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## [Discourse not working on an old phone with an unsupported browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-working-on-an-old-phone-with-an-unsupported-browser/138293)

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**Author:** [@ame](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ame)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-working-on-an-old-phone-with-an-unsupported-browser/138293 "2020-02-07T03:57:27Z")

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For the longest time I have been putting up with “Unfortunately, your browser is too old to work on this Discourse forum. Please upgrade your browser.” when clicking on Google search results that link to Discourse forums…

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## [Configuring group access, membership, and visibility](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-group-access-membership-and-visibility/138296)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-group-access-membership-and-visibility/138296 "2023-10-18T22:43:03Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to set up and manage Discourse groups with different levels of access, membership requirements, and visibility settings. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Dis…

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## [Re-arrange Categories View](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-arrange-categories-view/138301)

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**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-arrange-categories-view/138301 "2020-01-12T12:46:42Z")

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Currently, the “categories” view is split 50-50 for “Category” and “Latest” (as in the picture). How can I make it to 30-70, and make the “Topics” column disappear?

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## [Symlink backup folder to mounted volume](https://meta.discourse.org/t/symlink-backup-folder-to-mounted-volume/138306)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/symlink-backup-folder-to-mounted-volume/138306 "2020-01-11T09:24:11Z")

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Hey there, I’m trying to use a mounted volume for my backups but I can’t seem to get it right. I tried mounting the volume into place (/var/discourse/shared/standalone/backups/default) and tried symlinking the default f…

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## [How to be able to overlap font awesome icons to create a badge?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-be-able-to-overlap-font-awesome-icons-to-create-a-badge/138310)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-be-able-to-overlap-font-awesome-icons-to-create-a-badge/138310 "2020-01-11T10:17:38Z")

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I’m creating some custom awards, and I wonder if (and how) it would be possible to overlap some icons to create one award. For example the trophy with a star in it (fa-trophy combined with fa-star), use the fa-certifica…

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## [Category image heights / General understanding of theme variables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-heights-general-understanding-of-theme-variables/138312)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-image-heights-general-understanding-of-theme-variables/138312 "2022-01-05T20:51:59Z")

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Hey all, while playing with some theme modifications I noticed this piece of SCSS code @supports (--custom: property) { .category-logo.aspect-image { --max-height: 150px; max-height: var(--max-height); ma…

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## [How can I edit .htaccess file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-edit-htaccess-file/138316)

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**Author:** [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-edit-htaccess-file/138316 "2021-03-02T14:33:02Z")

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Maybe a little stupid but Where’s the .htaccess file ?

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## [Error "We cannot detect if your account was created, please ensure you have cookies enabled"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-we-cannot-detect-if-your-account-was-created-please-ensure-you-have-cookies-enabled/138317)

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**Author:** [@Eddyb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eddyb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-we-cannot-detect-if-your-account-was-created-please-ensure-you-have-cookies-enabled/138317 "2020-01-12T09:25:31Z")

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Hi, I’m stuck with this message “We cannot detect if your account was created, please ensure you have cookies enabled” whenever I try to register. I tried from different browser, different connections (wifi, 4g), from co…

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## [How can I delete a topic permanently?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-a-topic-permanently/138321)

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**Author:** [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-a-topic-permanently/138321 "2022-02-14T16:59:07Z")

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I want to delete a topic and its posts including uploaded files on this topic due to some legal regions. This topic is created by a forum user. Is there any way for the same? Please help.

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## [Discourse Assets Missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assets-missing/138323)

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**Author:** [@Adriany](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Adriany)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assets-missing/138323 "2020-02-22T17:08:03Z")

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Hi, I have installed Discourse on a Fedora 31 server with the recommended install guide, however used podman instead of docker for running the container. It all went perfectly fine this morning when I initially set it u…

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## [Looking for a Discourse expert to migrate my forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-expert-to-migrate-my-forums/138329)

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**Author:** [@medicalschoolhq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/medicalschoolhq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-discourse-expert-to-migrate-my-forums/138329 "2020-01-14T17:08:33Z")

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What would you like done? I have my forums at https://medicalschoolhq.net/forums which were migrated from phpBB a few years ago to bbPress with all the proper redirects in place. I’m looking to switch my community to D…

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## [What will happen to my forum if discourse suddenly stopped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-will-happen-to-my-forum-if-discourse-suddenly-stopped/138331)

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**Author:** [@Motadaol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Motadaol)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-will-happen-to-my-forum-if-discourse-suddenly-stopped/138331 "2020-12-18T17:48:56Z")

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Im very thankful to this amazing software that you have done guys and the more amazing thing that it is open source. Much appreciated . but i have a question, what will happen to my forum if you stopped the software? c…

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## [Discobot capybara problem with translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-capybara-problem-with-translation/138347)

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**Author:** [@Emanuele\_Paolini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Emanuele_Paolini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-capybara-problem-with-translation/138347 "2020-01-16T08:02:03Z")

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When following the discobot tutorial in italian discobot modifies his first message he writes it in english and uses the world “capybara”. But the request for the user is to search for the italian word “capibara” which t…

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## [Reply then edit to add quote notification redundancy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-then-edit-to-add-quote-notification-redundancy/138358)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-then-edit-to-add-quote-notification-redundancy/138358 "2020-02-11T15:21:57Z")

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When someone replies to you while quoting you, you get two notifications: one for the reply and one for the quote. Is this intended? It seems a bit redundant to me.

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## [Why a link in OP is not shown in the "related links" section?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-a-link-in-op-is-not-shown-in-the-related-links-section/138369)

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**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-a-link-in-op-is-not-shown-in-the-related-links-section/138369 "2020-01-12T13:40:52Z")

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We have a topic which links to 2 other topics in OP, and a third link in a reply. Only one of those topics from OP is linked in the “related links” section under OP, even though the number of links is correctly counted -…

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## [\`min ratio to crop\` site setting should respect w/h ratio as defined in markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-ratio-to-crop-site-setting-should-respect-w-h-ratio-as-defined-in-markdown/138374)

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**Author:** [@md-misko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/md-misko)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/min-ratio-to-crop-site-setting-should-respect-w-h-ratio-as-defined-in-markdown/138374 "2020-03-30T01:58:20Z")

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Images with high h/w ratio do not respect the manually set size in post (composer preview shows correct size, when post is submitted the size is briefly correct but is then resized to screen width) !\[image|50x50\](upload…

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## [Redirect to Discourse page after logging in to Wordpress as SSO Provider (via WooCommerce)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-discourse-page-after-logging-in-to-wordpress-as-sso-provider-via-woocommerce/138375)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-to-discourse-page-after-logging-in-to-wordpress-as-sso-provider-via-woocommerce/138375 "2020-11-04T12:13:42Z")

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Continuing a discussion with @simon from: Get Discourse to recognize accounts verified in Wordpress (and WooCommerce) for SSO: Here’s some info about our setup: We are using the WP Discourse plugin for my Wordpress s…

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## [Character limits not enforced after changing them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/character-limits-not-enforced-after-changing-them/138383)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/character-limits-not-enforced-after-changing-them/138383 "2020-01-12T16:10:48Z")

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Hello, I’m busy setting up my discourse. I have set new limits in the admin CP for minimum post length, and title length. However when I post, the old limits are still enforced? I rebuild the app to be sure, but still n…

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## [How do I setup a second language in my discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-setup-a-second-language-in-my-discourse-forum/138385)

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**Author:** [@adoering](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adoering)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-setup-a-second-language-in-my-discourse-forum/138385 "2020-01-12T15:02:56Z")

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I would like to use our forum https://community.robin-data.io in German (actual) and in English. I have seen another Forum using disoucrse where I can switch between these languages. Does somebody have a clue where…

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## [How to put a backlink to our company website above the top-menu in discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-a-backlink-to-our-company-website-above-the-top-menu-in-discourse/138386)

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**Author:** [@adoering](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adoering)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-a-backlink-to-our-company-website-above-the-top-menu-in-discourse/138386 "2020-01-12T14:54:34Z")

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We operate a forum https://community.robin-data.io I would like to put a backlink above the top menu of our site. I have seen this in another forum: https://answers.seibert-media.com/ Does somebody have a clue how t…

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## [How do you set Topic/Post Views with API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-topic-post-views-with-api/138395)

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**Author:** [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-topic-post-views-with-api/138395 "2020-01-13T09:28:06Z")

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How do you set Topic/Post Views with API, I dont see it.

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## [Setting active class on nav-pills \> li for about, faqs, tos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-active-class-on-nav-pills-li-for-about-faqs-tos/138401)

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**Author:** [@scottrepreneur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scottrepreneur)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-active-class-on-nav-pills-li-for-about-faqs-tos/138401 "2020-02-20T16:02:49Z")

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It looks like there’s a small bug in setting the active class on the nav-pills for about, faqs, tos, etc. The active class is being properly set for the child link \<a /\>, but being added to the element twice and lacking …

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## [Add secondary url / embed into Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-secondary-url-embed-into-wordpress/138404)

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**Author:** [@dbdkat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dbdkat)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-secondary-url-embed-into-wordpress/138404 "2020-01-13T15:54:39Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Discourse and am a bit confused about how to embed it into a wordpress site. We were using github and had a subdomain dedicated to our Discourse, but we’re switching to Wordpress and it’s unclear if the s…

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## [Use tags to duplicate images?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-tags-to-duplicate-images/138405)

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**Author:** [@Tom\_Eagle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Eagle)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-tags-to-duplicate-images/138405 "2020-01-14T01:42:58Z")

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Hi guys, thank you for any help you can give me. Is there a way to have a tag or other means to repost a image into a separate thread? As a example, on our community we would like to run a “reptile of the month” compet…

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## [Import Category class in a component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-category-class-in-a-component/138406)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-category-class-in-a-component/138406 "2020-01-13T10:54:23Z")

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Developing a component with the code in the Header section using \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8.26"\> where I have lines like parentCat = Discourse.Category.findById(get(category, "parent\_catego…

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## [Share public links to specific posts in private forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-public-links-to-specific-posts-in-private-forum/138409)

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**Author:** [@anaqreon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anaqreon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-public-links-to-specific-posts-in-private-forum/138409 "2020-01-13T04:22:41Z")

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I’m sure this has been asked before but my searching failed to find an answer. Is it possible to share public links to select posts in an otherwise private forum that requires authentication to view content?

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## [OpenGraph Image not being picked up correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opengraph-image-not-being-picked-up-correctly/138420)

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**Author:** [@RaviJayagopal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaviJayagopal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opengraph-image-not-being-picked-up-correctly/138420 "2020-01-14T02:01:04Z")

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Facebook is picking up the forum logo as the OG image, not the main image at the top of the body of my post. I’ve tried debug/scrape via Facebook og developer debug tool. Nothing changed. Sorry if this is a duplicate…

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## [Sidekiq failing to render after rack gem upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-failing-to-render-after-rack-gem-upgrade/138429)

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**Author:** [@sau226](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sau226)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-failing-to-render-after-rack-gem-upgrade/138429 "2020-01-13T07:08:59Z")

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Description: Sidekiq fails to load on upgrading to commit 9e399b42b96f115a8367c368862d62aeecfac680 of Discourse. This is running on a 2 container setup (web and DB, from ./discourse-setup 2container). Buggy behavior: …

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## [Follow up "open" tickets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-up-open-tickets/138451)

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**Author:** [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-up-open-tickets/138451 "2020-01-14T00:19:45Z")

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I see many people use Discourse as a kind of “ticket system”. Even Discourse team: How Does Team Discourse Use Discourse? I intend to do the same, and it looks it fits my needs. There is one thing is not clear to me, th…

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## [What's with the "Death by Coconut" posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-with-the-death-by-coconut-posts/138455)

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**Author:** [@meatnordrink](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meatnordrink)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-with-the-death-by-coconut-posts/138455 "2020-01-13T15:28:48Z")

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I’m the admin for a Discourse forum, and I get all these posts for approval that are exactly the same - the Wikipedia “Death by Coconut” entry. Is the user prompted to post this somewhere in orientation? And am I suppos…

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