# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=99&status=open

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## [Fact-checking information panels for posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fact-checking-information-panels-for-posts/182332)

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**Author:** [@chrisgalpin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisgalpin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fact-checking-information-panels-for-posts/182332 "2021-03-14T20:08:16Z")

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I found admin \> logs \> watched\_words \> require\_approval for individual users and it’s superb. However a fact-check information panel that would appear near/within/whatever all posts matching keywords would be very useful…

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## [How to easily make Discourse bots?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-easily-make-discourse-bots/183069)

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**Author:** [@Bobby99as](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bobby99as)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-easily-make-discourse-bots/183069 "2021-03-14T14:34:24Z")

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Is there plans on releasing a feature to easily make bots that can use the API of the form and possibly make bot accounts

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## [Dashboard - Segment number of Posts and Topics by team](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-segment-number-of-posts-and-topics-by-team/183087)

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**Author:** [@Brandon\_Khoo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brandon_Khoo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-segment-number-of-posts-and-topics-by-team/183087 "2021-03-13T01:59:20Z")

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Hi, I’m a Product Ops working with Engineering to better understand the level of effort and volume of questions that comes from different teams (Sales, CS, Support) on Discourse. Currently, the admin Dashboard only brea…

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## [Making rolling and permanent quarterly backups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-rolling-and-permanent-quarterly-backups/182971)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-rolling-and-permanent-quarterly-backups/182971 "2021-03-12T18:56:52Z")

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I was wondering if there was a way (or a plugin) that would allow for multiple backup modes, for example rolling weekly backups (ie, upload one, delete the oldest) with permanent quarterly backups. I’m pretty sure this i…

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## [Issue with Cognito and SAML due to usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-cognito-and-saml-due-to-usernames/182866)

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**Author:** [@dassun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dassun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-cognito-and-saml-due-to-usernames/182866 "2021-03-12T13:47:26Z")

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Hi, In the context of OpenID, Cognito generates a username for SAML providers using the schema {provider}\_{email}, for example google\_john.doe@gmail.com. This prevent the creation of the user in Discourse as @ is not a …

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## [Add mailing list support for Do Not Disturb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-mailing-list-support-for-do-not-disturb/287189)

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**Author:** [@mirkomen77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mirkomen77)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-mailing-list-support-for-do-not-disturb/287189 "2021-03-12T01:16:05Z")

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Quick question: when do not disturb is enabled, I still get the email if a new topic is posted. I am the admin, mailing list is enabled. I assume DND does not affect the emails?

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## [Integrate Zoom with Events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-zoom-with-events/297584)

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**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-zoom-with-events/297584 "2021-03-11T20:31:36Z")

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@pmusaraj are there any plans to integrate this with the Discourse Event plugin? The feature we need is to be able to: Create a Zoom webinar when an event is created (this needs to be enabled when creating the event) W…

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## [Restrict new topic creation to users who have previously replied](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-new-topic-creation-to-users-who-have-previously-replied/182713)

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**Author:** [@Jack\_Wilson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jack_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-new-topic-creation-to-users-who-have-previously-replied/182713 "2021-03-11T02:13:27Z")

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Can I restrict New Topic creation to user who replies other? Just wanted to avoid selfish lurkers. 1 replies = 1 new Topic allowed 0 replies = 0 new Topic allowed Definition ‘Replies’ : Any reply given to someone els…

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## [Feature request: Add reason for silencing the user to system message template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-reason-for-silencing-the-user-to-system-message-template/182543)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-reason-for-silencing-the-user-to-system-message-template/182543 "2021-03-08T19:49:52Z")

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Hey guys In some cases users complained that they were silenced without a reason. After a test we realized that the reason text for silencing is not included in the message sent from the system account. It would be gr…

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## [Set specific categories as homepage for specific users groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-specific-categories-as-homepage-for-specific-users-groups/93674)

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**Author:** [@bekircem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bekircem)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-specific-categories-as-homepage-for-specific-users-groups/93674 "2021-03-08T17:09:58Z")

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Hi, I want to set spesific categories as homepage for spesific users groups. It is possible?

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## [Cactus.chat - Matrix-based Comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cactus-chat-matrix-based-comments/182336)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cactus-chat-matrix-based-comments/182336 "2021-03-06T18:11:44Z")

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Not currently integrated, it would be interesting to allow Matrix federated commenting at least on particular topics or categories. These comments are treated as a chat room within Matrix. Currently one-way chat-inte…

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## [Feature to Reward "Great Topics"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-to-reward-great-topics/125769)

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**Author:** [@Mikael\_Baggström](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikael_Baggstr%C3%B6m)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-to-reward-great-topics/125769 "2021-03-05T03:53:58Z")

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Is there any way for me as an admin to reward great and well written topics? Basically I would love to be able to “flag” topics in a positive way, and in any way possible by doing so reward the post itself and/or the me…

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## [Automatically unsubscribe users from Digest emails who constantly do not open it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-unsubscribe-users-from-digest-emails-who-constantly-do-not-open-it/182017)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-unsubscribe-users-from-digest-emails-who-constantly-do-not-open-it/182017 "2021-03-04T19:01:06Z")

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Our community is growing, so do the number of weekly digests sent out each week and thus the costs for Sendgrid. I assume that only a fraction really reading the digests, thus we’re probably sending out a lot of emails …

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## [New page, setting for admins to change the default sorting from activity to published date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-page-setting-for-admins-to-change-the-default-sorting-from-activity-to-published-date/182019)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-page-setting-for-admins-to-change-the-default-sorting-from-activity-to-published-date/182019 "2021-03-04T12:40:14Z")

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Currently, the new page is sorted by last activity. I know there are merits for it, but for some communities and users sorting by the published date of the topics makes a lot more sense. It would be great, if Discourse…

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## [Display Posts Visibility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-posts-visibility/181878)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-posts-visibility/181878 "2021-03-03T18:40:22Z")

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Hello, I just want to share you guys this little css tweak for show the posts visibility to everyone. On our forum users sometimes couldn’t recognize the visibility the actual created post. Is it a private message or a …

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## [Syntax highlighting support for additional languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-support-for-additional-languages/181653)

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**Author:** [@brianlheim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianlheim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-support-for-additional-languages/181653 "2021-03-03T05:07:19Z")

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Hey all, First, I want to say thanks to everyone who helps to maintain and support Discourse, it’s really fantastic software and I’ve enjoyed using it! Also, sorry in advance for the formatting with links, I’m not allo…

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## [Logging sometimes reports wrong database in multisite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-sometimes-reports-wrong-database-in-multisite/69088)

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**Author:** [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logging-sometimes-reports-wrong-database-in-multisite/69088 "2021-03-02T16:16:54Z")

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I was investigating an issue and it seems like the lines in production.log sometimes report the wrong database. I’ve seen this a few times before, so this is not a single incident. Here’s a good and clear example where …

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## [(Group-)Restrictions on Watched Words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-restrictions-on-watched-words/181451)

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**Author:** [@cuBEar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cuBEar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-restrictions-on-watched-words/181451 "2021-03-02T07:19:17Z")

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Hi there! I really like the watched words functionality. However, I’ve stumbled upon a possible use case in which they on the one hand do what I expect, but a hidden risk is opened on the other hand. Here’s my use cas…

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## [Custom Guest Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-guest-mode/180294)

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**Author:** [@Paari\_Vendhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paari_Vendhan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-guest-mode/180294 "2021-03-01T03:35:31Z")

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Hi Is there a possibility of a guest feature as below. We discuss with lot of 3rd party vendors. However unlike internal users, for whom all categories and posts are visible, the vendors should only be confined to thre…

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## [Maximum age for auto-bumped topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-age-for-auto-bumped-topics/107599 "2021-02-28T10:28:06Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Automatically bumping old topics on a category: Any chance that you might add an option to limit this to posts not older than x days? That would allow us to use it in such a way that we …

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## [Adding users to groups by their email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-groups-by-their-email-addresses/148271)

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**Author:** [@tkearsley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkearsley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-users-to-groups-by-their-email-addresses/148271 "2021-02-26T21:19:34Z")

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Hi team, I need an easy way to add users to groups based on their email address. It takes a lot of my time having to search the member list for the person’s user name. Is this feature on your radar? I could really use…

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## [Mentioning all newly registered users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093)

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**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-all-newly-registered-users/181093 "2021-02-26T14:12:48Z")

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Hello everybody. I’m just wondering if there is some kind of "meta mentions": I mean a possibility not only to name specific users but also, for example, all newly registered users from the last month: @new-users(m) Is…

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## [Are there any plans to improve topic similarity checks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-plans-to-improve-topic-similarity-checks/164522)

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**Author:** [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-any-plans-to-improve-topic-similarity-checks/164522 "2021-02-26T00:40:11Z")

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There’s so much potential for this feature to go beyond the basic implementation that is in place right now (i.e. a solution that can actually recognize topics and body content that is related/similar to other existing o…

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## [Checklist Plugin - collaborative list vs. personal list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148)

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**Author:** [@Matze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matze)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checklist-plugin-collaborative-list-vs-personal-list/181148 "2021-02-25T20:40:55Z")

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As I understand the checklist plugin, it’s about working collaboratively on a checklist: Changes (checked / unchecked) are then visible to all users. That’s nice functionality. But sometimes you also want to have the f…

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## [BCC: Add username placeholder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bcc-add-username-placeholder/177343)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bcc-add-username-placeholder/177343 "2021-02-25T19:34:39Z")

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Hey Robin, amazing plugin! What do you think about adding a username placeholder so that each individual message will address the user by his name?

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## [Add user title selection menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-title-selection-menu/180910)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-title-selection-menu/180910 "2021-02-24T02:06:21Z")

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Continuing the discussion from When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do?: I still don’t understand how member titles work :joy:

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## [About this category topics don't show on Latest even when they should](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-dont-show-on-latest-even-when-they-should/180924)

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**Author:** [@AndyBr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyBr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-category-topics-dont-show-on-latest-even-when-they-should/180924 "2021-02-23T22:19:43Z")

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How come “Latest” doesn’t actually show the latest content? Going to “Latest” shows this: But, there’s posts newer than that:

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## [Add a small notice when a quote is modified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-small-notice-when-a-quote-is-modified/180517)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-small-notice-when-a-quote-is-modified/180517 "2021-02-23T14:48:08Z")

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After I saw this topic, I thought it was the right time to request this feature. This is happening a lot, especially in communities where users try to find a way to start a heated discussion. Quoting a post is an effecti…

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## [Notify User When Topic Is Rejected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-topic-is-rejected/180837)

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**Author:** [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-topic-is-rejected/180837 "2021-02-23T13:06:38Z")

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I am on multiple forums, a lot of them require a topic to be approved in specific categories. I personally would like to know when my post is rejected. Sometimes I am waiting for a long time not knowing whether my topic …

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## [Slack Discourse integration category subscription feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-discourse-integration-category-subscription-feature/180780)

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**Author:** [@Brad\_Wood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brad_Wood)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-discourse-integration-category-subscription-feature/180780 "2021-02-22T18:56:22Z")

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Can’t subscribe to messages in a sub category by subscribing to the parent This may be by-design, but it wasn’t obvious at first. I have parent categories with child categories under them. I expected that if I created a…

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