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## [I want to use custom params in plugin-outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-use-custom-params-in-plugin-outlet/190381)

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**Author:** [@Programer-D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Programer-D)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-use-custom-params-in-plugin-outlet/190381 "2021-05-14T07:15:27Z")

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In my plugin “SearchUserWithUserFilelds”. ~javascript/template/my\_plugin.hbs \<div id="search-result" class="search-result"\> {{#each filtered\_users as |user|}} {{user-info user=user}} {{/each}} \</div\> …

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## [Patreon Plug-In Configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-plug-in-configuration/190151)

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**Author:** [@Weeslice](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Weeslice)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-plug-in-configuration/190151 "2021-05-14T06:56:26Z")

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Oh my GOODNESS!!! I have a Patreon page and have been trying to set up the Discourse integration so my members can chat to each other for TWO WEEKS!!! Why is it so damn difficult?! Up until this I actually used to enjoy…

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## [How to search with user fields?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-with-user-fields/190142)

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**Author:** [@Programer-D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Programer-D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-search-with-user-fields/190142 "2021-05-14T06:52:57Z")

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2.7.0.beta8: Share Topic Modal Improvements, Searchable User Fields, Pause Animated Images, and more Thanks for the great update. Searching using User fields has been a feature I really wanted for a long time. I immed…

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## [Attach Hidden Data to Topics or Posts via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-hidden-data-to-topics-or-posts-via-api/190332)

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**Author:** [@stujo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stujo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-hidden-data-to-topics-or-posts-via-api/190332 "2021-05-14T04:39:01Z")

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Is there a way to attach (hidden) extra data to a topic or post that can be read and written via the API We’re looking to sync information about posts to another system and want to ‘tag’ topics and posts with a unique i…

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## [Discourse Local setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-local-setup/171271)

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**Author:** [@Anusri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anusri)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-local-setup/171271 "2021-05-14T04:20:36Z")

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hi, I have installed discourse in my local using ubuntu software. i cannot run my url its showing below error, plz can any one help me? Error: An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled: PG::SyntaxError: ER…

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## [Zendesk Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zendesk-integrations/62762)

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**Author:** [@jackbaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jackbaker)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zendesk-integrations/62762 "2018-09-15T19:37:00Z")

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Trying to connect Zendesk with Discourse to allow SSO – is this possible? Alternatively, curious if anyone has feedback on the pros/cons of the Discourse Community versus the Zendesk Community?

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## [New blog won't onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-blog-wont-onebox/184448)

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**Author:** [@simonb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simonb)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-blog-wont-onebox/184448 "2021-05-14T01:09:37Z")

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Since moving our Medium blog to our own subdomain, we are consistently having this error every time we share a blog post on our forum. I have validated the links with OpenGraph, and they seem to work fine. Examples: h…

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## [API Endpoint to Retrieve Community Emails Addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-endpoint-to-retrieve-community-emails-addresses/79113)

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**Author:** [@dgallegos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dgallegos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-endpoint-to-retrieve-community-emails-addresses/79113 "2021-05-14T00:44:54Z")

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I was hoping somebody can point me to where I can set my endpoint to retrieve via API callout users email addresses associate with my organizations specific community. I can hit the end point of active users, new users …

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## [How do I install a stable version of Discourse on Docker locally?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-stable-version-of-discourse-on-docker-locally/190143)

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**Author:** [@hyphalos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hyphalos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-stable-version-of-discourse-on-docker-locally/190143 "2021-05-13T23:01:54Z")

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Hello everyone, I was able to install Discourse on docker locally by following these instructions: Install Discourse for development using Docker The only issue I have is that I need to be able to test run a stable ver…

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## [Digital Ocean graphs and upgrading droplet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-graphs-and-upgrading-droplet/190174)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-graphs-and-upgrading-droplet/190174 "2021-05-13T06:27:42Z")

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I’ve a 2GB 25GB $10 Digital Ocean droplet. My forum is fairly new so all the figures are tiny, except: Memory (between 75-80%, and inexplicably jumped to 85% yesterday and remains there). When I installed Discourse I …

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## [Disable 2FA via console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-2fa-via-console/148309)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-2fa-via-console/148309 "2020-04-17T03:27:28Z")

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:bookmark: This guide provides instructions for administrators on how to disable two-factor authentication (2FA) via the console. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: System Admin :wrench: Console access requir…

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## [Ad butler show ads Nth place between posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ad-butler-show-ads-nth-place-between-posts/190296)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ad-butler-show-ads-nth-place-between-posts/190296 "2021-05-13T16:19:52Z")

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Can someone explain what size ad would be shown in this section? It says ads show between Nth posts but does not give a Zone input… So would it show desktop ads on mobile size too? Or does it automatically choose an ad …

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## [Wordpress SSO closing site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-closing-site/190212)

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**Author:** [@paul.mourer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paul.mourer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-closing-site/190212 "2021-05-13T15:50:07Z")

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Hi there, I am working with someone to move their site off of wordpress and they are currently utilizing the wordpress SSO feature for their discourse forum. Is there any way to keep the users and allow them to log in …

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## [Poll builder, automatically close line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-builder-automatically-close-line/190293)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-builder-automatically-close-line/190293 "2021-05-13T14:49:35Z")

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It seems there is a little UI mishap in the automatically close line of the poll builder modal

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## [\[Paid\] Discourse theme develop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-discourse-theme-develop/190018)

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**Author:** [@Yunn\_Chan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yunn_Chan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-discourse-theme-develop/190018 "2021-05-13T14:36:14Z")

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What would you like done? We already have our own running forum, but the version of the forum is currently: v2.4.0.beta2. We have now designed a new theme for the front page of the forum and need help to implement the d…

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## [How to give unpaid users limited access without making Discourse private?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-give-unpaid-users-limited-access-without-making-discourse-private/190201)

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**Author:** [@jajabor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jajabor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-give-unpaid-users-limited-access-without-making-discourse-private/190201 "2021-05-13T10:39:31Z")

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I’m planning to build a paid membership community with Discourse. Is it possible to have paid members with read/write access, while unpaid members to have only read (or limited read) access. e.g. Unregistered user: Loo…

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## [API group messages: get non-existing users from error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-group-messages-get-non-existing-users-from-error/190291)

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**Author:** [@vagosduke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vagosduke)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-group-messages-get-non-existing-users-from-error/190291 "2021-05-13T08:42:51Z")

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Hello, I’ve created a Python utility by extending the pydiscourse client to send private massages def send\_private\_message(self, content\_html, title, target\_usernames): """ Send a private message as the API …

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## [Pgbouncer vs pgpool II](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgbouncer-vs-pgpool-ii/188981)

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**Author:** [@trobiyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trobiyo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pgbouncer-vs-pgpool-ii/188981 "2021-05-13T08:24:57Z")

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Hi all, I was wondering if any of you has experience with pgpool II instead of pgbouncer by using Discourse, and if so, what’s the feeling so far? Do you, Team, consider it at some point and if so, why? Thanks, Ismae…

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## [Multisite Dockerfile issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-dockerfile-issues/190259)

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**Author:** [@DursunCan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DursunCan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-dockerfile-issues/190259 "2021-05-13T07:09:38Z")

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I tried to apply it by reading the guides. This is how the app.yml file happened. There may be mistakes. I’m just using Docker. I want to do; To be able to open 2 sites on the virtual server. 1. site name: dursuncan.com,…

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## [Project management in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/project-management-in-discourse/190284)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/project-management-in-discourse/190284 "2021-05-13T06:40:50Z")

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Do you use Discourse for project management in your community? If so, which plugins do you use and for what? I’m trying to get a general idea of what’s possible. Combining the discourse-assign and discourse-solved gets m…

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## [How to determine (and block) IP addresses of scrapers / bots through CloudFlare on Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-determine-and-block-ip-addresses-of-scrapers-bots-through-cloudflare-on-discourse/189986)

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**Author:** [@mreach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mreach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-determine-and-block-ip-addresses-of-scrapers-bots-through-cloudflare-on-discourse/189986 "2021-05-13T06:04:04Z")

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I have a scenario where over 13,000 crawlers have been detected and database traffic has shot through the roof. Someone is clearly scraping our forum, but I’m not sure how to determine the IP and take measures against it…

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## [MessageBus::InvalidMessageTarget (MessageBus::InvalidMessageTarget)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messagebus-invalidmessagetarget-messagebus-invalidmessagetarget/190199)

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**Author:** [@rinkevandenberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rinkevandenberg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messagebus-invalidmessagetarget-messagebus-invalidmessagetarget/190199 "2021-05-13T05:50:19Z")

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When trying to create a new topic in a specific category, I get a 500 error. It seems to be specific to this category, since I can create a topic without problems in other categories. Investigating lead me to MessageBus…

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## [Discobot not displaying text after the certificate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-not-displaying-text-after-the-certificate/190278)

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**Author:** [@anon51938875](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon51938875)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-not-displaying-text-after-the-certificate/190278 "2021-05-13T05:40:35Z")

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Thanks to @codinghorror for helping me with Can I view raw code of an unedited post? Using this, I decided to see the markup that discobot uses to embed the SVG containing the certificate of completion of the new user t…

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## [Postgres\_backup directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-backup-directory/190171)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcin_J)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-backup-directory/190171 "2021-05-12T09:21:07Z")

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Hello, Regarding backups I follow the procedures at Create, download, and restore a backup of your Discourse database. However, I noticed that there is a postgres\_backup directory in the data container of Discourse (I’m…

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## [Can I view raw code of an unedited post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-view-raw-code-of-an-unedited-post/190276)

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**Author:** [@anon51938875](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon51938875)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-view-raw-code-of-an-unedited-post/190276 "2021-05-13T04:38:52Z")

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If I wanted to look at the history of a post, I can click on the pencil icon indicating edits to open up the post’s edit history. This also allows us to see the post as its bare markup. For example, I’ve edited this pos…

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## [Exclude mods from editing posts in a single category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-mods-from-editing-posts-in-a-single-category/190262)

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**Author:** [@haylo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haylo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-mods-from-editing-posts-in-a-single-category/190262 "2021-05-13T01:48:26Z")

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I have discourse running with about seven categories. There is one category in particular that I would not like modded by anyone except myself (admin). Is there a way to remove all mod’s rights from only one category w…

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## ["Invite by email" suddenly vanished](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-by-email-suddenly-vanished/190266)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-by-email-suddenly-vanished/190266 "2021-05-13T03:55:55Z")

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I recently upgraded to 2.7.0.beta9. My admin “invite by email” option has vanished. I used to get a box that offered both “share a link” for invites and “invites by email” – but now the latter is missing. I do not have a…

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## [Ability to switch from personal message mode to topic mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-switch-from-personal-message-mode-to-topic-mode/190209)

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**Author:** [@anon51938875](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon51938875)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-switch-from-personal-message-mode-to-topic-mode/190209 "2021-05-13T01:33:52Z")

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Currently, you can create a new personal message by clicking the + button in the top left of the drafting area, then push the option labelled “New Message.” However if you misclick “New Message”, there isn’t a way to sw…

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## [Polls in banner topics not functional & no linking?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-in-banner-topics-not-functional-no-linking/190205)

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**Author:** [@Jim\_Starkweather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Starkweather)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-in-banner-topics-not-functional-no-linking/190205 "2021-05-13T01:18:14Z")

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This may be ‘working as intended’ but I thought I would raise it. Just noted that a topic with a poll in it shows up but without the ability to vote or showing the number of voting responses. I see this was raised in 201…

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## [Is there a way to set minimum post count to create threads in a category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-minimum-post-count-to-create-threads-in-a-category/190243)

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**Author:** [@ykcorner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ykcorner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-minimum-post-count-to-create-threads-in-a-category/190243 "2021-05-13T00:51:25Z")

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Tried looking through the category settings but couldn’t seem to find anything. I have a section where I would prefer if users had a minimum of at least 10 posts to be able to create a topic in that section. Is there a …

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