlc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-draft-text-into-a-new-response/219888 "2022-03-03T14:33:11Z")

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I am interested in adding a draft text parameter to topic or post viewing URLs such that when the topic or post is opened, it also automatically opens the reply interface and populates the reply with the draft text (for …

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## [Features to encourage "nice" usernames?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/features-to-encourage-nice-usernames/210124)

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**Author:** [@szhorvat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/szhorvat)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/features-to-encourage-nice-usernames/210124 "2022-03-02T23:00:46Z")

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This is more of a question than a support request. Does Discourse have any features which can assist with encouraging people to choose friendly and recognizable usernames or display names? I am looking to avoid things l…

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## [Warn staff before they move a topic into a category the topic owner cannot access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-staff-before-they-move-a-topic-into-a-category-the-topic-owner-cannot-access/158957)

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**Author:** [@MPW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MPW)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-staff-before-they-move-a-topic-into-a-category-the-topic-owner-cannot-access/158957 "2022-03-02T22:01:56Z")

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Hello, in our forum on forum.freifunk.net (German) it happens quite often, that topics from new users are moved to categories, where the author or thread started has no access to. I’d like to suggest a warning during t…

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## [View streak progress view in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-streak-progress-view-in-user-profile/87794)

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**Author:** [@DaBeast\_45](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaBeast_45)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-streak-progress-view-in-user-profile/87794 "2022-03-01T18:51:24Z")

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I think a new way to enhance profiles is the current view streak(How many days in a row you visited) so you can keep track of who’s active and who’s not and the user can see how many days until the view streak badges!

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## [Customizing About page and other pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-about-page-and-other-pages/58853)

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**Author:** [@Shrike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shrike)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-about-page-and-other-pages/58853 "2018-10-29T10:46:10Z")

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There’re some special pages in Discourse: About, FAQ, ToS, Privacy. All of them can be changed except About. I like the idea to have some fixed standard pages in every forum. But why About cannot be customized? What I …

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## [Some users complaining about "Topic similar to" window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-users-complaining-about-topic-similar-to-window/216505)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Starkweather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Starkweather)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-users-complaining-about-topic-similar-to-window/216505 "2022-02-03T10:29:30Z")

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I have had several members (including my primary moderator) expressing some frustration over the “Your topic is similar to” feature. I am guessing some of this is due to screen sizes and the div for this is partially obs…

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## [Adding New Dashboard Graph Report - Hourly Engaged User](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-dashboard-graph-report-hourly-engaged-user/219374)

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**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-new-dashboard-graph-report-hourly-engaged-user/219374 "2022-02-25T11:28:39Z")

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How would I go about in duplicating the “Daily Engaged User” graph and changing the Dates to Hours ? The idea behind it is to establish the “not so busy” time for maintenance work and also when the site is the busies…

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## [Adding a \`priority\` besides normal and mute](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-priority-besides-normal-and-mute/219327)

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**Author:** [@adamwillisXanax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamwillisXanax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-priority-besides-normal-and-mute/219327 "2022-02-25T00:14:03Z")

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We’re interested in many Topics , over a variety of Rich Categories It’s So easy to lose track time what’s interesting and truly Worthwhile (as more topics pile up) It would be better to add a mini-feature: a priority …

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## [Replies should be able to utilize "Notify"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-should-be-able-to-utilize-notify/206294)

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**Author:** [@anon73664359](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon73664359)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-should-be-able-to-utilize-notify/206294 "2022-02-24T23:27:21Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Notify group using share\>notify feature: “Notify” is such an underrated feature. Why does it only work with topics? I think it should work with replies too. I’ve participated in many Disc…

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## [Add support for multi-select fields in DiscourseConnect protocol](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-multi-select-fields-in-discourseconnect-protocol/219302)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-multi-select-fields-in-discourseconnect-protocol/219302 "2022-02-24T20:50:48Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Custom field in discourseconnect: While site admins can create multiselect fields in Admin → Customize → User Fields in Discourse, at the moment it’s not possible to populate those fields …

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## [Separate click counters for URLs with different GET params](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-click-counters-for-urls-with-different-get-params/193404)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-click-counters-for-urls-with-different-get-params/193404 "2022-02-22T12:26:00Z")

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If I have a link to a page in addition to that same page with customized GET params, it seems link counting for the GET-parameterized versions get folded into the bare URL. For example, I can link to Google’s search pag…

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## [Embedding discourse categories in confluence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-categories-in-confluence/218821)

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**Author:** [@floriankammermann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/floriankammermann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-categories-in-confluence/218821 "2022-02-20T01:16:02Z")

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I would like to embed the topics of a category on a atlassian confluence page. I was searching for a confluence plugin, but couldn’t find one. Anybody who had the same requirement and investigated in this topic?

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## [Unassign topic when marked as solved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unassign-topic-when-marked-as-solved/103415)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unassign-topic-when-marked-as-solved/103415 "2022-02-18T14:17:04Z")

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It will be cool if can we be unassigned on Solved. Since we do left open topics for while after solving Also please consider multiple assignments, so one topic can be assigned to multiple users.

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## [Search results should prioritize first post in topic when title matches search term](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-results-should-prioritize-first-post-in-topic-when-title-matches-search-term/175154)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-results-should-prioritize-first-post-in-topic-when-title-matches-search-term/175154 "2022-02-18T00:06:37Z")

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Recently I’ve noticed that when I search for a specific topic, the search results give me a post in the middle of the topic instead of the first post. This happens when a post in the topic contains the same search term t…

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## [Mute category to mute all children categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-category-to-mute-all-children-categories/15098)

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**Author:** [@nXqd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nXqd)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-category-to-mute-all-children-categories/15098 "2022-02-17T23:42:21Z")

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I think this is more logical. In case, we want to exclude a specific child category, just insert it to watch. What do you guys think about this ?

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## [TL3 requirements... for TL4 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-requirements-for-tl4-users/218600)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-requirements-for-tl4-users/218600 "2022-02-17T20:07:27Z")

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Since TL4 can only be reached by manual, admin promotion - and thus TL4 users can’t backslide to lower TLs - it’s odd to me that TL3 requirements are posted for them. This shows up on the user admin page for my account: …

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## [Flair Selection - Use Group Full Name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flair-selection-use-group-full-name/218604)

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**Author:** [@NotAnonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotAnonymous)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flair-selection-use-group-full-name/218604 "2022-02-17T20:14:06Z")

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Currently in the select menu in a user’s profile where they can select flair to use based on their group membership, it shows the group’s name vs the full name. In our case the name is meaningful to us as admins, but no…

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## [Ability to close a topic you started](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-close-a-topic-you-started/102205)

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**Author:** [@littleviolette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/littleviolette)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-close-a-topic-you-started/102205 "2022-02-17T01:51:30Z")

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Many members on my forum have requested the function for the OP to close its topic when the OP deems the discussion complete. Is there a way to do so? If not, any work around or interest for its development? Thank you!

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## [Flip display of timezones](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254)

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**Author:** [@Arthri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arthri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254 "2022-02-16T04:28:08Z")

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Hello! I noticed a weird issue on the Meta Discourse forum, the GMT +/- time zones seem to be flipped. GMT +\* is interpreted as GMT -\*, and vice versa. Take this timestamp: 2022-02-13T07:00:00Z (UTC) It displays like …

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## [Links to tags at top of a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-at-top-of-a-category/218280)

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**Author:** [@Hakanto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hakanto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-at-top-of-a-category/218280 "2022-02-15T19:25:38Z")

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Is there a way to add simple links to select tags at the top of a category? This would be a helpful way to create buttons which users on that category could use to filter the category’s posts. For example, we have a cat…

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## [Categories/Latest view live update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-latest-view-live-update/56077)

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**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-latest-view-live-update/56077 "2022-02-14T23:27:52Z")

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As noted here, the split categories/latest view doesn’t “live update” to show new topics. It is also missing the “last visited” line, which makes it inferior to the full “latest” page. It would be great if these features…

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## ['New Topic' button on search results page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-button-on-search-results-page/217656)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-button-on-search-results-page/217656 "2022-02-14T12:25:58Z")

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I have a user request for a ‘New Topic’ button on the search results page. IMO it makes sense:

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## [Improving the category list in the hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739)

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**Author:** [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Replies:** 56\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-the-category-list-in-the-hamburger-menu/92739 "2022-02-14T01:14:50Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Proposing a left-aligned slide out hamburger menu. The category list in the hamburger menu probably isn’t the best way to navigate between categories. In cases where a community has a larg…

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