# Error Message when editing large number of topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276 "2019-10-30T21:27:54Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276/4 "2019-10-31T19:37:38Z")

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Select less topics at once. I’d suggest keeping it to a about 50 per batch. If you need to bulk edit a very large number of topics, use of the rails console will be necessary. See [Administrative Bulk Operations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/administrative-bulk-operations/118349)

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