# Hide 'Welcome to the forums' for admin user. Make reading it mandatory

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-welcome-to-the-forums-for-admin-user-make-reading-it-mandatory/28669>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 12, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-welcome-to-the-forums-for-admin-user-make-reading-it-mandatory/28669 "2015-05-12T00:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-welcome-to-the-forums-for-admin-user-make-reading-it-mandatory/28669/4 "2015-05-13T04:03:36Z")

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> [@kensims](#):
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> There was an issue where if the guidelines were short enough that the whole thing would fit in the viewport with no scrolling, the badge would not be granted.

Ironic isn’t it? The shorter the content, the more likely they’ll actually get read instead of skimmed over or getting scrolled through without even being looked at. 👀

IMHO it would be a good thing if it was made a TL1 requirement. But then again, that would only be a “went to the page” _not_ a “read thoroughly and comprehended them”.

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