# Latest

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## [TL3 Like Distribution, are these fractions hard coded?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-like-distribution-are-these-fractions-hard-coded/37180)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl3-like-distribution-are-these-fractions-hard-coded/37180 "2016-01-04T21:23:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What do user trust levels do?: OK, quoted only certain parts of the linked post, but I am curious about the way the like distribution (different users and days) is calculated. I am not a…

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## [The entire text of the search results is blue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-entire-text-of-the-search-results-is-blue/37423)

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**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-entire-text-of-the-search-results-is-blue/37423 "2016-01-04T20:55:14Z")

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Now on Meta: On my forum (still beta 6): Maybe it’s just my problem, but when I use the search button I read the titles of all threads (and I choose what interests me) and only after I read the text (to choose wh…

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## ["I forgot my password" dialog does not work on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-forgot-my-password-dialog-does-not-work-on-mobile/37427)

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**Author:** [@eliseosoto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eliseosoto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-forgot-my-password-dialog-does-not-work-on-mobile/37427 "2016-01-04T20:25:17Z")

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One of my users tried to reset their password from their phone and got something like in the screenshot, the dialog is cropped and there’s no way to enter the email. I was also able to reproduce it with the latest Chrom…

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## [Site text customization needs English versions of the strings as well](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-text-customization-needs-english-versions-of-the-strings-as-well/37368)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-text-customization-needs-english-versions-of-the-strings-as-well/37368 "2016-01-02T06:21:15Z")

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It would be useful to show both English and (editable) translated versions of the strings in the site text customization section in admin panel. It is difficult to customize non-English text without seeing the original …

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## [Cleaning up Meta categories in light of Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-meta-categories-in-light-of-tags/23939)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cleaning-up-meta-categories-in-light-of-tags/23939 "2016-01-03T21:20:28Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Early preview of the new tagging plugin: Maybe you guys weren’t intending on tags to be a long-term feature here on Meta, but wouldn’t it be great if Meta could serve as a stellar example…

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## [Reply-as-linked-topic tweaks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-tweaks/37358)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-tweaks/37358 "2016-01-03T17:31:51Z")

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I have students reply-as-linked-topic often. I will post a topic with a challenge for them to accomplish and have them replay-as-linked-topic with their solution. One tricky thing for them to figure out is that when you…

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## ["Topic similar to" not usable on smaller screens](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-similar-to-not-usable-on-smaller-screens/34046)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-similar-to-not-usable-on-smaller-screens/34046 "2015-10-02T18:58:25Z")

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I was on a 13 inch mac book pro and noticed the top half of the popup was hidden. To view the full popup, I have to hide most of the composer.

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## [Discourse will be dropping IE9 support in 2016](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-be-dropping-ie9-support-in-2016/31090)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-be-dropping-ie9-support-in-2016/31090 "2016-01-03T08:37:17Z")

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I think we’re going to drop IE9 support starting in 2016. Now that Windows 10 is just about out (by the end of July), and Windows Edge / IE12 will officially be released with it, this means our IE support matrix would …

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## [How to clear mail log in setting panel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clear-mail-log-in-setting-panel/37316)

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**Author:** [@doudou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doudou)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clear-mail-log-in-setting-panel/37316 "2016-01-03T03:51:53Z")

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I wan to clear mail log of all or sent or skipped log, how can I do , from setting panel or from server command line?

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## [Track means used for registration - good for statistics and analysis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-means-used-for-registration-good-for-statistics-and-analysis/37369)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-means-used-for-registration-good-for-statistics-and-analysis/37369 "2016-01-02T12:01:55Z")

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I suspect “welcome, please register” popup is working quite well with my forum and I started to get more registrations from random readers! I just thought it would be interested and useful to track which website means w…

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## [Code Blocks on an iPad Mini 2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-blocks-on-an-ipad-mini-2/30080)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-blocks-on-an-ipad-mini-2/30080 "2016-01-01T23:56:32Z")

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Okay, so first off, I don’t own an iPad, nor do I have one readily available for testing, hence my silly question. How does one create code blocks from an iPad? I’ve been told be a user attempting to do such, that there…

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## [Reply as linked topic \> behaviour](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-behaviour/37360)

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**Author:** [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-linked-topic-behaviour/37360 "2016-01-01T22:38:19Z")

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Hey Folks, newbie here trying out Discourse on the discourse.org hosted platform. When replying as linked topic is it possible to set the default ‘Select a category’ dropdown to the current category and limit the option…

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## [Onebox now supports Twitter label meta tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-now-supports-twitter-label-meta-tags/37359)

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**Author:** [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-now-supports-twitter-label-meta-tags/37359 "2016-01-01T19:50:46Z")

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I just added support for label1/data1 and label2/data2 properties found in Twitter Product card. This change adds additional data in onebox, see it in action (notice the data in bottom corners): https://medium.com/@par…

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## [Weird double escaping of \< & \> still showing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-double-escaping-of-still-showing-up/35066)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-double-escaping-of-still-showing-up/35066 "2016-01-01T16:14:58Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Expanding onebox with linked Discourse article causes HTML characters to be displayed: Shouldn’t this be in the stream by now? I’m still getting things like &nbsp; in wordpress oneboxes. …

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## [Onebox-embedded thumbnails don't get resized sometimes for emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embedded-thumbnails-dont-get-resized-sometimes-for-emails/27448)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-embedded-thumbnails-dont-get-resized-sometimes-for-emails/27448 "2016-01-01T15:53:34Z")

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As you can see, this is kinda large. It’s supposed to be like this: The movie image is 509x755 in size. (Thread here) (Also just noticed that avatars aren’t circles in emails yet)

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## [Oneboxing: Wikipedia links are broken with umlauts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-wikipedia-links-are-broken-with-umlauts/27025 "2016-01-01T15:44:25Z")

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I didn’t found any complaints / solutions regarding to this issue. It’s interesting: In the moment you’re initially copy such a link with umlaut onboxing seems to create a preview. After adding a new line or by posting t…

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## [Google Maps onebox issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-onebox-issues/27989)

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**Author:** [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-maps-onebox-issues/27989 "2016-01-01T15:33:59Z")

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.be link: .co.uk link: Both oneboxes show in preview, but not when cooked. @boomzilla was able to uncover some extra info: Job exception: undefined method 'split' for nil:NilClass Env: current\_db: default current\_h…

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## [Onebox not embedding locally uploaded media files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-embedding-locally-uploaded-media-files/26238)

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**Author:** [@optimus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/optimus)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-not-embedding-locally-uploaded-media-files/26238 "2016-01-01T15:31:32Z")

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Hi all, One of the uses of my Discourse will be a video “library” where I want to allow moderators to post video tutorials to help users. I enabled the “Enable embedding of swf and flv (Adobe Flash) links in oneboxes…”…

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## [Moderators cannot view bookmarks on other user's activity pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-view-bookmarks-on-other-users-activity-pages/37349)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-view-bookmarks-on-other-users-activity-pages/37349 "2016-01-01T04:46:13Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Responses, Likes Received, Mentions, and Edits have gone missing from other users Activity pages (viewing as moderator): Didn’t mention it in the last post (sorry), but as a moderator I a…

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## [What's my score in the global Discource instances database maintained by Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-my-score-in-the-global-discource-instances-database-maintained-by-discourse/37308)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-my-score-in-the-global-discource-instances-database-maintained-by-discourse/37308 "2016-01-01T01:16:34Z")

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I know such a database is a piece of private information. However, as the owner of my own Instance, I would be very interested in finding out my position in the global database that you, the Discourse, receive and colle…

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## [Problems Uploading Groups of images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-uploading-groups-of-images/37326)

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**Author:** [@timd1230](https://meta.discourse.org/u/timd1230)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-uploading-groups-of-images/37326 "2015-12-31T16:49:44Z")

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Hi - I am currently working on porting our photography forum from PHPBB to discourse - have completed the migration and we are now in the testing phase and how we will set it up before we do it all again for the real mig…

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## [Translation data errors (pending users template, other)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-data-errors-pending-users-template-other/37321)

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**Author:** [@Yuun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yuun)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-data-errors-pending-users-template-other/37321 "2015-12-31T15:56:51Z")

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I’m combining these two as they seem to be related. Running latest version of Discourse. All this is from /logs, not seeing anything in sidekiq This first error is preventing the system user from sending out the pending…

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## [Thanks for Discourse cauze it's just pure awesome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-for-discourse-cauze-its-just-pure-awesome/37242)

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**Author:** [@Frez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frez)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-for-discourse-cauze-its-just-pure-awesome/37242 "2015-12-31T15:15:58Z")

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Hi guys, I would like to thanks the Discourse team and community for creating this software and writing all the guides and how-to set it up properly. I discovered Discourse two weeks ago while looking at GoHugo forums (…

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## [Integrate the "About this Category" post into a category header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-the-about-this-category-post-into-a-category-header/37284)

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**Author:** [@Shannon\_Rogers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shannon_Rogers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-the-about-this-category-post-into-a-category-header/37284 "2015-12-31T14:51:43Z")

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I like the ability to create “about the category” posts and most importantly that the initial 200 character text of that post shows up in the category page. But I wonder if it would be cleaner to integrate that post in…

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## [Search: no "Did you mean" feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-did-you-mean-feature/37319)

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**Author:** [@danieln](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danieln)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-no-did-you-mean-feature/37319 "2015-12-31T13:20:32Z")

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Am I missing something or is there no spell checking for search queries? For example, when I search for “pustgres” here, I get no matches instead of a helpful “Did you mean ‘postgres’”. Such a feature seems easy to imple…

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## [Inactive users can reply by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544)

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**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inactive-users-can-reply-by-email/36544 "2015-12-31T06:43:52Z")

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Users that are inactive do not get email notifications, which is the behavior I would expect. However, if an inactive user replies by email to an email notification they received prior to their deactivation, the message …

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## [New Topic: 500 Internal Server Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-500-internal-server-error/37186)

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**Author:** [@Juri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Juri)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-500-internal-server-error/37186 "2015-12-31T04:57:04Z")

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Same problem with Chrome in incognito mode. Don’t know what to do now. Any idea? Continuing the discussion from 500 Internal Server Error when trying to write a new topic:

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## [Unable to set notification type for group message inbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-notification-type-for-group-message-inbox/37298)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-set-notification-type-for-group-message-inbox/37298 "2015-12-31T04:50:06Z")

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Summary: Attempted to set notification type for “moderators” group, and was unable to change it from normal Steps to reproduce: Open messages view Switch to group message page Click notification type switcher, and se…

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## [Responses, Likes Received, Mentions, and Edits have gone missing from other users Activity pages (viewing as moderator)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responses-likes-received-mentions-and-edits-have-gone-missing-from-other-users-activity-pages-viewing-as-moderator/37247)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responses-likes-received-mentions-and-edits-have-gone-missing-from-other-users-activity-pages-viewing-as-moderator/37247 "2015-12-31T04:08:54Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Counts have gone missing from Activty pages: With the recent redesign of the User Profile page, as a moderator looking at other users public profiles I no longer have access to the catego…

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## [New custom field types: forum topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-custom-field-types-forum-topic/37293)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-custom-field-types-forum-topic/37293 "2015-12-31T02:03:37Z")

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New custom field type: forum topic To enter value in such a field, let users choose a forum topic, then display a clickable topic title on the user profile page. Use-cases: personal topic page with company / organiza…

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