# Meta Discussion

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## [QA for Wiki](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/qa-for-wiki/110364)

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**Author:** [@ShalokShalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ShalokShalom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/qa-for-wiki/110364 "2024-02-18T07:16:59Z")

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I just found this entry. https://www.juliawiki.com/wiki/Godot\_Engine As an avid Godot user, I can assure you it is not written in Julia. Do we have someone, who owns that Wiki and proofs-reads these articles? I mean,…

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## [Topic splits vs. creating new topics](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/topic-splits-vs-creating-new-topics/110305)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/topic-splits-vs-creating-new-topics/110305 "2024-02-16T17:29:41Z")

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Continuing the discussion from On using \`=\` vs \`:=\` for assignment: We do ask that folks try to stick to the topic at hand: Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Link…

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## [Section for 'tutorial' style posts?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/section-for-tutorial-style-posts/109856)

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**Author:** [@abraemer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abraemer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/section-for-tutorial-style-posts/109856 "2024-02-07T07:41:43Z")

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Could it make sense to have a section in this discourse where we collect posts that not only show how certain things are done in Julia but also explain a bit more of the concepts around them, as well as posts that answer…

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## [Time limits for unfocused discourse threads?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-limits-for-unfocused-discourse-threads/106739)

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**Author:** [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/time-limits-for-unfocused-discourse-threads/106739 "2024-02-05T13:00:10Z")

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As commented by @mbauman in How do we Julians win big when the situation is so unfair? - #75 by mbauman “open-ended” threads (ala “how can Julia be more popular” or “what don’t you like about Julia”) rarely seem to go an…

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## [I love you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-love-you/109478)

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**Author:** [@Enlil50](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Enlil50)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-love-you/109478 "2024-01-31T09:47:41Z")

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This language and all of you. I’m studying physics and I was trying to optimize fortran, C and then C++, but i was stuck between creating the whole programs from the scratch or trying to write 15 function stacked one on …

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## [\[\`foo\`\](@ref) to auto-link the Julia manual on discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/foo-ref-to-auto-link-the-julia-manual-on-discourse/107055)

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**Author:** [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/foo-ref-to-auto-link-the-julia-manual-on-discourse/107055 "2024-01-07T07:43:38Z")

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I find myself linking to the Julia manual a lot when answering questions on Discourse, and it would be nice to make that more convenient. Is there any chance of supporting Documenter.jl style \[\`foo\`\](@ref) links to the …

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## [What constitutes a good post here?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-constitutes-a-good-post-here/106777)

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**Author:** [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-constitutes-a-good-post-here/106777 "2023-11-27T19:15:25Z")

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This forum has a bunch of guidelines and some rough descriptions of what each topic is. The community guideline says what constitutes a bad post, but it doesn’t tell you what a good post is. Sometimes, misaligned expecta…

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## [No syntax highlighting here?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-syntax-highlighting-here/106674)

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**Author:** [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/no-syntax-highlighting-here/106674 "2023-11-28T15:06:20Z")

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It is only me, or the site is not highlighting the code now? function test(x) return x + 1 end

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## [JuliaCon 2024 subforum?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-subforum/106249)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juliacon-2024-subforum/106249 "2023-11-15T04:45:55Z")

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Could we start a JuliaCon 2024 subforum?

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## [Moving the "Accept Solution" button to the left](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-the-accept-solution-button-to-the-left/105530)

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**Author:** [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/moving-the-accept-solution-button-to-the-left/105530 "2023-11-01T14:08:52Z")

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Accepting solutions is great! :heart:-ing posts is great! :heart:-ing posts on mobile is not great - it can very easily happen to accidentally mark a post as “solution” if you intend to :heart: instead. Can we do some C…

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## [Test polls. Vote on me!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-polls-vote-on-me/105531)

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**Author:** [@foobar\_lv2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/foobar_lv2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-polls-vote-on-me/105531 "2023-10-29T12:30:58Z")

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Apparently discourse supports polls So let’s test this! Did you know that this is possible? poll It is even possible to make votes public. For example if one wants a straw poll whether consensus is reached on some poin…

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## [Post voting is enabled on this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/post-voting-is-enabled-on-this-thread/105059)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/post-voting-is-enabled-on-this-thread/105059 "2023-10-17T14:15:40Z")

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I do not recall seeing a post where we can upvote comments on this forum before, but this seems to be available. I have enabled post voting on this thread. See Discourse Post Voting - plugin - Discourse Meta

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## [Could we create a Documentation Category in Discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-we-create-a-documentation-category-in-discourse/104814)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/could-we-create-a-documentation-category-in-discourse/104814 "2023-10-17T12:04:25Z")

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One of the recent Slack threads was pointing out how other languages such as Clojure and PHP have nice indices with user comments. I am wondering if we could co-opt Discourse for this this purpose. To avoid crowding out…

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## [Test the new wiki posts. Edit me](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-the-new-wiki-posts-edit-me/104812)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-the-new-wiki-posts-edit-me/104812 "2023-10-16T16:47:16Z")

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This is a test: I see a wiki option, and I want to know what it does. I have marked this as a “wiki post”. Can you edit this post? List of people who have edited this post: @gustaphe was first, and you cannot prove …

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## [There was a short read-only maintenance (27 September)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/there-was-a-short-read-only-maintenance-27-september/104315)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/there-was-a-short-read-only-maintenance-27-september/104315 "2023-09-27T21:24:00Z")

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Hey all — just a heads up that we’re expecting to have some short read-only maintenance time for discourse.julialang.org at some point today. Discourse is upgrading us to a dedicated server as our increasing number of pa…

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## [Discourse page extremely slow?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-page-extremely-slow/102937)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-page-extremely-slow/102937 "2023-08-21T07:05:36Z")

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I’m experiencing extremely erratic/slow response in MS Edge for the discourse page at the moment (https://discourse.julialang.org). All other url:s have snappy response. Anyone else experiences this?

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## [Link to "First Steps" has wrong URL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-to-first-steps-has-wrong-url/3265)

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**Author:** [@pkofod](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pkofod)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-to-first-steps-has-wrong-url/3265 "2023-07-28T20:05:27Z")

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The link to the “First Steps” subcategory in the description of “Usage” is wrong, as it has “usage” in the URL instead of “user”, that is https://discourse.julialang.org/c/usage/first-steps vs https://discourse.julialang…

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## [Pin the YouTube stream post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pin-the-youtube-stream-post/102053)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pin-the-youtube-stream-post/102053 "2023-07-25T14:22:16Z")

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We are still working on updating live.juliacon.org. In the meantime could we make JuliaCon 2023 Streams will be on YouTube more visible on Discourse so people can find the stream.

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## [Avoiding unnecessary engagement in pointless arguments](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/avoiding-unnecessary-engagement-in-pointless-arguments/99973)

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**Author:** [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/avoiding-unnecessary-engagement-in-pointless-arguments/99973 "2023-06-07T20:22:41Z")

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It’s an essentially unavoidable fact that people will come to this forum and make confident statements or demands that reasonable people who are experienced in the language strongly disagree with. These people will somet…

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## [Create a shared accomodation subforum for JuliaCon 2023?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-a-shared-accomodation-subforum-for-juliacon-2023/99633)

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**Author:** [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/create-a-shared-accomodation-subforum-for-juliacon-2023/99633 "2023-05-31T20:14:20Z")

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Could we create a “shared accommodation” subforum under JuliaCon 2023 so people can organize sharing a hotel room, Airbnb, or similar?

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## [How do the user trust levels work?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-the-user-trust-levels-work/69000)

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**Author:** [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-the-user-trust-levels-work/69000 "2023-05-26T15:23:11Z")

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I noticed that my trust level is member, which is described as someone who has taken part in discussions here over a couple of weeks. My account is much older than that and I even think I had a higher trust level once, b…

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## [To have a conversation requires not to shut it down](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/to-have-a-conversation-requires-not-to-shut-it-down/98491)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/to-have-a-conversation-requires-not-to-shut-it-down/98491 "2023-05-08T19:31:58Z")

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## [Discourse does not load on Firefox anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-does-not-load-on-firefox-anymore/97917)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-does-not-load-on-firefox-anymore/97917 "2023-04-28T15:19:06Z")

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Windows 10, Firefox 112.0.2. This site does not load. Color balls jiggle and no progress ensues. Any clues?

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## [Auto-block or fix necro-posting (take 2)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-block-or-fix-necro-posting-take-2/95184)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-block-or-fix-necro-posting-take-2/95184 "2023-02-26T03:22:00Z")

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This is a follow up idea to my previous question and discussion. Is it possible to have a sort of statute of limitations for reply posts to Discourse threads but handled a bit differently? I was thinking that replies…

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## [Why are (topic deleted by author) messages shown?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913 "2023-02-20T15:54:33Z")

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Why are deleted topics shown on the front page? Why are they shown at all?

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## [Does everyone's code highlight on Discourse look so bland?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-everyones-code-highlight-on-discourse-look-so-bland/93803)

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**Author:** [@mkoculak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkoculak)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-everyones-code-highlight-on-discourse-look-so-bland/93803 "2023-02-17T01:03:07Z")

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This is how all code here looks like for me: The if, else, etc. are bolded, once in a while some words are in blue or red. I find it really hard sometimes to parse quickly what am I looking at. Discourse is said to…

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## [Video uploads](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263)

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**Author:** [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263 "2023-02-10T16:03:17Z")

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We can’t upload videos here, which would often be useful for Makie questions. Not sure if the policy is because of file sizes or spam or else, but at least this Can you upload video(s) in posts? - #2 by Johani - support …

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## [chatGPT policy needed?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chatgpt-policy-needed/91625)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/chatgpt-policy-needed/91625 "2022-12-22T16:43:21Z")

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I’ve seen some recent posts involving chatGPT “answers” and I am concerned about the confusion of actual Discourse discussion versus AI “fake discussion” especially in searches of our forum. A number of threads got po…

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## [Encouraging clearer questions on discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-clearer-questions-on-discourse/93187)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-clearer-questions-on-discourse/93187 "2023-01-19T14:41:14Z")

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I think that perhaps the responses to questions like this one are too “friendly” here, on the Julia Discourse. FWIW on Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange a vague question like this one would receive comments asking for clarif…

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## [Discourse v3.0](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-v3-0/92826)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-v3-0/92826 "2023-01-12T22:56:43Z")

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Things look a little different around here this afternoon — we’ve been upgraded to Discourse v3.0: There are lots of new goodies in addition to the obvious UI changes, including things we can decide to enable (or not)…

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