# Hot

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## [A whole bunch of T's just appeared next to each link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-whole-bunch-of-ts-just-appeared-next-to-each-link/26939)

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**Author:** [@rowanjamesmiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rowanjamesmiller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-whole-bunch-of-ts-just-appeared-next-to-each-link/26939 "2015-03-29T06:52:39Z")

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Literally updated a few settings in the admin setting of the site, and all of these T’s started to appear. I would upload the image but as a new user i’m not allowed to… So for example it says all categories (t6) …

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## [Add images to custom user fields?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-images-to-custom-user-fields/26942)

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**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-images-to-custom-user-fields/26942 "2016-05-18T14:56:40Z")

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I think it would be cool if it could be to add a picture instead of text /admin/customize/user\_fields how you like the idea?

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## [Users can change their preferences, not save them, and navigate away without warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952 "2016-09-26T04:33:13Z")

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As a user, I can change my email preference, not see a Save button (despite them being at the top & bottom of the page) and navigate away from the Preferences page with no warning that my preferences weren’t saved. Not …

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## [Feature: add rss support to the group feeds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-add-rss-support-to-the-group-feeds/26954)

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**Author:** [@badevguru](https://meta.discourse.org/u/badevguru)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-add-rss-support-to-the-group-feeds/26954 "2015-03-29T20:10:47Z")

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I propose adding the rss capability to the group feeds. So https://meta.discourse.org/groups/trust\_level\_0.rss would give you the rss feed for all trust\_level\_0 users for example. Use Case #1: We have slack notification…

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## [Detecting user already logged in when using SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-already-logged-in-when-using-sso/26968)

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**Author:** [@tomdcc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomdcc)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-already-logged-in-when-using-sso/26968 "2016-11-05T11:54:23Z")

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Hi all We are using the SSO mechanism, which is working great, with one exception. If a user is logged in to our main site, then clicks a link to go to the forums, they are not logged in when they hit Discourse. They t…

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## [Discourse not shown in iframe](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-shown-in-iframe/26970)

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**Author:** [@dreadkopp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dreadkopp)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-shown-in-iframe/26970 "2021-04-26T13:54:05Z")

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Aloha Communtiy, i am trying to put discourse in an iframe since i don’t have free wildcards at my dyndny hoster. I run my main apache server at port 80 and the docker containing discourse redirects to port 82. the pag…

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## [Error uploading files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-uploading-files/26977)

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**Author:** [@Stackfish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stackfish)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-uploading-files/26977 "2015-03-30T14:11:08Z")

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Hi, My discourse instance has stopped allowing me to upload images for a topic. This use to work and the only change I recall making to the site was enabling backups to S3. When I try to upload a file from my computer…

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## [Infinite spinner when filtering on the user list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-spinner-when-filtering-on-the-user-list/26980)

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**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-spinner-when-filtering-on-the-user-list/26980 "2015-03-30T16:20:26Z")

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When using the username filter, if you type in a term that matches no users, the busy spinner spins indefinitely. It happens on WTDWTF, but not on here; must be something to do with the number of users in the system?

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## [Share with a user via Message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-with-a-user-via-message/26982)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-with-a-user-via-message/26982 "2015-03-31T03:20:48Z")

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One thing our wiki software does which is quite helpful is allow a user to share a page/resource with another registered user via its internal notification system. This allows people in moderation-like roles (not necessa…

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## [Disable load times shown at left margin of screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-load-times-shown-at-left-margin-of-screen/26986)

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**Author:** [@apotry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apotry)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-load-times-shown-at-left-margin-of-screen/26986 "2018-09-15T10:30:09Z")

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I’m running the docker install, imported a vbulletin database and finally got everything working. Unfortunately, the load times info still show up at the left-hand side of the screen. Is there a setting in the database t…

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## [Categories archive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-archive/26990)

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**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-archive/26990 "2015-04-12T14:46:06Z")

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Can anyone create this as a legit plugin? And how much will this cost? I did this feature exactly as I want it on my forum via JS (doesn’t works on mobile theme yet): http://forum.red-squadron.ru/ All categories older…

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## [Civilised mute for user groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/civilised-mute-for-user-groups/26997)

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**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/civilised-mute-for-user-groups/26997 "2015-03-30T23:28:47Z")

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Now that there’s a civilised mute for individual users, how feasible is it to extend it to mute whole user groups?

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## [Civilised Mute doesn't keep Muted list saved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/civilised-mute-doesnt-keep-muted-list-saved/27000)

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**Author:** [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/civilised-mute-doesnt-keep-muted-list-saved/27000 "2015-03-30T23:17:22Z")

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As observed over on TDWTF: Notice the list, which was saved. And now:

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## [PM notifications not working consistently](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-notifications-not-working-consistently/27005)

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**Author:** [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-notifications-not-working-consistently/27005 "2015-04-01T09:56:38Z")

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Initially detected on TDWTF but repro here. Profile: PM list: Notifications: Didn’t have a browser open here at all between flagging and coming back to check. Have only noticed this on TDWTF since beta 4 but …

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## [If a member has more than 5 flags, they cannot reach trust level 3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-member-has-more-than-5-flags-they-cannot-reach-trust-level-3/27008)

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**Author:** [@shivansh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shivansh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-a-member-has-more-than-5-flags-they-cannot-reach-trust-level-3/27008 "2015-03-31T06:02:10Z")

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Hello all and @codinghorror, This is my first post and I wanna know that, If a trust level 2 (member) receive more than 5 spams, So he never become Ninja?(trust level 3)

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## [Activate button doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activate-button-doesnt-work/27011)

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**Author:** [@hongquan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hongquan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activate-button-doesnt-work/27011 "2015-04-01T03:39:14Z")

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I setup Discourse in localhost, but in production mode, with Passenger & Nginx. Action mailer is setup with mailtrap.io. I create account and get activation email. I click to the link and is brought to activate page wit…

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## [Automated Backups to other Destinations Besides Amazon S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-to-other-destinations-besides-amazon-s3/27017)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Wexler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan_Wexler)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automated-backups-to-other-destinations-besides-amazon-s3/27017 "2016-10-06T14:35:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Hot off the presses, automated backup support!: I also will not use S3 - what is that - AWS? I would like to use Dropbox or even some other backup solution as I find AWS totally convolute…

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## [The magical (dis)appearing horizontal scroll bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-magical-dis-appearing-horizontal-scroll-bar/27020)

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**Author:** [@blakeofthepath](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blakeofthepath)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-magical-dis-appearing-horizontal-scroll-bar/27020 "2015-09-15T05:49:23Z")

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On browser windows of certain widths, when you scroll down to the bottom of the page under the post stream, the horizontal scroll bar appears. I believe this is a regression. The best thing is, when you’re on the thresh…

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## [Oneboxing: Wikipedia links are broken with umlauts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025 "2016-01-01T15:44:25Z")

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I didn’t found any complaints / solutions regarding to this issue. It’s interesting: In the moment you’re initially copy such a link with umlaut onboxing seems to create a preview. After adding a new line or by posting t…

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## [403 forbidden after installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-after-installation/27028)

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**Author:** [@Elano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elano)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-after-installation/27028 "2015-03-31T19:48:10Z")

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Hello! I’m a newbie in this kind of installation and I saw this forum “Discourse” like a month ago and today I tried to install it on my website but something went wrong… ^^’ I use Debian so I followed this Discourse o…

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## [What do I do with "Suspect" users that aren't?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-i-do-with-suspect-users-that-arent/27030 "2015-04-01T00:47:36Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse Version 1.2: So I have 2 users appearing in this new “Suspect Users” list, but both of them are legit. What should I do?

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## [Close and Archive a Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/close-and-archive-a-topic/27034)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/close-and-archive-a-topic/27034 "2015-03-31T18:03:11Z")

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Is this supposed to be allowed? I thought there was discussion about it prior that Archived should unflag the Closed indicator to avoid the double-lock icon, but I can’t seem to find it. Steps to Reproduce: Find a Top…

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## [Bootstrap docker error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-docker-error/27048)

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**Author:** [@Chaka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaka)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-docker-error/27048 "2015-04-01T03:24:59Z")

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When I run ./launcher bootstrap app I get Device "docker0" does not exist I then try to start the docker daemon with sudo service docker start I then get this Starting cgconfig service: Error: cannot mount cpuset to /c…

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## [Feasibility of a reddit-like "hot" order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feasibility-of-a-reddit-like-hot-order/27051)

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**Author:** [@noamraph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noamraph)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feasibility-of-a-reddit-like-hot-order/27051 "2015-04-01T11:45:09Z")

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Hi, I consider using Discourse to start a forum for political discussion. I think that as it gains traction, a default “hot” order, which combines popularity measures (likes, replies and views) with the age of the conve…

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## [Integrate ViewActions/One-Click Actions schemas into Discourse Emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-viewactions-one-click-actions-schemas-into-discourse-emails/27056)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-viewactions-one-click-actions-schemas-into-discourse-emails/27056 "2015-04-24T16:04:39Z")

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tl;dr: Buttons that link you to a Discourse post Continuing the discussion from Make activating an Account Gmail-compatible: So anyway, Github emails come with some extra html that makes action buttons appear on GMai…

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## [Hidden or staff only posts for collaborative moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-or-staff-only-posts-for-collaborative-moderation/27063)

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**Author:** [@john\_mardlin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john_mardlin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-or-staff-only-posts-for-collaborative-moderation/27063 "2015-04-02T01:44:52Z")

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There are times when we need to be very careful about how we respond to a topic. I want to make sure that staff realize that a topic has no response yet for a reason. It would also be great to be able to have some inter…

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## [Is it possible to see who voted in polls?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-see-who-voted-in-polls/27064)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-see-who-voted-in-polls/27064 "2020-04-09T18:20:16Z")

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I just tested out polls for the first time in a while, and it works quite well and I like it. But I would like to have an open poll so we can see who voted for which option. Is this possible? Is there any way to see who…

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## [Email reply-to for digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-reply-to-for-digests/27066)

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**Author:** [@mlinksva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mlinksva)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-reply-to-for-digests/27066 "2015-04-02T01:42:19Z")

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I have reply-by-email set up and it works great for individual message notifications. I had a user think they could reply to a digest, so of course they got a bounce from my configured noreply address. For now I’ve just …

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## [Best practices for archiving topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-archiving-topics/27069 "2016-10-07T18:27:43Z")

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What are best practices for archiving topics? I’ve not used this feature before, and don’t fully understand what happens when you archive something and when we should use it. Appreciate any explanation/links …

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## [User directory layout for badge lists!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-layout-for-badge-lists/27075)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-layout-for-badge-lists/27075 "2016-03-28T09:59:32Z")

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It occurs to me that the user directory layout that @eviltrout created is beautiful and lovely, and that it would be a big improvement to see lists of users with badges using the same layout. What say? https://meta.disc…

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