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## [Profile Picture Image uploading stuck in 100%](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-picture-image-uploading-stuck-in-100/257930)

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**Author:** [@Kushalghosh9899](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kushalghosh9899)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/profile-picture-image-uploading-stuck-in-100/257930 "2023-03-13T10:29:57Z")

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I am trying to add my profile picture from the account page, but it is stuck at 100% uploading for quite few hours, how to fix this issue.

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## [Private discourse and crawling, can it happen?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-discourse-and-crawling-can-it-happen/257937)

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**Author:** [@mfrakesSIC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mfrakesSIC)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-discourse-and-crawling-can-it-happen/257937 "2023-03-13T13:23:41Z")

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Working on a private/log in required discourse and got to wondering if the log in required feature stops bots which I would expect it to do and if so is there was a way to allow bots through anyway?

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## [FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP, even on a fresh installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942)

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**Author:** [@johnlth93](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnlth93)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-even-on-a-fresh-installation/257942 "2023-03-15T16:45:38Z")

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Hi, I had been using Discourse for quite many years but I wanted to migrate to a different server. Already did the backup and now trying to install a new copy on the new server in order to make restoration. But when I…

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## [How to provide the contents of an old gallery?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-provide-the-contents-of-an-old-gallery/257945)

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**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-provide-the-contents-of-an-old-gallery/257945 "2023-03-25T10:11:05Z")

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Hello everybody, in December I have migrated a forum from phpBB to Discourse. Everybody, the team including the users, are very happy with that decision. For sure, some users and also mods needed a while to adapt to all…

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## [Sudden drop in community members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-drop-in-community-members/257958)

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**Author:** [@Discoursenaut](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoursenaut)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-drop-in-community-members/257958 "2023-03-13T13:23:05Z")

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My self-hosted discourse instance dropped members by over 25% last week after trending up consistently for a year. Is there anything specifically I should be looking into for this? Are there any bot culling that occurs,…

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## ["Only visible to members of groups" message when sharing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-visible-to-members-of-groups-message-when-sharing/257973)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-visible-to-members-of-groups-message-when-sharing/257973 "2023-03-14T16:05:54Z")

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We want a particular category to not be visible to TL0, in other words, only TL1+. For that, we have set it like this: And this works fine and only TL1+ can see/reply/create. However, one of members noticed that if …

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## [Incomplete Categories List in Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incomplete-categories-list-in-sidebar/257989)

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**Author:** [@milespearce](https://meta.discourse.org/u/milespearce)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incomplete-categories-list-in-sidebar/257989 "2023-03-13T18:00:39Z")

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I am attempting to display my 4 main categories in the sidebar, and updated the settings as shown here: When I am logged in as admin it displays correctly: But when logged out, or logged in as non-admin user it o…

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## [Search filter - only topics / only posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-filter-only-topics-only-posts/257994)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-filter-only-topics-only-posts/257994 "2023-03-14T13:47:52Z")

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While I understand that the regular search for topics/posts might be good enough for most use cases, I’ve had some requests from users to have a way to filter the results in case they are searching for that, to only show…

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## [Category Ban is not supported but would it be possible with a plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-ban-is-not-supported-but-would-it-be-possible-with-a-plugin/258025 "2023-03-15T13:43:57Z")

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I’ve read this topic which basically state that it’s not a feature seen as needed so I’m not going to ask for it again. However, there are use cases for large communities like mine in which we have literally smaller for…

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## [Is it possible to get an 'ai' or 'artificialintelligence' tag like the web3 one?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-an-ai-or-artificialintelligence-tag-like-the-web3-one/258026)

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**Author:** [@Drew-ART](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew-ART)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-an-ai-or-artificialintelligence-tag-like-the-web3-one/258026 "2023-03-13T22:51:17Z")

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It would be helpful to pull all the plugins people have built or are working on together.

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## [I got the "Licensed" badge 3 days ago but joined 2 days ago on Replit Ask](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-got-the-licensed-badge-3-days-ago-but-joined-2-days-ago-on-replit-ask/258040)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-got-the-licensed-badge-3-days-ago-but-joined-2-days-ago-on-replit-ask/258040 "2023-03-14T07:36:02Z")

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Hello. I have noticed a UX issue where it says I got the “Licensed” badge before I joined. However, there is no way you can obtain a badge before joining a forum. Does anyone know why this is happening?

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## [Community Health statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-health-statistics/258043 "2023-03-14T17:56:56Z")

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Is it possible to include email-list users under community health statistics? Currently, it looks like only logged in users per day are counted. In particular can the ‘Consolidated Pageviews’ graph be renamed/upgraded …

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## [Users:merge returning an error on \`can\_delete\_user\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-merge-returning-an-error-on-can-delete-user/258045)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-merge-returning-an-error-on-can-delete-user/258045 "2023-03-14T02:03:15Z")

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I’m trying to merge old accounts of a user into the current main account. He had two previous accounts. One small-ish (hundreds of posts) and another with with over a thousands of posts. Tried via the web interface and…

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## [How to check what prevents rake migrate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-what-prevents-rake-migrate/258047)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-what-prevents-rake-migrate/258047 "2023-03-14T14:15:28Z")

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I’m trying multisite, I have installed the second instance and it works like a charm. But now I just can’t rebuild. The logs shows: warning " \> babel-plugin-debug-macros@0.4.0-pre1" has unmet peer dependency "@babel/co…

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## [Manually override password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-override-password/258051)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manually-override-password/258051 "2023-03-14T15:06:05Z")

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I have a user who has supplied a valid email address, and who is (according to the logs) being sent forum mailing list messages with no bounces, but who is not seeing any of these messages directly, or in his junk mail. …

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## [Full name is not visible for few users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-is-not-visible-for-few-users/258057)

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**Author:** [@Kushalghosh9899](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kushalghosh9899)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-is-not-visible-for-few-users/258057 "2023-03-14T09:41:12Z")

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For few users full name is not visible and when I checked in the page source or by inspect element I found out that for few users it is not fetching the full name at all, so I don’t know what may be the problem is. FYI b…

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## [Does Discourse accept SVG icons with Gradient?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-accept-svg-icons-with-gradient/258062)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-accept-svg-icons-with-gradient/258062 "2023-05-01T21:11:04Z")

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I see that any icon with a gradient that I put doesn’t work, does the Discourse not accept it? If he doesn’t accept it, is there a way to put a gradient around the icons via css?

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## [Users directory is limited and doesn't load more than one section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-directory-is-limited-and-doesnt-load-more-than-one-section/258065)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-directory-is-limited-and-doesnt-load-more-than-one-section/258065 "2023-03-14T15:11:24Z")

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This bug makes the users page hard to use. Reproduction: Go to Discourse Meta Then, scroll down. You will notice that it does not load very much content. It does not even try to load anything. This applies to every f…

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## [Removing new users reply limitation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-new-users-reply-limitation/258068)

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**Author:** [@Budi\_Tanrim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Budi_Tanrim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-new-users-reply-limitation/258068 "2023-03-14T07:54:29Z")

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Hi, Situation: I am building a closed or private community. One of the members in my community has created their account for about 5 days. But he gets this message after posting replies for several times. Desired …

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## [Translate Wordpress roles to Discourse groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-wordpress-roles-to-discourse-groups/258073)

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**Author:** [@Golaxo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Golaxo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translate-wordpress-roles-to-discourse-groups/258073 "2023-03-14T13:18:18Z")

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Thanks for the great plugin, guys! I was wondering that you would add a “roles” functionality to it. I saw that I am not alone with the struggle and maybe it wouldn’t be too much of a development either. It would be gr…

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## [Highlight 'Save draft' button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-save-draft-button/258074)

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**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/highlight-save-draft-button/258074 "2023-03-14T10:26:43Z")

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Sometimes users write a long paragraph in the composer, but suddenly need to close the composer to do something else, or reply to some more important posts. A modal will be displayed asking the user what they want to do…

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## [Similar/related topics list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/similar-related-topics-list/258085)

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**Author:** [@Elena\_Lo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elena_Lo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/similar-related-topics-list/258085 "2023-03-14T10:37:46Z")

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Hi community, I would like to find a plugin that creates a list of links to similar topics for each post. I’ve seen a similar thing in this post, for instance. I need it to look like this: Is there any plugin for t…

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## [Which Discourse version in discourse\_base image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-version-in-discourse-base-image/258096)

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**Author:** [@qngo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qngo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-version-in-discourse-base-image/258096 "2023-03-14T16:09:08Z")

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Hello, We’re currently using the base image from here to build and deploy Discourse. However, I have tried to find the information of the relation between the version of base image to Discourse version and so far not y…

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## [Safe-mode failed with a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-mode-failed-with-a-plugin/258097)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-mode-failed-with-a-plugin/258097 "2023-03-14T12:21:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from New avatar is scaling wrongly: I couldn’t get avatar showing right and the reason for that was an experimental setting of sidecar plugin of topic list preview component. That is another s…

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## [Need help connecting nextcloud with discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-connecting-nextcloud-with-discourse/258100)

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**Author:** [@albjeremias](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albjeremias)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-connecting-nextcloud-with-discourse/258100 "2023-03-14T12:27:26Z")

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I’ve been trying this for the last couple years.. was never succesful.. can someone please guide me on how-to make this work? I’ve read all the threads and everything.. and it’s really extra confusing. you can see more d…

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## [Install discourse on localhost in ubuntu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost-in-ubuntu/258102)

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**Author:** [@VNS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/VNS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-localhost-in-ubuntu/258102 "2023-03-14T13:31:20Z")

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Hello Team, I want to install discourse on my local system for my testing, could you please help me, with how to install it on localhost without using any domain?

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## [Stripping Outlook Safe Link URLs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114)

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**Author:** [@ethang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ethang)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stripping-outlook-safe-link-urls/258114 "2023-03-14T17:05:47Z")

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Good morning - I’m an admin on a hosted (Business tier) forum for a software service, and I am trying to gently encourage more of our users to post to our Discourse rather than emailing me directly by forwarding messages…

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## [Discourse splash not removed after boot because of browser extension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137)

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**Author:** [@Stew\_Pid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stew_Pid)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-splash-not-removed-after-boot-because-of-browser-extension/258137 "2023-03-14T17:54:26Z")

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I have a user that is having some problems on a Chromebook. I suspect, but don’t know, that this may be the problem. Is there a way to disable this?

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## [Import Database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144)

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**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-database/258144 "2023-03-15T02:33:31Z")

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Team, have taken a backup of my site, extracted the contents to my local disk, and drilled down until I have gotten the dump.sql file. Should it be possible to import this is into a local install of PostgrSQL on my wor…

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## [Not allowed to use CAPS in a title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-allowed-to-use-caps-in-a-title/258162)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-allowed-to-use-caps-in-a-title/258162 "2023-03-15T21:10:39Z")

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I need to use capital letters in a title. There is some magic force that makes them into lower case, except for the first letter. Maybe the assumption is people will never need to write “USA” etc. OK, it happened on …

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