# Hot

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## ["Open all external links in a new tab" not honoured by keyboard activation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-not-honoured-by-keyboard-activation/32429)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-not-honoured-by-keyboard-activation/32429 "2018-02-21T21:55:51Z")

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Steps to repro: Check “Open all external links in a new tab” in preferences. Open an external link using a mouse - it opens in a new tab as expected. Open an external link using the keyboard. It opens in the current t…

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## [Remove hamburger menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-hamburger-menu/32431)

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**Author:** [@forumworld2000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/forumworld2000)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-hamburger-menu/32431 "2016-07-11T21:00:56Z")

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The “beautiful, elegant solution that gets it all wrong”: http://deep.design/the-hamburger-menu/

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## [Possible to disable alternate font color for read topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-disable-alternate-font-color-for-read-topics/32438)

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**Author:** [@jakedwhitaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakedwhitaker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-disable-alternate-font-color-for-read-topics/32438 "2015-08-23T21:31:40Z")

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http://puu.sh/jLX34/992d0ffb9c.png I really just don’t like how this looks, especially on a dark skin. Looked around through the ACP but couldn’t find a relevant setting. The “unread” filter at the top of the index seem…

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## [Blocked user error message confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-user-error-message-confusing/32439)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocked-user-error-message-confusing/32439 "2015-08-25T19:16:52Z")

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Disclaimer: I’m still new to Discourse. I’m using it to teach online classes at the university where I teach. I had a student complain that he couldn’t post and he’d tried all kinds of things (different computers, diffe…

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## [Digest preview bug and possibile enhancement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-preview-bug-and-possibile-enhancement/32444)

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**Author:** [@anon82356247](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82356247)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-preview-bug-and-possibile-enhancement/32444 "2015-08-24T15:38:40Z")

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Bug I’ve set the “default digest email frequency” to Daily (Admin-\>Settings-\>Email) but Preview Digest says “Preview the content of the weekly digest emails sent to inactive users.” Enhancement? Maybe I Just don’t know …

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## [Code fences inside a list render as one line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-inside-a-list-render-as-one-line/32445)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-inside-a-list-render-as-one-line/32445 "2015-08-24T20:31:49Z")

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While testing another bug, I posted this text to try.discourse.org: problem\_post.txt (2.5 KB) The editor preview shows line breaks in the code block, but the post itself renders without the line breaks.

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## [Add + New Topic link to all pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-topic-link-to-all-pages/32446)

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**Author:** [@anon82356247](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon82356247)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-new-topic-link-to-all-pages/32446 "2016-02-02T20:30:06Z")

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Unless I’m missing something, there isn’t way to create a new unlinked topic when viewing a topic. To do so, you’d have to click the logo to go home (1 click) or the hamburger menu and then make a selection (2 clicks), b…

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## [Low-bandwidth "lite" version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-lite-version/32448)

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**Author:** [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/low-bandwidth-lite-version/32448 "2015-08-26T18:47:27Z")

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So a couple of my users are complaining that my site loads slowly when they’re on a slower connection or have bad reception and/or uses too much “data” on their mobile devices. My site loads fast for me so I don’t really…

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## [Per-user theme selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-selection/32450)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_M)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-selection/32450 "2015-08-24T02:12:35Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Coming soon to Meta :new\_moon: DARKNESS :new\_moon:: No, that was a mockup of a per-user theme selector, located under preferences (in fact, the mockup was based off of a “custom field” o…

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## [Facebook (login) email not updated in discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-login-email-not-updated-in-discourse/32453)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-login-email-not-updated-in-discourse/32453 "2015-08-25T00:37:49Z")

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So, I log into my discourse installation via facebook, and I noticed that after I updated my facebook primary e-mail address, this email is not updated in discourse. This is causing an issue as I no longer receive emails…

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## [Showing an adaptive "server too busy" page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-an-adaptive-server-too-busy-page/32461)

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**Author:** [@geoff777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geoff777)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-an-adaptive-server-too-busy-page/32461 "2015-08-24T19:39:49Z")

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Could Discourse be self-aware of the load on system resources? If an instance was beginning to slow or be overloaded by users, could Discourse begin closing connections? First anonymous users not active for say 30 min…

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## [Body class from category not loading on topics on first load?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-class-from-category-not-loading-on-topics-on-first-load/32463)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-class-from-category-not-loading-on-topics-on-first-load/32463 "2015-08-26T18:00:15Z")

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Is this a bug? or is there a technical limitation for this? When I first load a topic, we noticed that it does not render the body class from the forum it belongs to, until we do a hard refresh. Has anyone else noticed …

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## [Could the "notify about queued posts after" setting be changed from hours to minutes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-notify-about-queued-posts-after-setting-be-changed-from-hours-to-minutes/32466)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-notify-about-queued-posts-after-setting-be-changed-from-hours-to-minutes/32466 "2015-10-26T13:04:10Z")

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Would it be possible to change the setting for the notifications of posts waiting to be moderated being sent out from x hours, to x minutes? Thanks

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## [Free form field for Polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-form-field-for-polls/32469)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-form-field-for-polls/32469 "2015-08-24T15:48:28Z")

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Good morning, we have a request here for a text input on polls. I’ve advised them to ask people to reply but having it inline has become a desire for some of our forum users. Perhaps an inline field that adds a reply o…

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## [❌ is now 🔽 on tags and elsewhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-is-now-arrow-down-small-on-tags-and-elsewhere/32471)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-is-now-arrow-down-small-on-tags-and-elsewhere/32471 "2015-08-25T17:13:29Z")

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In the last few days, it seems :x: is now :arrow\_down\_small: on tags and elsewhere. Both on Meta and my own latest tests-passed site, using Chrome & Firefox.

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## [Any way to programmatically add to groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-programmatically-add-to-groups/32474)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-programmatically-add-to-groups/32474 "2015-08-25T16:21:53Z")

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I’d like to have several groups that are automatically populated with accounts older than N days. The idea being that as user accounts age, new categories would open up to them based on the age of their account. I can f…

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## [Ways to post confidential info for moderator eyes only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-post-confidential-info-for-moderator-eyes-only/32482)

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**Author:** [@Becky\_Herndon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Becky_Herndon)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-post-confidential-info-for-moderator-eyes-only/32482 "2015-09-24T14:00:55Z")

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We’re moving a development community to Discourse and there’s one critical feature we’re losing from the old forum software. We had “confidential” tags where a user could hide sensitive information in the post for modera…

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## [As an Admin, how does one move a comment to a new post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-how-does-one-move-a-comment-to-a-new-post/32486)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/as-an-admin-how-does-one-move-a-comment-to-a-new-post/32486 "2015-08-25T01:32:41Z")

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As an Admin, how does one move a comment to a new post?

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## [PAID Seeking a developer to install, integrate with Wordpress blog and SSO, and customize site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-seeking-a-developer-to-install-integrate-with-wordpress-blog-and-sso-and-customize-site/32489)

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**Author:** [@gbm\_brian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gbm_brian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-seeking-a-developer-to-install-integrate-with-wordpress-blog-and-sso-and-customize-site/32489 "2015-09-08T05:56:41Z")

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Hi everyone, I run a small company and I’m looking to add a community forum to my site. The existing site uses Cratejoy to generate customer profiles and data and I’d want to have SSO between it and the forum. I’ll also …

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## [Reserved usernames ignored by invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-ignored-by-invites/32490)

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**Author:** [@AndyCoates](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndyCoates)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-ignored-by-invites/32490 "2015-08-25T21:05:23Z")

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Hi, We’ve just had a user signup via invite and the auto-username generation Discourse does seems to have ignored the reserved usernames setting, i.e. reserve list contains foobar but foobar@domain.com was invited and t…

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## [Sidekiq / sending Email digests fails: MissingTranslationData](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-sending-email-digests-fails-missingtranslationdata/32500)

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**Author:** [@RabidFX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RabidFX)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-sending-email-digests-fails-missingtranslationdata/32500 "2015-09-18T21:30:42Z")

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Sidekiq fails to send digest emails due to some missing translation data. Here is the error, and the stacktrace: Jobs::HandledExceptionWrapper: Wrapped I18n::MissingTranslationData: translation missing: en.time.formats…

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## [Not displayed Trigger Options in Admin Panel for badges?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-displayed-trigger-options-in-admin-panel-for-badges/32501)

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**Author:** [@Mohit\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohit_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-displayed-trigger-options-in-admin-panel-for-badges/32501 "2015-08-25T20:30:54Z")

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I am not getting Badge trigger option on my Admin Panel for badges after sql query box. Has it been removed in the Recent Updates?

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## [Pin Topic Buttons Inactive?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-topic-buttons-inactive/32504)

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**Author:** [@aaronmakaruk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaronmakaruk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-topic-buttons-inactive/32504 "2015-08-26T20:23:54Z")

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When trying to pin a topic, the buttons aren’t active - see below:

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## [You cannot select a category used in another list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-cannot-select-a-category-used-in-another-list/32506)

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**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-cannot-select-a-category-used-in-another-list/32506 "2015-08-27T18:05:12Z")

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## [Bulk tagging - where's the submit button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tagging-wheres-the-submit-button/32509)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tagging-wheres-the-submit-button/32509 "2015-08-25T17:44:16Z")

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I am attempting to tag in bulk and there is no submit button… this used to work somehow. Help?

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## [PAID build it, deploy it, customize it, profit!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-build-it-deploy-it-customize-it-profit/32511)

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**Author:** [@shiv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shiv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-build-it-deploy-it-customize-it-profit/32511 "2015-08-26T04:51:36Z")

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We are looking for a full-time developer to help with the roll-out of a customized version of Discourse. We’ll need you to do everything from deployment to customization, including plugin work (either using/extending exi…

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## [Unusable site after changing "tags sort alphabetically"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusable-site-after-changing-tags-sort-alphabetically/32513)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusable-site-after-changing-tags-sort-alphabetically/32513 "2015-08-25T22:58:44Z")

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I changed the site setting for “tag style” (UPDATE: oops, no, it was actually “tags sort alphabetically”) which seemed fairly innocent. However after doing so, the front page of my site is blank for everyone, with or wit…

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## [Feedback on new 🍔 and user menus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-new-hamburger-and-user-menus/32519)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 229\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-new-hamburger-and-user-menus/32519 "2016-03-06T16:07:02Z")

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@eviltrout just deployed the new full height, slide-out-from-the-right hamburger menu. Try it out and see what you think. We’ll collect feedback here.

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## [Akismet flagging withdrawn posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-withdrawn-posts/32533)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-flagging-withdrawn-posts/32533 "2015-08-26T16:00:23Z")

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Whenever users withdraw posts Akismet has begun to flag the withdrawl notice as potential spam. This only appears to happen with new users, does the plugin trust new users less?

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## [Backups not rotating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-rotating/32534)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-rotating/32534 "2015-08-26T09:26:35Z")

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I’ve just looked at our backup history and can see backups from the following date: 8/25 \* 8/14 \* 8/13 \* 8/12 8/11 8/19 8/9 That seems like an odd spread, from what I recalled we previously had the last seven day…

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