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## [Change the font settings of name of categories on the categories page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-font-settings-of-name-of-categories-on-the-categories-page/129005)

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**Author:** [@AnkitJain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AnkitJain)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-font-settings-of-name-of-categories-on-the-categories-page/129005 "2019-09-20T13:37:59Z")

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Please help with css code to change the type of font, color and weight Thanks for the help. I did this but it does not change the color: .category-list tbody .category h3 { font-weight: 370; font-size: 18; line-he…

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## [A topic doesn't open with recent upgrade due to a plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-topic-doesnt-open-with-recent-upgrade-due-to-a-plugin/128495)

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**Author:** [@k4rtik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k4rtik)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-topic-doesnt-open-with-recent-upgrade-due-to-a-plugin/128495 "2019-09-20T12:09:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Https://docs.discourse.org/ spinning: I do not see anything captured in /logs or the Chrome console. If there is a way I can provide more info to help debug this issue, please let me k…

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## [Rest Api for authenticate updated user email and want discourse emails disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-for-authenticate-updated-user-email-and-want-discourse-emails-disabled/129104)

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**Author:** [@Pratul\_Jain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pratul_Jain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-for-authenticate-updated-user-email-and-want-discourse-emails-disabled/129104 "2019-09-20T11:49:36Z")

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How can I update user email without authenticating it on discourse as I have disabled discourse emails. We have an update email api but not any authentication api to authenticate email.We are trying to update email via …

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## ["Invites are rate limited." What does this mean?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202)

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**Author:** [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202 "2019-09-20T09:26:19Z")

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Help? New Discourse user here. Was experimenting with re-sending an invitation from a post to a few people I’d already invited but did not respond. The original invite list was uploaded. The re-invite is being done fr…

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## [Cleanup command very long](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleanup-command-very-long/129082)

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**Author:** [@samyrabih](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samyrabih)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleanup-command-very-long/129082 "2019-09-20T08:17:20Z")

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Hi To do maintenance on my Discourse instances, I tried to use ./launcher cleanup app command, but it seems to be blocked : I launched the command minutes ago, and nothing happens (and no space is freed on the disk). …

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## [Group summary notifications & UI notification enhancements?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-summary-notifications-ui-notification-enhancements/128967)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-summary-notifications-ui-notification-enhancements/128967 "2019-09-20T01:17:43Z")

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My forum pulls together engineers to work on humanitarian aid design. It’s just kicking-off, and we’re tweaking discourse by using for a single project designing water supply to a community in need. Now, in order to ke…

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## [Modify new topic editor grey guide text/copy (per category)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-new-topic-editor-grey-guide-text-copy-per-category/128920)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-new-topic-editor-grey-guide-text-copy-per-category/128920 "2019-09-20T01:11:22Z")

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Hi can the text below be changed per topic category?

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## [What data does an oauth2 provider (Facebook, Google, etc) receive about my forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-does-an-oauth2-provider-facebook-google-etc-receive-about-my-forum/129044)

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**Author:** [@bdhays](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bdhays)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-data-does-an-oauth2-provider-facebook-google-etc-receive-about-my-forum/129044 "2019-09-19T23:01:49Z")

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I have a live self-hosted instance of Discourse which I’m currently testing/evaluating. The forum would be for a private community where confidentiality of posts and messages is important. I currently have “invite only”,…

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## [A moderator summary section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-moderator-summary-section/129034)

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**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-moderator-summary-section/129034 "2019-09-19T22:29:46Z")

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I’d like to see something similar to the users page (that shows posts/topics read, read time, days visited etc) but for moderators/admins. This would be a summary over a specific time period (or ‘All’) that displays the …

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## [Invitation 'Accept' button not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-accept-button-not-working/128722)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Mullins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Mullins)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-accept-button-not-working/128722 "2019-09-19T22:22:12Z")

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I have sent out invitations, both by email and via link. The ‘Accept’ button does not work for anyone. I have confirmed this behavior.

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## [Make complete community accessible only to registered users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-complete-community-accessible-only-to-registered-users/129028)

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**Author:** [@joa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joa)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-complete-community-accessible-only-to-registered-users/129028 "2019-09-19T21:56:40Z")

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My community has decided they want to only allow people to read the discussions if they registered. Is there a global setting for it? I searched through the settings but didn’t find anything. I‘m aware that I can confi…

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## [Show how many thanks a post gathered?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-how-many-thanks-a-post-gathered/129001)

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**Author:** [@neo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-how-many-thanks-a-post-gathered/129001 "2019-09-19T20:22:10Z")

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I’d like to appreciate someone because she or he wrote a nice post which can help me a lot and I want to say thanks :heart: sincerely. So is there any feature can list how many thanks a post collected? This feature is …

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## [Sub-category tagging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-category-tagging/129036)

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**Author:** [@tkearsley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkearsley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sub-category-tagging/129036 "2019-09-19T19:29:40Z")

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Where do I view the tags for a sub-category? I created a list of tags in the category shown in the image (GPU Cloud), but I am not seeing any way to have them display. What am I missing? Thanks, Tom

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## [Make watching/tracking a tag overwrite the \`remove from latest\` category setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-watching-tracking-a-tag-overwrite-the-remove-from-latest-category-setting/129038)

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**Author:** [@oca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-watching-tracking-a-tag-overwrite-the-remove-from-latest-category-setting/129038 "2019-09-19T19:33:53Z")

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Hi everyone, On current version, there is a global setting remove muted tags from latest allowing to remove topics from latest when the user mute at least one or all the topic’s tags (or disabling the feature). Could t…

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## [Database system was not properly shut down error when rebuilding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-system-was-not-properly-shut-down-error-when-rebuilding/128979)

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**Author:** [@GuilhermeBac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuilhermeBac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-system-was-not-properly-shut-down-error-when-rebuilding/128979 "2019-09-19T13:14:06Z")

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==================== SERIOUS PROBLEM!!!! ==================== app not running! Attempting to rebuild ==================== REBUILD LOG ==================== Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to…

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## [Are two CPU cores better to run Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-two-cpu-cores-better-to-run-discourse/128976)

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**Author:** [@koltl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koltl)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-two-cpu-cores-better-to-run-discourse/128976 "2019-09-19T12:43:00Z")

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I am looking to purchase a VPS for Discourse and I have two options to choose from. A 2GB 2 core server with 25GB of storage and a 2GB 1 core server with 20GB of storage just a dollar more. Question is; would it be wor…

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## [Not able to login into forums with Discord](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-login-into-forums-with-discord/128294)

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**Author:** [@MajorLinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MajorLinux)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-login-into-forums-with-discord/128294 "2019-09-19T11:19:40Z")

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I am having an issue signing into our forum (forums.thecookout.org) after signing out. After authenticating through Discord, I’m being sent to the following URL: https://forums.thecookout.org/auth/failure?message=csrf\_…

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## [How to add description to "categories" section on main page along with sub-categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-description-to-categories-section-on-main-page-along-with-sub-categories/128990)

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**Author:** [@AnkitJain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AnkitJain)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-description-to-categories-section-on-main-page-along-with-sub-categories/128990 "2019-09-19T09:57:04Z")

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This is the screenshot: I want that underline part: Thanks for the help

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## [Discourse setup assumes netcat is installed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-assumes-netcat-is-installed/128893)

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**Author:** [@andorenan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andorenan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-assumes-netcat-is-installed/128893 "2019-09-19T09:53:43Z")

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I’ve just managed to setup my first discourse instance with success, though I had some struggles along the way. I run Debian Stretch and was following the Docker install guide. During the setup the script checks to see …

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## [Plugin example for pop-up auto-completion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-example-for-pop-up-auto-completion/128998)

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**Author:** [@AlexanderFillbrunn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexanderFillbrunn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-example-for-pop-up-auto-completion/128998 "2019-09-19T08:39:22Z")

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Hi, I would like to write a simple plugin that, upon entering a certain character, provides the user with a pop-up list of search results from our API. When the user clicks on one of the entries in the list, the text fr…

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## [Odd UI behaviour on Mobile Safari (13.1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-ui-behaviour-on-mobile-safari-13-1/128917)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-ui-behaviour-on-mobile-safari-13-1/128917 "2019-09-19T07:01:07Z")

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I don’t know if this is a Safari Issue, or a general mallaise with the current version, but on iPhone, running 13.1 PB, when I hit search I can scroll the header all the way off the screen at the top by just swiping up. …

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## [Require standard profile fields during registration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-standard-profile-fields-during-registration/128968)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Kogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joshua_Kogan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-standard-profile-fields-during-registration/128968 "2019-09-19T01:27:23Z")

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I know how to add new registration fields, and make them mandatory; however, can the “about me”, “location”, and “website” fields be made mandatory during registration? If so, how?

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## [Can someone explain post formatting with HTML?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-explain-post-formatting-with-html/128958)

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**Author:** [@smileypants707](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileypants707)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-someone-explain-post-formatting-with-html/128958 "2019-09-18T23:38:10Z")

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Some context: I’m still in the early learning stage of HTML, so please bear with me here. I notice that the composer will translate some HTML code, but it doesn’t want to recognize more detailed elements/ attributes. …

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## [Users with first post within period](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-with-first-post-within-period/275155)

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**Author:** [@ThunderThighs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ThunderThighs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-with-first-post-within-period/275155 "2019-09-18T22:56:33Z")

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Hi there. I’m a SQL newb. I would like to be able to pull a list of first time posters by username within a defined time period. Note this is the first time they post, not joined. Our use case is different than most …

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## [Translation for system message not being used - 2.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-for-system-message-not-being-used-2-5/127281)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-for-system-message-not-being-used-2-5/127281 "2019-08-31T12:54:47Z")

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Similar closed bugs: Translation for system message not being used Translation for system message not being used - 2 This bug is not quite a repeat but in the ballpark of the other two. At Discourse site for SW-Prolo…

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## [Mails not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mails-not-working/128846)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Grziwok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_Grziwok)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mails-not-working/128846 "2019-09-18T22:06:37Z")

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Hey Community, I have a problem with sending mails. The Problem is that Test-Mails get sent, but if it should send a normal Mail it won’t send. I use Mailgun via SMTP and there are only logs for sending the Test-Mails. …

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## [Deep linking (headers) isn't working for my site in Firefox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deep-linking-headers-isnt-working-for-my-site-in-firefox/128586)

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**Author:** [@dsfg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsfg)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deep-linking-headers-isnt-working-for-my-site-in-firefox/128586 "2019-09-18T21:47:32Z")

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Hi, I try to structure a longer post with deep links like Linking to a heading within a post or topic. But there is no reaction of Firefox to clicks to the links. It would be helpful as anybody can explain to me what …

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## [Keeping crawlers off a staging site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-crawlers-off-a-staging-site/128919)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keeping-crawlers-off-a-staging-site/128919 "2019-09-18T21:29:59Z")

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A client with a staging site just raised concern that their site could be crawled. (It would require a crawler to go looking for their domain, but if a crawler somehow stumbled on a link to the site, then the site could …

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## [How do I create categories in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-create-categories-in-discourse/128938)

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**Author:** [@afarooque](https://meta.discourse.org/u/afarooque)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-create-categories-in-discourse/128938 "2023-06-08T05:48:39Z")

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How do I create categories in Discourse?

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## [Unexpected flags showing up... False flags!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-flags-showing-up-false-flags/128857)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-flags-showing-up-false-flags/128857 "2019-09-18T17:18:25Z")

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In at least two of our Discourses, we’re seeing topics getting flagged erroneously https://bw3.akimbo.com/t/saving-replies/26395/3 The message I got on this one was: Hello, This is an automated message from The Boots…

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