# Hot

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## [New Photography Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-photography-theme/246066)

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**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-photography-theme/246066 "2022-11-18T17:31:54Z")

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I’m a Product Designer and I designed a brand new photography base Discourse Theme - looking for a member that can work on it with me and make this a reality for my community. Please DM me or send me an email with exa…

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## [Need to restart Ember in order to test front-end changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-restart-ember-in-order-to-test-front-end-changes/246069)

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**Author:** [@SilK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SilK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-restart-ember-in-order-to-test-front-end-changes/246069 "2022-11-18T18:17:53Z")

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Hey there! I’ve set up a new dev environment for working on plugins. Discourse is up to date with the main branch. I need to restart Ember in order to test changes made to the front end. This includes changes to Handle…

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## [Limit # of links for a watched word?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-of-links-for-a-watched-word/246071)

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**Author:** [@vanclute](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanclute)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-of-links-for-a-watched-word/246071 "2023-07-31T11:51:40Z")

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We have some watched word being linked, but sometimes the same word is used 3 or 4 times in a post and the links are getting to be a bit much. Is there any way to set a max # of times a given word is linked on a given p…

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## [Allow Category Moderators to be notified by email of pending review items](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-be-notified-by-email-of-pending-review-items/246072)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-be-notified-by-email-of-pending-review-items/246072 "2021-12-29T21:04:14Z")

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Currently normal moderators can set the moderators inbox to “Watching” the topics. In this case they are able to receive emails about posts ended up in the queue awaiting approval (based on the notify about queued posts …

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## [Can category moderators review \*all\* flags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-review-all-flags/246074)

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**Author:** [@Hanon\_Ondricek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanon_Ondricek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-review-all-flags/246074 "2022-01-11T01:40:09Z")

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\[EDIT: I have answered some of my questions via impersonation - sub-mods do not see Staff whispers at all, and basically only get a message/topic wrench. They cannot alter user information as Staff can. Part of this is I…

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## [Do category moderators also automatically moderate subcategories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-category-moderators-also-automatically-moderate-subcategories/246075)

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**Author:** [@albert\_vu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albert_vu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-category-moderators-also-automatically-moderate-subcategories/246075 "2022-07-14T10:07:48Z")

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Hi there, Just a question about this feature, can said group also moderate subcategories within the parent category, or are they only able to moderator the parent category itself? Also is there any plan to enable a sp…

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## [Allow Category Moderators to assign badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-assign-badges/246076)

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**Author:** [@Kim\_Hanchet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kim_Hanchet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-category-moderators-to-assign-badges/246076 "2021-12-13T13:07:30Z")

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Firstly this is a great feature! It would be super good if a category moderator could also create and assign badges to users in their assigned category.

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## [Can category moderators delete posts from the review queue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-delete-posts-from-the-review-queue/246077)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-category-moderators-delete-posts-from-the-review-queue/246077 "2021-04-07T00:10:22Z")

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Just wanted to confirm I understand this feature and its limitations correctly. If I want members of a certain group (who are not site-wide moderators) to be able to delete posts, the (only viable) workflow would be: S…

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## [Displaying Category Moderators on category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-category-moderators-on-category-page/246079)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-category-moderators-on-category-page/246079 "2020-07-25T04:05:59Z")

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Could be worth adding a group moderation team to the /about page in regards to particular categories (permissions of the group permitting). They would be listed below the other @staff if this made sense. Right now I se…

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## [Error in adding categories to sidebar menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-adding-categories-to-sidebar-menu/246089)

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**Author:** [@Duane\_Whitcomb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Duane_Whitcomb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-adding-categories-to-sidebar-menu/246089 "2022-11-18T19:32:07Z")

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I’m trying out the sidebar menu. When I add a category to display, I get an error about not completing user fields. This is happening when I try it on different user accounts, too. (btw, I am using the Air theme.)

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## [Hide logs/staff actions with css](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-logs-staff-actions-with-css/246127)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-logs-staff-actions-with-css/246127 "2022-11-20T16:31:30Z")

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Recently, I had asked if there was a way to leave the records option only for administrators (Without moderators being able to see this) But the answer was no. Anyway, I’m having internal problems and I don’t want my mo…

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## [Subcategories as boxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-as-boxes/246132)

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**Author:** [@Fluttercode](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fluttercode)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-as-boxes/246132 "2022-11-19T15:13:55Z")

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Hello, I did do a search for this. I am wondering where the setting in Admin is that lets me turn the sub categories into blocks. The setting showed in this link does not exist in the current beta release:

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## [Posts made via API and Spam Detection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-made-via-api-and-spam-detection/246147)

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**Author:** [@kirupa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kirupa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-made-via-api-and-spam-detection/246147 "2022-11-19T19:50:13Z")

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Hi everyone - when making posts via the Discourse API, does spam checking automatically happen? Or is there something extra we would need to do? Thanks, Kirupa

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## [How to put javascript in Discourse theme?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-javascript-in-discourse-theme/246157)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-put-javascript-in-discourse-theme/246157 "2022-11-20T21:40:59Z")

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I found a java script with a falling snow effect, and I was wondering, is it possible to put this script in the theme? I tried to insert where I put CSS, but the site bugged lol, is there another place I can insert it or…

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## [Multisite enable on directory level instead of subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-enable-on-directory-level-instead-of-subdomain/246159)

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**Author:** [@Salman\_Haider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Salman_Haider)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-enable-on-directory-level-instead-of-subdomain/246159 "2022-11-20T09:53:41Z")

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I need to enable multisite on directory level instead of subdomain www.example.com/multisite1 www.example.com/multisite2

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## [Moving from uncategorised to general category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-from-uncategorised-to-general-category/246160)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-from-uncategorised-to-general-category/246160 "2022-11-21T10:23:06Z")

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Continuing the discussion from 2.9.0.beta11: Security fixes, New general category, Sidebar improvements, and more: On my forum I had renamed and kept the old “Uncategorised” quasi-category (if that’s a word), and allow…

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## [Published page url as a hash](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-page-url-as-a-hash/246164)

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**Author:** [@bosal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bosal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-page-url-as-a-hash/246164 "2022-11-20T01:00:00Z")

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Hi, we are used to publishing pages and sending the url to clients or employes from systems like Google Docs or ClickUp. I would love to get a checkbox when publishing a page for: no index for crawlers generating a h…

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## [Limit # of times a watched word is linked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-of-times-a-watched-word-is-linked/246166)

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**Author:** [@vanclute](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanclute)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-of-times-a-watched-word-is-linked/246166 "2022-12-02T15:10:54Z")

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From this thread, it would be great to define that a given watched word should only be matched up to n times. Also would be great to define a total max # of watched word links on a given page, and also how many times a …

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## [Attempted to upgrade and I think I messed something up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempted-to-upgrade-and-i-think-i-messed-something-up/246173)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempted-to-upgrade-and-i-think-i-messed-something-up/246173 "2022-11-20T08:57:58Z")

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Im not sure what I did, but I ended up attempting to upgrade via cli and did something to the forums. I tried first upgrading via the upgrade tool provided in the GUI but the site went down, so I did it through the CLI a…

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## [Building bootstrap error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-bootstrap-error/246175)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-bootstrap-error/246175 "2022-11-20T14:26:47Z")

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This was a issue apart of another thread but I figure I would make a separate one since they aren’t the same issue (i think). (previous thread: Attempted to upgrade and I think I messed something up - installation - Dis…

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## [Discourse SSO Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-configuration/246178)

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**Author:** [@fromage9747](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fromage9747)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-configuration/246178 "2022-11-20T08:49:15Z")

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I have spent quite a bit of time reading the documentation and fiddling to no avail. I cannot get Discourse Connect/SSo to work with my app. I have created my own app that has a PWA, Android and iOS app. Now I want to…

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## [Events: If subcategories hidden, so is the events calendar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-if-subcategories-hidden-so-is-the-events-calendar/246179)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-if-subcategories-hidden-so-is-the-events-calendar/246179 "2022-11-20T09:10:04Z")

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If you have an events\_calendar\_categories set in that category’s settings set Default List Filter to be no subcategories then the events calendar is not displayed. I discovered this when making a subcategory to house…

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## [Implementing a countdown bbcode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementing-a-countdown-bbcode/246188)

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**Author:** [@marcozambi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcozambi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/implementing-a-countdown-bbcode/246188 "2022-11-20T11:54:14Z")

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Hi all! I would like some help for starting the development of a “countdown” bbcode that, as the name says, will display a countdown in a post. The idea is to translate something like this \[countdown=\<iso date and time\>…

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## [Post date display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-date-display/246190)

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**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-date-display/246190 "2023-02-26T01:32:55Z")

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The date of posts are displayed using an apostrophe to indicate a year and no apostrophe to indicate a day of the month (Apr '18 is April of 2018, while Apr 18 is April 18th of this year). We get fairly frequent complai…

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## [Nested subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-subcategories/246199)

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**Author:** [@Headless](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Headless)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-subcategories/246199 "2022-11-20T16:24:04Z")

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Not sure if this belongs in support or themes. As far as I am aware the nested subcategories is only intended for hosted enterprised users. However, I am a self-host user that enabled this feature with env. Above is…

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## ["What's news in Discourse" link is not-found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-news-in-discourse-link-is-not-found/246200)

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**Author:** [@yhmtsai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhmtsai)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-news-in-discourse-link-is-not-found/246200 "2022-11-21T17:56:15Z")

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Hi, There’s a button What’s news in Discourse in admin page. It’s linked to https://meta.discourse.org/c/feature/announcements?tags=release-notes&before=0 , but it shows not-found

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## [Topic and Chat Channel two interfaces for the same conversation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-chat-channel-two-interfaces-for-the-same-conversation/246207)

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**Author:** [@ninermac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ninermac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-chat-channel-two-interfaces-for-the-same-conversation/246207 "2022-11-21T15:55:12Z")

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I run a sports fan forum. I have folks that like to interact with a game thread and those that like to interact in chat during a game. It would be a great feature to have both the thread and the chat essentially being t…

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## ["Currenting updating forum" during rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currenting-updating-forum-during-rebuild/246214)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/currenting-updating-forum-during-rebuild/246214 "2022-11-21T08:44:59Z")

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I’m sure I’ve seen at least one old topic about this, but I can’t find it now. Is it possible to have a warning/information message online during the 5-10 minutes that Discourse is rebuilding?

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## [How is the number of users in the user directory calculated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-the-number-of-users-in-the-user-directory-calculated/246215)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-the-number-of-users-in-the-user-directory-calculated/246215 "2022-11-20T22:57:38Z")

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Continuing the discussion from New Leaderboard/User Directory Features :tada:: How is this calculated? The number on my forum is much lower than the total number of users. Does it exclude people with \<1min reading time,…

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## [Admin creating subscription for user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-creating-subscription-for-user/246259)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-creating-subscription-for-user/246259 "2022-11-23T00:12:30Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Subscriptions: If a firm preferred to pay for multiple users’ subscriptions at once (probably by bank transfer) is there any way for me as forum administrator to start subscripti…

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