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## [Login redirects to homepage, shows no error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-redirects-to-homepage-shows-no-error/92728)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Sousa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Sousa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-redirects-to-homepage-shows-no-error/92728 "2018-07-20T16:21:19Z")

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I have a Discourse instance running which had SSO turned on. I got locked out due to misconfiguration. Proceeded with changing a couple of settings: ./launcher enter app rails c SiteSetting.enable\_sso = false SiteSetti…

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## [Discourse Upgrade Failed With Ruby 2.4 or above required](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-failed-with-ruby-2-4-or-above-required/92782)

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**Author:** [@justme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justme)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-upgrade-failed-with-ruby-2-4-or-above-required/92782 "2018-07-20T17:44:29Z")

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I just tried upgrading our discourse forum and a little ways into the installation I got this error: I updated the the Ruby version in the docker container to Ruby 2.4.4 and set it to the default version using RVM, …

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## [Adding explanatory information to the group page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-explanatory-information-to-the-group-page/92822)

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**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-explanatory-information-to-the-group-page/92822 "2018-07-20T18:07:25Z")

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Some users do not quite understand what groups are. Page “empty”, no information, no title, etc. Can it make sense to do the following? At the topmost line of the file, before: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/b…

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## [My site is completely down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-site-is-completely-down/92786)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-site-is-completely-down/92786 "2018-07-20T17:13:03Z")

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Hi, my website just went down and I can’t even go into /safe-mode to see if it’s of a plugin. Here are the errors/results I got from shell. Please help!

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## [Prompt to enable Force HTTPS in the wizard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-to-enable-force-https-in-the-wizard/62898)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-to-enable-force-https-in-the-wizard/62898 "2018-07-20T22:25:50Z")

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When setting up a new Discourse forum, I recently forgot to enable the force https setting :frowning: This isn’t just a security issue, it also prevents internal HTTPS links from getting the onebox treatment. Because t…

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## [Discourse-doctor 👩‍⚕️](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doctor/65169)

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**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doctor/65169 "2018-07-21T06:18:57Z")

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Hi everyone, lately I’ve been playing with the idea of having a discourse-doctor utility to help people troubleshoot their docker discourse instance. https://github.com/jjaffeux/discourse-doctor I’m opening this topic…

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## [Bulk tag buttons appear when tagging is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tag-buttons-appear-when-tagging-is-disabled/70092)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-tag-buttons-appear-when-tagging-is-disabled/70092 "2018-07-21T17:32:37Z")

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The buttons to replace or append tags appear in the topic list bulk actions modal even when tagging is not enabled. Clicking on either provides a text field to type tags, which says “Loading failed” as the autocomplete o…

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## [Hyperlink modal retains text on cancel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyperlink-modal-retains-text-on-cancel/75477)

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**Author:** [@bombledmonk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bombledmonk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hyperlink-modal-retains-text-on-cancel/75477 "2018-07-21T18:12:57Z")

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You can consider this a super minor bug if it really even is that. Seems like it might be inadvertent so I though I’d a least put something up. The text in the Insert Link modal persists if a person had clicked cancel. S…

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## [Daily/Weekly stats for user activity?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-weekly-stats-for-user-activity/69216)

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**Author:** [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-weekly-stats-for-user-activity/69216 "2017-09-01T16:37:00Z")

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Is there a way for normal users to get a analysis (daily or weekly timeframe) of their activity in a community? Topics, posts, likes, solves, PMs, …

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## [Renaming users - YAY or NAY?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481)

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**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481 "2018-07-22T07:48:31Z")

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Discourse offers the ability to rename user accounts. Older threads mention that this break links and post history. What’s the current status of this? Is it still discouraged and what are the impacts now?

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## [Running commands inside discourse container?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-commands-inside-discourse-container/92811)

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**Author:** [@ryanerwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanerwin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-commands-inside-discourse-container/92811 "2018-07-22T11:25:32Z")

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I would like to script discourse restore... but I don’t understand how to easily pass commands from the host to the discourse docker container. I tried: sudo docker run local\_discourse/app discourse enable\_restore but …

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## [How to refer to topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-refer-to-topic/92880)

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**Author:** [@Daan\_Seegers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daan_Seegers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-refer-to-topic/92880 "2018-07-22T11:29:10Z")

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Is it possible to refer to a topic? and how

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## [How to group by date only in data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-group-by-date-only-in-data-explorer/92868)

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**Author:** [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-group-by-date-only-in-data-explorer/92868 "2018-07-22T08:23:49Z")

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I’m trying to get the number of user signups by day for this month and run into trouble when trying to group on the created\_at field because it includes the timestamp. Anyone know how to just group on the date? select …

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## [Locking Android orientation to portrait?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-android-orientation-to-portrait/92872)

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**Author:** [@Garrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Garrick)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-android-orientation-to-portrait/92872 "2018-07-22T16:45:18Z")

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Thanks. I have my test site thats already updated. When I view it from chrome mobile my regular site is locked vertical (how my phone is setup) but the updated test site changes direction to horizontal when I turn on the…

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## [Digest email color blue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-color-blue/72088)

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**Author:** [@sbsmithjax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sbsmithjax)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digest-email-color-blue/72088 "2018-07-22T17:37:37Z")

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Greetings. Love Discourse, the team working on this is exceptional. We are new to styling a Discourse installation. Have spent time customizing the themes, but can’t seem to change the background color of the digest e…

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## [Provide link to logs on "needs approval" page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-link-to-logs-on-needs-approval-page/86987)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-link-to-logs-on-needs-approval-page/86987 "2018-05-08T11:52:20Z")

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The “Needs Approval” page provides rather scarce (i.e. no) information about why a particular post requires approval. An important improvement has been to log the reason for these “automatic staff actions”, but that this…

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## [Certain topics with the word “advertising” are not accessible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-topics-with-the-word-advertising-are-not-accessible/92876)

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**Author:** [@jacobswan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jacobswan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/certain-topics-with-the-word-advertising-are-not-accessible/92876 "2018-07-22T20:26:26Z")

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Certain pages are not accessible with a direct link, or a page refresh. You are able to view it if you manually go to the forums website and guide yourself there by clicking on the topic. The console reports the foll…

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## [\[Paid\] Create a way to link to multiple select categories (create archive plugin)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-create-a-way-to-link-to-multiple-select-categories-create-archive-plugin/91302)

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**Author:** [@Bernstein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bernstein)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-create-a-way-to-link-to-multiple-select-categories-create-archive-plugin/91302 "2018-07-22T22:20:10Z")

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I posted in support and it was suggested that this might require a plugin. I use Discourse for a unique purpose. My forum is an in-world exploration of my publishing company’s narrative universe. My readers use it to pr…

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## [Can't Increase the Max File Size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-increase-the-max-file-size/31839)

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**Author:** [@kyler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyler)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-increase-the-max-file-size/31839 "2018-07-23T00:39:33Z")

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Hey, I’m trying to increase the max file upload size on my site. I edited my config file per the instructions here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-max-attachment-size/26435 I rebuilt the app and then my discours…

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## ["Unknown error" when trying to log in with incorrect credentials with cookies disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-when-trying-to-log-in-with-incorrect-credentials-with-cookies-disabled/79750)

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**Author:** [@Tgr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tgr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unknown-error-when-trying-to-log-in-with-incorrect-credentials-with-cookies-disabled/79750 "2018-07-23T00:51:07Z")

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When trying to log in with cookies disabled, and entering the wrong username or password, the login prompt will say “Unknown error”. Yes, it makes no sense, to try to log in with cookies disabled, but it can happen by m…

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## [Quick question: is it possible to make a plugin altering the "latest" page request?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-question-is-it-possible-to-make-a-plugin-altering-the-latest-page-request/92573)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-question-is-it-possible-to-make-a-plugin-altering-the-latest-page-request/92573 "2018-07-23T01:24:21Z")

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Hi. I would like to filter the topics displayed on the “latest” page. Like changing the SQL or something like that. Is it possible?

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## [Poll cannot be edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-cannot-be-edited/52304)

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**Author:** [@tchncs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tchncs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-cannot-be-edited/52304 "2018-07-18T13:10:15Z")

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Heyo, i am unable to edit polls: TypeError: e is undefined Url: https://community.forum/assets/application-ec966259f4e6ee131ea4c6884ee1f8576b0d7b3d3d4b14d00ae5acc21c6a5e16.js Line: 70 Column: 12533 Window Location: http…

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## [Select posts selector overlapping posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-posts-selector-overlapping-posts/92731)

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**Author:** [@nawthor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nawthor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/select-posts-selector-overlapping-posts/92731 "2018-07-23T01:41:53Z")

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The selectors from the “Select Posts…” option in the topic admin wrench overlap the last part of the first line of the post if it’s long enough. Example: The simple solution seems to me to be to move the selectors t…

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## [JavaScript + Electron to make a discourse forum into app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-electron-to-make-a-discourse-forum-into-app/92895)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/javascript-electron-to-make-a-discourse-forum-into-app/92895 "2018-07-23T02:01:54Z")

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Hi, Do you think if i learn JavaScript and Electron I could make my discourse forum into a legitimate mobile app?

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## [Issue changing themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-changing-themes/92903)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-changing-themes/92903 "2018-07-23T03:56:37Z")

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I can’t change my theme from light to dark (vice versa) through the hamburger menu. Any ideas?

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## [Topic View Counts Not Visible On Mobile Device](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-counts-not-visible-on-mobile-device/92842)

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**Author:** [@balibebas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balibebas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-counts-not-visible-on-mobile-device/92842 "2018-07-23T06:02:39Z")

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Hi All. Happy Discourse user here. I’m having some problems seeing Topic View Counts on my mobile device when explicitly selecting the “Desktop site” setting in Brave on Android (excellent browser by the way). I’ve incl…

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## [New post notifications not received for whispers in watched categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-notifications-not-received-for-whispers-in-watched-categories/89747)

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**Author:** [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-post-notifications-not-received-for-whispers-in-watched-categories/89747 "2018-07-23T09:22:40Z")

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When a category is being watched the whisper replies are not triggering the notifications. But whisper mentions and direct reply to my posts are sending notifications correctly.

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## [How does discourse get full names of imported users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-get-full-names-of-imported-users/92916)

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**Author:** [@mrded](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrded)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-get-full-names-of-imported-users/92916 "2018-07-23T10:30:14Z")

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We have a database of users to be migrated into Discourse. All these users have only emails and random usernames. After a migration, I noticed that most of the users got user.name fields, which are real full names. Fir…

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## [Restricting a specific group to a specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-a-specific-group-to-a-specific-category/92883)

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**Author:** [@DNSTARS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DNSTARS)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-a-specific-group-to-a-specific-category/92883 "2018-07-23T11:33:29Z")

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When adding the groups permission restrictions alongside “Everyone can” (do everything) the permission vanishes.I guess somewhat unsurprisingly because there’s already a permission stating that “Everyone can do everythin…

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## [Reply by email badge should be hidden when email replies are turned off](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-badge-should-be-hidden-when-email-replies-are-turned-off/92894)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-badge-should-be-hidden-when-email-replies-are-turned-off/92894 "2018-07-23T11:55:51Z")

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We’ve just had some confusion with a user seeing the “First Reply by Email” badge on our forum and concluded that he could reply to the emails he receives from the forum (though we still have it furbed off). When he trie…

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