# Hot

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## [Loading times Admin User pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-times-admin-user-pages/24157)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loading-times-admin-user-pages/24157 "2015-01-19T22:12:52Z")

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Clicking though from users to a users /admin/users/{username} page takes too long… … so long I consider this a bug. Here is a screen capture of a click from the Admin Users list screen to a users admin page. This is a…

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## [Disk space and backup failure notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-and-backup-failure-notifications/24162)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-and-backup-failure-notifications/24162 "2019-10-11T06:36:08Z")

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It appears that one or more of the following are true: There are no backup failed notifications low disk space notifications failure notifications are not working I have recently experienced a disk space issue where D…

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## [Tags should be part of edit history](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-should-be-part-of-edit-history/24171)

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**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-should-be-part-of-edit-history/24171 "2015-03-26T05:17:28Z")

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Also, where did the Wordpress tag come from?!

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## ["Nice Post" threshold is too high for most sites, can we make it easier?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-threshold-is-too-high-for-most-sites-can-we-make-it-easier/24173)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-threshold-is-too-high-for-most-sites-can-we-make-it-easier/24173 "2015-02-15T14:13:37Z")

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The “Nice Post” threshold is too high for most sites, including Meta Discourse. I think that @codinghorror has made at least four posts in the last week that would be worthy of being described as a “nice post”, however …

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## [Disable email or provide Contact URL on About page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-or-provide-contact-url-on-about-page/24175)

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**Author:** [@arlair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arlair)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-email-or-provide-contact-url-on-about-page/24175 "2015-02-24T03:25:52Z")

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Hi, I just set up Discourse yesterday and noticed it displays my email address on the About page. I don’t want this for spam reasons. I would prefer to provide a URL for my existing WordPress contact page I am integratin…

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## [Wordpress not pushing posts to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-not-pushing-posts-to-discourse/24176)

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**Author:** [@TwelveMonkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TwelveMonkeys)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-not-pushing-posts-to-discourse/24176 "2015-01-20T19:48:36Z")

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My Wordpress installation is correctly publishing to Discourse, however it only works for one of the Discourse usernames, the original admin. When I use any other Discourse username, the “Start the discussion” link at t…

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## [IE9 vs Chrome comparison review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ie9-vs-chrome-comparison-review/24194)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ie9-vs-chrome-comparison-review/24194 "2015-01-28T18:55:34Z")

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Continuing the discussion from ‘console’ is undefined - javascript error in logs: So I did a quick run-though of experience of IE9 (9.0.8112.16421) vs Chrome 39. I did test far more than what’s listed here, these are …

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## [Link that pre-populates the composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-that-pre-populates-the-composer/24199)

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**Author:** [@balthatrix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balthatrix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-that-pre-populates-the-composer/24199 "2015-05-14T20:30:03Z")

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Hi, I looked for a topic that requests the following and found this one, but I’m thinking there’s much more overhead with that. What I want is to be able to link to our discourse forum site with parameters that will op…

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## [Can I change which account sends the "Welcome To Discourse" message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-which-account-sends-the-welcome-to-discourse-message/24204)

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**Author:** [@rcfox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rcfox)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-which-account-sends-the-welcome-to-discourse-message/24204 "2015-01-20T03:51:39Z")

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When setting up Discourse, I set DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS to my own email address. It was my understanding that this was just to bootstrap the forum with an initial admin user. Now, it seems that it’s my account that …

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## [What is the difference between a post and a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-post-and-a-topic/24208)

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**Author:** [@ZucchiniZe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZucchiniZe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-post-and-a-topic/24208 "2015-01-20T10:08:43Z")

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I am wondering what the difference between a post and a topic since my forum needs it so users can gain trust levels.

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## [Unhide flagged topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unhide-flagged-topic/24229)

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**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unhide-flagged-topic/24229 "2015-01-20T14:06:30Z")

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I have an apprentice moderator who’s just tried flagging a topic to see what happens. What happens is that it got grayed out/hidden, and I can’t work out how to un-gray it :frowning: Does the fact that he accepted his …

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## [Search result category labels need a little CSS love](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-result-category-labels-need-a-little-css-love/24241)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-result-category-labels-need-a-little-css-love/24241 "2015-01-20T22:55:40Z")

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Today a CSS update caused category labels to get style changed: Search results are looking a bit wrong style wise now

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## [Meta.discourse.org - Bugs / Features list page contents not listed as expected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-bugs-features-list-page-contents-not-listed-as-expected/24245)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-org-bugs-features-list-page-contents-not-listed-as-expected/24245 "2017-03-14T03:44:27Z")

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The link from the top level Bugs link at the top Links to this URL: https://meta.discourse.org/c/bug?order=op\_likes&status=open However the display of the page shows Latest as selected This does not accurately …

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## [Category-specific New and Unread counts should be present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-new-and-unread-counts-should-be-present/24246)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-new-and-unread-counts-should-be-present/24246 "2015-01-27T03:16:16Z")

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We have noticed a bug on our installation (discuss.newrelic.com) where the New and Unread links at the top of the page do not appear to be context sensitive. This isn’t what we’d expect to see. For instance, at root we …

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## [User Profile Background limit animated images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-background-limit-animated-images/24248)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-background-limit-animated-images/24248 "2015-01-21T07:50:27Z")

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There is a setting to stop animated avatars. Can we get a setting to stop this for the User Profile Background images?

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## [Digest for a category that includes everything](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-for-a-category-that-includes-everything/24251)

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**Author:** [@dreeves](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dreeves)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-for-a-category-that-includes-everything/24251 "2015-01-21T05:34:03Z")

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One of our users would really like to get a daily digest email that contains all new posts in a specific category (and all new comments) without anything from any other category. As far as I can tell things are not quite…

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## [How do I get a list of all users from the API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-all-users-from-the-api/24261)

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**Author:** [@dirkcuys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirkcuys)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-all-users-from-the-api/24261 "2021-12-24T18:59:51Z")

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I see that I can get a list of users using the API using http://discourse.example.net/admin/users.json, but I get only 100 users and I don’t know how the paging for that works? The interface doesn’t seem to display more …

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## [Link existing forum topic to new WordPress post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-existing-forum-topic-to-new-wordpress-post/24268 "2018-04-15T16:08:59Z")

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After migrating from bbPress to Discourse I realised there’s one thing I miss about our old “forum for comments” integration (besides that, everything works way better). Quite frequently, big news would be shared on the…

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## [Double escaped single quotes in suggested posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-escaped-single-quotes-in-suggested-posts/24271)

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**Author:** [@qrohlf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qrohlf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-escaped-single-quotes-in-suggested-posts/24271 "2015-02-23T01:05:47Z")

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Suggested post summaries appear with double escaped single quotes. See screenshot for example: Never mind, don’t see screenshot as I am not allowed to upload images. But this is a real bug, happens on a fresh discourse …

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## [Official warning checkbox unreachable by keyboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-warning-checkbox-unreachable-by-keyboard/24275)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-warning-checkbox-unreachable-by-keyboard/24275 "2015-01-26T15:52:38Z")

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The “This is an official warning” checkbox on PMs is unreachable by tabbing.

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## [Traffic Sources links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traffic-sources-links/24285)

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**Author:** [@giraffesyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/giraffesyo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traffic-sources-links/24285 "2015-02-13T09:08:38Z")

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Is there a way to view the full links of the websites that are linking to yours? I’d like to see the page that my link is on.

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## [Are you using a real user to send welcome messages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-using-a-real-user-to-send-welcome-messages/24292)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-using-a-real-user-to-send-welcome-messages/24292 "2023-05-28T12:32:19Z")

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I started off our new Discourse forum with me as the designated sender of the Welcome Message. I figured this would be a nice way to give the message a human touch, and I did indeed have a few pleasant exchanges, just li…

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## [Proposed rewording of badge property text on badges page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposed-rewording-of-badge-property-text-on-badges-page/24303)

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**Author:** [@Benjol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjol)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposed-rewording-of-badge-property-text-on-badges-page/24303 "2015-01-22T11:49:26Z")

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Would you consider changing to passive wording? (And maybe removing the question marks). As it stands, it makes it seem as though you should be able to do something by clicking on the check/cross icons: badge allowed …

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## [Dailymotion videos are not correctly embeded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dailymotion-videos-are-not-correctly-embeded/24314)

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**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dailymotion-videos-are-not-correctly-embeded/24314 "2015-01-23T18:58:10Z")

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Here is an example:

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## [How to monetize a Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse-instance/24316)

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**Author:** [@CharlesWil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CharlesWil)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse-instance/24316 "2022-06-08T04:27:06Z")

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I wanted to start a topic for people trying to monetize Discourse and share ideas. If you’re not trying to monetize Discourse then this topic is not for you My experience with adsense on Discourse hasn’t been great …

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## [Trouble with \`rake db:migrate\` and AWS S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-rake-db-migrate-and-aws-s3/24318)

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**Author:** [@kinosang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinosang)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-rake-db-migrate-and-aws-s3/24318 "2015-01-25T19:06:37Z")

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Update 2015-01-26 06:55 UTC : rake db:migrate works well now, this problem is caused by invalid format strings in yaml file. I’ve already check my database connection information again and again, but it still return: T…

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## [Pasted image upload size error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasted-image-upload-size-error/24320)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasted-image-upload-size-error/24320 "2015-01-23T18:18:34Z")

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When pasting an image from the clipboard in Windows the following error can be seen The same image saved as a PNG file (larger than 1024kb) and then uploaded uploads without error. You can try it for yourself. Down…

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## ["Likes" and "Flags" reports in admin dashboard only show 30 days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-and-flags-reports-in-admin-dashboard-only-show-30-days/24322)

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**Author:** [@Ophelie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ophelie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/likes-and-flags-reports-in-admin-dashboard-only-show-30-days/24322 "2015-01-23T15:36:57Z")

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I love that you can now broaden the date range for reports. I can load several months of stats for Users, Topics, and Posts, but only 30 days for Likes and Flags. Works as expected for Users: Only loads 30 days of …

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## [Generate trust level explanation posts on install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-trust-level-explanation-posts-on-install/24330)

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**Author:** [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generate-trust-level-explanation-posts-on-install/24330 "2015-08-24T00:52:20Z")

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Similar to the posts generated for categories, assets, and other auto-generated posts, I think we should generate posts that explain the trust level system. These are linked from the badges listing but they link back to m…

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## [RSS is not valid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-is-not-valid/24338)

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**Author:** [@magicknot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/magicknot)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-is-not-valid/24338 "2015-01-24T04:23:52Z")

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Hello! Firstly I want to congratulate Discourse team for this awesome product! I’m currently having a problem validating RSS feeds of pages in my Discourse setup (p.e. latest.rss). The error is caused by: \<language\>#…

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