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## [Pre-launch Checklist for Discourse Migrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-launch-checklist-for-discourse-migrations/357344)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-launch-checklist-for-discourse-migrations/357344 "2025-03-14T21:19:26Z")

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Before launching your Discourse community, we recommend taking some time to walk through this checklist. Migration projects are exciting but checking everything carefully now helps ensure a smooth experience for your mem…

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## [Sub-sections on the sidebar without sub-categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-sections-on-the-sidebar-without-sub-categories/370357)

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**Author:** [@mrmowji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrmowji)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-sections-on-the-sidebar-without-sub-categories/370357 "2025-06-24T07:17:51Z")

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I already searched but I couldn’t find how I can have nested sections on the sidebar. Something like this (from Discourse Doc Categories - #112 by tknospdr): Although there, clicking on each section/sub-section (to e…

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## [Redirect logged-in users to conversations page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-logged-in-users-to-conversations-page/371350)

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**Author:** [@BrianC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrianC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-logged-in-users-to-conversations-page/371350 "2025-06-23T19:12:14Z")

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Greetings, I am trying to figure out how to redirect any logged in user to my discourse-ai/ai-bot/conversations page. I would like every logged in user to see this page when logged in. I can use menus for access to /l…

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## [Badge order doesn't make sense](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-order-doesnt-make-sense/120073)

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**Author:** [@dkm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dkm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-order-doesnt-make-sense/120073 "2025-06-23T21:46:38Z")

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Hey! So I’m not sure if this is intentional, but the order of these badges Seems weird to me, since the senior tester badge has a higher requirement than tester, but is listed before it. Just figured I’d ask if this…

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## [Different sizes of "configure defaults" links in sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-sizes-of-configure-defaults-links-in-sidebar/347771)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-sizes-of-configure-defaults-links-in-sidebar/347771 "2025-06-23T20:38:41Z")

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I noticed that the “configure defaults” link in the categories section of the sidebar is larger than the other links (all categories, all tags, and configure defaults in the tags section). Is there a reason why &\[dat…

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## [Configure MAXMIND for reverse IP lookups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-maxmind-for-reverse-ip-lookups/173941)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-maxmind-for-reverse-ip-lookups/173941 "2025-11-07T00:40:55Z")

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What is MAXMIND and why would I want it? Discourse uses MAXMIND to provide geographical information for reverse IP lookups. Without Maxmind’s database you’ll see something like this: Or perhaps you’ve noticed thi…

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## [How to set the home page to be an AI bot? ex: ask.discourse.com](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-the-home-page-to-be-an-ai-bot-ex-ask-discourse-com/365126)

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**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-the-home-page-to-be-an-ai-bot-ex-ask-discourse-com/365126 "2025-06-01T15:57:05Z")

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Is it possible to configure the homepage of this site to directly feature AI, similar to this example: https://ask.discourse.com/? A few additional questions: (If it is paid, perhaps someone could offer a solution) Can…

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## [Using template hbs to add HTML content to a plugin outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-template-hbs-to-add-html-content-to-a-plugin-outlet/371373)

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**Author:** [@WolfpackFan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WolfpackFan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-template-hbs-to-add-html-content-to-a-plugin-outlet/371373 "2025-06-23T18:01:49Z")

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Is there a way I can use the built in component editor in discourse UI to create some HTML content to show up in a plugin outlet (plugin outlet name: before-create-topic-button)? The doc I am reading (Using Plugin Outle…

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## [Hide page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-page/371369)

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**Author:** [@tknospdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tknospdr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-page/371369 "2025-06-23T17:52:26Z")

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Is there a way to completely hide the ‘/categories’ page from anyone that isn’t an admin? If that’s not a reasonable request, can someone help me track down the elements needed to hide the “All categories” link in the s…

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## [Can topic creation be disabled for Group Membership](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-topic-creation-be-disabled-for-group-membership/371304)

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**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-topic-creation-be-disabled-for-group-membership/371304 "2025-06-23T16:56:22Z")

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Is it possible to remove topic creation for Group Membership? The feature feels extra; the accept/reject function on the membership page itself is enough. I was wondering if, even when topics are created, they can be aut…

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## [Allow setting visibility of Event attendees](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-setting-visibility-of-event-attendees/305037)

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**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-setting-visibility-of-event-attendees/305037 "2025-06-23T16:08:57Z")

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Hi, is it possible to set who can see the participants (“Going”, “Interested” and “Not Going”) of an event? We use this great addon but now have second thoughts that it might be good to hide these details for unregiste…

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## [How can I download a spreadsheet of the user directory?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-download-a-spreadsheet-of-the-user-directory/246333)

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**Author:** [@snehbaxi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snehbaxi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-download-a-spreadsheet-of-the-user-directory/246333 "2025-06-23T16:03:33Z")

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How do I download a spreadsheet which was earlier possible?

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## [🌍 New Calendar Feature: Show Local Time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-calendar-feature-show-local-time/368608)

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**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-calendar-feature-show-local-time/368608 "2025-06-23T13:51:44Z")

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You can now display event times in the timezone where your event takes place! :three\_o\_clock: This new feature adds a simple “Show local time” option that displays event dates and times using the timezone you’ve sele…

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## [\[PAID\] Need to feature the Wishlist block on the homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-to-feature-the-wishlist-block-on-the-homepage/369385)

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**Author:** [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-to-feature-the-wishlist-block-on-the-homepage/369385 "2025-06-23T13:44:33Z")

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Hi everyone! I’d be really grateful if someone could help us with the following customization What would you like done? We need to feature a Wishlist block on the homepage. Here’s how it should work: The block displa…

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## [2 Emails stuck in mailq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-emails-stuck-in-mailq/371320)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-emails-stuck-in-mailq/371320 "2025-06-23T12:12:09Z")

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Hello, I have run cd /var/discourse .\\launcher enter mail-receiver mailq and it shows for the last 2 hours 2 emails are stuck in the queue, (temporary failure) i then run tail -f /shared/log/rails/production.log …

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## [Download a backup from an email link with \`wget\`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-a-backup-from-an-email-link-with-wget/170623)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-a-backup-from-an-email-link-with-wget/170623 "2025-06-23T11:55:59Z")

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For a seasoned sysadmin, the favored way of moving large files is a tool like rsync or scp, but sometimes, you don’t have ssh access to the host where you need to retrieve a large backup file. Because backup files conta…

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## [Hooks from: & to: syntax in yml to disable anonymous searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hooks-from-to-syntax-in-yml-to-disable-anonymous-searches/370952)

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**Author:** [@opcourdis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/opcourdis)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hooks-from-to-syntax-in-yml-to-disable-anonymous-searches/370952 "2025-06-23T08:43:02Z")

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Hi, I would like to rebuild the app including some modification to a file in order to disable the search feature for anonymous users.(more than with just css) Can anyone provide me some documentation for the syntax of t…

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## [Creating subdirectories in a Discourse hosting environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-subdirectories-in-a-discourse-hosting-environment/371231)

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**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-subdirectories-in-a-discourse-hosting-environment/371231 "2025-06-23T08:27:23Z")

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Is there any documentation on creating a subdirectory in the same instance where Discourse is hosted? For example, let’s say my forum is running on example.com, and I would like to host some other files on example.com/c…

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## [Rendering math inside polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-math-inside-polls/185009)

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**Author:** [@merry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merry)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rendering-math-inside-polls/185009 "2025-06-23T07:43:42Z")

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Similar issue to this post. Math does not render inside a poll. It renders in the compose post screen but not in the poll itself: Inspect element reveals \<span class="math"\> … \</span\>. Can someone point me in th…

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## [Events don't show in published pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-dont-show-in-published-pages/370606)

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**Author:** [@opcourdis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/opcourdis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-dont-show-in-published-pages/370606 "2025-06-19T16:58:58Z")

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Hi, If you create a topic with an event and a location and publish this topic, then you don’t see nor the event, nor the location, which are both present in the original topic.

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## [How to deal with multiples 'titles' on Automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-multiples-titles-on-automation/371273)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-deal-with-multiples-titles-on-automation/371273 "2025-06-23T02:16:18Z")

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When a user qualifies for multiple automated ‘title’ assignments (via badge groups), how is the definitive title determined? Is it possible to establish a hierarchy among these, perhaps through the order of SQL queries …

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## [Maximum topics in first day error, 4 days after first topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-topics-in-first-day-error-4-days-after-first-topic/170929)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-topics-in-first-day-error-4-days-after-first-topic/170929 "2025-06-23T01:40:28Z")

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The error mesage was: You’ve reached the maximum number of topics a new user can create on their first day. Please wait 2 hours before typing again. This seems to be controlled by: ‘max topics in first day’ - adjusti…

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## ["This policy has no possible users" when set to private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-policy-has-no-possible-users-when-set-to-private/365688)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-policy-has-no-possible-users-when-set-to-private/365688 "2025-06-23T01:13:21Z")

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A policy that is set to “Private” (Keep policy status private to administrators) will show “This policy has no possible users” in red to non-admins. Expected is that no such message would be shown.

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## [Bug when using full page login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-using-full-page-login/351642)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-when-using-full-page-login/351642 "2025-06-22T23:59:22Z")

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When full page login is enabled as well as login required, there’s an unexpected user experience happening. When you go to your root domain of your site (e.g. community.netwrix.com), you’re redirected to /login. When y…

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## [Switch left sidebar to the top?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-left-sidebar-to-the-top/371222)

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**Author:** [@BoilerPlate4U](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BoilerPlate4U)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-left-sidebar-to-the-top/371222 "2025-06-22T18:32:06Z")

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Is it possible to create a plugin or CSS user code to move the sidebar from left to the top?

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## [False positives on "posts are not remapped to new S3 upload URL"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/false-positives-on-posts-are-not-remapped-to-new-s3-upload-url/370290)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/false-positives-on-posts-are-not-remapped-to-new-s3-upload-url/370290 "2025-06-22T17:37:24Z")

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I was migrating our Discourse instance from a server to another, and came across an interesting issue… We use S3 to store uploads from the forum. We have enabled them several years ago, hence it’s not something we intro…

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## [Using discourse as a community ticket system](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-community-ticket-system/20607)

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**Author:** [@cregox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cregox)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-community-ticket-system/20607 "2025-06-22T11:17:45Z")

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I understand we should probably not use discourse for this, but what if I want a new kind of “community open” ticket system? Can you picture any deal breaker issues with this? Also, is there maybe someone else who tried…

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## [Strange editing issues on Meta atm](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-editing-issues-on-meta-atm/371202)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-editing-issues-on-meta-atm/371202 "2025-06-22T09:24:22Z")

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On separate posts in the same Topic I’ve been unable to edit a Post and unable to delete a Post. I flagged the second issue and the Post has now gone. I’m still unable to edit that post. UPDATE: edit with this one wor…

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## [Delete automation confirmation dialog: automation name in backticks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-automation-confirmation-dialog-automation-name-in-backticks/371214)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-automation-confirmation-dialog-automation-name-in-backticks/371214 "2025-06-22T08:45:27Z")

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When deleting an automation, the name is enclosed in backticks \`\` in the confirmation dialog. Why not quotes :thinking:?

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## [Replying doesn't quote post above](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-doesnt-quote-post-above/371210)

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**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-doesnt-quote-post-above/371210 "2025-06-22T07:47:56Z")

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When I reply to a post, it doesn’t reference the OP. But when I delete the post and try again, it works. I am on the latest version of Discourse.

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