# Latest

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## [Collapse multiple badge notifications into one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-multiple-badge-notifications-into-one/182111)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-multiple-badge-notifications-into-one/182111 "2025-11-24T07:41:44Z")

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The meta category in a forum I am in was made open to everyone after initially only being accessible to TL1+. I frequent that category, meta discussion is interesting to me. My posts have gotten a good amount of likes, j…

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## [Chat notification email footer still links to chat preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-notification-email-footer-still-links-to-chat-preferences/389424)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-notification-email-footer-still-links-to-chat-preferences/389424 "2025-11-24T07:02:26Z")

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In FEATURE: separate chat emails from regular emails by dbattersby · Pull Request #36018 · discourse/discourse · GitHub the chat email preference was moved from the chat tab to the emails tab. But the link in the footer…

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## [Overlay2 is no longer installed in Docker by default (because it's deprecated)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overlay2-is-no-longer-installed-in-docker-by-default-because-its-deprecated/389264)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overlay2-is-no-longer-installed-in-docker-by-default-because-its-deprecated/389264 "2025-11-24T02:30:21Z")

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Following up on Overlayfs to Overlay2, Failed on Fresh Installation, storage driver I whined over on And it seems that overlay2 is not installed anymore: So I guess either Discourse needs to move to a new image thi…

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## [Unexpected latest listing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-latest-listing/389423)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unexpected-latest-listing/389423 "2025-11-23T19:34:00Z")

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This one: Why are those two topics the first ones? There isn’t new or unread posts. Just out of curiosity.

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## [Make chat email notifications independent of general email level preference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-email-notifications-independent-of-general-email-level-preference/384695)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-email-notifications-independent-of-general-email-level-preference/384695 "2025-11-23T18:57:18Z")

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Some time ago, I was surprised that even after more than a day, I had not received an email notification for my unread DM in chat. In my chat preferences, the option for email notifications for chat messages is enabled. …

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## [Procedure to update standard plugins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/procedure-to-update-standard-plugins/389418)

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**Author:** [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/procedure-to-update-standard-plugins/389418 "2025-11-23T17:18:34Z")

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I have a small, self-hosted Discourse site created with a standard Docker installation. I’ve installed plenty of plugins into over the years by editing the hooks at the end of containers/app.yml file to git clone a plugi…

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## [How to automatically invite staged users to sign up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-invite-staged-users-to-sign-up/388668)

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**Author:** [@spdegabrielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spdegabrielle)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-automatically-invite-staged-users-to-sign-up/388668 "2025-11-23T11:13:05Z")

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I’ve successfully got our discourse instances q&a category to allow non-members to post by via email without being signed up. This creates a ‘staged user’ as I understand it. How can we automatically invite staged users…

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## [Email Setup Issue \[Zoho\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-setup-issue-zoho/389407)

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**Author:** [@bloodshot\_pico](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bloodshot_pico)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-setup-issue-zoho/389407 "2025-11-23T07:05:22Z")

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I’m setting up a new install on Ubuntu, I’m using Zoho as my email provider. I’ve got 2FA enabled for the admin account but not the noreply account, so I’m using the 2FA application password I created for the SMTP passwo…

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## [Show Original Poster Avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-original-poster-avatars/171346)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-original-poster-avatars/171346 "2025-11-23T03:16:24Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Show Original Poster Avatars is a simple theme component that shows the profile picture of the original poster (OP) on the mobile topic list, rather than the latest reply. :eyeglasses: P…

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## [Linking to a heading within a post or topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-a-heading-within-a-post-or-topic/47552)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-to-a-heading-within-a-post-or-topic/47552 "2025-11-23T02:55:04Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to link directly to a heading within a Discourse post or topic, enabling users to navigate long posts efficiently. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: All users Adding headin…

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## [Gemini Flash 2.5 Image - now on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gemini-flash-2-5-image-now-on-discourse/380862)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gemini-flash-2-5-image-now-on-discourse/380862 "2025-11-23T00:51:32Z")

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Google just released an exciting new multi-model LLM. This model is fast and extremely powerful. This change was introduced in the following commit: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/00c98781c19378…

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## [Error thrown when clicking Customise / Templates link in admin menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393 "2025-11-22T21:09:22Z")

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Discourse 3.6.0.beta3-latest (3183a95823). Clicking the Customise / Templates link in the Experimental form templates setting throws an Access Denied error. Steps to replicate: Click this link: Error occurs:

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## [Strange box behind logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-box-behind-logo/389390)

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**Author:** [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-box-behind-logo/389390 "2025-11-22T16:49:50Z")

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Sometimes when clicking on the site logo in order to get to “Home” it focuses a strange box. So I have to click the logo again. It seems to be reproducible by clicking first somewhere else in the header part and then on …

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## [Tighter integration of account-creation and subscriptions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-of-account-creation-and-subscriptions/345138)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tighter-integration-of-account-creation-and-subscriptions/345138 "2025-11-22T15:51:28Z")

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Imagine a community where I want to require logins for any access (so I’ve enabled the ‘login required’ setting) and I want to require all users to have a subscription. Currently, users have to have created an account b…

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## [Customized CSS based on user role/groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-css-based-on-user-role-groups/281766)

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**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-css-based-on-user-role-groups/281766 "2025-11-22T15:11:29Z")

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I’m trying to figure out if it’s possible to customize the CSS based on user roles or groups? For example I want to hide the the number of topics stats on the main page, I was able to this relatively easily by adding .…

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## [Introducing chat search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-chat-search/385755)

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**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-chat-search/385755 "2025-11-22T12:56:54Z")

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We’re excited to announce our new chat search feature, which makes it possible to find past conversations in chat channels, group chats, and DMs. :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Full chat search across all your channels Y…

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## [Option to notify users if they are block, silenced or banned](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-users-if-they-are-block-silenced-or-banned/148329)

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**Author:** [@vel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-users-if-they-are-block-silenced-or-banned/148329 "2025-11-22T10:22:39Z")

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Is it ethical to block, silence, mute or ban a user without telling them? As a comparison on social media like Twitter and Reddit, they will ban or shadow ban accounts. They have done this recently to progressive candid…

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## [Button to format post content using AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-format-post-content-using-ai/387226)

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**Author:** [@hameedacpa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hameedacpa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-format-post-content-using-ai/387226 "2025-11-22T08:49:08Z")

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We need button to format post content using AI and to be compatible with AI SEO, are there anything like this.

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## [Notes on effects of changing automatic (TL, etc.) group titles via site texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-on-effects-of-changing-automatic-tl-etc-group-titles-via-site-texts/389353)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notes-on-effects-of-changing-automatic-tl-etc-group-titles-via-site-texts/389353 "2025-11-21T20:18:00Z")

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I don’t know if anyone but @haydenjames might be interested in this, but I got curious about a secondary request in an otherwise solved topic about group PM inboxes: …referring to: Here’s what I can make out… Sinc…

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## [Why is this constantly happening when I try to update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-this-constantly-happening-when-i-try-to-update/388431)

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**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-this-constantly-happening-when-i-try-to-update/388431 "2025-11-21T23:28:57Z")

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everytime I go to update my friend @techwithanirudh forum I can update everything but discourse or discourse related features idk why this is it leads to things such as super outdated forum and annoyance Can I get an…

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## [Feature Request: Sync for DiscourseHub](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-sync-for-discoursehub/222966)

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**Author:** [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-sync-for-discoursehub/222966 "2025-11-21T18:44:25Z")

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It would be great if the sites added to the DiscourseHub app for Apple’s mobile operating systems (iOS, iPadOS) were automatically synced between devices. This would allow me to sync them on my M1 Mac Mini too, which I c…

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## [500 internal server error when updating a post by id](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-when-updating-a-post-by-id/389343)

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**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-when-updating-a-post-by-id/389343 "2025-11-21T17:49:40Z")

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I did read and followed Reverse engineer the Discourse API, and discovered that the endpoint is actually /posts/{id} and not /posts/{id}.json, but I did try both. Discourse running in docker. The following python code g…

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## [No edit option for flagged post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-edit-option-for-flagged-post/388351)

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**Author:** [@Cate\_Soule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cate_Soule)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-edit-option-for-flagged-post/388351 "2025-11-21T17:41:10Z")

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## [Chat quote buttons covered by composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-quote-buttons-covered-by-composer/387398)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_Akhmerov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton_Akhmerov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-quote-buttons-covered-by-composer/387398 "2025-11-21T16:51:57Z")

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I tested the UI problem below in the Foundation theme, but it likely appears in Horizon as well. To reproduce: Open the composer Switch to full screen chat. Use the select UI to quote messages in a topic. Observe that …

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## [Set up a category ONLY for specific Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-category-only-for-specific-users/388345)

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**Author:** [@gordon\_mrmoco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gordon_mrmoco)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-category-only-for-specific-users/388345 "2025-11-21T15:24:12Z")

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I would like to have a group of users only be able to post/view/interact in a certain category. How do I set this up please?

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## [Keyboard disappears when attempting to start a new message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-disappears-when-attempting-to-start-a-new-message/389317)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-disappears-when-attempting-to-start-a-new-message/389317 "2025-11-21T15:13:08Z")

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This is currently happening to me on a Galaxy Tab S10 FE tablet, is this happening for anyone else?

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## [How to integrate Discourse Gamification with an external system (redeem and award points)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-discourse-gamification-with-an-external-system-redeem-and-award-points/262968)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-integrate-discourse-gamification-with-an-external-system-redeem-and-award-points/262968 "2025-11-21T14:18:00Z")

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Since we launched Discourse Gamification a year ago, one of the most requested features from our roadmap has been the ability to make it possible to integrate Discourse Gamification with external gamification system . Ex…

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## [Solved theme components fetching timeout error by removing DNS pre-solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-theme-components-fetching-timeout-error-by-removing-dns-pre-solution/388995)

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**Author:** [@MoRanYue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MoRanYue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-theme-components-fetching-timeout-error-by-removing-dns-pre-solution/388995 "2025-11-21T14:00:00Z")

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Continue discussion from Recent updates seemed to stop rake task themes:update to use a proxy server: I could not fetch or update any theme component because of that timeout error, finally I figured it out. Removing the…

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## [Changing automated Personal Message text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-automated-personal-message-text/389230)

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**Author:** [@Mark07](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark07)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-automated-personal-message-text/389230 "2025-11-21T10:14:20Z")

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Hi everyone, Silly question from me, but I haven’t quite worked it out. I took over from an existing Community Manager and I want to change the automated welcome PM - currently being sent by a brand account (not mine). …

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## [Access topics I created by category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-topics-i-created-by-category/389322)

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**Author:** [@Helga\_Razinkova](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helga_Razinkova)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-topics-i-created-by-category/389322 "2025-11-21T08:55:30Z")

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Hi everyone, Is there a way to access the topics I created within a specific category? For instance, we have a Wishlist category on our forum, and there’s a way to access topics I’ve upvoted, but not the topics I’ve cre…

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