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## [Is it possible to delete posts from the database?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-posts-from-the-database/139792)

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**Author:** [@Arimov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arimov)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-delete-posts-from-the-database/139792 "2020-01-28T20:47:59Z")

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I apologize in advance if the question is too dummies. I have access to the Discourse database (through the plugin). Can I delete some of the posts (which I myself created in large quantities during testing) using the …

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## [Completely Edit Welcome Message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-edit-welcome-message/56022)

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**Author:** [@Blackglade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blackglade)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-edit-welcome-message/56022 "2020-01-28T20:07:10Z")

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Upon a new member registering for Discourse, they are sent a message by the system (or whatever account you specify) introducing them to the community. Upon some investigation, it seems I can’t edit the entire message, o…

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## [Why does the 404 page on Meta have Chinese text?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-404-page-on-meta-have-chinese-text/139974)

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**Author:** [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-404-page-on-meta-have-chinese-text/139974 "2020-01-28T19:14:49Z")

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I’m using Firefox on Linux. Everything other than the headers is in English.

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## [Sort by number of replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-number-of-replies/139940)

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**Author:** [@Drew\_Serres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Serres)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-number-of-replies/139940 "2020-01-28T15:25:06Z")

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Hi! Is there a way for users to sort by number of replies? For example, for a discussion board I want users to be able to easily see which topics have got a lot of replies already, and which ones don’t have many so coul…

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## [How to get current logged in user data in plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-current-logged-in-user-data-in-plugin/139941)

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**Author:** [@Nikolay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nikolay)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-current-logged-in-user-data-in-plugin/139941 "2020-01-28T14:35:09Z")

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Hello, i am having trouble getting current logged in user data in plugin. So, i want my plugin to get current user data when event “before\_edit\_post” is fired. My code looks like this: file: plugins/my-plugin/plugin.r…

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## [How do I filter for tags by category from the tag page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-filter-for-tags-by-category-from-the-tag-page/130259)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-filter-for-tags-by-category-from-the-tag-page/130259 "2020-01-28T13:06:44Z")

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I’m currently on the ‘faq’ tag page I now only want to see topics tagged ‘faq’ in the ‘Announcements’ Category, so I use the dropdown from ‘all categories’ to choose ‘Announcements’ But instead of the ‘faq’ choic…

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## [User get deactivated, need to know why](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-get-deactivated-need-to-know-why/135526)

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**Author:** [@Pekkanen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pekkanen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-get-deactivated-need-to-know-why/135526 "2020-01-28T12:17:06Z")

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Hi, I have a bot user that does a bunch of tasks via the api, it is a trusted user and an admin user, and it has been deactivated twice this week for some reason. I cannot see anything in the staff action logs, or the e…

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## [How can I get user details via the user api key?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-get-user-details-via-the-user-api-key/139820)

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**Author:** [@zeroarst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeroarst)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-get-user-details-via-the-user-api-key/139820 "2020-01-28T10:54:25Z")

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I am able to auth the user and get the user api key by following this instruction: https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-api-keys-specification/48536 But I also want to get the user info, because the authentication is done…

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## [Problem with development on Windows with Docker and mounted volume](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-development-on-windows-with-docker-and-mounted-volume/139523)

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**Author:** [@Nikolay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nikolay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-development-on-windows-with-docker-and-mounted-volume/139523 "2020-01-28T10:10:29Z")

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Hello, i cannot develop on windows, because get blank screen. When i open console i get this errors: (X) ember\_jquery.js?1579775136.5740232:1 Uncaught Error: Errno::EEXIST: File exists @ dir\_s\_mkdir - /var/discourse/tmp…

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## [Add a group flair after username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-group-flair-after-username/139910)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-group-flair-after-username/139910 "2020-01-28T07:06:52Z")

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I have a minor suggestion: what do you think of having an option in group settings to display the group flair in front of the username in a post, message, or anywhere else their username is present?

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## [How we're using Discourse for a daily design challenge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-were-using-discourse-for-a-daily-design-challenge/103982)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-were-using-discourse-for-a-daily-design-challenge/103982 "2020-01-28T07:05:49Z")

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Hi fellow Community Managers! In 2D/3D design communities you regularly see ‘daily challenges’ like Sculpt January and Inktober. These are designed to be easy to enter, fun activities that help designers hone their skil…

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## [Discourse version at community.gasturbinesupport.com: NOT FOUND](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-at-community-gasturbinesupport-com-not-found/139886)

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**Author:** [@qasimala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qasimala)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-at-community-gasturbinesupport-com-not-found/139886 "2020-01-28T05:50:51Z")

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What I’ve Done: I have set up a 2 GB droplet on DigitalOcean, have forwarded the domain to digitalocean using the nameservers, have added an A record in digitalocean for the subdomain, and installed the oneclick version…

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## [Some asset related tasks run during app start up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-asset-related-tasks-run-during-app-start-up/139843)

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**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-asset-related-tasks-run-during-app-start-up/139843 "2020-01-28T02:50:40Z")

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I was wondering … is there a rake task that we can run to do this plugin handling instead of doing that during the application start up? We run our instances with apparmor and would like to avoid allowing the app server …

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## [Add support for block level italics and bold BBCode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-block-level-italics-and-bold-bbcode/139590)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-block-level-italics-and-bold-bbcode/139590 "2020-01-28T02:30:29Z")

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Consider this text: \[i\] Italic - First line Italic - Second line \[/i\] It renders as: Italic - First line Italic - Second line Now consider the same text with an empty line: \[i\] Italic - First line Italic - Sec…

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## [Adding text at top of groups page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-text-at-top-of-groups-page/139757)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-text-at-top-of-groups-page/139757 "2020-01-28T01:31:17Z")

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It would be nice to be able to add some custom explanatory text to the top of the groups page. Would it be possible to add a plugin outlet to discourse/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/groups/index.hbs possibl…

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## [Custom post image](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-image/139891)

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**Author:** [@fsociety](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fsociety)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-image/139891 "2020-01-28T01:29:44Z")

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Hey, i’m trying to add a background image to posts only belonging to moderators group as seen here: Alterac Valley Adjustments Incoming - WoW Classic General Discussion - World of Warcraft Forums where blizz members get …

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## ["Great Reply" granted date is actually the date of the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-reply-granted-date-is-actually-the-date-of-the-post/139802)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/great-reply-granted-date-is-actually-the-date-of-the-post/139802 "2020-01-28T01:18:54Z")

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On https://community.wanikani.com/ I got a notification that someone liked my post, following by a “great reply” notification. This like was indeed the 50th like for that post. However, it says I earned the “great reply”…

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## [How many votes should I give to users/trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-votes-should-i-give-to-users-trust-levels/139880)

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**Author:** [@Gaby\_Rojas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gaby_Rojas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-many-votes-should-i-give-to-users-trust-levels/139880 "2020-01-28T00:36:42Z")

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Hi there, We recently launched Discourse for our community and we enabled the vote plugin for users to vote for features. We are not sure how many votes we should give each user across trust levels. Does anyone have any…

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## [Discourse\_docker (blocked:csp) error with svg-sprite when using subfolders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-blocked-csp-error-with-svg-sprite-when-using-subfolders/139492)

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**Author:** [@vkozyrev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vkozyrev)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-blocked-csp-error-with-svg-sprite-when-using-subfolders/139492 "2020-01-27T22:21:40Z")

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Feel free to visit https://sales-community-staging.rainmakers.co/sales-community/ to see issue. No guarantees on it being up forever. I believe this is because it is not adding /sales-community to the url. Let me know …

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## [Import posts through API (time delay)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-posts-through-api-time-delay/139819)

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**Author:** [@Arimov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arimov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-posts-through-api-time-delay/139819 "2020-01-27T21:54:33Z")

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I am trying to transfer data from an old forum in Discourse through the API. But after making several requests (I pause for 1 second between requests), I get the error, “You make too many requests, wait 16 seconds, …” I…

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## [Provide more guidance for flag actions on Review page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-guidance-for-flag-actions-on-review-page/139052)

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**Author:** [@BOUCUR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BOUCUR)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-more-guidance-for-flag-actions-on-review-page/139052 "2020-01-21T01:58:32Z")

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Actions on flags (Agree, Disagree, Ignore, Delete) have confused me and other moderators on our forum. It’s not always clear what is going to happen when you select one of the options, which we find prevents some mode…

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## [Improving Customise Text admin option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-customise-text-admin-option/139759)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-customise-text-admin-option/139759 "2020-01-27T19:13:42Z")

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Currently the text you enter to search on the /admin/customize/site\_texts page searches both the actual text and the label/name. This means for example if you search for “Groups” because you wish to change the word “Gro…

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## [DNS validation for Let's Encrypt?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-validation-for-lets-encrypt/139848)

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**Author:** [@danb35](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danb35)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns-validation-for-lets-encrypt/139848 "2020-01-27T18:59:27Z")

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I’m wanting to install Discourse on a private network that won’t be accessible from the Internet, but I still want to set it up with Let’s Encrypt SSL. I’ve used DNS validation for a number of other hosts on this networ…

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## [List of the filters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-the-filters/139844)

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**Author:** [@ketanyekale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ketanyekale)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-the-filters/139844 "2020-01-27T17:35:59Z")

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Where can I find the complete list of filters along with the possible values? The in:unsolved filter is not listed in the advanced search. I need to know the filter to get all the open+unsolved topics.

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## [How to setup moderators with just access to remove or update topic categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-moderators-with-just-access-to-remove-or-update-topic-categories/139791)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-moderators-with-just-access-to-remove-or-update-topic-categories/139791 "2020-01-27T17:33:12Z")

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Hi. I understand the moderator privilege also gives access to review users private messages. Is that the case? How do we provide more restricted moderation options so that we can enable user moderators? Thx

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## [No timeout for backups (stuck since September)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-timeout-for-backups-stuck-since-september/139641)

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**Author:** [@benjaoming](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benjaoming)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-timeout-for-backups-stuck-since-september/139641 "2020-01-27T17:05:17Z")

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I would like to report the following issues: There is seemingly no timeouts for backups. So an automatic backup was stuck since September Once canceled, all our users received email digests and password resets aggregat…

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## [Revision history for flagged post isn't comparing the correct revisions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revision-history-for-flagged-post-isnt-comparing-the-correct-revisions/139585)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revision-history-for-flagged-post-isnt-comparing-the-correct-revisions/139585 "2020-01-27T16:08:14Z")

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A user’s post was flagged as inappropriate and hidden. They’ve edited their post to make it acceptable and it’s now not hidden. The edit history however shows the two revisions as the new content. Does this sound like t…

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## [Tags: how can admin see who is following what tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-how-can-admin-see-who-is-following-what-tags/83445)

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**Author:** [@brendand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brendand)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-how-can-admin-see-who-is-following-what-tags/83445 "2020-01-27T14:30:44Z")

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We use tags and are wondering how we can see which tags our members have chosen to follow (whether “watching”, “following”, etc.) specific tags? We are looking to bulk delete some tags but first want to understand how m…

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## [Slackbot with Discourse Admin stats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slackbot-with-discourse-admin-stats/139167)

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**Author:** [@Konrad\_Sopala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Konrad_Sopala)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slackbot-with-discourse-admin-stats/139167 "2020-01-27T14:05:44Z")

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Hey there everyone! Looking for a bit of guidance with out development process. What we want to build? A Slackbot will feed of data like (new users created, topics created, solutions created, likes given etc.) from our …

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## [Discourse behind Traefik on a subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-behind-traefik-on-a-subdomain/139738)

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**Author:** [@Karma\_Frenzoid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karma_Frenzoid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-behind-traefik-on-a-subdomain/139738 "2020-01-27T08:08:54Z")

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Hello, Im running Traefik 2 as a reverse proxy with SSL. From a fresh install, I have set Traefik to redirect any requests from the subdomain forum.domain.com to the discourse’s container port 80, the thing is that when…

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