# Hot

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## [Looking for a "site health"/link check feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-site-health-link-check-feature/140502)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Cloninger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eric_Cloninger)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-site-health-link-check-feature/140502 "2020-02-12T16:59:02Z")

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We just started using Discourse about 2 months ago and so we’re still learning. I’m looking for a way to test all the user-generated content still links to valid locations. I’m mostly interested in links, images, and dow…

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## [What is the name of JS aggregator?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-name-of-js-aggregator/140505)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-name-of-js-aggregator/140505 "2020-02-07T21:46:27Z")

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I’m referring to the one that aggregates JS when running ./launcher rebuild app. Thanks : )

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## [Pin drop down squashed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-drop-down-squashed/140512)

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**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-drop-down-squashed/140512 "2020-02-04T14:41:12Z")

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Hello, Since I updated this site, I have this weird layout which squashes the pin drop down menu. This is happening on my phone only. Thanks.

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## [\[PAID\] Assistance to Set-up My Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-assistance-to-set-up-my-forum/140525)

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**Author:** [@ljubs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljubs)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-assistance-to-set-up-my-forum/140525 "2020-02-12T23:31:43Z")

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I am looking for someone to help me get our forum looking and working sharp from a UX standpoint. I haven’t been able to wrap my head around the set-up myself, and the email support from Discourse isn’t leading me anywhe…

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## [Slightly less wide tag chooser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slightly-less-wide-tag-chooser/140534)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slightly-less-wide-tag-chooser/140534 "2020-02-17T19:26:14Z")

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On meta, I discovered a new UX difference: the tag chooser is slightly less wide than the title field and category chooser.

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## [PostAlerter after\_save\_post behaviour](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postalerter-after-save-post-behaviour/140537)

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**Author:** [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postalerter-after-save-post-behaviour/140537 "2020-02-04T04:14:28Z")

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The PostAlerter contains a system of checks and triggers for notifications sent after a regular post is saved, starting with the after\_save\_post method. I’ve been tangling with that method for the Follow Plugin (Specifi…

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## [Bump topics for whispers on staff topic lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bump-topics-for-whispers-on-staff-topic-lists/140541)

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**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bump-topics-for-whispers-on-staff-topic-lists/140541 "2020-07-01T20:26:54Z")

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Showing/bumping topics when whispers happen in them would be pretty helpful for keeping track of whispered conversations as opposed to just using notifications.

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## [Cannot track topic with keyboard shortcut](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-track-topic-with-keyboard-shortcut/140544)

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**Author:** [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-track-topic-with-keyboard-shortcut/140544 "2020-02-14T06:35:34Z")

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Discourse offers the shortcut mt lowercase to track a topic. This seems to be broken for me on firefox on meta. Trying to track, or to mute does nothing.

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## [How to show latest on mobile version?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-latest-on-mobile-version/140545)

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**Author:** [@Td228admin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Td228admin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-latest-on-mobile-version/140545 "2020-02-04T17:19:12Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to show change the mobile page to show only the “latest” as the category layout is not ideal for us. Thank you.

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## [HTML entities not being parsed in featured topic title on profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-entities-not-being-parsed-in-featured-topic-title-on-profile/140546)

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**Author:** [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-entities-not-being-parsed-in-featured-topic-title-on-profile/140546 "2020-02-04T15:53:25Z")

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HTML entities are not being parsed properly in featured topic titles in user profiles, i.e. How to start building stuff for Discourse if you&rsquo;re newbie (like myself) See e.g. Profile - angus - Discourse Meta

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## [Alphabetic sort of usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alphabetic-sort-of-usernames/140561)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alphabetic-sort-of-usernames/140561 "2020-08-26T14:20:42Z")

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This was brought up by one of our members and seems to make sense. Currently the Users section can be sorted by lots of things (from Visits to Viewed, to Replies) except what I think is an important one: by username. Th…

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## [GitHub logins using deprecated authentication API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-logins-using-deprecated-authentication-api/140566)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Rueden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Rueden)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-logins-using-deprecated-authentication-api/140566 "2020-02-11T09:48:37Z")

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I just received the following email from GitHub: Hi @ctrueden, On February 4th, 2020 at 06:50 (UTC) your application (forum.image.sc) used an access token (with the User-Agent Faraday v1.0.0) as part of a query parame…

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## [TL4 as Trial Moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4-as-trial-moderator/140571)

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**Author:** [@John\_Lehmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Lehmann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl4-as-trial-moderator/140571 "2020-02-04T12:38:25Z")

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We wanted to expand our moderation team, and had the idea to invite a user to a trial phase while giving them TL4 Access. So this is partly about trust level but really more about them being given the “ownership” and en…

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## [Wizard mixes up must\_approve\_users and invite\_only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wizard-mixes-up-must-approve-users-and-invite-only/140580)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wizard-mixes-up-must-approve-users-and-invite-only/140580 "2020-02-04T16:10:47Z")

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The wizard offers a choice that sets invite\_only or must\_approve\_users: However…the second option sets invite\_only, the third option sets must\_approve\_users The texts seems to be mixed up in the translations file: …

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## [Rebuild fails during upgrade due to \`discourse-github\` plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-during-upgrade-due-to-discourse-github-plugin/140583)

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**Author:** [@pgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pgr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-during-upgrade-due-to-discourse-github-plugin/140583 "2020-03-10T10:37:35Z")

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Hi I am trying to upgrade Discourse from the command-line but the Rebuild is failing. I brought my site back up with launcher start app and now I need to debug the problem. I have just added a couple of plugins to my a…

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## [A tip: a workaround to view git blame of server.yml and client.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tip-a-workaround-to-view-git-blame-of-server-yml-and-client-yml/140584)

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**Author:** [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tip-a-workaround-to-view-git-blame-of-server-yml-and-client-yml/140584 "2020-02-04T12:38:33Z")

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When translating, it’s often useful to see the commit the string in question comes from. For that purpose, I check the blame file from Github, for instance https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blame/master/config/local…

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## [Thumbnails not being pulled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-not-being-pulled/140591)

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**Author:** [@RubyRhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RubyRhod)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thumbnails-not-being-pulled/140591 "2020-02-04T16:31:28Z")

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I’m migrating a 15 year old community to discourse, and we’ve decided not to migrate the hundred thousand plus posts, rather selected ones of lasting value. On the old board, images are saved as https://static.xxx/uploa…

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## [Customize Text: + New Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-new-topic/140593)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-new-topic/140593 "2020-02-10T14:53:42Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to customize the text, “+ New Topic”, on a Category basis? For instance, in one Category, we might want “Introduce Yourself”, in another, “Ask A Question”, in another, “Share Your Story”, etc.

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## [Using Scaleway s3-compatible object storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-scaleway-s3-compatible-object-storage/140603)

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**Author:** [@dino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dino)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-scaleway-s3-compatible-object-storage/140603 "2021-04-06T14:50:33Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to set up Discourse to use Scaleways S3-compatible Object Storage, but I can’t seem to get it to work and I’m not sure where the problem is. I’ve verified that the both of the buckets work using aws-cli …

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## [Links in About text not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-about-text-not-working/140607)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-about-text-not-working/140607 "2020-02-04T18:14:15Z")

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Hi, In a Discourse instance for an organizational intranet, we are using the Boxes with SubCategories desktop category page style. Many departments have placed hyperlinks in the About text for their departmental catego…

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## [Twitter Mobile OneBox missing images due to lack of API keys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-mobile-onebox-missing-images-due-to-lack-of-api-keys/140631)

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**Author:** [@znedw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/znedw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-mobile-onebox-missing-images-due-to-lack-of-api-keys/140631 "2020-02-04T22:03:06Z")

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A user on our forums commented that links to mobile.twitter.com are not OneBox’d properly like their twitter.com counterparts. I was wondering if it’s possible to have a whitelist or similar of URLs that are safe to redi…

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## [Failing to bootstrap on DO droplet w/mailjet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-bootstrap-on-do-droplet-w-mailjet/140660)

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**Author:** [@bifterx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bifterx)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-bootstrap-on-do-droplet-w-mailjet/140660 "2020-02-05T13:32:01Z")

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Hi Im pulling my hair out a bit here. I following the standard install instructions, have setup mailjet etc but the bootstrap fails every time. heres the setup, I just cant see what Im missing Any ideas? Thanks Doe…

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## [IRL Discourse seminar or conference?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/irl-discourse-seminar-or-conference/140663)

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**Author:** [@shooj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shooj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/irl-discourse-seminar-or-conference/140663 "2020-02-05T00:55:29Z")

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Does Discourse organize a conference or hands-on seminars in real life? My company is willing to send me to educational opportunities related to my job, and if such as thing exists, I’d be interested.

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## [What is the best way to check the integrity of the database?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-check-the-integrity-of-the-database/140670)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-check-the-integrity-of-the-database/140670 "2020-02-05T04:26:52Z")

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I want to merge the users, topics and posts from one forum into another and while the forum restores onto a dev environment without issue, I am getting PG::ForeignKeyViolation errors when trying to merge it (currently in…

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## [Multiple container setup problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-container-setup-problems/140680)

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**Author:** [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-container-setup-problems/140680 "2020-02-05T13:55:37Z")

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Hi all! After trying to figure out multisite setup but failing miserably, I ended up doing three separate containers, one for my current forum and two for the archive forums. I went with socketed, managed to get NGINX wo…

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## [Mouse-over date displays lack timezone information](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mouse-over-date-displays-lack-timezone-information/140693)

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**Author:** [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mouse-over-date-displays-lack-timezone-information/140693 "2020-02-05T09:06:42Z")

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I guess that the timestamp displayed when a user mouses over a date or event is compliant with this particular user setting: Preferences → Profile → Timezone But it would be really nice to have: the timezone display…

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## [Assets not serving from CDN in latest update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assets-not-serving-from-cdn-in-latest-update/140705)

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**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assets-not-serving-from-cdn-in-latest-update/140705 "2020-02-07T05:12:27Z")

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Hello! I couldn’t figure out why in the latest update our installation stopped serving assets from the CDN. We are using Cloudfront and it was working good to serve both uploads and assets, but it looks like in the late…

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## [CardinalityViolation exceptions, database corruption?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cardinalityviolation-exceptions-database-corruption/140713)

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**Author:** [@barthalion](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barthalion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cardinalityviolation-exceptions-database-corruption/140713 "2020-02-06T13:30:03Z")

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Recently this started popping out on GNOME’s Discourse deployment: /discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.1.4/lib/patches/db/pg.rb:69:in \`exec\_params' /discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack…

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## [How to link to a topic without having the title in the URL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-to-a-topic-without-having-the-title-in-the-url/140715)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-link-to-a-topic-without-having-the-title-in-the-url/140715 "2020-02-05T12:21:13Z")

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I’m setting up some placeholder topics so I can link to them in menu links etc. However, in the link discourse gives, always the title of the topic is also visible. Since I’m not sure about the definitive titles yet, is…

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## [Very slow Sidekiq issue with large queue due to massive numbers of unread user notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-slow-sidekiq-issue-with-large-queue-due-to-massive-numbers-of-unread-user-notifications/140716)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 68\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-slow-sidekiq-issue-with-large-queue-due-to-massive-numbers-of-unread-user-notifications/140716 "2020-04-11T11:09:02Z")

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So have an issue with sidekiq. It will run amazingly fast through jobs when monitoring via the sidekiq web ui. But occasionally it appears like it gets overwhelmed and starts running extremely slow. Running at 1-5% or s…

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