# Meta Discussion

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/c/meta/3.md?page=10

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## [How can I back-quote a back quote?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086)

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**Author:** [@chobbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chobbes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-back-quote-a-back-quote/2086 "2017-02-13T16:52:33Z")

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How can I back-quote a back quote in this forum? How to escape? \\ seems not work.

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## [Should we have a "META" category?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-have-a-meta-category/1253)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-we-have-a-meta-category/1253 "2017-01-27T00:30:23Z")

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Should we have a “META” category to discuss this discussion forum, announce new categories, guidelines, etc? I want to follow new categories yet to be created…

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## [How to mark a question as solved?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-mark-a-question-as-solved/1703)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-mark-a-question-as-solved/1703 "2017-01-26T15:58:39Z")

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Sometimes I see the checkbox below the answers, sometimes I don’t. Can you elaborate on how discourse decides on that?

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## [Http://speed.julialang.org now obsolete?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-speed-julialang-org-now-obsolete/1269)

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**Author:** [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-speed-julialang-org-now-obsolete/1269 "2017-01-04T07:56:11Z")

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Looks like this site, mentioned e.g. here, has been missing in action for some time. Given the emphasis on performance and benchmarks on the main Julia site, it could do with some love… :slight\_smile:

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## [Packages category?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-category/1204)

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**Author:** [@pint](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pint)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packages-category/1204 "2016-12-30T14:06:03Z")

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i was wondering if it makes sense to add either a category or subcategories under Usage for questions about specific packages. such problems does not exactly belong to Domains, being more on the tecnical/implementation …

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## [Changing my user name](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-my-user-name/1198)

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**Author:** [@danielc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danielc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/changing-my-user-name/1198 "2016-12-29T15:12:55Z")

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Hello, I realize that this post doesn’t belong here, but I cannot figure out how to contact the site administrator, and I think that this question would be even more out of place in another forum: Due to my lack of fam…

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## [Category for announcements?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/category-for-announcements/235)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/category-for-announcements/235 "2016-12-29T05:26:48Z")

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Perhaps a separate category for new announcements would be useful, with topics for packages, and pinned topics for important ones, including Julia releases.

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## [Ex-ante moderation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ex-ante-moderation/694)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ex-ante-moderation/694 "2016-12-05T23:21:20Z")

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Hello, I know very well of the spam problems… but the “Please wait a moderator approves your post” is not less irritating :frowning: I would opt for a ex-post moderation (maybe with a “report this item”)…

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## [Adding a domain "Control"?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-a-domain-control/728)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-a-domain-control/728 "2016-12-05T01:15:13Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to add the domain “Control”? I know, that there are not so many posts in this domain, but I would like to help growing the Julia control community, and to do so it is important to be able to find…

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## [Some stats and feedback](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/some-stats-and-feedback/710)

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**Author:** [@akis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/some-stats-and-feedback/710 "2016-12-04T19:53:10Z")

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Some stats and feedback for my 100th post: Stats According to the about page, the Discourse platform of Julia attracted 500 users from all over the world to make 2000 posts in 250 topics with 700 likes (too much love go…

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## [Discourse search](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-search/714)

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**Author:** [@andyferris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/andyferris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-search/714 "2016-12-04T02:53:09Z")

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Github and google groups support a search function at the top of the main page, but after a cursory glance (and maybe I’m blind) I don’t see a search box anywhere. Does Discourse support having a search box at the top o…

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## [What Tags do we need?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-tags-do-we-need/287)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-tags-do-we-need/287 "2016-12-01T02:57:13Z")

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As I mentioned in Discussion categories - #28 by ChrisRackauckas and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - #18 by vchuravy I want to try out using tags to organise content instead of creating many subcategories. …

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## [Establishing category Domain/Quantum](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/establishing-category-domain-quantum/594)

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**Author:** [@i2000s](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/i2000s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/establishing-category-domain-quantum/594 "2016-12-01T01:11:09Z")

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Thank you for moving to Discourse! This looks especially appreciatable to people who cannot visit Google sites (like in the most populated country–China). Just a question aside, is that possible to have a Quantum domain…

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## [Migration of Google Groups to discourse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migration-of-google-groups-to-discourse/17)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/migration-of-google-groups-to-discourse/17 "2016-11-21T15:48:48Z")

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The plan for the migration is: julia-dev Put out an announcement of upcoming move to julia-dev Put out a statement of intent to julia-users explaining why (and soliciting feedback from the broader community) After a 5-…

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## [Not receiving email of replies to my post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-receiving-email-of-replies-to-my-post/573)

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**Author:** [@hpoit](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hpoit)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-receiving-email-of-replies-to-my-post/573 "2016-11-26T09:38:03Z")

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toggled it on preferences, but am not receiving it! any one else with this problem?

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## [Discussion categories](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-categories/85)

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**Author:** [@StefanKarpinski](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StefanKarpinski)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-categories/85 "2016-11-24T04:17:36Z")

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I wanted to discuss what categories we should have here. Of course, this can evolve over time. As a basis for comparison, Rust has two different Discourse forums: https://users.rust-lang.org/ help announcements commu…

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## [Moving Juno Discussion here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-juno-discussion-here/465)

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**Author:** [@MikeInnes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/MikeInnes)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-juno-discussion-here/465 "2016-11-23T14:06:17Z")

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from http://discuss.junolab.org/ Seems like people are on board with this so this topic is for discussing the move. We need to bikeshed a category; Juno’s board has multiple categories (help, dev, news etc). I think th…

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## [Import google groups emails?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-google-groups-emails/453)

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**Author:** [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-google-groups-emails/453 "2016-11-21T15:52:06Z")

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Would it make sense to import the google group emails of julia-users and julia-dev into here to allow searching everything in one place? Is that even possible?

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## [How to link to Github issues/PRs in Discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-link-to-github-issues-prs-in-discourse/445)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-link-to-github-issues-prs-in-discourse/445 "2016-11-20T12:10:30Z")

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I have seen comments that feature a little box that includes the summary of an issue/PR on Github. Is there some special Discourse syntax for this?

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## [Creation of Images domain](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creation-of-images-domain/436)

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**Author:** [@juliohm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/juliohm)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creation-of-images-domain/436 "2016-11-20T11:12:34Z")

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Can someone with privileges create a Images domain? Thank you.

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## [FAQ subcategory](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/faq-subcategory/332)

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**Author:** [@akis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akis)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/faq-subcategory/332 "2016-11-18T08:02:01Z")

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With the occurrence of more-or-less the same topic within three days (here and here), of course getting similar answers, I believe that it would be useful to have a subcategory of Usage for frequently occurring topics, w…

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## [Audio category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/audio-category/285)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/audio-category/285 "2016-11-16T23:51:32Z")

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I was thinking that we should rename the Audio category to either Audio&Video or to Signal Processing. What do other people think?

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## [Spanish language community](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spanish-language-community/340)

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**Author:** [@NaOH](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NaOH)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/spanish-language-community/340 "2016-11-16T14:53:43Z")

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l’d like to use a spanish / español / ES tags for use with the Spanish speaking community, I would promote it’s use among JuliaLangEs networks. I’d also like to have i18n (internationalization) and l10n (localization) t…

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## [Scope of the Site Feedback category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scope-of-the-site-feedback-category/310)

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**Author:** [@akis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akis)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scope-of-the-site-feedback-category/310 "2016-11-15T00:23:26Z")

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Shouldn’t Site Feedback refer to all the sites under the julialang.org domain?

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## [About the Meta Discussion category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2 "2016-10-19T00:06:05Z")

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Meta-discussion about this site, its organization, how it works, and how we can improve it. Feedback for other parts of \*.julialang.org is welcome as well.

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## [Community section](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-section/289)

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**Author:** [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/community-section/289 "2016-11-14T12:25:30Z")

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I would suggest creating a “Community” section, for posts which aren’t directly about code, e.g.: Meetup/conference announcements Founding of new organisations (or deprecation of old ones) Teaching questions and resour…

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## [Scientific Computing Category](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-computing-category/276)

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**Author:** [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scientific-computing-category/276 "2016-11-14T21:33:11Z")

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Scientific computing is a large group of users who do applied mathematics, numerical linear algebra, numerical differential equations, mathematical modeling, etc. One of the first questions on the discourse site was on F…

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## [Admins, Moderators and Trust Levels](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/admins-moderators-and-trust-levels/51)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/admins-moderators-and-trust-levels/51 "2016-10-20T03:11:40Z")

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Roles The following is the description of the various roles in the discussion platform of Julia. Staff members Our current hosting in Discourse limits us to only 5, so we need to distribute the moderation of the platfor…

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## [Discourse as a mailing list](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57)

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**Author:** [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-as-a-mailing-list/57 "2016-10-20T05:33:22Z")

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Some people are used to working with a mailing-list and luckily Discourse can be configured in a way that this use-case is still possible. Sign-up to discourse (sorry you still have to do that) Head to your user prefer…

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