# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1465 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1466 --- ## [Citing Discourse in an Academic paper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661)
**Author:** [@albertocottica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albertocottica)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/citing-discourse-in-an-academic-paper/105661 "2019-01-04T22:29:34Z")
How would one cite Discourse in an academic paper? There are guidelines for folks who use LATEX and Bibtex, but I am not sure where to find the relevant information, specifically the author and the year. This is the rec… --- ## [Transfer passwords from Wordpress to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-passwords-from-wordpress-to-discourse/105733)
**Author:** [@ibbybenali](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibbybenali)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfer-passwords-from-wordpress-to-discourse/105733 "2019-01-05T03:07:06Z")
Hi, just asking this as I want to know all options in advance… I was wondering if it would be possible to transfer passwords from Wordpress to Discourse if one would decide to delete their Wordpress at one point in time … --- ## [2018: The Year in Review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2018-the-year-in-review/105700)
**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2018-the-year-in-review/105700 "2019-01-05T01:51:01Z")
2018's top Users Most Time Reading User Hours Read … --- ## [Add IE11 Support for pasting images in the composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ie11-support-for-pasting-images-in-the-composer/22037)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ie11-support-for-pasting-images-in-the-composer/22037 "2019-01-04T19:44:46Z")
Turns out pasting images into composer is workable in IE11 https://github.com/layerssss/paste.js We should get it working. --- ## [How to change the LIKE icon to a font awesome icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-like-icon-to-a-font-awesome-icon/105697)
**Author:** [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-like-icon-to-a-font-awesome-icon/105697 "2019-01-04T18:42:34Z")
https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-replacing-the-heart-icon-with-a-thumbs-up-icon-for-likes/86408 :up\_arrow:︎ That post was helpful before the latest font awesome changes. As of today, what is the best way to change ou… --- ## [Change Send As in Email Notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-send-as-in-email-notifications/31881)
**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-send-as-in-email-notifications/31881 "2019-01-04T16:55:03Z")
When I setup email notifications, the email it’s being set as is the noreply email I set in the settings but the display name is the username of who posted. Is there anyway to set the display name to something standarize… --- ## [Adding command line tools support for user api keys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-command-line-tools-support-for-user-api-keys/103803)
**Author:** [@vsoch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vsoch)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-command-line-tools-support-for-user-api-keys/103803 "2019-01-04T15:53:35Z")
I can give you my use case to help a bit with next steps! I’ve added a discourse endpoint to the “helpme” client → HelpMe | HelpMe - a command line tool for helping you out. and Journal of Open Source Software: HelpMe Co… --- ## [Yahoo Login Setup Issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-setup-issue/105688)
**Author:** [@AbhishekVerma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AbhishekVerma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yahoo-login-setup-issue/105688 "2019-01-04T13:42:43Z")
I am getting this message: “The following strings are not allowed: yahoo, yahoo! and y!” What’s the issue here. Is the callback url changed for yahoo? --- ## [Discourse Team Tweaks theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-tweaks-theme-component/105690)
**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-tweaks-theme-component/105690 "2019-01-04T13:37:28Z")
A theme component that helps distinguish team whispers, team categories, and moderator posts (not for aesthetic reasons, but to help avoid mistakes): https://github.com/chrisbeach/discourse-team-tweaks Team categories… --- ## [Confused about TL3 promotion and silencing vs suspending](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537)
**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-tl3-promotion-and-silencing-vs-suspending/105537 "2019-01-04T04:44:45Z")
So a user was spamming emojis a lot. So I silenced him. During the silence, the TL3 requirement for him said that he doesn’t meet the expectation due to being silenced. After the silence expired, it said that he never go… --- ## [WP Discourse now supports the WordPress Block Editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-now-supports-the-wordpress-block-editor/103856)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-now-supports-the-wordpress-block-editor/103856 "2019-01-04T03:53:08Z")
WordPress 5.0 has been released. The biggest change is that it comes with a new Block Editor. The Block Editor only has limited support for meta-boxes. This breaks some of the functionality of the Discourse meta-box. To… --- ## [Problems clicking topic links in IE11](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-clicking-topic-links-in-ie11/57619)
**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-clicking-topic-links-in-ie11/57619 "2019-01-04T02:12:11Z")
I’m getting complaints just lately that topic list links aren’t working for users on IE11. They click the link but it does nothing, or loads a white page. The URL changes, but the page stays the same, or it goes blank. O… --- ## [Website looks different on different browsers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-looks-different-on-different-browsers/105561)
**Author:** [@Edwin\_Mhoy\_Silva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edwin_Mhoy_Silva)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-looks-different-on-different-browsers/105561 "2019-01-04T01:25:48Z")
I have customized my discourse website. The website look good on chrome, but when using safari a lot of the element on the website har positioned differently. I read a lot of articles only, and found something which coul… --- ## [Fast way to link to existing topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-way-to-link-to-existing-topic/105603)
**Author:** [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-way-to-link-to-existing-topic/105603 "2019-01-04T01:04:47Z")
When creating a new topic, sometimes I think of an old topic to which I would like to link and currently I am going to find that topic in the search box and then copying the link there and pasting it into my new topic. I… --- ## [/admin/users/list/active returns users with active=false](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649)
**Author:** [@Dalmiro\_Granas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dalmiro_Granas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-users-list-active-returns-users-with-active-false/105649 "2019-01-04T00:41:37Z")
Background A long time ago we migrated from Tender to Discourse. In the process we programatically re-created every single Tender user in Discourse. At the time of writing this, we have ~4k users that were created with … --- ## [CategoryTag no\_content message doesn't describe what is happening](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytag-no-content-message-doesnt-describe-what-is-happening/102333)
**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categorytag-no-content-message-doesnt-describe-what-is-happening/102333 "2019-01-03T19:06:42Z")
If a tag cannot be used in a category because the tag is either a CategoryTag or in a CategoryTagGroup for another category, the message that appears when trying to add the tag doesn’t tell the user why the tag cannot be… --- ## [Integration with Ghost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-ghost/105426)
**Author:** [@Zyniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zyniker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-with-ghost/105426 "2019-01-03T23:14:30Z")
I have a copy of this topic open over on the (naturally) powered-by-Discourse Ghost forum, but, in thinking about the issue, I realized I don’t actually know if the problem lies in my Ghost configuration or in my Discour… --- ## [Edit Vote Count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-vote-count/78767)
**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-vote-count/78767 "2019-01-03T21:12:59Z")
On occasion, we have the need to include a total from another source, let’s say “Likes from Facebook” for a specific subject. It would be great if it was possible to edit the current vote count. Appreciating this could… --- ## [Some content does not post to Slack via the chat integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-content-does-not-post-to-slack-via-the-chat-integration/105514)
**Author:** [@cori](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-content-does-not-post-to-slack-via-the-chat-integration/105514 "2019-01-03T19:37:22Z")
I’ve configured a few channels to post to slack in the discourse-chat-integration configuration. One of the channels is being posted to via the Discourse API and under certain circumstances those posts end up in Discours… --- ## [Install a new language for Highlight.JS via a theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-new-language-for-highlight-js-via-a-theme-component/292480)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-new-language-for-highlight-js-via-a-theme-component/292480 "2019-01-03T16:47:47Z")
I’ve just added a hook to our HighlightJS code so now you can use the plugin API to add a custom language for Highlight.JS. Example (using the beancount language definition): const beancountLang = function(e){var c="\[A… --- ## [Error with Blur Spoiler](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-blur-spoiler/105342)
**Author:** [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-with-blur-spoiler/105342 "2019-01-03T13:56:30Z")
I’m not sure what’s going on. But the photo is not displayed, or in some cases they are shifted. Created a post on the demo site: https://try.discourse.org/t/test-blur-spoiler/1330 --- ## [Can we prevent others from using the image resources on our discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-prevent-others-from-using-the-image-resources-on-our-discourse/105572)
**Author:** [@parkdoor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/parkdoor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-prevent-others-from-using-the-image-resources-on-our-discourse/105572 "2019-01-03T13:31:02Z")
If I upload an image on discourse, others can get this image’s link by right-clicking it. Then others can use this link in their sites but using our server’s resource. For example, they can just add an image like this:… --- ## [What is a bump?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-bump/105562 "2019-01-03T10:44:54Z")
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what a Bump is, in connection with Discourse? Also there is an option to Reset Bump Date under the topic admin actions, what exactly does this do? --- ## ["Timeline" Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508)
**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Braga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Braga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-discourse/105508 "2019-01-03T03:39:16Z")
Is it possible to do something like this? https://discourse.angusmcleod.com.au/news join all recent posts in a timeline. I’m very interested but I did not find a plugin :disappointed\_relieved: --- ## [Discourse-auto-deactivate writes the wrong message to the log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397)
**Author:** [@chumstick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chumstick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-auto-deactivate-writes-the-wrong-message-to-the-log/104397 "2019-01-03T03:30:30Z")
I am putting this here because the “bug” section had a definition that looked pretty stringent, and this isn’t really stopping the normal use of discourse. Anyhow, I have discourse-auto-deactivate set to deactivate any … --- ## [Can't Grant Badge - Generic Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-generic-error/66982)
**Author:** [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-grant-badge-generic-error/66982 "2019-01-03T03:29:00Z")
When I try to grant a badge: I used to be able to grant badges fine. Tons of people have this very badge – I tried to grant a random badge to myself, too, and still getting a vague error. Nothing special about this … --- ## [Disable "confirm your new account" activation email for invitees](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-confirm-your-new-account-activation-email-for-invitees/68859)
**Author:** [@immalex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/immalex)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-confirm-your-new-account-activation-email-for-invitees/68859 "2019-01-03T02:33:21Z")
My forum is a invite only forum. Currently, new users receive two emails: invitation email. and after they successful register, they will receive the second email activation email, “confirm your new account.” Is it p… --- ## [Exporting group members emails as csv](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-group-members-emails-as-csv/43756)
**Author:** [@phi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-group-members-emails-as-csv/43756 "2019-01-02T22:09:30Z")
Is there a way to easily export the email addresses of group members as a csv? I am aware that it is possible to export such list from the /admin/users/list page but I can’t seem to find a way to do this for a particular… --- ## [Wordpress SSO Expired nonce](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-expired-nonce/105159)
**Author:** [@Henry\_Cooper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Henry_Cooper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-expired-nonce/105159 "2019-01-02T21:44:36Z")
I am using wordpress as the sso client. meaning discourse handles all the logins and user profiles. But I keep getting the expired nonce error only when I am signed out of my discourse forum. However, when i am signed … --- ## [Custom badge query is not targeting posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-query-is-not-targeting-posts/105515)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-query-is-not-targeting-posts/105515 "2019-01-02T20:46:19Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running Discourse v2.2.0.beta6 +5 and seem to be having an issue when trying to link specific posts to a new badge, automatically. I have created a badge called “Pin Seeker” and here’s a screen shot of… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1464) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=1466)