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## [Auto delete the post after 3 months on specific topic - need API option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-delete-the-post-after-3-months-on-specific-topic-need-api-option/244776)

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**Author:** [@naresh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naresh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-delete-the-post-after-3-months-on-specific-topic-need-api-option/244776 "2022-11-08T11:40:33Z")

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Hello experts, I am looking for an option in rest API which I can use when creating a new topic. The option will allow me to setup the topic so that the posts which are older than 3 months will get deleted automatically…

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## [One Unique H1 tag is missing on homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-unique-h1-tag-is-missing-on-homepage/244797)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-unique-h1-tag-is-missing-on-homepage/244797 "2023-11-23T09:49:11Z")

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I made this last time Remove duplicate H1 from topic & other pages to improve SEO rankings for topic pages and the team did fix the duplicate H1 from topic pages, but now on homepage there is no H1 tag. 1 unique H1 tag…

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## [What's the most convenient way to add "dummy" elements to the review list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-most-convenient-way-to-add-dummy-elements-to-the-review-list/244802)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-most-convenient-way-to-add-dummy-elements-to-the-review-list/244802 "2022-11-08T13:03:35Z")

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I’d like to add fake users or posts that would trigger the in-built spam behavior or Akismet algorithm to test stuff. What’s the fastest way to do that?

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## [Redirect /login to /auth/ldap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-login-to-auth-ldap/244813)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Hnyk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tomas_Hnyk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-login-to-auth-ldap/244813 "2022-11-08T18:20:58Z")

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We support only one login method via LDAP. Currently, when user logs out, he is sent to page our.domain/login which looks like this (screenshot from my test server in virtualbox, hence the url and https warning): Cli…

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## [I cannot edit Crowdin translations (Turkish)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-edit-crowdin-translations-turkish/244819)

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**Author:** [@spinodal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spinodal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-edit-crowdin-translations-turkish/244819 "2022-11-08T15:27:04Z")

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I had been editing and updating Turkish translations for a long time. But since last month I am not able to. It is showing something like this. I wrote messages to project managers but did not hear back.

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## [Custom class for linkified watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-class-for-linkified-watched-words/244835)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-class-for-linkified-watched-words/244835 "2023-07-30T12:51:44Z")

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Hi! I’m starting to use the automatic links on watched words. I’d like them to have a different style from other links since our watched words (technical terms, acronyms…) are all related to the topic of our forum: a n…

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## [Detailed tutorial on migration from Flarum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detailed-tutorial-on-migration-from-flarum-to-discourse/244884)

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**Author:** [@Charlie\_Li](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Charlie_Li)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detailed-tutorial-on-migration-from-flarum-to-discourse/244884 "2022-11-09T19:30:52Z")

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Hi! I was using flarum to host my forum with about 1k posts and users. And I was thinking about migrating from flarum to discourse lately. I have checked several posts on this but didn’t find a detailed tutorial to do th…

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## [NoMethodError undefined method \`chat\_sound' with chat turned off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-chat-sound-with-chat-turned-off/244895)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-chat-sound-with-chat-turned-off/244895 "2022-11-09T18:57:32Z")

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I’m going to wait to move this to Contribute \> Bug, as this is a non-standard install, but the image is built with launcher (then launched with Fargate in ECS behind a load balancer), so it seems like this probably isn’t…

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## [Random Post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898)

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**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898 "2022-11-18T23:21:47Z")

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The weird use case here. I am starting a brand new forum, and I don’t want it to appear empty, so I have a bunch of prefabbed posts in a text file that I want to enter into the forum. Is there a way to have these posts…

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## [I changed all the rate limits I could find, but still hit a limit somewhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-changed-all-the-rate-limits-i-could-find-but-still-hit-a-limit-somewhere/244899)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Bourge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alex_Bourge)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-changed-all-the-rate-limits-i-could-find-but-still-hit-a-limit-somewhere/244899 "2022-11-09T20:26:05Z")

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These are the limits I’ve set. I’m hosting on my own server with a LOT of users (teachers and admins in many schools) interacting with it through API calls (custom frontend integrated with some other propriety software) …

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## [A free oauth solution?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-free-oauth-solution/244905)

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**Author:** [@Sectros](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sectros)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-free-oauth-solution/244905 "2022-11-08T23:18:30Z")

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I need to use discourse as one of a set of tools for a project. I need to have one oauth solution that identifies/authorizes a user across several platforms (discourse, mediawiki, consul project, and others) with a singl…

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## [Bulk delete all tags which have less than 10 topics assigned to them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-all-tags-which-have-less-than-10-topics-assigned-to-them/244913)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-delete-all-tags-which-have-less-than-10-topics-assigned-to-them/244913 "2022-11-08T20:42:48Z")

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I want the Ruby code which I can execute after doing rails c On my forum, there are lots of tags which have less than 10 topics assigned to them and this is causing lot of thin content and low quality empty pages on my …

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## [ActionController::Routing Error when adding official plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/actioncontroller-routing-error-when-adding-official-plugins/244940)

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**Author:** [@hyphalos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hyphalos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/actioncontroller-routing-error-when-adding-official-plugins/244940 "2022-11-17T16:12:00Z")

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Hello! I’m running 2.9.0.beta11 on Ubuntu (developer environment) and I get the following errors about these plugins. It works perfectly fine without them. What do I need to do to get these plugins working? ActionContr…

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## [Invite links (Accept Invitation Button) with SSO not working for stable v2.8.10](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-links-accept-invitation-button-with-sso-not-working-for-stable-v2-8-10/244945)

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**Author:** [@hyphalos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hyphalos)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-links-accept-invitation-button-with-sso-not-working-for-stable-v2-8-10/244945 "2022-12-09T00:48:36Z")

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Hi Discourse team, The Accept Invitation button does not work on stable v.2.8.10. When you try to login via SSO, it will just redirect you back to the invite page, and Accept Invitation doesn’t do anything. No console e…

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## [How to make "Categories" the main page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-categories-the-main-page/244962)

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**Author:** [@Bodrit\_Bodrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bodrit_Bodrit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-categories-the-main-page/244962 "2022-11-09T08:22:51Z")

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Hi, colleagues) I need help for one question. How to make “Categories” the main page for all users? (i found only option for one user)

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## [All groups are not anymore displayed in group page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-groups-are-not-anymore-displayed-in-group-page/244964)

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**Author:** [@erik\_a](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erik_a)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-groups-are-not-anymore-displayed-in-group-page/244964 "2022-11-11T08:29:49Z")

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Hello. First, thank you to the team for all the great job for Discourse ! Since 2.9.0.beta11, the group page ( mydomain/g ) shows only 2 groups. If I filter by name, I can find the other groups. The request /g.json s…

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## [Moderation advice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-advice/244966)

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**Author:** [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-advice/244966 "2022-11-09T10:18:48Z")

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Hi folks, wonder if you have some advice for me. Had a look at the documentation, but it doesn’t go too much into detail. Based on the nature of our product I expect that occasionally we’ll have people posting content t…

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## [Google Search Console: benefit or curse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-console-benefit-or-curse/244967)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-console-benefit-or-curse/244967 "2022-11-09T08:46:57Z")

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Guys, Is adding your Discourse site to GSC a good or bad thing? Does anyone have insight in how Google search algorithm works wrt to GSC? Say you are blistfully unaware of GSC, and have not added your site, does Goog…

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## [Push notification confusingly states "replied to you"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notification-confusingly-states-replied-to-you/244977)

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**Author:** [@tempogain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tempogain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notification-confusingly-states-replied-to-you/244977 "2022-11-09T10:14:07Z")

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Hello, I got a report about this since update 2.9.0.beta11. A push notification sent when a response is made to a watched topic states “{user} replied to you in {“topic”}”. This gives the false impression that it was a d…

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## [Automation not respecting encrypt/not encrypt for auto-pms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-not-respecting-encrypt-not-encrypt-for-auto-pms/244980)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-not-respecting-encrypt-not-encrypt-for-auto-pms/244980 "2023-04-12T13:59:10Z")

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Using Send PMs when a user is added to a group, there is a checkbox to send the PM encrypted. In my case, it always sends the PM encrypted no matter checked or unchecked - if the user has encryption enabled.

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## [Category logos displaying larger than the original size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logos-displaying-larger-than-the-original-size/244981)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-logos-displaying-larger-than-the-original-size/244981 "2023-01-17T12:28:27Z")

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After upgrading to 2.9.0.beta11 I noticed that the category logos were displaying larger than the original image size causing the image to look blurry and the description text to display in a vertical column: As a te…

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## [How to deactive account of those users who're not receiving emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactive-account-of-those-users-whore-not-receiving-emails/244982)

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**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deactive-account-of-those-users-whore-not-receiving-emails/244982 "2022-11-10T12:42:57Z")

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Searched enough before posting: I found that there are hundreds of users to whom my site emails are bouncing off for non-existent/wrong email addresses. Is there some data query or other way to find the list of all in…

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## [Embedded Youtube videos sometimes need to be clicked twice to start playing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-youtube-videos-sometimes-need-to-be-clicked-twice-to-start-playing/244984)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedded-youtube-videos-sometimes-need-to-be-clicked-twice-to-start-playing/244984 "2022-11-10T11:35:47Z")

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Hi, @Aizada\_M shared with me a small issue with their forum of which I couldn’t pinpoint the exact issue especially since it happened even with creating a new theme with no CSS, no JS, no component, with non-official plu…

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## [Creating a component's settings as a textarea/editor?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-components-settings-as-a-textarea-editor/244989)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-components-settings-as-a-textarea-editor/244989 "2022-11-09T14:55:11Z")

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In a component’s settings, I can easily create a field for entering a bit of text via the component’s settings.yaml file… example\_setting: default: "\<p\>\<i\>Sample\</i\> default.\</p\>" description: en: "This is an ex…

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## [Automatically embedded Youtube videos should be embedded on published pages as well](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-embedded-youtube-videos-should-be-embedded-on-published-pages-as-well/244993)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-embedded-youtube-videos-should-be-embedded-on-published-pages-as-well/244993 "2022-11-09T14:30:21Z")

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Embedded Youtube videos work in posts, but not in their published page version. They should be automatically embedded as well in published pages. Currently, it only works if we manually insert a video iframe code in th…

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## [Plugin Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development/245003)

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**Author:** [@msavage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/msavage)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-development/245003 "2022-11-09T17:40:56Z")

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Is there a way to install a plugin from a certain branch to test in a develop environment? What I would like to do is have main branch as stable and then be able to install a feature branch into our EKS dev environment …

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## [Looking to hire someone to help me develop my discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-to-help-me-develop-my-discourse/245006)

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**Author:** [@שקד\_טלמן](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%93_%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-to-help-me-develop-my-discourse/245006 "2022-11-09T16:48:39Z")

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Hi. i am looking to hire someone to help me develop my discourse. Does discourse have a partner from Israel?

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## [Staff Notices for....staff?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-for-staff/245014)

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**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-for-staff/245014 "2022-11-09T18:08:07Z")

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Regarding the staff notices functionality…is there a plugin or something which would allow us to use staff notices so they are only visible to staff? We ran into a situation where someone put a staff notice on a post th…

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## [Looking to hire community developer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-community-developer/245017)

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**Author:** [@Eschell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eschell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-community-developer/245017 "2022-11-10T11:31:05Z")

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Hi, we are looking for someone to help develop a new community for our company. This would be a temporary/project-based vendor relationship. We have a list of users and topics, just need someone to import everything and …

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## [With the latest update, when merging, translation error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-latest-update-when-merging-translation-error/245029)

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**Author:** [@Jayne\_ivana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayne_ivana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-latest-update-when-merging-translation-error/245029 "2022-11-11T02:35:50Z")

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We are now on the latest version of Discourse. When merging posts with votes, the votes merge but we see the below error: translation missing: en.topic\_voting.votes\_moved Wondering if this might be a new bug?

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