# Meta Discussion

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## [Adding support for \`julia-repl\` syntax highlighting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-support-for-julia-repl-syntax-highlighting/104357)

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**Author:** [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-support-for-julia-repl-syntax-highlighting/104357 "2025-07-28T14:37:01Z")

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Is it possible to add custom syntax highlighting to our Discourse instance? In the julia zulip chat (please come check it out! https://julialang.zulipchat.com/), we have an additional highlighting option called julia-rep…

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## [Issues with new Discourse theme](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-with-new-discourse-theme/131051)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/issues-with-new-discourse-theme/131051 "2025-07-25T11:44:02Z")

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It appears the Discourse theme was changed recently. The Dark variation is hiding the Julia logo: Anyone else experiencing the issue?

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## [How to disable "warning" banner in on-line julia manuals](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-warning-banner-in-on-line-julia-manuals/130609)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-disable-warning-banner-in-on-line-julia-manuals/130609 "2025-07-10T13:40:11Z")

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I’m using the LTS Julia release to reduce package churn and bitrot in software development. The On-line manual for LTS julia has a bright red “warning” banner that the documentation I am using is not the latest stabl…

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## [Manual post splits](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/manual-post-splits/128415)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/manual-post-splits/128415 "2025-06-04T02:14:48Z")

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So this is something I’ve started trying out and I think it’s working fairly well. It’s not terribly easy to do, but I think there are times when it’s worth doing — particularly when it’s not possible to perform a sensi…

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## [No win situations for me no matter what I post here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-win-situations-for-me-no-matter-what-i-post-here/129506)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-win-situations-for-me-no-matter-what-i-post-here/129506 "2025-06-01T03:53:17Z")

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It seems like I have a no-win situation. No matter what I post here, the engagement is either nonexistent, pointless or not very positive. High ambitions: There are threads where I try to suggest some theoretical Julia …

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## [Julia Discourse and the Fediverse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-discourse-and-the-fediverse/128684)

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**Author:** [@stemann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stemann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-discourse-and-the-fediverse/128684 "2025-05-05T13:34:14Z")

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It seems it was recently made possible to connect discourse instances to the fediverse - perhaps an idea for improvement: Discourse and the Fediverse! If moderation (effort) is not negatively impacted… - have not dived …

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## [Bringing (a bit) more guidance for #offtopic?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bringing-a-bit-more-guidance-for-offtopic/118470)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 61\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bringing-a-bit-more-guidance-for-offtopic/118470 "2025-04-04T16:25:03Z")

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We don’t really have much general guidance around what makes for a good topic around here, but many categories have fairly robust “about” sections that describe what makes for a good post. One notable exception is Offto…

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## [Link a username without notifying them?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024 "2025-01-21T15:55:54Z")

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On Discourse, is there a method to link to a username like @username but without tagging them? I often want to refer to a user without pinging their inbox (example), usually giving credit to previous replies when restati…

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## [My Topics icon missing in Julia Discourse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-topics-icon-missing-in-julia-discourse/124925)

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**Author:** [@raman\_kumar](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/raman_kumar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/my-topics-icon-missing-in-julia-discourse/124925 "2025-01-20T20:09:45Z")

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I want to see topics that i created much early. I think there used to be My topics icon :upside\_down\_face: in Julia Discourse. How to retrieve it?

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## [Do LLMs (chatGPT) help in reducing basic questions happening in discourse (slack)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-llms-chatgpt-help-in-reducing-basic-questions-happening-in-discourse-slack/124821)

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**Author:** [@isentropic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/isentropic)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-llms-chatgpt-help-in-reducing-basic-questions-happening-in-discourse-slack/124821 "2025-01-17T10:53:07Z")

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Not sure if this has been asked before, if it was please direct me to that thread. I just wonder, if today in 2025 do you there are less questions from students or other newcomers to Julia appearing in Discourse or Slac…

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## [How to respond to necroposts by newcomers?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-respond-to-necroposts-by-newcomers/123164)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-respond-to-necroposts-by-newcomers/123164 "2024-12-23T21:51:33Z")

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While I do not necessarily agree on the opportunity to revive the topic with the insights expressed of this comment, it is also true that, if the text hasn’t changed compared to those received on my email notification, t…

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## [Automatic package links](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-links/106275)

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**Author:** [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-links/106275 "2024-12-22T19:42:34Z")

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In the Julia Zulip server, we have something called “linkifiers” which basically just use a regex to detect specific patterns in text, and turn them into links automatically. The main thing we use this for is to turn str…

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## [Automatic package link pages have poor layout](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-link-pages-have-poor-layout/123087)

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**Author:** [@greatpet](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/greatpet)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-link-pages-have-poor-layout/123087 "2024-12-02T10:57:47Z")

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If you click on an automatic package link generated by Discourse, like DifferentialEquations.jl, you see a webpage with a three-column layout. The GitHub README of the package, which contains the most useful information,…

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## [How to respond to LLM posts by newcomers?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-respond-to-llm-posts-by-newcomers/123249)

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**Author:** [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-respond-to-llm-posts-by-newcomers/123249 "2024-11-30T00:55:08Z")

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Today I’ve seen a couple of posts from newcomers which very much read like they have been generated by an LLM (overconfident, generic, sometimes weird mistakes). Do we have any policy for how to respond to such posts? W…

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## [What's the syntax to create a collapsable section on Discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-syntax-to-create-a-collapsable-section-on-discourse/122354)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-syntax-to-create-a-collapsable-section-on-discourse/122354 "2024-11-06T20:15:44Z")

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Different thing: what is the mark-up syntax for inserting this collapsible code? Ah… figured it out \<details\> \<summary\> Click \</summary\> ...test \</details\>

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## [View unpinned pinned Discourse threads](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/view-unpinned-pinned-discourse-threads/121797)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/view-unpinned-pinned-discourse-threads/121797 "2024-10-27T01:43:50Z")

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I usually unpin the various pinned posts on Discourse. Is there a way to view all the pinned posts, even though I’ve unpinned them for myself?

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## [Trying to merge redundant Discourse tags](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-merge-redundant-discourse-tags/121427)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trying-to-merge-redundant-discourse-tags/121427 "2024-10-24T19:13:16Z")

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There are currently at least three tags relating to the Language Server Protocol: https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/languageserver https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/lsp https://discourse.julialang.org/tag/language…

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## [No longer a place here for sharing Julia projects?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-longer-a-place-here-for-sharing-julia-projects/121453)

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**Author:** [@benslinux](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/benslinux)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-longer-a-place-here-for-sharing-julia-projects/121453 "2024-10-18T16:44:57Z")

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If I’m not mistaken, there used to be a subcategory of Community named Showcase where projects could be shared - I haven’t been back to the forum for awhile - seems this is gone? Also, projects could be shared on JuliaHu…

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## [Spambots trolling Julia Discourse!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spambots-trolling-julia-discourse/121205)

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**Author:** [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spambots-trolling-julia-discourse/121205 "2024-10-12T12:10:33Z")

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I posted an announcement for a new package yesterday. When I checked my email this morning, I found two replies routed from Discourse. Apparently, only one of these was legitimate. The other appears to be AI-generated…

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## [Search link broken for docs.julialang.org?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/search-link-broken-for-docs-julialang-org/121144)

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**Author:** [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/search-link-broken-for-docs-julialang-org/121144 "2024-10-10T13:26:38Z")

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On docs.julialang.org, in Google Chrome or Safari, if I click the “search docs” box then it was recently changed(?) to pop up an interactive search box: However, clicking the same box in FireFox (131.0.2) now does noth…

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## [Marking threads as duplicates](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/marking-threads-as-duplicates/119782)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/marking-threads-as-duplicates/119782 "2024-09-24T00:50:37Z")

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Is there a Discourse feature to mark posts as duplicates? We often see the same questions asked over and over by new users. It would be nice to have something similar to StackOverflow. Example:

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## [Where to post a feedback request on a blog article I wrote](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-post-a-feedback-request-on-a-blog-article-i-wrote/118759)

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**Author:** [@younes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/younes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-to-post-a-feedback-request-on-a-blog-article-i-wrote/118759 "2024-08-29T13:07:16Z")

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Hi, I have written a blog post about Manual back propagation in Julia and I’m not sure which category to pick and to request feedback from the community

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## [Julia Discourse maximum image size](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-discourse-maximum-image-size/117860)

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**Author:** [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-discourse-maximum-image-size/117860 "2024-08-05T21:27:04Z")

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What is the maximum upload image width and height on https://discourse.julialang.org/?

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## ["New to Julia" category is an awkward, almost redundant category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-to-julia-category-is-an-awkward-almost-redundant-category/114489)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-to-julia-category-is-an-awkward-almost-redundant-category/114489 "2024-05-21T08:09:33Z")

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“New to Julia” means that you’re new to the Julia programming language. However, it doesn’t really tell you how hard the problems asked would be. Somebody who was an expert in Finite-element analysis, computational biol…

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## [Should the JuliaCon category be higher up?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-the-juliacon-category-be-higher-up/113841)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-the-juliacon-category-be-higher-up/113841 "2024-05-16T15:25:51Z")

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Should the JuliaCon category on Discourse be higher up? It is currently ordered below “Meta Discussion” and above “Off Topic”. poll

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## [Discourse saved searches / custom notifications](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-saved-searches-custom-notifications/112802)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-saved-searches-custom-notifications/112802 "2024-04-26T03:28:34Z")

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With this plugin: It is possible to get notified about conversations matching some pattern, such that package developers can get notifications of their packages appear in some post.

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## [Disable the Discourse chat](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-the-discourse-chat/112398)

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**Author:** [@goerz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerz)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disable-the-discourse-chat/112398 "2024-04-02T12:09:12Z")

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This Julia Discourse appears to have a chat (Channels / general at the bottom of the side-bar). Sending messages to that chat seems to notify everyone, which is a bit intrusive. I think we have plenty of Julia chat opti…

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## [Wiki on How to Format Discourse Code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiki-on-how-to-format-discourse-code/111617)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiki-on-how-to-format-discourse-code/111617 "2024-03-14T14:19:15Z")

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I have seen many posts recently trying and failing to explain backtick code formatting. This is just a reminder that we have a wiki post you can link to on that topic.

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## [Automatic package links are broken](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-links-are-broken/110780)

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**Author:** [@ianfiske](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ianfiske)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatic-package-links-are-broken/110780 "2024-03-12T07:14:57Z")

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The links introduced here Automatic package links - #4 by mbauman such as DifferentialEquations are currently being redirected to JuliaHub which is a 404 landing page.

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## [Post and topics statistics by domain](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/post-and-topics-statistics-by-domain/110321)

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**Author:** [@PharmCat](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PharmCat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/post-and-topics-statistics-by-domain/110321 "2024-02-16T22:30:02Z")

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Is it possible to look at post and topics statistics by specific domains? (Statistics, Numeric, GPU, ets…)

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