# Latest

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## [Hiding closed topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511)

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**Author:** [@danekhollas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danekhollas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-closed-topics/18511 "2017-04-26T11:07:04Z")

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Hi, is it possible to hide all closed topics? Daniel

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## [What triggers an account to be put on hold?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-triggers-an-account-to-be-put-on-hold/95285)

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**Author:** [@martinmarketing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martinmarketing)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-triggers-an-account-to-be-put-on-hold/95285 "2019-05-24T06:35:05Z")

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We run a course forum using Discourse and one of our students received this notification: Hello, This is an automated message from XXX Forum to let you know that your account has been temporarily placed on hold as a p…

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## [Plugin to automatically copy messages to other selected users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-automatically-copy-messages-to-other-selected-users/118544)

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**Author:** [@Gryphon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gryphon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-to-automatically-copy-messages-to-other-selected-users/118544 "2019-05-24T03:45:42Z")

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What would you like done? We have a youth group and are investigating discourse as one way to communicate. We have requirements to maintain full transparency and are looking to have any private/direct message sent to a…

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## [Problem testing Badge Query from Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-testing-badge-query-from-data-explorer/118568)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-testing-badge-query-from-data-explorer/118568 "2019-05-24T00:46:42Z")

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Should I be able to run any Badge Query in Data Explorer? I want to create a custom Badge Query using “Appreciated” as a starting point. I type the Appreciated query in Data Explorer: SELECT p.user\_id, current\_timestam…

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## [How to load live backup into local dev environment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-load-live-backup-into-local-dev-environment/118550)

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**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-load-live-backup-into-local-dev-environment/118550 "2019-05-23T20:56:11Z")

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How do you load a .tar.gz backup from a live instance into a local dev environment?

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## [Backup Failure after Upgrade to 2.3.0.beta9](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failure-after-upgrade-to-2-3-0-beta9/118507)

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**Author:** [@Zyniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zyniker)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-failure-after-upgrade-to-2-3-0-beta9/118507 "2019-05-23T20:53:07Z")

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I recently upgraded a number of Discourse installs to 2.3.0.beta9, and three of them now throw “Backup failed” errors every time their (daily) scheduled backups run. When I manually run the backups, they appear to succee…

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## [Personal messaging question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-messaging-question/118278)

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**Author:** [@Gryphon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gryphon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personal-messaging-question/118278 "2019-05-23T17:59:36Z")

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We have a youth organization and we were wondering if there was functionality that would enable private messages to be copied to designated adults. Basically, we would like to have any private message sent to a youth a…

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## [Infrequent translation updates in stable branch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infrequent-translation-updates-in-stable-branch/31213)

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**Author:** [@Passante](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Passante)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infrequent-translation-updates-in-stable-branch/31213 "2017-04-10T14:21:22Z")

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I wonder why transifex translations in Stable releases are broken since 2 or more releases while Betas have updated translations. I cannot understand the reasoning behind that. I see a lot of people complaining about wh…

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## [I want to code a kanban interface to categories .. lets put a spec together](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-code-a-kanban-interface-to-categories-lets-put-a-spec-together/64306)

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**Author:** [@vikaskedia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vikaskedia)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-code-a-kanban-interface-to-categories-lets-put-a-spec-together/64306 "2019-05-23T15:35:21Z")

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In my team we use kanban (aka swimlanes/trello) for planning programming work. I want to stop using gitlab issues / trello boards and use discourse as one place to co-ordinate all this. (Why? I love the UX of discourse…

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## [How to backup Docker discourse from command-line before rebuilding broken Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-docker-discourse-from-command-line-before-rebuilding-broken-discourse/31052)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-docker-discourse-from-command-line-before-rebuilding-broken-discourse/31052 "2019-05-23T15:20:39Z")

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I set up a Discourse site, and a couple days later it suddenly stopped working - tries to load for a couple minutes then “This web page is not available - ERR\_CONNECTION\_RESET”. It might be a RAM issue. I am ready to us…

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## [Stuck in infinite loop in Mac terminal after source ~/.bashrc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-in-infinite-loop-in-mac-terminal-after-source-bashrc/118505)

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**Author:** [@jameshahnii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jameshahnii)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-in-infinite-loop-in-mac-terminal-after-source-bashrc/118505 "2019-05-23T13:08:09Z")

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Howdy, dipping back into Discourse development after a long divergence into learning Ember.js. As I’ve hacked away over the past few days trying to remember how I did all this back in August/September I’ve opened termina…

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## [How is "TOP topics" list calculated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-top-topics-list-calculated/33752)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-is-top-topics-list-calculated/33752 "2019-05-23T11:55:54Z")

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I tried to search for but could not find any overview of the algorithm to display /top/xxx topics , e.g. /top/monthly. At least, what variables are considered and with what weight? What is more important and what is les…

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## [Ability to disable or reduce User Suggestions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-disable-or-reduce-user-suggestions/118476)

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**Author:** [@Mikitos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikitos)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-disable-or-reduce-user-suggestions/118476 "2019-05-23T11:51:46Z")

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It’s becoming very annoying that the “This user is new to the community, let’s welcome..” “This user hasn’t posted in x months, let’s welcome them back” etc. is showing too many suggestions. No hard feelings, but althoug…

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## [Approval of edited topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approval-of-edited-topics/118415)

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**Author:** [@ibrhmvci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibrhmvci)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approval-of-edited-topics/118415 "2019-05-23T11:48:35Z")

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New posts and topics need moderator / admin approval but after a moderator approves the post then owner can edit the post with inappropriate stuff for the forum. Can we make edited posts/topics to come to moderator or a…

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## [Attach "require moderator approval" to a user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-require-moderator-approval-to-a-user/118487)

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**Author:** [@ryanerwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryanerwin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-require-moderator-approval-to-a-user/118487 "2019-05-23T09:24:31Z")

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There are some really malicious or negative people that you may want to silence or ban, but we’ve also got a handful of people that seem either oblivious or not technically sophisticated enough to engage properly with th…

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## [Cannot scroll all the way up in reorder categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-scroll-all-the-way-up-in-reorder-categories/118227)

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**Author:** [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-scroll-all-the-way-up-in-reorder-categories/118227 "2019-05-23T08:05:20Z")

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I have 34 categories + subcategories on my site. When I go to reorder categories the lowest value category I can see is the 9th one - the modal will not scroll up further. I tested in safe mode and the behavior is the …

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## [Missing plural on some translation keys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-plural-on-some-translation-keys/108198)

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**Author:** [@Lure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lure)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-plural-on-some-translation-keys/108198 "2019-05-23T03:56:11Z")

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I am finalizing plurals for Slovenian and have noticed that in mobile view there is number of topics total and in last week listed. Problem is that these two keys all\_time and week do not have plural enabled, therefo…

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## [Grant Discord Roles via Discourse Patreon Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-discord-roles-via-discourse-patreon-groups/118362)

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**Author:** [@Hanzo1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanzo1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-discord-roles-via-discourse-patreon-groups/118362 "2019-05-23T02:41:09Z")

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What would you like done? I have a group for each Patreon tier. Apple Orange Banana If a user logs onto my forum via Patreon auth, is a patron, and is given the Orange role based on their pledge, I want to be able to …

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## [(No) Opengraph meta data on login page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-opengraph-meta-data-on-login-page/118301)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-opengraph-meta-data-on-login-page/118301 "2019-05-23T01:35:10Z")

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One of our customers discourse instance is configured that people have to register before they can access the content. One unwanted side-effect is when people share the URL of the website on social media the preview imag…

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## [Preserve /new-topic intent after SSO login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-new-topic-intent-after-sso-login/118464)

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**Author:** [@JulesW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JulesW)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preserve-new-topic-intent-after-sso-login/118464 "2019-05-23T01:11:33Z")

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I’m using SSO to perform logins with Discourse as the consumer. When I send a user to a /new-topic?title=blah - and they’re not yet logged into discourse - they are redirected to perform SSO. Upon SSO completion, Disco…

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## [Badge Query SQL edit box is disabled until page is refreshed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-query-sql-edit-box-is-disabled-until-page-is-refreshed/118457)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-query-sql-edit-box-is-disabled-until-page-is-refreshed/118457 "2019-05-22T23:41:02Z")

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I’ve enabled badge queries following this: Now I see the “Badge Query (SQL)” edit box, but it’s read-only. I can’t copy/paste/edit, either for existing badges or new badges. What am I missing? This may be a duplicate…

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## [Multiple Tags search query takes too long ? - big forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tags-search-query-takes-too-long-big-forum/56023)

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**Author:** [@veer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/veer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-tags-search-query-takes-too-long-big-forum/56023 "2017-04-07T16:19:15Z")

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Its a very big forum, around 0.5 million topics and 10 thousands tags, which are on each topic, 3-4 in number. Multiple tags search query takes very very long time, how to fix this ?

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## [Last IP shows Reverse Proxy IP address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-shows-reverse-proxy-ip-address/113032)

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**Author:** [@PhoenixPeca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhoenixPeca)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-ip-shows-reverse-proxy-ip-address/113032 "2019-05-22T22:25:41Z")

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Hi, I have researched quite a lot but nothing seems to work with me. I have a discourse setup installed. And I have this remote reverse proxy server that acts as a HTTPS layer between the user and the main discourse se…

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## [What happens if](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if/118073)

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**Author:** [@PatrickH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PatrickH)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-if/118073 "2019-05-22T21:36:28Z")

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What happens if i disable the SSO from wordpress ? Can user still login with their credentials ?

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## [Creating new topic in subcategory via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-topic-in-subcategory-via-api/60518)

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**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-topic-in-subcategory-via-api/60518 "2017-04-06T12:48:01Z")

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I tried using &category=subcategory-slug but it ends up in the uncategorized category. I also tried to use &category=category-slug/subcategory-slug and got the same thing. It works fine if it’s a main category. Is it pos…

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## [Gaining space on an install in mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gaining-space-on-an-install-in-mailing-list-mode/118424)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_C\_Gomez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_C_Gomez)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gaining-space-on-an-install-in-mailing-list-mode/118424 "2019-05-22T17:44:32Z")

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Trying to recover some space on our server and our email\_log table is 2GB We use mailing list mode so we send approx 2 mil emails a month Just wondering if there is a supported way to clean this up? I saw a few post…

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## [Wp-discourse force login to WordPress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-login-to-wordpress/118418)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-force-login-to-wordpress/118418 "2019-05-22T16:25:39Z")

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I’ve got a site that’s using WooCommerce Memberships and has Discourse as the SSO master. For reasons that I don’t understand, wc\_memberships\_user\_membership\_status\_changed doesn’t fire when a new user membership is add…

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## [Migrate from tests-passed to stable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-tests-passed-to-stable/118296)

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**Author:** [@Wurzelseppi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wurzelseppi)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-tests-passed-to-stable/118296 "2019-05-22T15:55:47Z")

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Hi guys, just wanted to migrate from 2.3.0beta9 to stable release and got this error: What can I do here ? Caused by: PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column “email\_private\_messages” of relation “user\_options” does not …

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## [Override icon / color](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-icon-color/118411)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/override-icon-color/118411 "2019-05-22T15:50:13Z")

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Is there any way to override the icon and color of the oauth login icon?

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## [Translations for Terms of Service, Privacy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translations-for-terms-of-service-privacy/108203)

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**Author:** [@Lure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lure)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translations-for-terms-of-service-privacy/108203 "2019-05-22T14:19:16Z")

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Default about page is properly translated: However, when I switch to FAQ/Guidelines, TOS or Privacy tabs, header get back to English: I suspect, that this is potentially caused by bootstrap that was done in Engli…

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