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## [How to cancel autoemail about trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-cancel-autoemail-about-trust-level/143104)

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**Author:** [@KimM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KimM)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-cancel-autoemail-about-trust-level/143104 "2020-03-02T19:06:58Z")

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How do I stop the forum from sending certain automated emails to members? I want to cancel this email that apparently goes out with this subject line: \[XCSN Community\] \[PM\] Congratulations on your trust level promotion! …

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## [Help with category background images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-category-background-images/104709)

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**Author:** [@Jason3](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason3)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-category-background-images/104709 "2020-03-02T20:28:36Z")

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what size background image works best? I have tried over 100 images and gifs, and they all get stretched, and blurry. usually 1/2 the image isn’t even viewable

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## [Disable\_emails: false on restore stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-emails-false-on-restore-stopped-working/143093)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-emails-false-on-restore-stopped-working/143093 "2020-03-02T16:44:52Z")

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The previously working :disable\_emails option in the BackupRestore.restore! function seems not to be passed to BackupRestore::Restorer::initialize any more: while discourse/lib/backup\_restore/restorer.rb at main · di…

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## [User\_stats with a proper time stamp](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stats-with-a-proper-time-stamp/143066)

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**Author:** [@Gaurav\_Sardana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaurav_Sardana)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-stats-with-a-proper-time-stamp/143066 "2020-03-02T11:32:05Z")

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Hey, I have a discourse sql database. I need to find user stats for a particular time stamp. For example - I need to find how many post did user made ? If i extract that data from user\_stats. It will give me a number …

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## [See number of created topics & posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-number-of-created-topics-posts/142869)

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**Author:** [@ben.kunze](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ben.kunze)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-number-of-created-topics-posts/142869 "2020-03-02T08:50:39Z")

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Hi There, A member is asking if she can see the number of created topics and posts? Thanks for the information & support

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## [Server does not appear to be accessible via DNS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-does-not-appear-to-be-accessible-via-dns/142975)

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**Author:** [@mrduran12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrduran12)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/server-does-not-appear-to-be-accessible-via-dns/142975 "2020-03-02T06:58:47Z")

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Hello friends, I get this error in the installation. Why do I get such an error, Name server redirects are done.

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## [How to add "close topic icon button" underneath posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-close-topic-icon-button-underneath-posts/142990)

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**Author:** [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-close-topic-icon-button-underneath-posts/142990 "2020-03-01T19:38:05Z")

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Hi, it’s me again xd This time I would like to have the close topic button underneath the posts along with the other icons here Is there a plugin that can do that?

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## [Google Chrome extension for discourse notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-extension-for-discourse-notifications/34496)

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**Author:** [@alep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alep)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-chrome-extension-for-discourse-notifications/34496 "2020-03-01T16:51:49Z")

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I’ve released the new version 1.0.0. I’ve added the multi-site feature: the user can add more discourse sites to see all notifications in one single place. You can install it from here: https://chrome.google.com/websto…

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## [Disable number of posts in Desktop and Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-number-of-posts-in-desktop-and-mobile/143014)

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**Author:** [@petepan23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/petepan23)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-number-of-posts-in-desktop-and-mobile/143014 "2020-03-01T16:24:32Z")

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Hi, How can we disable the number of posts in Desktop and Mobile view? Details as in following figures: Desktop: Mobile:

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## [Can't change tracking status from post timeline menu on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-status-from-post-timeline-menu-on-mobile/142998)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-tracking-status-from-post-timeline-menu-on-mobile/142998 "2020-03-01T08:57:14Z")

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I don’t know if “post timeline menu” is the right term, but the picture below should make my meaning obvious. Tapping the circled button just closes the menu instead of giving the tracking options. I’m on latest iOS, Saf…

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## [Numbered list changed to lettered list in comments on Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbered-list-changed-to-lettered-list-in-comments-on-wordpress/142950)

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**Author:** [@alexwoolfson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexwoolfson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/numbered-list-changed-to-lettered-list-in-comments-on-wordpress/142950 "2020-03-01T08:56:24Z")

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Howdy! A reader has pointed out something strange to me. A comment that used numbers on my Discourse site is showing up as letters on my Wordpress site: Is this a known issue with the Discourse plugin? Is it just…

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## [2.3.8 and 2.3.9 updates claimed failure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-3-8-and-2-3-9-updates-claimed-failure/139496)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-3-8-and-2-3-9-updates-claimed-failure/139496 "2020-03-01T08:44:48Z")

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The 2.3.8 and 2.3.9 updates, both finished with: Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below. Version page at that point shows everything still needs updating. Logs do not indicate anyth…

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## [Dev environment running out of disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-running-out-of-disk-space/142980)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-running-out-of-disk-space/142980 "2020-03-01T08:29:31Z")

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My Discourse dev environment (ubuntu VM) is running out of disk space, despite doubling the VM’s disk size to 24GB last week. Do I need to manually delete old versions of Discourse or run a cleanup script or something? I…

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## ['Skip' usage in discobot tutorials seems to fail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-usage-in-discobot-tutorials-seems-to-fail/142983)

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**Author:** [@DaleKramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaleKramer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-usage-in-discobot-tutorials-seems-to-fail/142983 "2020-03-01T00:19:50Z")

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I have started the discobot tutorial over again and I am trying to ‘skip’ the parts I have already done. But, when I reply to a discobot post that tells me to do something with ‘skip’, it skips only the first tutorial i…

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## [Nice Post vs Nice Reply badge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-vs-nice-reply-badge/142957)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nice-post-vs-nice-reply-badge/142957 "2020-02-29T21:23:16Z")

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As discussed here, I would like to create my own version of Nice Reply. I’ll need a new name, and Nice Post seems like the obvious choice. But if I try to create a new badge named Nice Post, I get “Sorry, an error has oc…

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## [Eye icon for moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eye-icon-for-moderators/142948)

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**Author:** [@pr0cesor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pr0cesor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/eye-icon-for-moderators/142948 "2020-02-29T19:46:10Z")

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Hi, Its me again. I created an account and called it Watchdog, I granted him mod rights, then I created a badge and named it moderators (I put the eye icon in the settings). I granted badge moderators to Watchdoggo and…

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## [Integrating with new Stripe Checkout or Stripe Payment Intents version?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-with-new-stripe-checkout-or-stripe-payment-intents-version/122818)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrating-with-new-stripe-checkout-or-stripe-payment-intents-version/122818 "2020-02-29T14:53:37Z")

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I monetise my forums using a Discourse plugin I wrote to accept payments via Stripe Checkout (version 1). This was straightforward as Stripe handled the whole payment workflow on the (JavaScript) client-side, with a sin…

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## [What exactly are the effects of "allow user locale"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-are-the-effects-of-allow-user-locale/58348)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-are-the-effects-of-allow-user-locale/58348 "2020-02-29T10:36:03Z")

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I have a specific question about “allow user locale” but I thought I might as well broaden it for general interest. In particular, I would like to understand whether enabling “allow user locale” by itself will change th…

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## [Upgrade failed with "duplicate key value violates unique constraint" error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-with-duplicate-key-value-violates-unique-constraint-error/142767)

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**Author:** [@morevnaproject](https://meta.discourse.org/u/morevnaproject)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-with-duplicate-key-value-violates-unique-constraint-error/142767 "2020-02-29T07:19:13Z")

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Hi! Today I tried to upgrade my Discourse instance from “2.1.0.beta6” to latest one - “2.5.0.beta1”. But web upgrade failed in the middle and after that my server displayed recommendation to update by executing ./launc…

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## [Topic owner = topic moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-owner-topic-moderator/142896)

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**Author:** [@Stefan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stefan)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-owner-topic-moderator/142896 "2020-02-29T04:28:41Z")

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As I was away from the Discourse ecosystem for a (long) while, I was wondering: anyone suggested/implemented a feature that allows topic owners to moderate their own topics (without having moderator rights outside his to…

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## [Could anyone give a database schema dump?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-anyone-give-a-database-schema-dump/142749)

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**Author:** [@fzyzcjy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzyzcjy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-anyone-give-a-database-schema-dump/142749 "2020-02-29T02:09:35Z")

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Could you please give a dump of the SQL schema, because my computer cannot install the environment but I really want to know how the database schema is designed (since this project is sooooo famous and wonderful!) Thank…

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## [Refresh sso groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refresh-sso-groups/71174)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refresh-sso-groups/71174 "2020-02-29T01:21:33Z")

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We use the official Discourse sso and pass a set of groups via add\_groups/remove\_groups. However now we’re looking for a good way to “refresh” the list of groups. Can anyone think of a way to do this without having the u…

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## [Failed to bootstrap using import template](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-using-import-template/142825)

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**Author:** [@tysonanderson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tysonanderson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-using-import-template/142825 "2020-02-28T23:45:50Z")

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Fresh install of discourse\_docker returns a failed to bootstrap error when trying to build the import container. I’m using the phpbb3.template.yml and the instructions listed here. I had this working a day or so ago and…

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## [Saw something that had me slightly worried while adjusting category permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saw-something-that-had-me-slightly-worried-while-adjusting-category-permissions/142880)

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**Author:** [@cipherd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cipherd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saw-something-that-had-me-slightly-worried-while-adjusting-category-permissions/142880 "2020-02-28T21:22:09Z")

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I had not changed anything on the site from when this new permissions group popped up, and from when it was not there. For what it is worth, there is no group on the site at all that is reflecting this string of numb…

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## [\[Paid\] Custom Built Forum Functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-built-forum-functionality/142933)

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**Author:** [@RyRev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RyRev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custom-built-forum-functionality/142933 "2020-02-28T21:21:37Z")

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What would you like done? Currently we’re roughly using Discourse “out of the box.” We’d like some custom features built (like a staff post tracker), and a branded forum skin implemented. When do you need it done? If …

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## [Clicking on topic takes me to the bottom of the thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-topic-takes-me-to-the-bottom-of-the-thread/142856)

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**Author:** [@m.p](https://meta.discourse.org/u/m.p)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-topic-takes-me-to-the-bottom-of-the-thread/142856 "2020-02-28T20:52:44Z")

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Sorry if this is a silly question, but how do I set it such that when I click on a topic (e.g. from categories page) it takes me to the top (the original posting) instead of the bottom (latest on the thread)?

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## ['your username must be different than your nickname'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-username-must-be-different-than-your-nickname/94136)

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**Author:** [@Andy02](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy02)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-username-must-be-different-than-your-nickname/94136 "2020-02-28T20:18:29Z")

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We set up the sync and it seems to be working fine, except a bug where it sets the username and nickname as similar in Wordpress, and that makes the username invalid in Wordpress. It works, but if you try to change anyt…

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## [How does "publish read state" work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986 "2020-02-28T20:16:01Z")

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I saw a commit for " Publish read state on group messages" (FEATURE: Publish read state on group messages. (Originally introduced in #7989) by romanrizzi · Pull Request #8025 · discourse/discourse · GitHub); can someone…

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## [Discobot customized quotes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-customized-quotes/65848)

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**Author:** [@Vimala\_Ayya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vimala_Ayya)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-customized-quotes/65848 "2020-02-28T20:04:05Z")

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Of course Discobot’s quote feature is just “the icing on the cake” and not the cake itself, but is there a way to customize it to use our own quotes? Maybe by uploading a JSON file or so? We already have a random quote f…

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## [Can I make some Topics in a Category which only certain Groups can see and participate in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-make-some-topics-in-a-category-which-only-certain-groups-can-see-and-participate-in/142906)

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**Author:** [@DaleKramer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DaleKramer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-make-some-topics-in-a-category-which-only-certain-groups-can-see-and-participate-in/142906 "2020-02-28T19:40:58Z")

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Is this possible? I have searched for the answer to this and I have decided that this is ‘likely’ not possible right now but I want to be sure. Could it be done with a simple plugin (vs a complex plugin that only a…

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