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## [Notes about Installing Discourse on Ubuntu 20.04](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-about-installing-discourse-on-ubuntu-20-04/226363)

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**Author:** [@s-o-n-o-s-u-s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/s-o-n-o-s-u-s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-about-installing-discourse-on-ubuntu-20-04/226363 "2022-05-06T18:55:38Z")

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I’m having trouble with the bundle install step. This error keeps coming up. (...) Installing sassc-rails 2.1.2 Installing discourse-ember-rails 0.18.6 Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. …

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## [Broken crawler view when you disable Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-crawler-view-when-you-disable-javascript/226365)

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**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-crawler-view-when-you-disable-javascript/226365 "2022-05-09T07:32:46Z")

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Ran into this error while looking at something else but basically if you disable JS in chrome You get this Instead of this, which is what you get if you change the user agent to Google smartphone bot Google b…

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## [How would you make statistics of power relations?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-you-make-statistics-of-power-relations/226367)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-you-make-statistics-of-power-relations/226367 "2022-05-06T23:32:33Z")

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I have a Discourse instance where people tend to use the forum in quite surprising ways. At first, the forum was organized by groups-categories, where each group (reflecting an actual human group in a shared physical spa…

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## [Help with integrations between wordpress and Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-integrations-between-wordpress-and-discourse/226377)

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**Author:** [@kkemp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kkemp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-integrations-between-wordpress-and-discourse/226377 "2022-05-06T22:12:39Z")

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What would you like done? We have an existing discourse site and want to find someone to help support and clean up a few bugs. we would like to have a conversation offline When do you need it done? ongoing What is your…

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## [How do I change my display name?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-display-name/226389)

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**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-display-name/226389 "2022-05-07T01:33:35Z")

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It’s been a while since I visited Meta.DIscourse and I recently got back and decided I wanted to change my display (ie, real) name, but couldn’t find a way to do that. Is it possible? Or was (is) requirements that we al…

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## [Can not post a reply "Sorry, an error has occurred"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-post-a-reply-sorry-an-error-has-occurred/226392)

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**Author:** [@csorrows](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csorrows)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-not-post-a-reply-sorry-an-error-has-occurred/226392 "2022-05-07T02:42:26Z")

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I searched, but found nothing related to my issue. When posting a reply, I get “Sorry, an error has occurred” and the reply is grayed out. Upon refreshing the page, the reply is not shown. My error log shows: 17034372…

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## [\[Paid-job\] External image lightbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-external-image-lightbox/226398)

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**Author:** [@pinkd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pinkd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-job-external-image-lightbox/226398 "2022-05-07T06:26:04Z")

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I need this feature for the people in my forum. -External image lightbox -Lightbox function (enlarge, download link, URL link) I have a budget of less than 50-100, but I'm thinking of up to 300 if needed. See also t…

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## [Users who put in the wrong email during sign-up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-put-in-the-wrong-email-during-sign-up/226417)

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**Author:** [@PerkyPorcupine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PerkyPorcupine)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-who-put-in-the-wrong-email-during-sign-up/226417 "2022-05-08T01:46:41Z")

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I’ve had somebody talk to me about why they can’t sign up… it turns out that they typed their email incorrectly. I have a potentially bad solution to make the sign up process more user-friendly. Possibly change the def…

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## [Need to add tag when any of 4 other tags exist on topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-add-tag-when-any-of-4-other-tags-exist-on-topic/226421)

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**Author:** [@Fma965](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fma965)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-add-tag-when-any-of-4-other-tags-exist-on-topic/226421 "2022-05-07T18:46:41Z")

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Hey all, I’ve done some restructuring on my forum recently and started making use of tags. One thing i’m struggling with (i know it’s not native, but perhaps a simple plugin exists?) is when a new topic is created with…

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## [Page indicates 1 unread and there is two](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-indicates-1-unread-and-there-is-two/226424)

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**Author:** [@jkwilborn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jkwilborn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-indicates-1-unread-and-there-is-two/226424 "2022-05-12T13:32:12Z")

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Currently running 05bf262c53 :smiley\_cat:

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## [Getting ERROR 500 On Discord authentication signup/login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-500-on-discord-authentication-signup-login/226439)

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**Author:** [@NoobDart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoobDart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-error-500-on-discord-authentication-signup-login/226439 "2022-05-08T01:52:25Z")

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Hi there, so I running into some pickle. We have enabled Discord Login’s/Signup’s and we are getting Oops The software powering this discussion forum encountered an unexpected problem. We apologize for the inconvenienc…

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## [Where did you get inspirations to make classic UX which 1000's of company accept discourse base theme and adoption?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-did-you-get-inspirations-to-make-classic-ux-which-1000s-of-company-accept-discourse-base-theme-and-adoption/226446)

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**Author:** [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-did-you-get-inspirations-to-make-classic-ux-which-1000s-of-company-accept-discourse-base-theme-and-adoption/226446 "2022-05-08T16:40:22Z")

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Hey Discourse Community, I’m really surprised and wondering how discourse UX/UI made it through until here. Let me clear, am not saying anything about the design quality. I’m asking from a individual business perspectiv…

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## [(Free) (Job Needed) Looking to moderate or help build forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-job-needed-looking-to-moderate-or-help-build-forums/226450)

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**Author:** [@P3ter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P3ter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-job-needed-looking-to-moderate-or-help-build-forums/226450 "2022-05-09T07:41:37Z")

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Hey Y’all, Wondering if anyone needs a moderator or someone to customise forums for them. I’ve done it 2 times in the past, one a year ago and another about 2 months ago. I’m quite experienced and I want to help Thank…

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## [Emailed Forum Posts grayed out in Dark Mode on some Discourse forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emailed-forum-posts-grayed-out-in-dark-mode-on-some-discourse-forums/226460)

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**Author:** [@rkaplan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkaplan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emailed-forum-posts-grayed-out-in-dark-mode-on-some-discourse-forums/226460 "2022-11-08T16:46:11Z")

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Recently the text on emailed posts I receive has been greyed out. This happens with meta.discourse.org and some other Discourse forums, but some other Discourse forums work fine. The problem happens only when my Mac is…

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## [Pop up - how to css?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop-up-how-to-css/226462)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop-up-how-to-css/226462 "2022-05-09T12:34:48Z")

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Users are alerting us that the pop-up for reaching daily limit of likes is far too wide and not mobile friendly. I’m trying to repro but not sure how to make the alert pop-up without actually liking x amount of posts. A…

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## [Shortcut menu should be context-senstive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-menu-should-be-context-senstive/226468)

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**Author:** [@glimfeather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/glimfeather)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shortcut-menu-should-be-context-senstive/226468 "2022-05-08T17:16:56Z")

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The shortcut menu (accessible from either ? or the hamburger menu contains a list of every keyboard shortcut within the Discourse environment. However, not all the shortcuts shown are applicable in all cases. For example…

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## [Group membership scripting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-membership-scripting/226473)

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**Author:** [@carmiac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carmiac)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-membership-scripting/226473 "2022-05-09T18:52:51Z")

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I’m the admin for a organization’s forum with several levels of membership, which correspond to custom group membership in the forum. Currently this requires a manual process for every new member where I get the new mem…

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## [Request: Custom Badge SQL for total Like count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-custom-badge-sql-for-total-like-count/226489)

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**Author:** [@rapphann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rapphann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-custom-badge-sql-for-total-like-count/226489 "2022-05-13T10:38:40Z")

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Hello! There’s a default badge shipped with the software that I quite like, but would like it tweaked a little. The original: This badge is granted when you have 100 liked posts and give 100 or more likes in return. …

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## [Change Default Username Color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-username-color/226496)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-default-username-color/226496 "2022-05-09T09:57:48Z")

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I know how to change individual users/group colors, but I’m talking about the default group color. My specific issue is that I have a couple skins that when used makes the default user group a green color, which is somew…

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## [Text wrapping broken on mobile view due to the Easy Footer theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-wrapping-broken-on-mobile-view-due-to-the-easy-footer-theme-component/226500)

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**Author:** [@ma0sm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ma0sm)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-wrapping-broken-on-mobile-view-due-to-the-easy-footer-theme-component/226500 "2022-05-11T16:32:27Z")

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On https://community.drownedinsound.com/, in the last few hours, something has happened to the site where wrapping is no longer applied, alongside other strange UI behaviour. This is only happening on mobile view. Th…

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## [How do you install Discourse using Windows 10 Docker Desktop?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-install-discourse-using-windows-10-docker-desktop/226507)

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**Author:** [@Nixxxxxx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nixxxxxx)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-install-discourse-using-windows-10-docker-desktop/226507 "2022-05-09T15:49:11Z")

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I’ve went the step of using WSL and downloaded Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. Then going through the -discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub setup, I get hit with an alert that I should use WSL …

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## [About ad plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-ad-plugins/226508)

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**Author:** [@kingsd041](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kingsd041)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-ad-plugins/226508 "2022-05-09T08:02:04Z")

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Excuse me, which plugin is used in the above advertisement, and how is it implemented?

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## [Collating email IDs of all users from topic comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collating-email-ids-of-all-users-from-topic-comments/226518)

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**Author:** [@Aswathy\_Nambiar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aswathy_Nambiar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collating-email-ids-of-all-users-from-topic-comments/226518 "2022-05-09T09:45:29Z")

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Hi, So I ran a contest on a Discourse community page I handle. 100+ users participated in it by commenting under the same topic. The next step is to collect emails IDs of all the participants and doing it one by one ma…

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## [Land user on categories page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/land-user-on-categories-page/226523)

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**Author:** [@Saket\_Bhardwaj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saket_Bhardwaj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/land-user-on-categories-page/226523 "2022-05-09T11:09:14Z")

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Currently my users land on ‘latest’ topics, I want them to land on ‘categories’ page. How to do it ?

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## [Removing category descriptions in main page, but retain them in individual category pages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-category-descriptions-in-main-page-but-retain-them-in-individual-category-pages/226545)

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**Author:** [@vnadkarni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vnadkarni)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-category-descriptions-in-main-page-but-retain-them-in-individual-category-pages/226545 "2022-05-30T12:53:34Z")

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My main landing page for my forum is the Categories page. It shows a tile for each categories (4 such tiles in each row) and each tile contains the Category name and description. I want to switch that to Categories + Lat…

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## [Disable or bypass feature detect for Googlebot (while serving JS app to crawlers)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-or-bypass-feature-detect-for-googlebot-while-serving-js-app-to-crawlers/226554)

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**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-or-bypass-feature-detect-for-googlebot-while-serving-js-app-to-crawlers/226554 "2022-06-14T16:12:59Z")

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I’ve been trying to get Discourse to fully serve the JS app to Googlebot - getting very close. Courtesy @pfaffman and executing the below code (in the rails console) I was able to get the JS app to show up when using ch…

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## [502 and then empty forum after \`./launcher rebuild app\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-and-then-empty-forum-after-launcher-rebuild-app/226557)

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**Author:** [@jtooker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtooker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-and-then-empty-forum-after-launcher-rebuild-app/226557 "2022-05-09T20:15:01Z")

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TL;DR: I ran ./launcher rebuild app and then my forum broke. The problem ended up being a theme component that had been working. I don’t really understand the issue beyond that, but I’m posting in case my experience m…

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## [Plugin category page has no topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-category-page-has-no-topics/226581)

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**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-category-page-has-no-topics/226581 "2022-05-09T19:42:23Z")

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I navigated to the plugin category page but for some reason don’t see any topics: When I click on the extras sub-category, I see topics: I’m using Chrome. Is this happening for anyone else?

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## [Notification to new group members from bulk invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-new-group-members-from-bulk-invite/226582)

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**Author:** [@carmiac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carmiac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-new-group-members-from-bulk-invite/226582 "2022-05-09T17:51:04Z")

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Background: https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-membership-scripting/226473/ It appears that the best way to add group membership for many users based off of their email address is using the Bulk Invite system, particula…

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## [Suggestion: Convert new topic to wiki based on a tag (such as "wiki")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-convert-new-topic-to-wiki-based-on-a-tag-such-as-wiki/226587)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-convert-new-topic-to-wiki-based-on-a-tag-such-as-wiki/226587 "2022-05-10T14:34:16Z")

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I love converting topics over to wiki and find most users have no idea how this process works. I think it could be a nice option to allow top posts to be converted to wiki simply by appending a tag during creation. Exa…

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