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## [Unable to remove member from group \[v1.3.0.beta2\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-remove-member-from-group-v1-3-0-beta2/25928)

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**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-remove-member-from-group-v1-3-0-beta2/25928 "2015-03-03T19:07:30Z")

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I have tried to delete several different accounts from this group and they don’t delete. Any ideas? Edit: This is a group that I recently renamed. Edit2: I should have looked at the logs as well. This is the error t…

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## [Multiple Boards on the Same Host](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-boards-on-the-same-host/25936)

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**Author:** [@randyhook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/randyhook)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-boards-on-the-same-host/25936 "2015-03-03T20:38:25Z")

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Is it possible to have multiple boards on the same Discourse host? For example, I’d like to host a public forum and a private forum. I’ve seen another post on this topic but the link is dead: https://meta.discourse.org/…

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## [Possible style sheet / javascript interation bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-style-sheet-javascript-interation-bug/25937)

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**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-style-sheet-javascript-interation-bug/25937 "2015-03-04T00:19:29Z")

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Currently on one discourse forum I am using, I cannot create a post to say that the style sheets don’t seem to be loading for me. When I click “create new topic” the javascript works to pop-up a new topic box, but I…

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## [When you disable strict logout, new tabs still can perform ineffective administrative actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-you-disable-strict-logout-new-tabs-still-can-perform-ineffective-administrative-actions/25942)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-you-disable-strict-logout-new-tabs-still-can-perform-ineffective-administrative-actions/25942 "2015-03-04T05:10:41Z")

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Steps to reproduce: 1.) Log in as an administrator 2.) Open a new tab to any post 3.) Return to the original tab and log out 4.) Return to the second tab and attempt to do things such as Pinning or closing the topic …

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## [Arbitrary HTML in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-html-in-posts/25955)

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**Author:** [@miko\_matsumura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/miko_matsumura)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arbitrary-html-in-posts/25955 "2018-09-16T22:00:11Z")

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I would like to put arbitrary HTML in posts… I know this is probably a bit crazy. But I want to do it. How should I be thinking about this requirement? An example would be a form such as this: \<form action="http://www2…

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## [Link to pre-populated "New Topic" form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-pre-populated-new-topic-form/25974)

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**Author:** [@oli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-pre-populated-new-topic-form/25974 "2015-03-04T17:18:03Z")

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Hello! I’ve had a quick search around and I can’t find anything on this, so I’m hoping someone here might be able to help. Is it possible to link to a discourse board’s “Create a new Topic” form and pre-populate the to…

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## [Configuring chrome omnibox search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-chrome-omnibox-search/25977)

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**Author:** [@john\_mardlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john_mardlin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-chrome-omnibox-search/25977 "2015-06-25T14:25:42Z")

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ie. Is that something that could be built in to Discourse, or that we could handle on our own? Good idea/bad idea @jsorc?

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## [Big White Gap at Footer after updating to latest Discourse version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-white-gap-at-footer-after-updating-to-latest-discourse-version/25978)

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**Author:** [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-white-gap-at-footer-after-updating-to-latest-discourse-version/25978 "2015-03-04T19:38:53Z")

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The latest discourse update to version v1.3.0.beta2 +1 introduced a big white gap at the footer of the Forum. This gap looks like a design mistake or the introduction of an unwanted div section as highlighted in the imag…

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## [Slash preceeding an @mention does not generate usercard link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slash-preceeding-an-mention-does-not-generate-usercard-link/25979)

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**Author:** [@accalia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/accalia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slash-preceeding-an-mention-does-not-generate-usercard-link/25979 "2015-10-16T23:32:12Z")

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A slash preceeding an @mention causes the markup for the user card link to not be generated. Example: @codinghorror/@sam this should have generated two notifications, but only contain the usercard link for Jeff. EDIT…

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## [Poll Plugin Fix and Bumping the version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-plugin-fix-and-bumping-the-version/25983)

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**Author:** [@cdesch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cdesch)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-plugin-fix-and-bumping-the-version/25983 "2015-03-05T16:06:07Z")

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The poll plugin recently had an issue which required users to login twice to vote. It was patched a day ago with this patch but the version in the plugin.rb was never bumped to 0.1 to 0.2 which I believe doesn’t allow th…

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## [Do we still want to reject CC or BCC emails in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-still-want-to-reject-cc-or-bcc-emails-in/25985)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-still-want-to-reject-cc-or-bcc-emails-in/25985 "2020-08-27T16:59:19Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Replacing Mailing lists: Email-In: Sorry if this is already discussed. It’s rather hard to search for the 2-character “CC” on Discourse. :smile: Is there (ever or still) a valid reason t…

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## [Error while trying to change the username of an inactive account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-trying-to-change-the-username-of-an-inactive-account/25986)

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**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-trying-to-change-the-username-of-an-inactive-account/25986 "2016-06-06T19:00:50Z")

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As an admin, I’ve tried to change the username of an inactive account (i.e. registered but never activated) and I’ve go this in error logs: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined Url: http://vamist…

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## [Text disappearing between breakline/heading and quote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-disappearing-between-breakline-heading-and-quote/25989)

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**Author:** [@The\_Sane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/The_Sane)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-disappearing-between-breakline-heading-and-quote/25989 "2017-06-27T21:56:30Z")

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Any text placed directly between a --- (break line or heading) and a quote disappears completely. Heading --- text \[quote\] quote \[/quote\] = Heading text . . . Adding an extra empty line above or below the text fi…

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## [How to bypass rate limiter when using an API key?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990)

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**Author:** [@rcfox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rcfox)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990 "2017-09-18T17:06:54Z")

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I’ve noticed that even when using an API key, I run into both the 12 requests per second limit in nginx and the per-user post limits. It makes scripting against Discourse very difficult. Is there a way that this can be d…

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## [Topic view tracking rules](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-tracking-rules/25996)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-tracking-rules/25996 "2015-03-05T04:25:59Z")

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Here’s how view tracking should work (but does not currently) Given that we have either one of a unique IP address an account ID / username for a logged in user .. and we prefer account when we have it .. We shall c…

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## [Try bot, a bot that teaches staff about Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-bot-a-bot-that-teaches-staff-about-discourse/26004)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-bot-a-bot-that-teaches-staff-about-discourse/26004 "2017-03-13T22:40:21Z")

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I think it would be nice to have a bot, somewhat like slackbot that you can use to learn and interact with on https://try.discourse.org Interacting with trybot would be achieved either by replying directly to a trybot p…

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## [Navigation flow issue: going back from Admin -\> Users lands at /](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-flow-issue-going-back-from-admin-users-lands-at/26008)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-flow-issue-going-back-from-admin-users-lands-at/26008 "2015-03-05T21:15:15Z")

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Go to /admin Click “Users” Press the browser Back button Expected result: landing on the Dashboard page Actual result: landing on the root page

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## [Incorrect "Can't delete all posts. Some posts are older than 60 days old."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-cant-delete-all-posts-some-posts-are-older-than-60-days-old/26010 "2015-03-05T23:15:02Z")

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I was viewing a user in the Admin panel and noticed this message: Posts: 1 - Can’t delete all posts. Some posts are older than 60 days old. (The delete\_user\_max\_post\_age setting.) I’ve installed the forum only 9 days…

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## [Inserting an HR in the editor should scroll the viewport to the new cursor position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-an-hr-in-the-editor-should-scroll-the-viewport-to-the-new-cursor-position/26011)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inserting-an-hr-in-the-editor-should-scroll-the-viewport-to-the-new-cursor-position/26011 "2015-10-02T22:53:15Z")

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UPDATE: The text field’s viewport is not being scrolled to include the new cursor position.

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## [Reply doesn't clear the edit post text if clicked after Edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-doesnt-clear-the-edit-post-text-if-clicked-after-edit/26012)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-doesnt-clear-the-edit-post-text-if-clicked-after-edit/26012 "2015-08-27T15:31:13Z")

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Edit your own post Click “Reply” to it. Note how the contents of the post edit textarea isn’t cleared for the reply. Executon in the other order, Reply then Edit, works correctly.

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## [Floored. Discuss support R.O.C.K.S](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floored-discuss-support-r-o-c-k-s/26013)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/floored-discuss-support-r-o-c-k-s/26013 "2015-03-07T05:24:36Z")

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My team and I are evaluating Discourse for the Quantified Self Forum. Here’s a screenshot of what I’ve been doing for the past 40 minutes. UPDATE: In the meantime I have worked on migrating our MyBB forum to Discours…

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## [Are all images pasted from the clipboard stored, or only the ones posted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-all-images-pasted-from-the-clipboard-stored-or-only-the-ones-posted/26014)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-all-images-pasted-from-the-clipboard-stored-or-only-the-ones-posted/26014 "2015-03-05T08:54:29Z")

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Say a user pastes an image into a post. Is that image store on the server, since I do see an “Uploading” progress indicator? What if the user realizes during the preview that the image had included sensitive data, so th…

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## [How I can sort topics by topic creation date?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-can-sort-topics-by-topic-creation-date/26020)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-can-sort-topics-by-topic-creation-date/26020 "2015-03-05T15:00:56Z")

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Or is there any url I can browse to see this? Thanks!

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## [Hide all sub-category pins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-all-sub-category-pins/26021)

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**Author:** [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-all-sub-category-pins/26021 "2015-03-11T23:49:49Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Hiding Sub-Category Pin Topics: Currently discourse only hides description pins from sub-categories. Would it be possible to extend this to all sub-category pins, or somehow allow other p…

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## [Make activating an Account Gmail-compatible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-activating-an-account-gmail-compatible/26024)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-activating-an-account-gmail-compatible/26024 "2015-04-01T23:28:10Z")

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First off: Gmail may just trigger this on actual subscription double-opt in emails. They possibly don’t intend to display this on account signup confirmations, I’m not too sure. There was a button just like on the sc…

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## [Wiki tag for wiki topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-tag-for-wiki-topic/26025)

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**Author:** [@czhou1801](https://meta.discourse.org/u/czhou1801)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-tag-for-wiki-topic/26025 "2016-05-13T12:03:49Z")

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can we have this feature: after a topic is set as a wiki post, can a special tag (like, WIKI) be attached to it automatically? we have some wiki topics. but it is not easy to manage them or search/list those topics. if…

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## [Provide option to disable notifications when post moved, renamed, tagged](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-option-to-disable-notifications-when-post-moved-renamed-tagged/26027)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-option-to-disable-notifications-when-post-moved-renamed-tagged/26027 "2022-05-03T13:55:25Z")

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I have started getting a bunch of notifications about older topics I’ve been involved in on meta because @riking is graciously improving their titles, moving them to new categories, adding/removing tags etc. I really app…

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## [Markdown lists don't render correctly in quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029)

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**Author:** [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029 "2015-03-05T16:08:46Z")

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When quoting a list, it doesn’t render correctly in the quote. Here is a simple list: This is a list It will be quoted in a reply to this post to demonstrate the formatting bug.

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## [Reply as linked topic should default to same category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033)

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**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-should-default-to-same-category/26033 "2016-03-01T19:09:14Z")

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This is a particularly thorny issue if the topic is in a private category because the category drop down of the reply will default to the most popular category, not the category of the original topic which people would a…

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## [Cannot upgrade from Docker Manager (missing gem)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-docker-manager-missing-gem/26035)

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**Author:** [@frbn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frbn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-upgrade-from-docker-manager-missing-gem/26035 "2015-03-05T18:33:37Z")

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I seem to be unable to use Docker Manager to upgrade my installation. It fails because it can’t find the gem 6to5-source, which according to RubyGems.org has been yanked. This is the log: $ cd /var/www/discourse && git…

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