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## [Discourse website not loading after installation without enabling Let's Encrypt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-website-not-loading-after-installation-without-enabling-lets-encrypt/147338)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-website-not-loading-after-installation-without-enabling-lets-encrypt/147338 "2020-04-09T00:58:08Z")

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I know enough to be dangerous when sitting in front of an open SSH session. I went through the installation just fine the other day and it worked. Today, however, I had to rebuild (I’ve been on a development server, not…

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## [Protonmail bridged SMTP in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protonmail-bridged-smtp-in-discourse/147352)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/protonmail-bridged-smtp-in-discourse/147352 "2020-04-09T21:46:38Z")

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Does anybody using it? I see that can be possible to use their SMTP servers. I’m trying to get mail server in my VPS. Thinked in G Suite but I see that Proton could be more focused to privacy. Any suggestion will be ap…

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## [How do I make the anniversary badge recur every year?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-the-anniversary-badge-recur-every-year/147353)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-the-anniversary-badge-recur-every-year/147353 "2020-04-09T06:31:13Z")

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I’m curious about making the Anniversary badge recurring, similar to Steam gaming service. Wondering if this is possible using the Data Explorer plugin. This would allow a three year anniversary badge (badges.annivers…

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## [Cleaning up old container images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-old-container-images/147367)

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**Author:** [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-old-container-images/147367 "2020-04-09T08:17:48Z")

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Haha okay, not for fast, but there kinda is one for clearing up space! :wink: I’m speaking of course of: ./launcher cleanup Which clears out old images when your disk runs out of space. This is one thing that a) I’ve …

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## [Discourse High Availability setup multi master](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-high-availability-setup-multi-master/147371)

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**Author:** [@MicWit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MicWit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-high-availability-setup-multi-master/147371 "2020-04-09T03:59:26Z")

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Hi, I have never used Discourse before (I have used PHPBB) but am looking at the option for future forums as I like the interface. At the moment I run PHPBB through reseller hosting on a cpanel account. Of course this w…

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## [What's the Difference Between Discourse.git and Discourse\_Docker.git?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-discourse-git-and-discourse-docker-git/147386)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-discourse-git-and-discourse-docker-git/147386 "2020-04-09T21:53:11Z")

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I noticed the official install instructions call for cloning this repository: GitHub - discourse/discourse\_docker: A Docker image for Discourse · GitHub But it doesn’t have many of the extra files found in this one such…

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## [What are the differences between self-host and discourse business host?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-differences-between-self-host-and-discourse-business-host/147391)

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**Author:** [@haipt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haipt)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-differences-between-self-host-and-discourse-business-host/147391 "2020-04-11T10:16:47Z")

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Hi discourse team & community , I am a newbie with discourse , after some days researching about discourse , I plan to use this with my company’ s business. Here are the list of my concerns & question about discourse …

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## [Keyboard shortcuts are hard to use in Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-are-hard-to-use-in-firefox/147396)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-are-hard-to-use-in-firefox/147396 "2020-04-09T09:25:34Z")

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Sometimes, when I try to use keyboard shortcuts Firefox is interferring (like if I was searching some text in the page). Is this a bug ? Fifrefox 74.0.1 MacOS 10.14.6

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## [How can i turn my discourse in to a wiki ? are there any comercial plugins or workaround solution avaiable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-turn-my-discourse-in-to-a-wiki-are-there-any-comercial-plugins-or-workaround-solution-avaiable/147400)

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**Author:** [@haipt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haipt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-turn-my-discourse-in-to-a-wiki-are-there-any-comercial-plugins-or-workaround-solution-avaiable/147400 "2020-04-09T12:32:54Z")

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Hi all , How can i make a wiki with discourse for our company ? are there any comercial plugins or workaround solution avaiable inside discourse ? I tried to search almost of posts about “wiki” in this forum but it is …

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## [Cannot send any email with AWS SES](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-any-email-with-aws-ses/147406)

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**Author:** [@Mustafa\_Demir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mustafa_Demir)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-send-any-email-with-aws-ses/147406 "2020-04-09T11:41:44Z")

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Hello, I’ve just installed Discourse on my Ubuntu server. It’s running on production and I can’t send any email from the Discourse. I created an IAM user on SES and entered my SES SMTP credentials correctly to Discourse’…

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## [Welcome to nginx! after fresh installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-to-nginx-after-fresh-installation/147409)

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**Author:** [@1marc1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/1marc1)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-to-nginx-after-fresh-installation/147409 "2020-04-10T14:30:43Z")

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Hi, I am new to Discouse and got stuck during the installation. I built an Ubuntu Server 18.04 virtual machine, then roughly followed the installation instructions. When I say roughly, I mean rather than the cloud serv…

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## [Theme to emulate frames?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-to-emulate-frames/147417)

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**Author:** [@pqMMA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pqMMA)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-to-emulate-frames/147417 "2020-04-14T22:35:06Z")

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We have recently setup a new discourse to evaluate the possibility of migrating our existing forum to this platform. We have a 20 yr. plus membership base that is is strongly against moving away from our framed forum wh…

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## [Why are Discourse forum URLs so long? Possible to shortern?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-discourse-forum-urls-so-long-possible-to-shortern/147418)

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**Author:** [@VoskCoin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VoskCoin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-discourse-forum-urls-so-long-possible-to-shortern/147418 "2020-04-09T22:15:02Z")

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For example I recently created a new topic on my forum, and it takes the entirety of the topic title rolling it into the URL Does this have any SEO benefits? If there are no benefits to such a lengthy URL is it possib…

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## [New installation fails on migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-installation-fails-on-migration/147425)

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**Author:** [@renchap](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renchap)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-installation-fails-on-migration/147425 "2020-04-14T01:39:39Z")

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I am trying to install a new Discourse installation using discourse\_docker, and the migrations are failing: == 20180916195601 MigrateS3BackupSiteSettings: migrating ====================== -- execute("UPDATE site\_setting…

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## [Xhr search requests return 406](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xhr-search-requests-return-406/147428)

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**Author:** [@NotAnonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NotAnonymous)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/xhr-search-requests-return-406/147428 "2020-04-09T20:03:20Z")

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When doing a search on our discourse site, if I do a regular GET request to /search?q=my search it works fine. But if I use the search box and it submits the search request via an XHR GET request I get a 406 status retu…

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## [Allow adding groups as members of other groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-adding-groups-as-members-of-other-groups/147430)

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**Author:** [@evantill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/evantill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-adding-groups-as-members-of-other-groups/147430 "2020-04-09T21:06:47Z")

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We can only add users as members of groups. I think it could be interesting to be able to add groups as members of other groups.

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## [Get user "suspension" status via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-suspension-status-via-api/147433)

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**Author:** [@pnoeric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnoeric)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-user-suspension-status-via-api/147433 "2020-04-10T07:30:28Z")

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Is there any way to get a user’s “suspended” status via the API? I can’t find anything in the docs, I don’t see a specific XHR request that grabs this :wink: and I don’t see that field the user record when I just get the…

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## [Ideas or guides on how to setup an auto-install platform for discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-or-guides-on-how-to-setup-an-auto-install-platform-for-discourse/147438)

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**Author:** [@Hugo\_Roger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hugo_Roger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ideas-or-guides-on-how-to-setup-an-auto-install-platform-for-discourse/147438 "2020-04-09T17:07:55Z")

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Hi everyone! Does anyone know how to create a sub-hosting system where users can create their own Discourse instance in your server? As in, their own community? Just like we have multi-wiki platforms, and lots of multi…

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## [Determining the correct Discourse docker path for the current install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/determining-the-correct-discourse-docker-path-for-the-current-install/147454)

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**Author:** [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/determining-the-correct-discourse-docker-path-for-the-current-install/147454 "2020-04-09T19:14:15Z")

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I’m working on setting up a dev site and I noticed that as I’ve trialed and errored through this, I managed to have the files duplicated four times within the /var/lib/docker/overlay2/ path. Within here, I have four dif…

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## [More Like WhatsApp for addiction support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-like-whatsapp-for-addiction-support/147459)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Davy2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Davy2)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-like-whatsapp-for-addiction-support/147459 "2020-04-20T01:58:46Z")

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I use Discourse as a community forum for people trying to stop drinking alcohol. One issue we have as a group is our need to talk to someone quickly when triggered to drink alcohol. We couldn’t find a way for this to wor…

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## [New installation fails (fresh install)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-installation-fails-fresh-install/147461)

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**Author:** [@oiler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiler)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-installation-fails-fresh-install/147461 "2020-04-14T01:39:20Z")

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Potentially related to 147425 but i started a new thread since my case was a fresh install, and not a migration. I tried on two different, clean Ubuntu 18.04 instances (one Linode, one Digital Ocean) to setup a self ins…

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## [Updates failed; 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile' failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updates-failed-bundle-exec-rake-assets-precompile-failed/147466)

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**Author:** [@waffleslop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waffleslop)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updates-failed-bundle-exec-rake-assets-precompile-failed/147466 "2020-04-13T04:54:33Z")

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166:M 09 Apr 2020 19:22:49.160 \* Saving the final RDB snapshot before exiting. 166:M 09 Apr 2020 19:22:49.183 \* DB saved on disk 166:M 09 Apr 2020 19:22:49.183 # Redis is now ready to exit, bye bye... FAILED ----------…

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## [Render .nz as a link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-nz-as-a-link/147489)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-nz-as-a-link/147489 "2020-04-09T23:57:43Z")

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I love the way that Discourse composer automatically renders many urls as links such as meta.discourse.org. However, the .nz domain doesn’t do this at the moment. Could this be added? I find myself typing healthforum.n…

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## [Plesk/Ubuntu/Docker Install Fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plesk-ubuntu-docker-install-fail/147493)

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**Author:** [@Eduar\_Ramos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduar_Ramos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plesk-ubuntu-docker-install-fail/147493 "2020-04-16T04:12:03Z")

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I am using digitalocean with Ubuntu, plesk and docker for my installation. Deploy my application using ./launcher bootstrap app ./launcher start app But it doesn’t start in the domain, the docker ps command: CONTAINER…

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## [Change "+ New Topic" button to match styling of "Reply" button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-new-topic-button-to-match-styling-of-reply-button/147502)

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**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-new-topic-button-to-match-styling-of-reply-button/147502 "2020-04-10T06:58:10Z")

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I like the styling of the “Reply” button, which is the “Tertiary” color as defined in /admin/customize/colors (Color Palettes/selection) I would like to have our “New Topic” button match the styling of the “Reply” bu…

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## [How to delete system queries in Data Explorer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-system-queries-in-data-explorer/147524)

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**Author:** [@Konrad\_Sopala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konrad_Sopala)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-delete-system-queries-in-data-explorer/147524 "2020-07-30T00:43:22Z")

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Hey there! We don’t find the system queries inside our Data Explorer to be helpful. Can we somehow delete them? Thanks for help!

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## [User unable to view Discourse forums on old iPad](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-unable-to-view-discourse-forums-on-old-ipad/147526)

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**Author:** [@JPick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JPick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-unable-to-view-discourse-forums-on-old-ipad/147526 "2020-04-10T11:27:42Z")

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Hi everyone, this is quite a specific issue but I’m not sure where else to turn. A user has reported not being able to view our Discourse forum on his iPad (his only device). When he navigates to the URL, he simply sees…

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## [Users are inappropriately editing their topics to "remove" them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-inappropriately-editing-their-topics-to-remove-them/147537)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-inappropriately-editing-their-topics-to-remove-them/147537 "2020-04-11T21:04:14Z")

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In our forum we have a Help and Feedback category which is essentially development support. Often times what happens is the OP will completely wipe their content by editing out the question with just “solved it myself” o…

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## [How/where to customize markdown parser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-where-to-customize-markdown-parser/147538)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-where-to-customize-markdown-parser/147538 "2020-04-28T21:34:26Z")

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I’m preparing a Discourse instance using SSO and it’s important for us to support the existing usernames which have underscore&dashes on any position. I have managed to do the regex updates on Discourse code for this to …

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## [How can I export forum data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-export-forum-data/147540)

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**Author:** [@joshfrank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshfrank)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-export-forum-data/147540 "2020-04-11T15:34:37Z")

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Is it possible to export all forum data from within discourse? I was the admin for a forum for a few years and now have to shut it down, but I’d like to make an archive in case I ever need the data. Is this possible, or …

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