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## [How to make topic titles render LaTeX?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-topic-titles-render-latex/234373)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-topic-titles-render-latex/234373 "2022-07-29T08:15:05Z")

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Is there simple way to add LaTeX rendering to topic titles? I use a self-hosted Discourse instance.

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## [Links into the header block](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-into-the-header-block/234377)

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**Author:** [@thebigzhu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thebigzhu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-into-the-header-block/234377 "2022-08-03T17:47:55Z")

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What is the best way to add links under the header? (I mean, just attached under the header, but into the html header block). If I insert the links in the Header, they are put on top. While if I put them in After Header,…

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## [Inconsistency issue with Group page while searching any user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-issue-with-group-page-while-searching-any-user/234384)

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**Author:** [@Aman\_Srivastava](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aman_Srivastava)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistency-issue-with-group-page-while-searching-any-user/234384 "2022-07-30T18:05:19Z")

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STR: Go to hamburger menu\>Group Increased the Size of browser to 120 % So Side Scroll can be visible. Search any user (Type more than 3 letter) Scroll Down and Observe the issue. Observe the issue Video link for the …

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## [Discourse and Rails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-rails/234392)

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**Author:** [@thebigzhu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thebigzhu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-and-rails/234392 "2022-07-29T12:22:38Z")

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I have seen that Discourse is not an API rails-app but a normal app made in rails. Doesn’t it use Ember as a frontend and Rails only as an API(backend)? Is there any reason for this choice?

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## [\[DateTime\] Year picker broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/datetime-year-picker-broken/234393)

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**Author:** [@Teruteru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Teruteru)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/datetime-year-picker-broken/234393 "2022-08-02T21:57:54Z")

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## [Failing notifications for single user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-notifications-for-single-user/234397)

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**Author:** [@Genyus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genyus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-notifications-for-single-user/234397 "2022-07-29T13:09:22Z")

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I have a strange issue on my forum where notifications never load for a specific user (my personal admin account). Opening the user panel just displays a constant spinner: While the following error is shown in the co…

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## [Open source Gamification system (badges, points etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-source-gamification-system-badges-points-etc/234403)

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**Author:** [@MeowMeow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MeowMeow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-source-gamification-system-badges-points-etc/234403 "2022-07-29T15:43:15Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to find an open source gamification framework for a website project. I found https://gamification-software.com/en/ (GitHub - ActiDoo/gamification-engine: gamification-engine (gengine) is a framework for…

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## [How can we disable 2FA for an user while we are using google auth2 login in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-disable-2fa-for-an-user-while-we-are-using-google-auth2-login-in-discourse/234414)

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**Author:** [@Swarndeep\_Poddar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swarndeep_Poddar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-we-disable-2fa-for-an-user-while-we-are-using-google-auth2-login-in-discourse/234414 "2022-07-29T16:55:50Z")

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How can we disable 2FA for an user while we are using google auth2 login in Discourse?

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## [Limit who can post on a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-who-can-post-on-a-topic/234432)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Aggarwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Aggarwal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-who-can-post-on-a-topic/234432 "2022-09-06T15:13:54Z")

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I am a member of forums.online-go.com One section of the forum is for people to play interactive games using the forum to communicate their play and the game state. I started a thread for a game. The thread specificall…

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## [Enable the header sub-menu for the crawler version \[For Hire\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-the-header-sub-menu-for-the-crawler-version-for-hire/234438)

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**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-the-header-sub-menu-for-the-crawler-version-for-hire/234438 "2022-07-29T17:45:14Z")

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What would you like done? I’d like the Header - submenu component to work on the crawler / no-JS version. Nothing extra, just for it to show up on the top of the screen like it does by default. The menu is in plain tex…

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## [Forums that use Discourse chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-that-use-discourse-chat/234439)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-that-use-discourse-chat/234439 "2022-08-03T05:30:16Z")

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What forums currently use Discourse’s chat plugin? I’d like to have a nosey and see how it’s working in practice. Thanks.

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## [Error while uploading tags: 'hijack tags upload ' is still running after 90 seconds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-uploading-tags-hijack-tags-upload-is-still-running-after-90-seconds/234444)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-uploading-tags-hijack-tags-upload-is-still-running-after-90-seconds/234444 "2022-07-29T18:06:09Z")

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Hello, I got the following error in the logs while uploading tags: 'hijack tags upload ’ is still running after 90 seconds on db default, this process may need to be restarted! The upload process has failed in the UI a…

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## [Unable to send email from my forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email-from-my-forum/234445)

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**Author:** [@Poorvi\_Arora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Poorvi_Arora)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email-from-my-forum/234445 "2022-08-09T10:51:51Z")

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Discourse was installed on an Ubuntu 20.04 computer. Everything is running smoothly. However, we are having trouble with the email trigger; emails are not being sent or received. We are operating a docker container-based…

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## [Update Tag Descriptions via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-tag-descriptions-via-api/234449)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-tag-descriptions-via-api/234449 "2022-07-29T21:21:32Z")

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Here (Add Title and Description to Tags - #17 by sam), it is suggested that we can go through each tag and update its description one by one. However, the server suggests that the patch route for "/tag/{name}’ does not …

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## [When a watched-word-link is in a user field, it is changed to the HTML link (and it looks terrible)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-watched-word-link-is-in-a-user-field-it-is-changed-to-the-html-link-and-it-looks-terrible/234460)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-a-watched-word-link-is-in-a-user-field-it-is-changed-to-the-html-link-and-it-looks-terrible/234460 "2023-03-01T13:21:27Z")

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When a user puts a watched word into a user field, strange things happen. This is an example using the User Field Employer(s), and having Te Whatu Ora as a watched word link. Baseline: Changed field to Te Whatu…

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## [Tags are not getting rendered for Non-Admin Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-are-not-getting-rendered-for-non-admin-users/234487)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-are-not-getting-rendered-for-non-admin-users/234487 "2022-07-30T08:16:52Z")

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Hello, I currently have around 17000 (it is going to increase by 1000 almost every year) tags on my forum and my admin account can see all the tags if I go to example.com/tags/. However, if I do it with a regular user, …

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## [I wonder how to add hundreds of users into a group? Is there any api?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-wonder-how-to-add-hundreds-of-users-into-a-group-is-there-any-api/234488)

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**Author:** [@Alienazk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alienazk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-wonder-how-to-add-hundreds-of-users-into-a-group-is-there-any-api/234488 "2022-08-01T12:13:16Z")

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I need to add hundreds of users (who have posted in in a specific topic）to a group. How could I achieve it？ Thank you very much！

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## [Format for 'openid connect authorize parameters' field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-for-openid-connect-authorize-parameters-field/234513)

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**Author:** [@jgmvdmeer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jgmvdmeer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/format-for-openid-connect-authorize-parameters-field/234513 "2022-07-30T11:47:23Z")

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We are happy users of the openid-connect plugin. Setup was very straightforward. We do need an additional parameter in the authorization url. Specifically for us: kc\_idp\_hint=hbso I have tried all specification variat…

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## [Parse groups and their member count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parse-groups-and-their-member-count/234515)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/parse-groups-and-their-member-count/234515 "2022-07-30T13:08:03Z")

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I would like to know how I could parse a group list like the one below: And then retrieve the information like this: chapter\_netherlands (6) chapter\_poland (1) etc. For topics we can do amazing things like raw forma…

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## [When we delete a channel, it's still displayed until we refresh the page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-we-delete-a-channel-its-still-displayed-until-we-refresh-the-page/234522)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-we-delete-a-channel-its-still-displayed-until-we-refresh-the-page/234522 "2022-07-30T14:36:25Z")

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Just a small bug UX issue. Steps to reproduce: Go to Browse Channels Go to a channel setting Delete the channel The channel is still visible in the channel list.

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## [Invitations do not expire](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-do-not-expire/234525)

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**Author:** [@hiddenseal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenseal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-do-not-expire/234525 "2022-08-05T03:15:43Z")

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The discourse shows people accepting my invitation well past their due date. I’m not sure whether people actually accept the 1+ year-old invite links, or they simply sign up on the website, and because there was an expi…

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## [Editing synonyms of a tag: missing image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-synonyms-of-a-tag-missing-image/234528)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-synonyms-of-a-tag-missing-image/234528 "2022-08-03T10:17:39Z")

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I don’t know if this can be counted as a real bug, but… When I click Edit Synonyms I’ll get this: What is that broken image next to trashcan icon, and should it do something else than deleting that synonym/redirecti…

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## [No activation email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email/234544)

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**Author:** [@2TapPrince](https://meta.discourse.org/u/2TapPrince)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email/234544 "2022-08-01T04:44:07Z")

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Hello, I have setup a digitalocean discourse docker instance. Setup went just smooth, however.. I can’t seem to get the account creation working because I don’t get a verification email. My settings are the following …

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## [Team Badges on post container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/team-badges-on-post-container/234549)

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**Author:** [@2TapPrince](https://meta.discourse.org/u/2TapPrince)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/team-badges-on-post-container/234549 "2022-08-01T19:23:34Z")

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Hello, I am looking for something like this Is there an option for this in default discourse, or do I have to code it myself? And if yes, then where exactly can I specify custom css. Thanks :slight\_smile:

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## [iOS and android has different layout in category page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-and-android-has-different-layout-in-category-page/234552)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-and-android-has-different-layout-in-category-page/234552 "2022-07-31T08:38:20Z")

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I’m just curious, but why this happends? Samsung is showing category names and three topics: iPhone shows categories and descriptions: Samsung’s style may be better for a little bit advanced users, but iPhone is…

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## [Global notice doesn’t show](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-notice-doesn-t-show/234556)

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**Author:** [@Kuro22](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kuro22)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-notice-doesn-t-show/234556 "2022-08-01T16:18:49Z")

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The unexpected behavior is seen on 2.9.0.beta8 (d716e32a32). I remember that the global notice was functioning several days ago on 2.9.0.beta7. I thought that it may have to do with the search banner component, but disa…

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## [Rsync verification errors after Discourse image cleanup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rsync-verification-errors-after-discourse-image-cleanup/234558)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rsync-verification-errors-after-discourse-image-cleanup/234558 "2022-08-27T19:33:18Z")

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Hi. I’ve built up a very big pile of Discourse images, and decided today to run “launcher cleanup” in /var/discourse. No problems, got back a bunch of space, everything running fine afterwards. But now when rsync does my…

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## [Is it Possible to Add this Feature with some script or Code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-this-feature-with-some-script-or-code/234563)

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**Author:** [@UnicornX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnicornX)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-this-feature-with-some-script-or-code/234563 "2022-07-31T08:41:18Z")

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Hey Everyone ! I Just wanted to ask is it possible to add the below redirect page feature in discourse when some user clicks on an external link. Benefits We can add adsense code here and generate a little extra reve…

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## [Language support on category level for more relevant search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-support-on-category-level-for-more-relevant-search-results/234564)

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**Author:** [@guidoleenders](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guidoleenders)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/language-support-on-category-level-for-more-relevant-search-results/234564 "2022-07-31T08:45:32Z")

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On forums mentioned below there is content in two languages (both LTR): Dutch and English. The user community is divided based upon language in different categories. However, the forums primary language Dutch is used in …

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## [Missing HTML meta-tag "Content-Language" for BING language detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-html-meta-tag-content-language-for-bing-language-detection/234565)

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**Author:** [@guidoleenders](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guidoleenders)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-html-meta-tag-content-language-for-bing-language-detection/234565 "2022-07-31T08:49:36Z")

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Microsoft’s search engine has a different way of establishing a web page’s language than Google. The documented HTML-tag to make BING recognize the language is through the meta-HTML tag. For example: \<meta name="cont…

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