# Hot

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## [Can I add any other Log Out button somewhere?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-any-other-log-out-button-somewhere/41690)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-add-any-other-log-out-button-somewhere/41690 "2016-04-03T03:09:30Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Logging out dismisses notification count: Once again we had a complaint that someone can’t log out without dismissing notification count. This really stinks. This is also a problem when i…

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## [Plugin docs or tutorials on hooks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-docs-or-tutorials-on-hooks/41691)

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**Author:** [@RyanH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RyanH)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-docs-or-tutorials-on-hooks/41691 "2016-03-29T02:05:45Z")

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I have a custom field for users when they register. The user enters an ID, in this case the ID represents their job. Is there anyway to write a plugin that displays that custom field alongside the users screen name? Can …

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## [How can I delete or undelete topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-or-undelete-topics/41700)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-or-undelete-topics/41700 "2018-09-14T08:02:56Z")

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I used the embedded feature to tie together a blog with my forum. While testing I deleted all those posts. Now that I’m trying to re-create the integration I realised that deleting posts just don’t actually delete them, …

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## [Adding a comment when deleting a post or topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-comment-when-deleting-a-post-or-topic/41704)

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**Author:** [@zainab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zainab)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-comment-when-deleting-a-post-or-topic/41704 "2016-03-29T15:09:03Z")

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Hey There, I was wondering if there is an option of adding a comment/reason as to why the topic or post was deleted. Thanks

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## [Show image file size limit on user#preference page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-image-file-size-limit-on-user-preference-page/41707)

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**Author:** [@saiqulhaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saiqulhaq)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-image-file-size-limit-on-user-preference-page/41707 "2017-02-28T17:57:22Z")

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The problem is when I am trying to upload large image, there is no information regarding the file size limit of uploaded image. Please take a look at following screenshot In my country the internet connection is ver…

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## [Adding text below avatar or next to username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-text-below-avatar-or-next-to-username/41715)

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**Author:** [@DoMiN8ToR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DoMiN8ToR)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-text-below-avatar-or-next-to-username/41715 "2016-03-29T16:22:21Z")

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I’m trying to customize the template where the avatar is shown. I’m able to overwrite many other templates, but for some reason post/poster-avatar.raw doesn’t work for me. I tried e.g. the following code and tried to ad…

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## [Does Onebox support Sketchfab embeds?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-onebox-support-sketchfab-embeds/41717)

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**Author:** [@DanteZii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanteZii)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-onebox-support-sketchfab-embeds/41717 "2016-03-29T18:15:14Z")

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Paste the code does not display properly :expressionless:

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## [Categories in "top menu"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-in-top-menu/41718)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-in-top-menu/41718 "2018-08-21T00:11:08Z")

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I’ve already read some topics about custom links, and I understood that discourse does not allow such thing. BUT, how could “this site” (here) have got these links? (look this screen) Links: Bugs redirect to: htt…

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## [Onebox expansion causes mixed-content SSL warning (ebay)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-expansion-causes-mixed-content-ssl-warning-ebay/41720)

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**Author:** [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-expansion-causes-mixed-content-ssl-warning-ebay/41720 "2016-03-29T19:04:40Z")

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Using a onebox expansion uses a non HTTPS img with an eBay link. For example, the first post in: uses a http link http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/191836488300-0-1/s-l1000.jpg It would be nice to use an https URL or to …

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## [Analyze and Grow your Discourse community - now in beta :)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/analyze-and-grow-your-discourse-community-now-in-beta/41722)

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**Author:** [@pdx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pdx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/analyze-and-grow-your-discourse-community-now-in-beta/41722 "2016-03-29T19:03:03Z")

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Hi there, I’m building a new tool that will help you analyze and grow your Discourse community. I’m using it to get insights and grow my own forum and have seen great results so far. If you would like access to the priv…

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## [Discourse mobile slow on 2013 Android phone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mobile-slow-on-2013-android-phone/41727)

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**Author:** [@lkwg82](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lkwg82)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mobile-slow-on-2013-android-phone/41727 "2019-07-23T13:03:11Z")

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Hi, I experienced some (for me serious delays) in the rendering performance. For example this thread in the syncthing forum: SSL Certs discovery v4 vs v6 - General - Syncthing Community Forum. I use the chrome on samsu…

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## [Ability to Block Certain Readers from Seeing Your Posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-block-certain-readers-from-seeing-your-posts/41730)

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**Author:** [@youderian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youderian)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-block-certain-readers-from-seeing-your-posts/41730 "2016-03-30T18:38:44Z")

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Does Discourse offer the ability to block certain forum members from seeing your posts? Why I ask: Our private community is made up of business owners who share freely from their experience, strategy, etc. But as we g…

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## [Moderator tools being cut off by the top of the post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-tools-being-cut-off-by-the-top-of-the-post/41734)

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**Author:** [@lee-dohm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lee-dohm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-tools-being-cut-off-by-the-top-of-the-post/41734 "2016-03-30T06:05:28Z")

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Repro Steps Be a moderator Find a one-line post to split off to a new topic Click the ellipsis button to get the full set of options for the post Click the wrench button to get the moderator options Expected: Full mode…

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## [How I debugged and fixed issues with unread/new counts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-debugged-and-fixed-issues-with-unread-new-counts/41738)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-i-debugged-and-fixed-issues-with-unread-new-counts/41738 "2016-03-30T03:11:42Z")

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Today I fixed a couple of issues with incorrect new and unread counts. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fbdd9c00345f7df31fb194633923e242f037bbbf The fixes themselves though interesting are less interesting…

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## [Moving a topic to another category doesn't propagate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-a-topic-to-another-category-doesnt-propagate/41742 "2016-07-13T04:15:02Z")

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Steps to repro: User A create a Topic on Category I User B enters topic User B moves Topic to Category II User A still on topic, but it didn’t updates the category Aggravating: User A, still on topic, ma…

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## [Amazon SES 554 Message rejected: Email address is not verified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-ses-554-message-rejected-email-address-is-not-verified/41743)

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**Author:** [@eldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eldy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-ses-554-message-rejected-email-address-is-not-verified/41743 "2016-12-20T19:16:42Z")

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I’m using Amazon SES. I have problem getting email verification when a user signed up. I had verify my own email address used for admin account, hence I can get it. That’s strange, how does verify address work in SES? I …

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## [Badge description disappeared in Chinese forum, seed\_fu problem?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-description-disappeared-in-chinese-forum-seed-fu-problem/41744)

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**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-description-disappeared-in-chinese-forum-seed-fu-problem/41744 "2016-04-08T07:56:45Z")

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Badge doesn’t show the description at all. Version: 1.5.0.beta15 DISCOURSE\_DEFAULT\_LOCALE: zh\_CN https://meta.discoursecn.org/badges/15/第一次引用 (First Quote) It’s an old installation. The problem is that badge name…

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## [Filtering out delivery status failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-out-delivery-status-failed/41748)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filtering-out-delivery-status-failed/41748 "2016-03-30T18:06:31Z")

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Would it be possible for the email in code to filter out delivery status failure mails? We sent out a mailing last night and have 200 failures as posts in discourse now: (Any suggestions on getting these out in the f…

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## [Job exception in mail receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/job-exception-in-mail-receiver/41749 "2016-03-30T17:55:15Z")

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Job exception: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 /var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:181:in \`split' /var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:181:in \`trim\_discourse\_markers' /var/www/discourse/lib/email/receiver.rb:140…

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## [PAID: Migration from Simple:Press Forums to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migration-from-simple-press-forums-to-discourse/41752)

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**Author:** [@JohnnyFDK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JohnnyFDK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-migration-from-simple-press-forums-to-discourse/41752 "2016-03-30T08:02:19Z")

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Hi I’m wanting to move my users and posts from my wordpress based Simple:Press forums to my Digital Ocean hosted Discourse. 171 Members 573 Posts There’s no script made for this yet. I imagine it shouldn’t be too diff…

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## [Topics are gone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-are-gone/41755)

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**Author:** [@fbender](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbender)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-are-gone/41755 "2016-03-30T10:44:14Z")

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I got an email reply 20h ago saying that a topic created by me was no longer accessible: Funnily enough, I could not open that very same topic I got the email message from (it is still accessible via Google Cache: Go…

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## [How to fix an out of order mistake after moving two sets of posts to a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-an-out-of-order-mistake-after-moving-two-sets-of-posts-to-a-new-topic/41757)

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**Author:** [@cageycat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cageycat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-fix-an-out-of-order-mistake-after-moving-two-sets-of-posts-to-a-new-topic/41757 "2019-03-03T01:37:08Z")

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I have some editing rights (but I’m not in charge) on the Discourse Forum where I participate. I marked some posts to move…skipped a few…and marked others below that. All the ones I needed were marked. I moved the lot…

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## [Romanian pluralization rules are wrong](https://meta.discourse.org/t/romanian-pluralization-rules-are-wrong/41761)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/romanian-pluralization-rules-are-wrong/41761 "2016-03-30T22:33:57Z")

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Hey guys. I noticed (the hard way…) that translating numbers is a bit off. The expectation was „enforced” by transifex’s one/few/other for cases that contain numbers to behave in a certain way. At least in romanian, we …

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## [Background colored category names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/background-colored-category-names/41781)

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**Author:** [@jacotec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jacotec)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/background-colored-category-names/41781 "2016-04-07T03:08:48Z")

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Hi, in some Discourse installations I see this kind of category names, they are fully colored instead of having only the colored square in front: I can’t find a way to set it like this, any hint is appreciated.

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## [User website preference is invalid with underscore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-website-preference-is-invalid-with-underscore/41784)

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**Author:** [@dGr8LookinSparky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dGr8LookinSparky)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-website-preference-is-invalid-with-underscore/41784 "2016-11-15T13:54:04Z")

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A user on our forums is getting the error “Website is invalid.” when attempting to enter his website on his profile. The url he is using is: code\_man.cybnet.ch Perhaps the underscore in the sub-domain is triggering the…

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## [Links aren't showing in the sidebar or topic summaries on subfolder installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-arent-showing-in-the-sidebar-or-topic-summaries-on-subfolder-installs/41787)

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**Author:** [@iva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iva)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-arent-showing-in-the-sidebar-or-topic-summaries-on-subfolder-installs/41787 "2016-04-03T22:48:41Z")

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For some reason, when I link to another topic in my Discourse installation, the links do not always show up in the sidebar or in the topic summary, as they seem to here on meta. What is the intended behavior in this res…

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## [Image badge display still broken on Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-badge-display-still-broken-on-firefox/41789)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-badge-display-still-broken-on-firefox/41789 "2016-03-30T20:37:57Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Image max size on new badge listing UI: So it’s only fixed for Chrome. On Firefox: (Same issues on https://community.imgur.com/badges too.)

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## [Why can we no longer delete our accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-we-no-longer-delete-our-accounts/41803)

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**Author:** [@zcalbrecht](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zcalbrecht)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-we-no-longer-delete-our-accounts/41803 "2018-08-06T08:45:46Z")

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I just opened my meta.discourse.org user preferences page and distinctly saw that users were able to delete their account (pictured below). I checked later in another tab, and the functionality was gone. Why was this sud…

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## [Reading Topics is not currently tracking on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reading-topics-is-not-currently-tracking-on-meta/41805)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reading-topics-is-not-currently-tracking-on-meta/41805 "2016-03-31T03:57:40Z")

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Clicking topics from my Unread list are currently not tracking as read on meta

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## [How to increase Discourse avatar resolution with JS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-discourse-avatar-resolution-with-js/41807)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-increase-discourse-avatar-resolution-with-js/41807 "2019-01-02T17:09:23Z")

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I prefer to increase the avatar sizes on Discourse so I can see them better. You’ll run into an issue doing this though because since the avatar images are 45x45 pixels, if you stretch them they get blurry. I had been us…

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