Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
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New Posts: 125
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New Topics: 12
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Top Users:
Interesting Topics
Theme component
- Custom Topic Sort Order Button was introduced by Don with 13 likes; Moin asked about adding licensing and
op_likesoptions in post 2 and Lilly shared UX feedback in post 5.
- Allow admins the option to show the header language switcher even for logged-in users is now done and merged via PR #34578, with a demo video attached at post 5.
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Error 422 – about.json does not exist when trying to run “discourse_theme watch” has hdng stuck on CLI imports and chapoi recommending global API key settings in post 2.
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PM replies by email seem to evade having their email signatures and full message history striped out had Paul_King finding full threads posted, with tobiaseigen and Ethsim2 exploring Outlook quirks in posts 5 and 7.
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All topics authored by a specific user, how? ended in a solution from Moin using
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Edit of hidden entry blocked period setting was resolved by Moin pointing to the Cooldown minutes after hiding posts setting at post 2.
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Why there is no thumbnail for my forum under the Discover List? saw Jinpeng_Wang troubleshoot slow screenshot timeouts and awesomerobot manually adding a thumbnail in post 2.
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After reading an unread topic return to “Unread” list? had Moin guide via the
Link to the filtered listpreference in post 5, while chapoi still couldn’t reproduce in post 6.
#Sysadmins
- Watched words to block recent spam attack involved opcourdis and pfaffman debating watched-word gaps in posts 2 and 5.
- Syncing iCal/ICS feeds into Discourse topics (simple Python script, cron-friendly) saw Ethsim2 refine namespace handling and UID-tag generation in post 27.
#Site feedback
- Categorizing bug and ux issues had tobiaseigen and chapoi debating UX vs Bug scopes for small improvements in posts 13 and 14.
- Topic deletion should clear assignment was fixed by nat with a merged PR in post 11.
- Discourse Calendar updated to use fullcalendar 6 landed with clean URLs and event previews, and j.jaffeux clarified US/EU date format support in post 5.
#Site Management
- Discourse AI – Spam detection saw sam detail LLM Small vs external API keys in post 16 and pfaffman debug invalid-key errors at post 19.
- Major upgrade – best practices? had dylanb planning a test deploy, with pfaffman recommending rsync migration and a PostgreSQL 15 update in post 3.
Activity by the @team Group
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nat merged the header language switcher feature and discussed AI translation tweaks in Edit of hidden entry blocked period setting.
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Lilly praised Don’s new Custom Topic Sort Order Button and suggested dropdown UX improvements in post 5.
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chapoi helped troubleshoot the discourse_theme watch error and championed clearer UX tagging in Categorizing bug and ux issues.
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tobiaseigen dove into PM signature stripping quirks in PM replies by email and shared
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j.jaffeux clarified date-format support for the FullCalendar 6 upgrade.
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awesomerobot pinpointed bracketed-paste CLI woes in the about.json import thread and manually fixed Discover thumbnails in Why there is no thumbnail.
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sam added a pr-welcome for the accessible arrow controls bug.
Phew! Puppies are safe for another day—see you tomorrow for more meta mayhem!