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## [Image markup doesn't interact well with tables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-markup-doesnt-interact-well-with-tables/166441)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-markup-doesnt-interact-well-with-tables/166441 "2020-10-06T22:36:22Z")

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The default text inserted for a pasted image doesn’t interact well with tables. The pipe symbol in the markdown below: !\[image|62x64\](upload://y77M3RloIxs33MlhxMQK5nIcLIJ.png) Gets wrongly interpreted as a column se…

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## [Dropdowns Broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdowns-broken/166438)

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**Author:** [@johnny2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnny2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dropdowns-broken/166438 "2020-10-06T21:51:44Z")

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Hey Discourse Community, I’m experiencing a weird bug with Discourse. I just installed it using the Digital Ocean marketplace and now the dropdowns are all not working. The dropdowns to change fonts, trust levels, etc. …

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## [Turning a Message into a Reply Should Keep Recipient List](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443)

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**Author:** [@Macaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Macaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443 "2020-10-06T21:15:51Z")

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You can turn any unposted reply into a private message as seen below: Here you can see me adding a user to the recipient list. However, when I turn the private message into a reply and back to a private message, al…

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## [How would I install a certain (old) version of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-install-a-certain-old-version-of-discourse/166423)

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**Author:** [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-install-a-certain-old-version-of-discourse/166423 "2020-10-06T21:13:09Z")

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I’m trying to setup a test server. I’m planning to use it to test updates, plugin installs etc. My live forum is a bit back in time (2.5.0 beta7) and so I’d like to install this exact version on the test server too. I t…

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## [User merge failed, corrupted database entries due to third party plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-merge-failed-corrupted-database-entries-due-to-third-party-plugin/166159)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-merge-failed-corrupted-database-entries-due-to-third-party-plugin/166159 "2020-10-06T21:09:35Z")

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Original title: Forum front page inaccessible (blank screen or 404) I am moderator at the SocialHub forum at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks which is the technology forum for the ActivityPub protocol that drives the …

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## [\[PAID\] Custom Header Theme Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component/165967)

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**Author:** [@agf1997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agf1997)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component/165967 "2020-10-06T20:26:09Z")

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What would you like done? Looking for someone create a custom header theme component to match another website. The header would contain animated menus with submenus in some cases. Must match existing sites style, be ch…

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## [Render modal from theme client-side plugin API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-modal-from-theme-client-side-plugin-api/94305)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Sousa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Sousa)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-modal-from-theme-client-side-plugin-api/94305 "2020-10-06T20:04:20Z")

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Is there any way to render a modal from the theme javascript? I was looking forward to render a modal similar to the one that shows up when changing avatar. Example: \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"\> …

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## [Override class list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-class-list/166310)

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**Author:** [@colinbethea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colinbethea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-class-list/166310 "2020-10-06T20:03:57Z")

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Currently working out of an initializer for my custom plugin - I want to be able to add an arbitrary class (locked-category) for each locked category, but can’t quite figure out how. I’m aware that I can edit the templa…

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## [Unable To Change Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-theme/166407)

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**Author:** [@benm1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benm1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-theme/166407 "2020-10-06T19:30:16Z")

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Hello, When I go into Preferences \> Interface and select a different theme which uses its own colour palette, the styling of the theme looks completely broken: This only occurs on my own (admin) account. I have crea…

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## [\[PAID\] Custom Header Theme Component (Wowhead Tooltips)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component-wowhead-tooltips/166420)

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**Author:** [@MidnightCheesePizza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MidnightCheesePizza)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-header-theme-component-wowhead-tooltips/166420 "2020-10-06T19:15:18Z")

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What would you like done? I need some type of theme component that will inject the Wowhead tooltips JS into Discourse’s overall header, and add a “Wowhead” button to the new topic editor. Then users would only have to c…

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## [What is Discourse API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourse-api/166416)

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**Author:** [@likable24](https://meta.discourse.org/u/likable24)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourse-api/166416 "2020-10-06T19:10:16Z")

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I want to learn about Discourse API. What is Discourse API. Can someone explain it to me? Is there a Discourse Api on my website? Link: Ders.co

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## [Who's online "API"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whos-online-api/166411)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whos-online-api/166411 "2020-10-06T17:50:12Z")

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We are looking into monitoring the activity of the forum (number of users online over time) using an external tool like grafana. We already use the whos-online plugin so I was wondering if there’s a way we can fetch the …

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## [How to make user fields visible to all users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-visible-to-all-users/97472)

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**Author:** [@Valerie\_Marcel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Valerie_Marcel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-visible-to-all-users/97472 "2020-10-06T16:35:07Z")

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Hi, we have a closed community forum (invite only). On sign up we ask users to provide position, organisation and country as well as interests (tags). How can we get those fields to be visible next to the usernames when…

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## [Backup failed on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-on-mobile/166403)

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**Author:** [@R\_X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/R_X)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failed-on-mobile/166403 "2020-10-06T16:12:03Z")

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I tried to backup on my mobile before i go to sleep. I pressed the backup then there is nothing happened so i pressed again. Now i know that it is running 2 backups at the same time, what should i do? I tried backup-ing …

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## [Discourse Chat Integration Plugin Settings incorrect Label](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration-plugin-settings-incorrect-label/166131)

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**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration-plugin-settings-incorrect-label/166131 "2020-10-06T15:20:47Z")

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If you go to the plugin settings of GitHub - discourse/discourse-chat-integration · GitHub You see on the left hand side this: should be easy to solve :slight\_smile:

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## [On click go to the last post of the thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-click-go-to-the-last-post-of-the-thread/166392)

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**Author:** [@zuli65](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zuli65)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-click-go-to-the-last-post-of-the-thread/166392 "2020-10-06T15:13:33Z")

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Hello, when I enter on a thread it redirects me to the last post of the thread Is there a way that redirect me to the first post of thread? (the older one) Thanks, Lorenzo

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## [Automatically Add All New Users To A Certain Group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-all-new-users-to-a-certain-group/163651)

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**Author:** [@alexjpanagis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexjpanagis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-all-new-users-to-a-certain-group/163651 "2020-10-06T14:41:51Z")

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Sorry if this has been asked before I wasn’t able to find anything on the topic. Is there a way to add all new users in a community to a specific default group? :slight\_smile: Best, Alex

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## [Siteground email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/siteground-email/166356)

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**Author:** [@alecmaker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alecmaker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/siteground-email/166356 "2020-10-06T14:16:35Z")

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Hi have installed Discourse on Digital Ocean using the above email credentials The install is successful but no email arrives i have followed the siteground/email thread but to no avail. Using telnet i can connect t…

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## [Send custom email to user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377)

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**Author:** [@Drakon74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon74)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377 "2020-10-06T12:55:44Z")

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Hello, i tried to search for a similiar topic, but couldn’t find one. Anyway, i recently had the situation that i wanted to send an email to all users of my forum, to inform them about something important. This mail ha…

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## [Warnings: overcommit\_memory and Transparent Huge Pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-overcommit-memory-and-transparent-huge-pages/166216)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warnings-overcommit-memory-and-transparent-huge-pages/166216 "2020-10-06T11:37:03Z")

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I found a previous thread about one of these warnings but thought it best to check the current position. The two warnings begin: WARNING overcommit\_memory is set to 0! WARNING you have Transparent Huge Pages (THP) sup…

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## [Topic views difference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-difference/143730)

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**Author:** [@Gaurav\_Sardana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaurav_Sardana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-difference/143730 "2020-10-06T08:28:25Z")

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Hey, When i extract the data for particular topic id. Let’s saw i need to find out the views data for 8005. There are two ways to find out but for the same topic id there are different different data - topic table - 3…

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## [HTTPS | Website says not secure, but fully setup with Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-website-says-not-secure-but-fully-setup-with-cloudflare/166251)

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**Author:** [@\_ESP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/_ESP)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-website-says-not-secure-but-fully-setup-with-cloudflare/166251 "2020-10-06T06:25:19Z")

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Hi there, So after many many hours, I’ve finally gotten Discourse to work on a subdomain, which is https://forum.betaproducts.online, but everytime I fully load the site, it says at the top left “Your connection to this…

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## [Can I Create A Forum With This Template For Free?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-forum-with-this-template-for-free/166312)

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**Author:** [@DevZeroYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DevZeroYT)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-create-a-forum-with-this-template-for-free/166312 "2020-10-06T03:01:00Z")

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Hi Devs, I just wanted to know if I can obviously create it with discourse advertising and credits from this company, is it possible?

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## [Automate Discourse Docker with Ansible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-discourse-docker-with-ansible/67150)

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**Author:** [@joebew42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebew42)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automate-discourse-docker-with-ansible/67150 "2020-10-06T02:05:55Z")

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Hello folks, we would like to announce a stable version of Ansible Discourse, it is an ansible playbook that helps you to confgure and provision the Discourse Docker easily. I hope that this project can be useful for e…

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## [Micro Forums: how many could I create?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/micro-forums-how-many-could-i-create/166304)

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**Author:** [@David\_Razidlo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Razidlo1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/micro-forums-how-many-could-i-create/166304 "2020-10-05T23:24:56Z")

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I am looking into 3rd party software to handle what amounts to a need for a large number of very small forums. We have our own custom solution but would love it if this is something discourse could handle. Basically it …

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## [Changing custom user field ID#](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-custom-user-field-id/86323)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Heraud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Heraud)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-custom-user-field-id/86323 "2018-04-30T14:57:33Z")

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We had our webmaster adjust our SSO to pass data to some custom user fields. Sadly he didn’t assign them the right field ID’s. Is there any way that I, on my end, can change our custom user field ID’s in (or out) of Disc…

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## [Default text items with links to Guidelines page don't update if Guidelines topic title changed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-text-items-with-links-to-guidelines-page-dont-update-if-guidelines-topic-title-changed/166303)

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**Author:** [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-text-items-with-links-to-guidelines-page-dont-update-if-guidelines-topic-title-changed/166303 "2020-10-05T21:54:47Z")

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I changed the topic title for the FAQ/Guidelines page and consequently the page slug changed. Discourse is set for a default guidelines page slug of /guidelines. Searching under Customize \> Text for “guidelines” brings …

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## [\[PAID\] Looking for Post Rejection Reason theme component or plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-post-rejection-reason-theme-component-or-plugin/166298)

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**Author:** [@TheBaby5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBaby5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-looking-for-post-rejection-reason-theme-component-or-plugin/166298 "2020-10-05T20:58:11Z")

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What would you like done? Post Rejection Reason feature on topic waiting for approval in the /review section Rightnow, there ain’t no feature to this… You can have look to this thread to what I exactly need! When…

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## [What may cause the auto-deletion of a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-may-cause-the-auto-deletion-of-a-topic/166300)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-may-cause-the-auto-deletion-of-a-topic/166300 "2020-10-05T20:23:25Z")

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a tl2 user in our community has created a topic and the topic got locked for replying without any action from our admins. admins unlocked the topic, but then the topic seems to be deleted by the system afterwards! (agai…

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## [Tags (create/select) on typing in topic creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-create-select-on-typing-in-topic-creation/166296)

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**Author:** [@feabila](https://meta.discourse.org/u/feabila)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-create-select-on-typing-in-topic-creation/166296 "2020-10-05T19:11:10Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m working in a case where tags will work like in Twitter! So, It would be possible to type “#” then the user could select the tag, or in case which doesn’t exist, I would create. In discourse topic creat…

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