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## [Fail to run directly docker-compose from /discourse-docker/image/base on Windows in Virtual Machine](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fail-to-run-directly-docker-compose-from-discourse-docker-image-base-on-windows-in-virtual-machine/99443)

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**Author:** [@rodrigocipriani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigocipriani)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fail-to-run-directly-docker-compose-from-discourse-docker-image-base-on-windows-in-virtual-machine/99443 "2018-10-15T12:57:13Z")

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When I ran: git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse\_docker.git discourse cd discourse/image/base docker-compose build -t discourse . I got this message: exec: "/bin/sh": stat /bin/sh: no such file or director…

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## [New user approval e-mail links to assets which might be inaccessible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-approval-e-mail-links-to-assets-which-might-be-inaccessible/29377)

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**Author:** [@PeterGrace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeterGrace)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-approval-e-mail-links-to-assets-which-might-be-inaccessible/29377 "2018-10-15T13:04:27Z")

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I’ve setup a discourse instance that is private-only in our organization. The new user approval e-mail contains links to image assets that are hosted on that server. We use Google Apps, so our company e-mail is hosted …

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## [Setting up domain and DO nameservers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-domain-and-do-nameservers/99542)

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**Author:** [@matotubol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matotubol)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-domain-and-do-nameservers/99542 "2018-10-15T14:19:30Z")

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I’m setting up my forum but i was just wondering if i should use Digitalocean’s nameservers or not. or should i only point my website to DO ipadress? thanks in advance

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## [Error on specific post id - how to find post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-specific-post-id-how-to-find-post/29471)

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**Author:** [@ankh2054](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankh2054)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-on-specific-post-id-how-to-find-post/29471 "2015-06-20T04:12:58Z")

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Hi, Im getting the following error in my logs. retry: true queue: default class: Jobs::ProcessPost jid: 7a064c2df0a5016c9c343e7d enqueued\_at: 1433054928.0043101 error\_message: Wrapped URI::InvalidComponentError: bad co…

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## [Education message for editing wiki topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/education-message-for-editing-wiki-topic/66682)

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**Author:** [@youwiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/youwiki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/education-message-for-editing-wiki-topic/66682 "2018-10-15T20:52:59Z")

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Hello! If we edit first post of topic (and we are new user), then system send to us education message “how to create reply”, not about topic and not about how to edit post. So, need to add this condition @details\[:comp…

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## [Paid - Digest email plugin required](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-digest-email-plugin-required/99564)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-digest-email-plugin-required/99564 "2018-10-15T21:11:40Z")

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What would you like done? Brief info A plugin to cycle through a number of items to be featured individually in the digest email. Currently I swap this manually every 10 days or so but would like to change it so that i…

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## [Buttons rounded edges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buttons-rounded-edges/99581)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/buttons-rounded-edges/99581 "2018-10-15T21:23:23Z")

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Hello, How i can make the edges of the buttons on my forum rounded ? see the example below: Thanks in advance.

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## [View Topics without Login?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-topics-without-login/99569)

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**Author:** [@SebastianADW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SebastianADW)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-topics-without-login/99569 "2018-10-15T21:38:53Z")

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Is there a way to invite other people to a special topic? usecase would be to share a topic on social media, so other people could see what happens in there but cant reply or anything. I am pretty sure thats possible b…

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## [Null Login Bug? Last Couple Betas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-login-bug-last-couple-betas/99428)

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**Author:** [@yyhmsg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yyhmsg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-login-bug-last-couple-betas/99428 "2018-10-16T01:49:23Z")

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I believe this started the last couple beta downloads, but now after logging in “null” is added to the login which takes you to a 404. To reproduce: Login via any mechanism (I’ve tried both facebook and regular user lo…

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## [Can I access Discourse forum Database to use for PowerBI reporting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-access-discourse-forum-database-to-use-for-powerbi-reporting/99582)

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**Author:** [@sarayasmeen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarayasmeen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-access-discourse-forum-database-to-use-for-powerbi-reporting/99582 "2018-10-16T04:37:58Z")

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Hi we use Discourse as a forum for discussing about various company’s products, its releases, usage and issues. we have categorized it several categories and tags to make the topic relevant. I am trying to create a repor…

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## [Plugin outlet for a private group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlet-for-a-private-group/99614)

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**Author:** [@Heidi\_V](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heidi_V)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-outlet-for-a-private-group/99614 "2018-10-16T06:31:17Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been working on a project for a few weeks now that has to do with having added features to members of a private group, and yet I have not been able to figure out how to find the plugin outlet for this speci…

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## [Adding service workers for third party services](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-service-workers-for-third-party-services/99619)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-service-workers-for-third-party-services/99619 "2018-10-16T06:55:04Z")

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One of our customers asked us to drop a file in the document root for an integration with the ‘Subscriber’ service. I’ve been looking around on how to do this in a clean way. I do see some references to service worker…

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## [Akismet key for discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-key-for-discourse/99433)

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**Author:** [@Raman\_Jindal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raman_Jindal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-key-for-discourse/99433 "2018-10-16T09:30:03Z")

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Just a very starter question for Akismet. It says all over that it’s a spam protection for Wordpress. Which made me doubt if I am at the right place for logging in and generating the API for creating API for a Non-wordp…

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## [Make the Permalinks page usable and responsive on mobile devices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-permalinks-page-usable-and-responsive-on-mobile-devices/98798)

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**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-permalinks-page-usable-and-responsive-on-mobile-devices/98798 "2018-10-16T16:42:42Z")

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All of the Admin section is pretty usable on mobile except for the Permalinks page at admin/customize/permalinks. It shouldn’t be very difficult to see how the existing CSS works for the other admin/customize/ pages and …

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## [SSO avatar not updating when using URLs from my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating-when-using-urls-from-my-site/99603)

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**Author:** [@twm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating-when-using-urls-from-my-site/99603 "2018-10-16T18:30:27Z")

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Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. I’m using the WordPress discourse plugin with WordPress as my SSO provider. I’m trying to set the avatar\_url from a custom user meta field populated with a gravity form. Whe…

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## [Badges based on GitHub contributions!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-based-on-github-contributions/30922)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-based-on-github-contributions/30922 "2018-10-16T18:55:10Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Badges feedback: Is it a plugin? I need it for my community! How can I add it to my installation? Does it work currently? Thanks

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## [Assistance automatically inserting a banner after every initial post within a forum topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assistance-automatically-inserting-a-banner-after-every-initial-post-within-a-forum-topic/99602)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_McKay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sam_McKay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assistance-automatically-inserting-a-banner-after-every-initial-post-within-a-forum-topic/99602 "2018-10-17T00:24:24Z")

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What would you like done? I have a discourse site being used as a forum for my business. It’s working really well. What I would like to do is insert a marketing banner within each forum topic, specifically after the fir…

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## [Discourse API -- Additive or also breaking?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-additive-or-also-breaking/99639)

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**Author:** [@boredomdenied](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boredomdenied)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-additive-or-also-breaking/99639 "2018-10-17T00:30:44Z")

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I’m curious to know if the API has undergone points of breaking changes through the discourse versions in the last 5 years. If so, are there a few major versions where this occurred or has it been incremental? Is there a…

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## [What is this checkbox icon in the topic list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-checkbox-icon-in-the-topic-list/30380)

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**Author:** [@AlexAB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexAB)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-checkbox-icon-in-the-topic-list/30380 "2015-06-24T02:55:47Z")

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What is the little icon in your topic name?

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## [Full Screen Composer continues to hide overflow after closing empty composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-screen-composer-continues-to-hide-overflow-after-closing-empty-composer/99703)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-screen-composer-continues-to-hide-overflow-after-closing-empty-composer/99703 "2018-10-17T05:56:33Z")

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Just a minor bug here. Closing an empty composer that is in full screen mode does not remove .fullscreen-composer from \<html\>. This results in scrolling being disabled until hard refresh. To repro: Open a composer f…

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## [Could you please upload the basic installing tutorial video for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-you-please-upload-the-basic-installing-tutorial-video-for-ubuntu-server-18-04-lts/99559)

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**Author:** [@sowndarvajra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sowndarvajra)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-you-please-upload-the-basic-installing-tutorial-video-for-ubuntu-server-18-04-lts/99559 "2018-10-17T07:27:01Z")

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I’m new to the azure, its hard for me to install the iscourse in azure even I can’t understand your written tutorial. some of the command is not working.

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## [Topics that are only images have \[image\] as the meta description](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-that-are-only-images-have-image-as-the-meta-description/30364)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-that-are-only-images-have-image-as-the-meta-description/30364 "2018-10-17T09:27:53Z")

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I’ve got this meta tag with a few \[image\] found in it and nothing more - it’s really useless: Google Webmaster tool isn’t happy about it either:

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## [High-CPU / High memory on fresh discourse install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-high-memory-on-fresh-discourse-install/99699)

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**Author:** [@bkraul](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bkraul)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-high-memory-on-fresh-discourse-install/99699 "2018-10-17T12:07:59Z")

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I have been attempting to install the official version of discourse on my docker host. I have followed the instructions for setting up a standalone server, with the modification to run behind a proxy in order to share th…

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## [Is there a way to translate numbers e.g. "1.3K" in the "Views" column?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-translate-numbers-e-g-1-3k-in-the-views-column/30374)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-translate-numbers-e-g-1-3k-in-the-views-column/30374 "2015-06-25T21:41:41Z")

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Russian-speaking people simply don’t understand what “1.3K” means - they keep asking our mods about the K. Is it possible to make it localized somehow?

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## [Links in comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-comments/99671)

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**Author:** [@Yu\_Gong1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yu_Gong1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-comments/99671 "2018-10-17T14:08:47Z")

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Hi! Is it possible to set links in comments to open in new tab as default? :slight\_smile: Thanks!

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## [Discourse to Discord Bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-to-discord-bot/39598)

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**Author:** [@Alankrit\_Choudh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alankrit_Choudh)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-to-discord-bot/39598 "2018-10-17T16:56:08Z")

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Discourse is a wonderful community hands down. I could have started this thread in Community Building \> Praise and speak almighty about discourse. And for those of you who don’t know about discord. I am certain there a…

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## [Slow tags query when alphabetical sort is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133)

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**Author:** [@SimonWu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonWu)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-tags-query-when-alphabetical-sort-is-disabled/78133 "2018-10-17T17:49:03Z")

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Hi, I found a slow query during the test. SELECT COUNT(topics.id) AS count\_topics\_id, tags.id, tags.name AS tags\_id\_tags\_name FROM "tags" LEFT JOIN topic\_tags ON tags.id = topic\_tags.tag\_id LEFT JOIN topics ON topics.…

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## [Thanks for all of your help with Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-for-all-of-your-help-with-discourse/99673)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-for-all-of-your-help-with-discourse/99673 "2018-10-17T19:14:10Z")

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I just want to take a moment to thank the Discourse team for all of your work on Discourse, and for all of the help you’ve given me by answering my questions. We officially launched our new forum yesterday, and so far it…

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## [Is it possible to "join" an existing WordPress post with an existing Discourse topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-join-an-existing-wordpress-post-with-an-existing-discourse-topic/30498)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-join-an-existing-wordpress-post-with-an-existing-discourse-topic/30498 "2018-10-17T21:35:12Z")

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So, I have people created their “personal pages” in Discourse. I have also created their personal pages in WordPress. I now would like to let the topics found in Discourse become the “discussion topics” for the corresp…

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## [Rate-limit first-responders in specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limit-first-responders-in-specific-categories/99555)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rate-limit-first-responders-in-specific-categories/99555 "2018-10-17T23:15:45Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication and “The Hard Parts of Open Source”: Very interested to hear similar stories from other communities and how you did or coul…

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