# Latest

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## [Autocomplete username for the site contact in Site Settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocomplete-username-for-the-site-contact-in-site-settings/34788 "2015-10-22T02:05:55Z")

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The site contact username seems to take arbitrary input. Ideally, it should autocomplete to usernames just like the ownership change dialog, for example.

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## [User profile links don't work for ONE user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-links-dont-work-for-one-user/34820)

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**Author:** [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-links-dont-work-for-one-user/34820 "2015-10-22T20:54:08Z")

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We have one user whose About Me profile field never renders hyperlinks. The links aren’t present in the HTML source. Other formatting works. The links appear in the preview when I edit this user’s profile. If I copy and…

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## [Consistent \[quote\] vs. \`\>\` formatting in emails vs. website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistent-quote-vs-formatting-in-emails-vs-website/34705 "2015-10-22T20:16:23Z")

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The Discourse web application applies the same CSS to quotes created with \[quote\] as it does to those created with a leading \> on a line: (the original post is here). In the email notification though, the \> quotes do…

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## [Something missing in "Select images or files from your device ()"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-missing-in-select-images-or-files-from-your-device/34708 "2015-10-22T18:11:37Z")

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What should be between the parentheses in this message? I’m on Discourse v1.5.0.beta2 +83. Chrome 46 on Windows.

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## [When resetting password, ask user to confirm](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-resetting-password-ask-user-to-confirm/28262)

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**Author:** [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-resetting-password-ask-user-to-confirm/28262 "2015-10-22T16:41:55Z")

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Hey! Discourse should always ask people to retype their password just to make sure they didint mistype it, especially when they are restting their password because its stupid for a user to have reset the password again …

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## [Polls don't register votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774)

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**Author:** [@sevvie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sevvie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-dont-register-votes/34774 "2015-10-21T22:22:21Z")

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Hey, I started using Discourse for a guild website, and wanted to take advantage of the poll plugin that appears to be installed by default. I add “Poll:” to the beginning of the post title, use the mixed BBCode/Markdown…

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## [Create Users API support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-api-support/32751)

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**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-users-api-support/32751 "2015-10-21T13:35:24Z")

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I know there’s a mention of create users in the API but one of the staff members @riking mentioned that it doesn’t work and shouldn’t be on the list. Rather than taking it off the list, can it get fixed?

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## [Looking to hire someone who can change my Discourse as whenever users visit each topic, they will see the topic, not the reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-who-can-change-my-discourse-as-whenever-users-visit-each-topic-they-will-see-the-topic-not-the-reply/34711)

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**Author:** [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-to-hire-someone-who-can-change-my-discourse-as-whenever-users-visit-each-topic-they-will-see-the-topic-not-the-reply/34711 "2015-10-21T13:28:47Z")

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Please someone help me set my Discourse. I want to change my Discourse as follows. Whenever users visit each topic, they will see the topic,not the latest reply (bottom one).

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## [Forums Are Dead, Long Live Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-are-dead-long-live-forums/7933)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-are-dead-long-live-forums/7933 "2013-06-30T09:17:19Z")

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Here’s my ForumCon 2013 keynote, Forums Are Dead, Long Live Forums — you’ll have to juxtapose the video with the slides manually, unfortunately, but here they are side by side. People seemed to really enjoy it, and I thi…

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## [User card: tiled or centered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-tiled-or-centered/34745 "2015-10-21T04:19:53Z")

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I’ve just changed my user card image to this gif and noticed that the preview is tiled: Similar to Category logo image - tiled or not?.

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## [Searches for single digits could prioritize occurrences of single-digits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searches-for-single-digits-could-prioritize-occurrences-of-single-digits/34740 "2015-10-21T00:51:47Z")

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Not a big issue, but if you search in this topic for 3 light, the ideal result should be post #18. Instead, Discourse prioritizes 3 as the substring of post dates or other strings:

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## [Needs Approved Reject doesn't Unblock or associated the rejected post with the user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/needs-approved-reject-doesnt-unblock-or-associated-the-rejected-post-with-the-user/33989)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/needs-approved-reject-doesnt-unblock-or-associated-the-rejected-post-with-the-user/33989 "2015-10-20T21:41:03Z")

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Not sure if this is a bug or not, but when a post needs to be approved, and I opt to reject it (as it doesn’t really fit the type of content we want), it leaves the user as blocked and the rejected post is not associated…

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## ["You must choose a category" not showing for Admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-must-choose-a-category-not-showing-for-admins/34262)

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**Author:** [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-must-choose-a-category-not-showing-for-admins/34262 "2015-10-20T20:35:59Z")

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On our installation we do not allow topics to be created without a category. We have noticed however when admins post they can post without having one. The usual prompt saying “you must choose a category” doesn’t appea…

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## [Some keyboard shortcuts are broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-keyboard-shortcuts-are-broken/34714 "2015-10-20T13:41:34Z")

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Shift+p (pin a topic), and Shift+j/ Shift+k (next/previous section) are not working. Other shortcuts using Shift work OK. I don’t know how long this has been the case, as I don’t use them. I just discovered this when…

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## [\[minor\] Separate / space between consecutive oneboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-separate-space-between-consecutive-oneboxes/34709 "2015-10-20T05:38:57Z")

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Consecutive Oneboxes are rendered as a continuous quote: Would it make sense to have some whitespace between them?

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## [Changing timestamp doesn't update topic list on front page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-timestamp-doesnt-update-topic-list-on-front-page/34684 "2015-10-20T02:24:41Z")

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It registers the ‘right’ time in the topic but on the list of posts on the front page (category view as primary) it says the old timestamp: Wrong: Right:

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## [Poor poll optimization surveys or bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-poll-optimization-surveys-or-bug/34697)

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**Author:** [@Escalicha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Escalicha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poor-poll-optimization-surveys-or-bug/34697 "2015-10-19T22:45:08Z")

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Hello anyone! Last month i start doing SEO work at my website, and I read that “Load Time” of a website is a important point. I dont know if it is the best tool, but to check I find http://tools.pingdom.com/ And the …

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## [Amazon link rewriting for affiliate codes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174)

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**Author:** [@geek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/geek)\
**Replies:** 53\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/amazon-link-rewriting-for-affiliate-codes/12174 "2015-10-19T21:08:54Z")

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As far as I know there is no way in Discourse to handle rewriting Amazon links, which leads to me double-checking to make sure people aren’t trying to pull a fast one when they do post an Amazon link. This could happen …

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## [Admin "likes" report ignores selected date range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-likes-report-ignores-selected-date-range/34613)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-likes-report-ignores-selected-date-range/34613 "2015-10-19T20:55:06Z")

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When requesting a likes report from /admin/reports/likes for the date range “01/01/2015” to “31/01/2015”… The actual results returned are for the “previous 30 days” including today, specifically 2015-09-16 to 2015-10-16.…

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## [PAID Require Discourse expert for extreme customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-require-discourse-expert-for-extreme-customization/33582)

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**Author:** [@rocketstuffideas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rocketstuffideas)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-require-discourse-expert-for-extreme-customization/33582 "2015-10-19T19:56:36Z")

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We are looking for a developer with a good knowledge of discourse and a passion for developing on the platform. We are looking to create a highly customized version of discourse. Our site will itself be a platform where…

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## [vBulletin import fails on import\_topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Nielsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mike_Nielsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-import-fails-on-import-topics/34683 "2015-10-19T18:08:32Z")

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Hey! We are currently testing migration from vBulletin to Discourse and we’re moving our site which has over a decade of posts. All users and groups have been migrated, but when the script hits “import\_topics”, this er…

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## [Sorting in a category is not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-in-a-category-is-not-working/34658)

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**Author:** [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-in-a-category-is-not-working/34658 "2015-10-19T17:05:36Z")

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When viewing a category here on meta it seems that sorting by replies, views or activity has stopped working.

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## [Change letter avatar font to Roboto?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-letter-avatar-font-to-roboto/33918)

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**Author:** [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-letter-avatar-font-to-roboto/33918 "2015-10-19T08:04:43Z")

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@codinghorror thinks that the Roboto font is quite the mallard’s testicles, and I’ve put together a version of the letter avatars code that renders Roboto avatars. This is a rendering of all letters/numbers in both the …

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## [Russian strings for the flagging dialog here on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/russian-strings-for-the-flagging-dialog-here-on-meta/34597)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/russian-strings-for-the-flagging-dialog-here-on-meta/34597 "2015-10-19T00:43:15Z")

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I was trying to send a message to the user of this post and clicking the flag button got me this: Far as I can tell, I haven’t been deported to Russia yet. как дела?

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## [Where to modify Signup call-to-action content text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-modify-signup-call-to-action-content-text/34645)

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**Author:** [@rwahmao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rwahmao)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-modify-signup-call-to-action-content-text/34645 "2015-10-18T22:21:15Z")

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at the admin-\>login panel,i enabled signup cta. and it will display a content box at the end of each post to promote sign up. and i personally really donot like the emoji in it,and want modify the content. i try to fin…

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## [Event Categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-categories/34655)

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**Author:** [@KazWolfe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KazWolfe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/event-categories/34655 "2015-10-18T21:40:57Z")

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Recently, I noticed the Suppress this category from the homepage option on my Discourse install. This sounds like a perfect precursor to something like an “event category,” or a category only visible while certain event…

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## [User directory only viewable when logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-only-viewable-when-logged-in/34641)

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**Author:** [@raw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-directory-only-viewable-when-logged-in/34641 "2023-04-14T11:06:52Z")

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I like the user directory page a lot. I don’t particularly like that anyone can pull a list of all of the users, although I appreciate the bot-blocking. In addition to the setting to enable the user directory, I would li…

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## [User card no longer tiling their background images](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-no-longer-tiling-their-background-images/34627)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-card-no-longer-tiling-their-background-images/34627 "2015-10-18T04:22:33Z")

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I think Jeff and Régis may know/remember what it looked like before (for comparison to the expected outcome). My background is a seamless pattern made to take advantage of the card’s tiling behavior. Firefox 41.0.2 …

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## [Returning User Education?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/returning-user-education/34554)

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**Author:** [@roarkely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roarkely)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/returning-user-education/34554 "2015-10-18T04:01:00Z")

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The "New User’ education blocks are great! Could we also get “Returning User” education blocks? We’ve got two different ideas for how these could work: Situation 1: User has been inactive in the community If a user has…

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## [Category label overflow on "Your topic is similar to..."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-label-overflow-on-your-topic-is-similar-to/32542)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-label-overflow-on-your-topic-is-similar-to/32542 "2015-10-17T15:32:58Z")

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On version v1.4.0.beta10 +17… The similar topic category can overflow the blue “Your topic is similar to…” box. Here’s a screen:

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