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## [Very small non square profile images won't save?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-small-non-square-profile-images-wont-save/25757)

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**Author:** [@ichpen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ichpen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-small-non-square-profile-images-wont-save/25757 "2015-02-27T03:11:00Z")

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New one I think discovered by a user. If profile image is not square (i.e. discourse says it’ll crop it) the image isn’t persisted. If image is manually adjusted and square, it will save it. Using latest 1.3 beta 1 +102…

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## [URL ending in .png is not actually an image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-ending-in-png-is-not-actually-an-image/25759)

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**Author:** [@Greg\_Swallow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Greg_Swallow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-ending-in-png-is-not-actually-an-image/25759 "2015-02-27T05:24:15Z")

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Pasting “” into the editor (which is not an image, but a URL) results in: not: / (I added a “/”) Not sure if other forums would have the same problem with that type of url…they aren’t that common I suppose.

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## [Title missing from revisions dialog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-missing-from-revisions-dialog/25760)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-missing-from-revisions-dialog/25760 "2015-03-02T17:30:47Z")

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If you look at revisions of topic for post #1 where you only edited “body” you can not see the title, which is confusing @eviltrout @zogstrip not sure if this is a recent regression, it could be.

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## [Docker fails to install on Ubuntu Server vm-minimal install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-fails-to-install-on-ubuntu-server-vm-minimal-install/25766)

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**Author:** [@mateusz\_szymborski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mateusz_szymborski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-fails-to-install-on-ubuntu-server-vm-minimal-install/25766 "2015-02-27T09:49:45Z")

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I have in Vbox ubuntu-server vm-minimal instalation. apt-get install -y curl && curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ubuntu/ | sudo sh reboot docker version Client version: 1.5.0 Client API version: 1.17 Go version (clien…

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## [Installing on Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-server/25771)

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**Author:** [@Spedwards](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Spedwards)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-server/25771 "2015-02-27T14:44:07Z")

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Hi, Some time ago I was apart of a community that used Discourse for it’s forum and now I’ve got my own website up and I’d like a forum to go along with it, however I cannot find any download or guide to install Discour…

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## [Embed poll\_feed fail with UTF8 title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-poll-feed-fail-with-utf8-title/25776)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelLV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiguelAngelLV)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-poll-feed-fail-with-utf8-title/25776 "2015-04-27T06:26:22Z")

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If you configure the embed with feed and the title has special characters, as á or é, the system fail with this error: Job exception: incompatible character encodings: ASCII-8BIT and UTF-8 And the backtrace /opt/bit…

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## [Can I install wp-discourse without composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-wp-discourse-without-composer/25784)

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**Author:** [@penne12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/penne12)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-wp-discourse-without-composer/25784 "2015-02-27T16:56:07Z")

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Is there a way to install wp-discourse without composer? I don’t really have much else to say.

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## [Two topics, one page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-topics-one-page/25786)

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**Author:** [@Shawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shawn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-topics-one-page/25786 "2015-05-08T15:20:54Z")

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Don’t worry, this is SFW :slight\_smile: I would like to display two topics on one page, side by side for debate purposes. Does that sound feasible? Just an exercise in front end dev? To clarify, I’d like to link two to…

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## ["Show subcategory list" is weird](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-is-weird/25789)

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**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-subcategory-list-is-weird/25789 "2017-03-14T17:11:33Z")

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So I enabled “show subcategory list” feature, I like Discourse this way much better. But main category also shows topics from all subcategories - why? :yuno: Shouldn’t it show topics from main category only? Like thi…

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## [How to select a lot of topics fast?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-select-a-lot-of-topics-fast/25790)

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**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-select-a-lot-of-topics-fast/25790 "2016-11-18T17:06:10Z")

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I’m talking about this moderator’s tool. I need to move all topics from one category to another now, so do I need to click on each checkbox for this? Or is there a faster way? I hoped there’s Shift+click thing, but no…

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## [Shared webhosting setup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-webhosting-setup/25794)

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**Author:** [@Shyatic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shyatic)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-webhosting-setup/25794 "2015-03-01T23:20:56Z")

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I think the issue for myself, and many others, is that my site is relatively small; docker support isn’t really there and we really just get access to FTP to upload file structure. I’m not expecting that tomorrow that th…

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## [Howto open PDF files in same browser window?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-open-pdf-files-in-same-browser-window/25823)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-open-pdf-files-in-same-browser-window/25823 "2020-04-27T08:06:42Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Treat all links as target\_blank? Hi, I’m using some categories for discussing / viewing pdfs (scientific reviews). I’d like to prevent Discourse / my Safari desktop browser from putting e…

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## [Feature: Personal History of topics read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-personal-history-of-topics-read/25825)

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**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-personal-history-of-topics-read/25825 "2015-03-01T06:48:27Z")

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I have been finding many times that I have read something early in the day that I later want to reference but cannot necessarily figure out how to get back to that topic. I often do this when scanning through top and ne…

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## [Propositions to make share buttons more actionable and easier to use](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propositions-to-make-share-buttons-more-actionable-and-easier-to-use/25828)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/propositions-to-make-share-buttons-more-actionable-and-easier-to-use/25828 "2015-03-01T20:25:11Z")

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Our use case: sharing is not easy with Discourse Here is why - Cannot locate share button Lots of users do not understand where to click to share what they read while they read (not when they has finished their reading). …

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## [Category link insertion tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-link-insertion-tool/25830)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-link-insertion-tool/25830 "2015-03-01T02:06:12Z")

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While writing a post, I’d like a button on the toolbar that would allow me to quickly insert a link to a particular category, e.g.: \[auto-inserted category name\]\[1\]. \[1\]: http://example.com/c/auto-inserted-category-l…

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## [\[Resolved\] Post type not saving on 0.6.4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resolved-post-type-not-saving-on-0-6-4/25835)

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**Author:** [@Grex315](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grex315)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resolved-post-type-not-saving-on-0-6-4/25835 "2015-03-01T00:45:31Z")

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Just updated to version 0.6.4. I made a change in settings and the discourse post type multi select box is not saving the options. It actually deselects them all so no post types have the option to post to Discourse. …

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## [Twitch embeds are small and shouldn't auto-play](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitch-embeds-are-small-and-shouldnt-auto-play/25837)

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**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitch-embeds-are-small-and-shouldnt-auto-play/25837 "2017-06-01T20:47:21Z")

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YouTube videos don’t auto-play, so I don’t think Twitch embeds should either. Also, the display is small compared to YouTube (300x150 vs. 480x270). A consistent width for embeds would be cool. Oh and the preview display…

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## [Animations in general and Animations for User Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animations-in-general-and-animations-for-user-cards/25843)

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**Author:** [@LuaTenshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LuaTenshi)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/animations-in-general-and-animations-for-user-cards/25843 "2015-03-19T19:00:18Z")

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I have noticed that user cards just pop in without any sort of smooth animation. I was wondering if there is anything planned when it comes to making the user-cards a little fancier? There seem to be no animation optio…

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## [Default category based on group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-based-on-group/25849 "2017-04-12T15:11:50Z")

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For my courses I gather my clients on Discourse. There they can meet clients from other courses. Each course has its ‘private’ category. And there’s a public category for all clients. The public category is now set as t…

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## [All users have the same IP (the Servers IP)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-users-have-the-same-ip-the-servers-ip/25850)

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**Author:** [@LuaTenshi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LuaTenshi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-users-have-the-same-ip-the-servers-ip/25850 "2018-07-28T23:52:48Z")

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So I have recently noticed that all my users seem to be using the same IP which happens to be the IP of my server (176.31.6x.xxx) … I have no idea where to even start fixing this issue, yes I am using cloudflare.

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## [Suggestions on adding "NSFW disallowed" language to FAQ/TOS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-adding-nsfw-disallowed-language-to-faq-tos/25859)

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**Author:** [@lee-dohm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lee-dohm)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-adding-nsfw-disallowed-language-to-faq-tos/25859 "2015-03-02T21:16:19Z")

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I’m the moderator on Discuss, the official Atom editor forum. Just this morning, I trimmed a screenshot containing a NSFW image out of a post. Since Discuss is a forum about a programmer’s editor, I really don’t feel tha…

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## [Don't show info messages as posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-info-messages-as-posts/25861)

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**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-info-messages-as-posts/25861 "2015-03-01T22:01:38Z")

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I may be the only one, but for me posts like “this topic is now closed \[…\]” or “this topic is now pinned \[…\]” are a bit useless. Are there any plans to make this optional at some point? I think that the icons (pinned, lo…

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## [Staff Picks/ Favorite posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-picks-favorite-posts/25863)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-picks-favorite-posts/25863 "2015-03-01T22:38:57Z")

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Other than pinning posts globally, to be read and unpinned, what are people doing to have a “Hey new member, these are some choice posts” suggestion area?

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## [Does anyone get notified when something is flagged?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anyone-get-notified-when-something-is-flagged/25867)

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**Author:** [@rhulse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhulse)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anyone-get-notified-when-something-is-flagged/25867 "2016-02-12T20:15:39Z")

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I am looking at Discourse for a project, and was wondering if anyone does/can get an email when a post is flagged? We would want to have staff emailed if an item is flagged so that they can intervene quickly (or not).

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## [\[paid\] Need some minor help with my DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-some-minor-help-with-my-db/25892)

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**Author:** [@timothyplank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/timothyplank)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-some-minor-help-with-my-db/25892 "2015-03-03T00:46:29Z")

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Hi, Happy to pay someone to correct an error I’ve caused. I changed the name of the meta category and slug, and it’s now causing an invalid page error when trying to access the category. It probably just requires that …

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## [Feature: Break Top Menu in to Category Filters, Category Views, and Top Nav](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-break-top-menu-in-to-category-filters-category-views-and-top-nav/25896)

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**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-break-top-menu-in-to-category-filters-category-views-and-top-nav/25896 "2015-03-02T19:56:21Z")

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The top menu seems to be holding too many concepts that don’t actually have much in common which makes then entire top menu feel inconsistent. New, Unread, Posted and Top all respect the current selected category / sub …

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## [How do I edit the email template for the welcoming email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-edit-the-email-template-for-the-welcoming-email/25911)

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**Author:** [@wilsonpeng8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wilsonpeng8)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-edit-the-email-template-for-the-welcoming-email/25911 "2015-11-20T01:24:50Z")

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Loving discourse so far, How do I edit the email template for the welcoming email?

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## [Allow removing account info without content deletion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-removing-account-info-without-content-deletion/25913)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-removing-account-info-without-content-deletion/25913 "2015-03-20T05:18:48Z")

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It may happen that users decide they don’t want an account on your Discourse, even after posting there for months or years. Problem: if you delete the user, all their content (posts, topics) disappears, leaving holes in…

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## [Unified UI for pinning / banner topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unified-ui-for-pinning-banner-topics/25915)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unified-ui-for-pinning-banner-topics/25915 "2015-03-20T22:45:57Z")

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Our admin (wrench) menu for a topic has these 3 items: Banner Topic Pin Topic Pin Topic globally This is confusing, because it appears all the time, it needs explaining, and those three options are used super rarely –…

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## [My post beeing edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-post-beeing-edited/25916)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-post-beeing-edited/25916 "2015-03-03T09:55:47Z")

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Hi, i’ve not been here for a while but now saw in the notifications that one of my latest posts i did here was edited a day after i wrote it. I’m not sure if this is existing culture in this forums but i have to say i’m…

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