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## [Code Review: Issues Migrator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-review-issues-migrator/167409)

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**Author:** [@mrbobbytables](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrbobbytables)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-review-issues-migrator/167409 "2020-10-23T21:49:57Z")

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My apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, but is there any plan to include functionality similar to the GitHub Issue → Discourse migrator again? We would love to use this in the kubernetes project and a few …

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## [Allow or not accented characters in category slug according to "slug generation method" setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-or-not-accented-characters-in-category-slug-according-to-slug-generation-method-setting/167412)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-or-not-accented-characters-in-category-slug-according-to-slug-generation-method-setting/167412 "2020-11-12T19:59:08Z")

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Latest 2.6.0 beta4, dev environment, ubuntu 20.04, firefox 81, french locale ( :roll\_eyes: yeah I know, :sweat\_smile: ) I’m not sure if I should be able to have one, but a category slug with an accented character (from…

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## [Unlisted topics get sent on mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-get-sent-on-mailing-list-mode/167413)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-get-sent-on-mailing-list-mode/167413 "2020-10-16T23:22:41Z")

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I created some posts using the RSS Polling guidance with embed unlisted set to true. In the end I decided not to have them initially unlisted - but I noticed that a user who has “mailing list mode” set got email notific…

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## [Totally blank upgrades page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/totally-blank-upgrades-page/167416)

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**Author:** [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/totally-blank-upgrades-page/167416 "2020-11-04T18:29:20Z")

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My upgrades page is completely blank. I did ./launcher rebuild app and managed to upgrade to v2.6.0beta4, but even afterward, the upgrades page is blank. The \<body\> tag for the page is: \<body class="highlighter-context…

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## [Styling issue with category banner theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-issue-with-category-banner-theme-component/167417)

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**Author:** [@s123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/s123)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/styling-issue-with-category-banner-theme-component/167417 "2020-10-21T17:09:48Z")

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I just upgraded site to latest version and not able to install category banner plugin. I see below error. please help on this. thanks

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## [Getting the user’s reset password link?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-user-s-reset-password-link/167422)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-the-user-s-reset-password-link/167422 "2020-10-17T09:31:00Z")

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I have a user who is not getting emails from the site (emails on the site work fine normally, just this use is not getting the password reset email). Is there any way for the admin to explicitly set the password, or for…

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## [Looking for partner to develop domain check tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-partner-to-develop-domain-check-tool/167424)

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**Author:** [@Jorij\_Abraham1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jorij_Abraham1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-partner-to-develop-domain-check-tool/167424 "2020-10-17T07:16:49Z")

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What would you like done? We own scamadviser.com. Our algorithm rates any domain name if it is legit (100) or very, very likely a scam (trust score = 1). We check for many different kinds of scams from online stores not…

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## [ALL messages list on /u/\<username\>/messages route](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-messages-list-on-u-username-messages-route/167425)

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**Author:** [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-messages-list-on-u-username-messages-route/167425 "2022-04-26T01:34:51Z")

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I’ve felt this almost from the first day of using Discourse but now when I’m using PMs heavily, I realize that sometimes I want to view All the PMs regardless of who started the convo(i.e. Inbox or Sent) coz sometimes yo…

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## [How do you customize payload when using webhooks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-customize-payload-when-using-webhooks/167442)

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**Author:** [@dipsiiiiiiiiii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dipsiiiiiiiiii)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-customize-payload-when-using-webhooks/167442 "2020-10-17T14:05:08Z")

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Hello developers all over the world! I’m trying to connect discourse to slack using webhooks. I’ve done most of things but only one thing is left. when you create a new topic in discourse, you send payload which has a…

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## [New user can't flag/delete a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cant-flag-delete-a-post/167443)

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**Author:** [@tdelmas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tdelmas)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cant-flag-delete-a-post/167443 "2020-10-27T18:19:36Z")

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New users are presented with a “delete button” for their posts, but when they click on it a message says “You don’t have permission to delete this topic. If you really want it to be deleted, submit a flag for moderator a…

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## [Locale and UI language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-and-ui-language/167444)

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**Author:** [@SafaAlfulaij](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SafaAlfulaij)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locale-and-ui-language/167444 "2020-12-04T17:09:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Business Week Day: As I have mentioned in the linked post, Locale is not the exact same as UI language. I’ll take KDE (Linux and Qt) as an example here: As we see, in the first scr…

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## [About "Create New Account" button and tracking Sign Ups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-create-new-account-button-and-tracking-sign-ups/167447)

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**Author:** [@ufukayyildiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ufukayyildiz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-create-new-account-button-and-tracking-sign-ups/167447 "2020-10-25T23:05:18Z")

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Hello, On earlier versions Create New Account button was passive until all sign up fields (required fields) filled and I was tracking new sign ups by track Create New Account button clicks with tag manager. But now thi…

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## [Overlapping mod actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overlapping-mod-actions/167450)

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**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overlapping-mod-actions/167450 "2020-10-20T23:15:33Z")

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What do you all do to handle moderators running into each other when processing the review pane? As we have added more mods, this has started to happen more often. Example 1: There is a post in the queue that needs mod …

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## [Automatically delete topics in a category if no reply within set period](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-topics-in-a-category-if-no-reply-within-set-period/167483)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-topics-in-a-category-if-no-reply-within-set-period/167483 "2020-10-23T05:54:45Z")

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I’ve set up RSS Polling and would like to be able to automatically delete the RSS topics after a while if nobody has replied to them. Would it be possible to have this done automatically? Thanks.

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## [Updated discourse-plugin-office365-auth due to bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updated-discourse-plugin-office365-auth-due-to-bug/167484)

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**Author:** [@IT-Sumpfling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IT-Sumpfling)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updated-discourse-plugin-office365-auth-due-to-bug/167484 "2020-10-24T09:32:45Z")

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Hi, today I’ve tried to extend the authentication on our forum to AzureAD / O365. (I already have SAML to our internal AD running, but more and more users migrate to AzureAD). So I’ve tried the 3 providers that can do …

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## [Backup Failed Due to Permissions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-due-to-permissions/167487)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-due-to-permissions/167487 "2020-10-18T09:58:23Z")

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I’m getting a backup error with \[2020-10-17 23:40:29\] EXCEPTION: lib/discourse.rb:92:in \`exec': tar: /var/www/discourse/public/backups/default/bringing-data-to-life-2020-10-17-234010-v20200916085541.tar: Cannot open: Pe…

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## [Drupal Embed: Create Blank Topic Without Duplicating Content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drupal-embed-create-blank-topic-without-duplicating-content/167493)

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**Author:** [@spectrum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spectrum)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/drupal-embed-create-blank-topic-without-duplicating-content/167493 "2021-03-11T20:28:37Z")

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Hi there, We use Discourse embedded into Drupal article pages. Every time someone from a Drupal article clicks to add a comment, a topic is automatically created within Discourse, and the article’s text is duplicated in…

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## [Indexing user fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503)

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**Author:** [@James\_Lodge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Lodge)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/indexing-user-fields/167503 "2020-10-18T19:23:23Z")

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I know this is not possible out of the box, but could some point me in the right direction of achieving this? A rough outline of how indexing and search works internally now would be great or the documentation? Thx

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## [Filtering by 'no tags' doesn't work for staff accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-by-no-tags-doesnt-work-for-staff-accounts/167515)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-by-no-tags-doesnt-work-for-staff-accounts/167515 "2020-11-12T07:39:27Z")

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While experimenting with tags, I noticed that filtering by the no tags option didn’t work as it was not showing any topics when there were topics without any tags. After some poking, this seems to happen only for admin/…

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## [Flagging "alternative facts"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-alternative-facts/167516)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-alternative-facts/167516 "2020-10-18T14:23:37Z")

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My forum has acquired a small number of users who are posting… … alternative facts. Is there any way of adding something of that nature to the offered flag reasons, please?

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## [Synology docker installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synology-docker-installs/167518)

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**Author:** [@asirota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asirota)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synology-docker-installs/167518 "2020-11-04T12:01:01Z")

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Has anyone gotten the discourse release package installed on Synology. Whenever I run the container the log contains a simple exit. And it is clearly not running. Anyone? Just trying to get this to work to experiment. …

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## [Wrong time when using the date picker: bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-time-when-using-the-date-picker-bug/167520)

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**Author:** [@rgrunbla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rgrunbla)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-time-when-using-the-date-picker-bug/167520 "2020-12-05T13:24:41Z")

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Hi, My discourse ( 2.6.0.beta4 ) is configured with the Europe/Paris as the discourse local dates default timezones, but when I try to pick a time, the displayed time is wrong, as shown on this screenshot: Even if I…

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## [Our discobot has stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discobot-has-stopped-working/167528)

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**Author:** [@ieahleen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ieahleen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-discobot-has-stopped-working/167528 "2021-02-02T12:13:25Z")

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I hail from forum.freecodecamp.org, our discobot has stopped working. It doesn’t answer anymore to being tagged, or to private messages, and doesn’t welcome new users anymore. What could be done?

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## [How to display automatic signature/footer in topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-automatic-signature-footer-in-topics/167533)

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**Author:** [@avndp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/avndp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-display-automatic-signature-footer-in-topics/167533 "2020-10-20T20:26:11Z")

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Is there any way to add signature or footer text in category-specific topics?

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## [Secure media and optimized images?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-media-and-optimized-images/167541)

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**Author:** [@boojit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boojit)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-media-and-optimized-images/167541 "2020-10-26T17:09:21Z")

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Hi all: New admin just coming to terms with Discourse. I’ve recently enabled the “enable s3 uploads” and the “secure media” features in my 2.6.0.beta4 installation. it appears to be working – I can upload images and the…

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## [Optimize discourse css via PageSpeed insights](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-discourse-css-via-pagespeed-insights/167554)

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**Author:** [@tirex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tirex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-discourse-css-via-pagespeed-insights/167554 "2020-10-19T00:08:09Z")

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Hi, after doing analysis on my forum with PageSpeed Insights, I see that discourse use ~55 kB of unused css. In my opinion this is a much, so you can use PurgeCSS to optimize discourse styles. I think this is an import…

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## [Creating a Topic using Ruby](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-using-ruby/167556)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-using-ruby/167556 "2020-10-20T06:22:32Z")

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G’day I’m looking for some sample ruby code to create a topic with tags, in a category with one boxing of links where possible. Is there a repository of example ruby code to use with Discourse? Cheers and thanks!

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## [Formatting doesn't work in solved answer summary that's embedded in the original post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-doesnt-work-in-solved-answer-summary-thats-embedded-in-the-original-post/167572)

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**Author:** [@camelid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/camelid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formatting-doesnt-work-in-solved-answer-summary-thats-embedded-in-the-original-post/167572 "2020-10-19T03:56:34Z")

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See here for an example: However, formatting is correctly applied when you expand the embedded solution: \[No screenshot because my trust level is too low :slightly\_frowning\_face:\] Note: I tried testing this on the …

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## [How to deal with constant misuse of categories as a normal powerless user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-constant-misuse-of-categories-as-a-normal-powerless-user/167577)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-constant-misuse-of-categories-as-a-normal-powerless-user/167577 "2020-10-20T17:11:58Z")

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Alright, some backstory. Ever since our community went from manual approval to automated entry our “development discussion” category, which is a category meant for discussing the art of making things on the game engine,…

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## [Keep the heading visible when showing poll results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-the-heading-visible-when-showing-poll-results/167585)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keep-the-heading-visible-when-showing-poll-results/167585 "2020-10-27T12:51:04Z")

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Now that polls allow headings (Thanks, @cvx), it would be great if the heading would remain visible while showing the results. That way, it would be easy to share a screenshot of the final results without restating the …

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