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## [What are the activity limits to be able to delete our own account?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-activity-limits-to-be-able-to-delete-our-own-account/276048)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-activity-limits-to-be-able-to-delete-our-own-account/276048 "2018-09-16T14:05:54Z")

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May I ask what the default activity limit for this is? (days and posts?)

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## [Can I anonymize a user via the API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-anonymize-a-user-via-the-api/276049)

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**Author:** [@op\_ukrop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/op_ukrop)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-anonymize-a-user-via-the-api/276049 "2019-11-22T14:55:42Z")

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Hello. Do we have an opportunity to do this action via API?

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## [Why can't non-developers admins reset the IP field of anonymized accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-non-developers-admins-reset-the-ip-field-of-anonymized-accounts/276050)

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**Author:** [@Newuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Newuser)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-non-developers-admins-reset-the-ip-field-of-anonymized-accounts/276050 "2020-07-23T16:18:57Z")

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Why is this only available for developers? If the option is there, why not make a button for it? I tried this: cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rails c And then user = User.find\_by\_username("username\_of\_the\_use…

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## [Is it possible to pass anonymize\_ip parameter via http api call to /admin/users/{id}/anonymize method?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-pass-anonymize-ip-parameter-via-http-api-call-to-admin-users-id-anonymize-method/276051)

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**Author:** [@Yevhenii\_Baraniuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yevhenii_Baraniuk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-pass-anonymize-ip-parameter-via-http-api-call-to-admin-users-id-anonymize-method/276051 "2019-07-10T20:42:12Z")

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Is it possible to pass anonymize\_ip parameter via http api call to /admin/users/{id}/anonymize method?

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## [Every time someone posts a topic or reply a 500 error appears](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-time-someone-posts-a-topic-or-reply-a-500-error-appears/276066)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-time-someone-posts-a-topic-or-reply-a-500-error-appears/276066 "2023-08-22T16:23:40Z")

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and after updating the message of the posted answer or the topic appears What can this be? in the logs, shows it

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## [Moderation isn't silencing a forumer when they said "automodmute"..?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-isnt-silencing-a-forumer-when-they-said-automodmute/276067)

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**Author:** [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-isnt-silencing-a-forumer-when-they-said-automodmute/276067 "2023-08-21T17:49:46Z")

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In my forums, i set “automodmute” in the watched words in the “silence” list. Although when i test it on someone else, it just didn’t mute them. The moderation didn’t even run at all. This made me frustrated. The perso…

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## [JSON theme settings editor is awesome! (And Events is great too!)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-theme-settings-editor-is-awesome-and-events-is-great-too/276074)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/json-theme-settings-editor-is-awesome-and-events-is-great-too/276074 "2023-09-03T15:47:49Z")

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Holy smokes! the New JSON Theme editor is just fantastic! And another thing–Events and sort-by date is also a huge improvement I’m using Discourse to teach a course this semester (which is how I started using Discourse …

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## [Useful links from the administration panel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/useful-links-from-the-administration-panel/276087)

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**Author:** [@undasein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/undasein)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/useful-links-from-the-administration-panel/276087 "2023-08-21T19:38:26Z")

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I would like to know what links or sections admins usually use every time they log into the admin panel. Do you have a routine?

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## [Failed login returns 200 Ok](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-login-returns-200-ok/276091)

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**Author:** [@uckelman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uckelman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-login-returns-200-ok/276091 "2023-08-22T13:16:45Z")

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I’m doing a POST to /session.json with the payload { "login": "skroob", "password": "12345", "authenticity\_token": "..." } When login succeeds, the status is 200 and the JSON returned is a bunch of user data. Whe…

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## [Weird bug with discourse-assign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-bug-with-discourse-assign/276109)

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**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-bug-with-discourse-assign/276109 "2023-09-12T11:07:36Z")

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We have this random topic on our forum that has somehow managed to become invisible. Deleting and restoring the topic via tha API has had no effect. It seems like discourse-assign causes it to fail to load, as it loads p…

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## [🤔🤔Creating a topic with more emojis than allowed causes weird issues🤔](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-with-more-emojis-than-allowed-causes-weird-issues/276111)

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**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-topic-with-more-emojis-than-allowed-causes-weird-issues/276111 "2023-08-22T14:00:33Z")

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As shown by this topic and the one on try (Probably won’t be around for long), topics with more than the allowed number of emojis causes weird issues.

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## [Limit topic creation to subcategories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-topic-creation-to-subcategories/276139)

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**Author:** [@microhit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/microhit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-topic-creation-to-subcategories/276139 "2023-08-22T07:32:31Z")

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Is there any way to prevent creating a post at Parent category level? Only want post to be created in Sub Category so that information is organized. For example- Parent Category = USA (country level) Sub Category 1 =…

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## [Tag alias in "Upload tag" csv](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-alias-in-upload-tag-csv/276144)

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**Author:** [@keunes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keunes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-alias-in-upload-tag-csv/276144 "2023-08-22T07:40:28Z")

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Hello, I just started using tags more extensively. We have a ‘Translations’ category on our forum, and I created a tag for each language, plus a tag group ‘Languages’ so that only one language can be selected per thread…

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## [Common Discourse data tips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/common-discourse-data-tips/276148)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/common-discourse-data-tips/276148 "2023-08-22T11:39:00Z")

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This is a good example of a couple of Discourse data quirks that can help you get more accurate results when building your queries. As most posts and topics are ‘soft-deleted’ when you delete them this means they will s…

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## [New user cannot upload attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cannot-upload-attachments/276150)

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**Author:** [@rkueffer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkueffer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-cannot-upload-attachments/276150 "2023-08-22T08:28:02Z")

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Hi, new users cannot upload attachments? is there a setting, where i can change this?

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## [Using VALUES or CASE to make your results more readable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-values-or-case-to-make-your-results-more-readable/276153)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-values-or-case-to-make-your-results-more-readable/276153 "2023-08-22T08:48:14Z")

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Sometimes when building a query with the data explorer you’ll find codes are used in the results rather than their textual equivalents. The field often has a key in the data explorer tree, but these don’t tend to be as u…

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## [Adding a date parameter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-date-parameter/276158)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-date-parameter/276158 "2023-08-22T13:10:09Z")

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Often you will want to pull out data for a specific time period. You can do this by hard-coding in your time period into the query itself, but to make your report more future-proof you can add a date parameter: This qu…

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## [Sidebar vs dropdown (hamburger) menu button placement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-vs-dropdown-hamburger-menu-button-placement/276175)

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**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-vs-dropdown-hamburger-menu-button-placement/276175 "2023-08-25T06:25:49Z")

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As the original topic is closed: Let me make here my 2 remarks about the new sidebar navigation, after having used it for a while: In my opinion, there are 2 regressions: (Hamburger) menu button A UX regression. I…

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## [Fourth-level headings missing one level of indentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fourth-level-headings-missing-one-level-of-indentation/276178)

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**Author:** [@Ellery](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellery)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fourth-level-headings-missing-one-level-of-indentation/276178 "2023-08-24T10:21:58Z")

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I have encountered an issue while using the DiscoTOC component: The fourth-level headings in the right-hand scrollbar appear to be missing one level of indentation compared to the third-level headings. I have alread…

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## [How do I allow someone to create tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-allow-someone-to-create-tags/276179)

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**Author:** [@aron\_bett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aron_bett)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-allow-someone-to-create-tags/276179 "2023-08-22T12:59:12Z")

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How do I give someone permission to create tags?

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## [Server 500 Error on "Emails \> Preview Summary"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-500-error-on-emails-preview-summary/276181)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Sutton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Sutton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-500-error-on-emails-preview-summary/276181 "2023-08-22T13:47:42Z")

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When I visit the page in question, I get a Server Error. Why could this be?

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## [Discourse forum continuous loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-continuous-loading/276183)

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**Author:** [@Adekunle\_Odujoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Adekunle_Odujoko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-continuous-loading/276183 "2023-08-22T13:22:38Z")

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The discourse forum just keeps loading and the error below is logged on the browser console while trying to load the discourse forum. Compile error: TypeError: \\"Cannot assign to read only property 'message' of object '…

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## [Basic Email Customisation Lacking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-email-customisation-lacking/276187)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Sutton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Sutton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/basic-email-customisation-lacking/276187 "2023-08-22T14:24:53Z")

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I would like to do some basic customisations to my Emails such as: Rounded Buttons (rounded everything tbh) Increase Logo Size on Email Digest How can this be done effectively? I’ve already tried to input Custom CSS i…

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## [Update user avatar using a URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-avatar-using-a-url/276188)

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**Author:** [@Mohammad\_Ghandour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad_Ghandour)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-avatar-using-a-url/276188 "2023-09-12T09:58:31Z")

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Hello, I’m using SSO to login/signup users from my website to the discourse forum. During the signup I’m sending some data in the payload (username, external\_id, avatar as URL, etc…). So far so good and the user’s avata…

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## [How often should I update Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-often-should-i-update-discourse/276190)

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**Author:** [@hello-smile6](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hello-smile6)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-often-should-i-update-discourse/276190 "2023-08-22T17:14:05Z")

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Does it hurt to update a lot more often?

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## [How do I make changes using api.modifyClass?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-changes-using-api-modifyclass/276205)

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**Author:** [@noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-changes-using-api-modifyclass/276205 "2023-09-09T05:54:46Z")

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I’m trying to do something like this and have my dev environment, but i’m not familiar how to go about this? Do i use this to create a new plugin for my site? or is it embedded into one of the files?

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## [How to make TOC ignore a header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-toc-ignore-a-header/276207)

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**Author:** [@Anders\_Johansson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anders_Johansson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-toc-ignore-a-header/276207 "2022-11-12T20:51:40Z")

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Is there a way to make the TOC ignore a header?

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## [Best practices for using Licensed code?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-using-licensed-code/276227)

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**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-using-licensed-code/276227 "2023-09-07T16:27:58Z")

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OK then that brings up a question that I have… I see 8 contributors to this repository… https://github.com/wyzelabs/discourse-wyze-theme I’ve “rolled my own” Theme Component stealing from this. I did it for my own lea…

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## [Admin setting search is too fuzzy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-setting-search-is-too-fuzzy/276236)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-setting-search-is-too-fuzzy/276236 "2023-08-29T17:46:33Z")

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FWIW Those settings appear when I search for tag in the admin page. Did you flip to the ‘tags’ tab?

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## [Chat Integration and Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239)

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**Author:** [@xomiamoore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xomiamoore)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-integration-and-discourse-chat/276239 "2023-08-22T22:27:25Z")

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Does chat-integration support Discourse Chat channels?

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