# Hot

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## [Translation for "unsilence user" 🇪🇸](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-for-unsilence-user-es/73980)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-for-unsilence-user-es/73980 "2017-11-13T17:41:05Z")

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New sentences have appeared for translation in the new versions, and given the possibility of "silencing" users, there are several words related to "silence" or "unsilence," here is the detail below: Clien…

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## [Unable to delete a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-delete-a-category/73983)

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**Author:** [@Galinette](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Galinette)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-delete-a-category/73983 "2017-11-13T22:13:20Z")

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Hi, I am trying to delete the “lounge” category in a fresh discourse installation (v1.9.0.beta14 +165) localized in french. When I click on the “Delete Category” button, a kind of bubble pop-up appears saying “Welcome …

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## ["Block" renamed to "Silence"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-renamed-to-silence/73991 "2017-11-13T20:36:16Z")

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We’ve heard feedback over the years that “block”, the staff tool to prevent users from posting on the site was unclear. Without knowing what “block” meant in a Discourse sense, one could just as easily infer that it mean…

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## [Discourse setup not asking for smtp server address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-not-asking-for-smtp-server-address/73993)

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**Author:** [@LucaDellAnna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LucaDellAnna)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-not-asking-for-smtp-server-address/73993 "2018-11-15T04:48:48Z")

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Good evening, I’m trying to setup discourse on a DigitalOcean droplet. I installed docker and discourse successfully via ssh. When I run ./discourse-setup, I’m directly prompted for the SMTP password; I do not get any…

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## [Advanced Search UI option to "exclude subcategories"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui-option-to-exclude-subcategories/73997)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-search-ui-option-to-exclude-subcategories/73997 "2017-11-13T16:49:20Z")

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We support searching only in the parent category (via an equal sign i.e. #=howto), but there isn’t an option for this in the Advanced Search UI. cc @cpradio @sam

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## [Google Analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics/74004)

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**Author:** [@dfrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics/74004 "2017-11-22T09:48:56Z")

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Hi - I’m wondering if there’s a way to connect to the reporting data inside Discourse’s dashboard? I’d like to build a dashboard that includes some of the metrics / data that isn’t available via Google Analytics, such as…

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## [Can you put flags next to user's profiles?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-put-flags-next-to-users-profiles/74007)

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**Author:** [@Anna\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anna_D)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-put-flags-next-to-users-profiles/74007 "2017-11-13T18:16:25Z")

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Hey Discourse Community! Is it possible to put flags next to user’s profiles to show where their from? We have a very diverse community and I think it’d be a cool way to showcase that. I’d appreciate any and all help!

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## [Mobile application does not support forum in subfolder](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-application-does-not-support-forum-in-subfolder/74008)

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**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-application-does-not-support-forum-in-subfolder/74008 "2018-01-25T14:23:27Z")

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I wonder to connect my forum www.example.com/discuss using Android mobile app. Appreciated to any help.

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## [View all topics in category filter by date created](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-all-topics-in-category-filter-by-date-created/74009)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-all-topics-in-category-filter-by-date-created/74009 "2017-11-13T21:48:23Z")

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I need to look through all topics that were created in a specific category within a specific date range. Any way to do that?

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## [Groups can be given same name as existing username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-can-be-given-same-name-as-existing-username/74010)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-can-be-given-same-name-as-existing-username/74010 "2018-06-12T08:08:28Z")

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I just came across this on my site - it is indeed possible to create a group with the same name as an existing username. Chaos ensues. (Actually, not sure about the chaos - we had this situation for months before I not…

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## [Adding favicon, site description and publish date to oneboxes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-favicon-site-description-and-publish-date-to-oneboxes/74011)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-favicon-site-description-and-publish-date-to-oneboxes/74011 "2017-11-25T16:47:08Z")

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One thing I noticed in the “slack” version of onebox is that it has a bunch of info on onebox generic that we do not. vs Relevant og/html tags: \<link rel="icon" href="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.huffingtonp…

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## [How do I tag a topic in meta.discourse.org?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-tag-a-topic-in-meta-discourse-org/74017)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-tag-a-topic-in-meta-discourse-org/74017 "2017-11-13T22:32:01Z")

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I made a topic here and categorized it as support. It is also a candidate for the tag “bug”. Struggling to find how I can tag the topic. Help, please.

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## [Cannot reply here on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-reply-here-on-meta/74041)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-reply-here-on-meta/74041 "2017-11-14T09:33:07Z")

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I just tried to reply to @Ivan\_Rapekas’s post here, but got a status code 500 back. Now, it looks like my reply is half here, half missing: I cannot post the same reply again: I’m shown as being the last poster: But …

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## [Amazon AWS S3 bucket names with dots are not allowed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-aws-s3-bucket-names-with-dots-are-not-allowed/74048)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-aws-s3-bucket-names-with-dots-are-not-allowed/74048 "2017-11-14T13:11:21Z")

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Although this thread was closed, I’m still unable to use bucket names with dots in it. Did I misunderstood the thread, or is this a regression?

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## [Wrong domain name extension in welkcom email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-domain-name-extension-in-welkcom-email/74049)

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**Author:** [@Jaya\_Kuipers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaya_Kuipers)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-domain-name-extension-in-welkcom-email/74049 "2017-11-15T04:13:00Z")

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I’ve installed an discrouse on an digitalocean droplet and setup email with mailgun. Everything works well. But new users get an email with an wrong baseurl. the domain extension should be .nl for my installation but…

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## [How do I make "Onebox" look better?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-onebox-look-better/74058)

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**Author:** [@inkdrop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/inkdrop)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-make-onebox-look-better/74058 "2017-11-14T16:41:59Z")

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When I post a facebook link into my forum it shows a pretty unsexy looking summary… I’ve been doing a lot of searching and found one plugin GitHub - vinkashq/discourse-facebook-onebox: Facebook Onebox plugin for Discours…

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## [Yahoo login for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-for-discourse/74060)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Brooks2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Brooks2)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-for-discourse/74060 "2017-12-10T22:31:48Z")

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Hi, I’ve configured many of the social networks so that users can log in using them, however the Yahoo login doesn’t seem to work. I’ve enabled yahoo logins (there is no API client ID or secret) and when I test it, I ge…

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## [Dismiss Notifications does not erase the notifications from the list entirely](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismiss-notifications-does-not-erase-the-notifications-from-the-list-entirely/74063)

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**Author:** [@foodaginnovators](https://meta.discourse.org/u/foodaginnovators)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dismiss-notifications-does-not-erase-the-notifications-from-the-list-entirely/74063 "2017-11-14T18:18:00Z")

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Hey there, Just noticing that Dismiss Notifications is not working, either in the top right modal or the notifications page. Screenshot of notifications below. It’s greyed out. And then in the modal, it’s not greyed out…

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## [Horizontal scroll bar showing when tagging somebody](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-scroll-bar-showing-when-tagging-somebody/74064)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizontal-scroll-bar-showing-when-tagging-somebody/74064 "2018-02-01T18:28:37Z")

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Hello Friends, When we tag somebody in our website a Horizontal scroll bar is showing for some reason and you can see the picture below:

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## [Trouble restoring from backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-restoring-from-backup/74067)

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**Author:** [@David\_Foster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Foster)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-restoring-from-backup/74067 "2018-01-31T20:20:21Z")

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Hoes it going.. trying to test a restoration.. and it keeps failing on me. some quick notes, both production and test env are the same, ubuntu 16.04, docker version 17.09.0-ce, build afdb6d4 and both discourses have b…

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## [Mailing list turned OFF - How to Disable Per Post Email for Existing Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-turned-off-how-to-disable-per-post-email-for-existing-users/74079)

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**Author:** [@Senthil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Senthil)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-turned-off-how-to-disable-per-post-email-for-existing-users/74079 "2017-11-15T19:36:37Z")

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Hello All, Our forum grew from few people to few hundreds now and we started getting complaints about too many emails. I turned off “mailing list mode”. But still, users who registered when it was ON, get the email…

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## [How to properly edit "volumes" in app.yaml?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-properly-edit-volumes-in-app-yaml/74080)

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**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-properly-edit-volumes-in-app-yaml/74080 "2017-11-15T08:52:18Z")

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I have a new /mnt/ volume from digital ocean. I just rsync’d my /var/discourse to /mnt/sf02-storage/var/discourse. Seems that the only thing left is to change volumes. The question is: is “guest” a local path? Should I …

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## [Plugin to store uploads into Azure blob storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-store-uploads-into-azure-blob-storage/74091)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-store-uploads-into-azure-blob-storage/74091 "2018-01-27T04:00:45Z")

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I’m wondering if there is a plugin to save uploaded files into Azure blob storage. Probably not… If so, any pointers as to what plugin template I can study to write something like this? Amazon S3 support is baked into …

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## [Can Email-In be used to "ingest" a mailing list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-email-in-be-used-to-ingest-a-mailing-list/74096)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-email-in-be-used-to-ingest-a-mailing-list/74096 "2019-08-05T09:34:58Z")

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I am looking to build a archive for a mailing list. I imagine a thread to become a topic, email addresses being replaced with usernames if a matching account exists. Can the Email-In feature be used to “ingest” a mailin…

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## [Understanding email in functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-email-in-functionality/74097)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Brooks2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Brooks2)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-email-in-functionality/74097 "2017-12-01T23:02:22Z")

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HI, I notice that its possible to turn on the facility for people to send an email to a specific email address which in turn will post their reply as a new topic or perhaps a response to a topic. Does this person need …

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## [Posting via email best practices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-email-best-practices/74100)

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**Author:** [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-email-best-practices/74100 "2017-11-15T14:01:51Z")

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Hello discourse community. On my discourse site, in the category about topics, I advertise the posting email address for that category and mention it’s for trusted users above a certain level. I post the address as a png…

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## [How do I link to a Category from a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-category-from-a-topic/74108)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_Cleghorn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matt_Cleghorn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-link-to-a-category-from-a-topic/74108 "2017-11-15T15:08:27Z")

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I’d like to reference a category inside a topic is there a way to do that? We’d like to be able to cross link between topics and categories. Thanks

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## [Creating alternate user directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-alternate-user-directory/74113)

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**Author:** [@DMRF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DMRF)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-alternate-user-directory/74113 "2017-11-22T15:11:15Z")

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Hello, I’m curious if anyone has advice on how to achieve an alternate user directory. Purpose I’m aware of the /users functionality, but we’re looking for the ability to sort by a variety of variables, including grou…

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## [Trying to do a disqus import, says category not found](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-do-a-disqus-import-says-category-not-found/74117)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-do-a-disqus-import-says-category-not-found/74117 "2017-11-15T18:54:27Z")

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Trying to do the disqus import discourse@s-app:/var/www/discourse$ RAILS\_ENV=production ruby script/import\_scripts/disqus.rb --file=/tmp/disqus.xml --dry\_run --post-as=system Category Front page not found I understa…

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## [Auto-Close topic when configurable vote limit reached](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topic-when-configurable-vote-limit-reached/74119)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topic-when-configurable-vote-limit-reached/74119 "2017-11-15T17:37:49Z")

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Hi, Based on how the users are given a number of votes which, until a topic is closed/archived they do not get back (unless they remove their cast vote themselves), I was thinking how perhaps having an additional option…

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