# Meta Discussion

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

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## [Links to GitHub profiles](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/links-to-github-profiles/92221)

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**Author:** [@tfiers](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tfiers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/links-to-github-profiles/92221 "2022-12-28T11:33:56Z")

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I regularly find myself wanting to click through to users’ GitHub profiles. But the GitHub name on a user’s forum profile page is just a string, and it’s slightly annoying to copy-paste and append it to https://github.co…

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## [Necro-post prevention](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/necro-post-prevention/91853)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/necro-post-prevention/91853 "2022-12-19T17:37:30Z")

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I consistently see posts added to threads that can be 6-months to years old. It seems to me that the best way to pick up and out-of-date/old thread would be to start a new thread with a link to the old discussion fol…

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## [Allow Changing Usernames](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-changing-usernames/90480)

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**Author:** [@ParadaCarleton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ParadaCarleton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allow-changing-usernames/90480 "2022-11-20T17:52:03Z")

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Would the Admins here be willing to allow username changes? It looks like there’s an option to allow username changes, but it has to be enabled by the administrators. Thanks!

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## [Should there be a Chemistry Domain/Organization?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-there-be-a-chemistry-domain-organization/36475)

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**Author:** [@anon92994695](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon92994695)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-there-be-a-chemistry-domain-organization/36475 "2022-11-14T19:44:56Z")

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Should there be a chemistry domain/organization? I think this would have very few users… But, there are a few packages of this nature (maybe 5-6 now?). I am a chemist by training so this interests me, but I don’t know i…

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## [Can no longer sort in discourse by Replies count](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-no-longer-sort-in-discourse-by-replies-count/89205)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-no-longer-sort-in-discourse-by-replies-count/89205 "2022-10-25T16:41:17Z")

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Within the past month, I am no longer able to sort messages in discourse by the number of replies. Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas for how to fix this? (I used to be able to go to the page of New (2) and click o…

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## [Asking for a user account to be deleted what are the ramifications to existing contributions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asking-for-a-user-account-to-be-deleted-what-are-the-ramifications-to-existing-contributions/87586)

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**Author:** [@anon69491625](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon69491625)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/asking-for-a-user-account-to-be-deleted-what-are-the-ramifications-to-existing-contributions/87586 "2022-09-21T17:07:14Z")

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Should I ask for my user account to be deleted what are the ramifications related to any “contribution” I have made to julia discourse. Would such contributions be deleted or do I have to request that? this is just a ge…

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## [Missing code/fences button in Discourse editor](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-code-fences-button-in-discourse-editor/87460)

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**Author:** [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/missing-code-fences-button-in-discourse-editor/87460 "2022-09-19T13:18:36Z")

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What happened with the “code button” in the Discourse editor? The one which inserts single or triple backticks. Suddenly, yesterday, it was gone, and my formatting menu just looks like this: There used to be a button,…

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## [How to read the description of a Specific Domain subsection?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-the-description-of-a-specific-domain-subsection/86709)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-the-description-of-a-specific-domain-subsection/86709 "2022-09-04T13:42:24Z")

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Some descriptions are cut off, even after zooming out:

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## [\[Discourse plugin\] Saving searches](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-plugin-saving-searches/86545)

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**Author:** [@lrnv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lrnv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-plugin-saving-searches/86545 "2022-08-30T16:17:51Z")

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Hey, i would love to be able to make a search and watch that search: get notified if anything new pops up in this research. After a look on discourse’s forum there : Watching and sending notifications for keywords? - #…

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## [Cannot find 'discourse.julialang.org' when using the Discourse mobile app](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-find-discourse-julialang-org-when-using-the-discourse-mobile-app/7375)

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**Author:** [@lucatrv](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lucatrv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-find-discourse-julialang-org-when-using-the-discourse-mobile-app/7375 "2017-11-30T21:11:56Z")

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I am using the Discourse mobile app on Android 6.0 successfully with a few sites, however when I try to connect to discourse.julialang.org I get the “was not found” error. I found some references online to the “was not …

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## [Why are some release candidates (rcs) not announced?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559)

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**Author:** [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-some-release-candidates-rcs-not-announced/85559 "2022-08-09T22:43:20Z")

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For example: currently 1.8-rc4 is available both for download and on docs.julialang.org, but there was no announcement? Is there something different between announced and unannounced rcs?

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## [Move Announcements category further down?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/move-announcements-category-further-down/85156)

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**Author:** [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/move-announcements-category-further-down/85156 "2022-08-09T15:16:13Z")

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On my phone the Announcements category takes half the space but it almost never updates. For users who visit the site more than once a month it’s kind of a waste of screen real estate. Maybe we can just move it down and …

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## [LaTeX Support for Julia Discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-support-for-julia-discourse/85411)

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**Author:** [@danrib07](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/danrib07)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/latex-support-for-julia-discourse/85411 "2022-08-06T21:38:44Z")

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if there is some sort of LaTeX support that works with this Discourse? For example, I would like to write \\Delta and have Δ rendered. Any suggestions/comments are greatly appreciated.

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## [Indenting code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405)

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**Author:** [@f.ij](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/f.ij)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/indenting-code/84405 "2022-07-18T14:38:57Z")

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Hi, I was wondering how I can indent code if I type it directly into the forum textfield.

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## [Announcing the new Julia Jobs category on Discourse](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-new-julia-jobs-category-on-discourse/83987)

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**Author:** [@logankilpatrick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/logankilpatrick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/announcing-the-new-julia-jobs-category-on-discourse/83987 "2022-07-09T13:40:34Z")

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Hey folks! We have long encouraged folks hiring people in the Julia ecosystem to post the jobs here on Discourse. However, with the number of jobs increasing along with the volume of the community section also increasin…

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## [Improving the Julia issue tracker](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-the-julia-issue-tracker/83365)

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**Author:** [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-the-julia-issue-tracker/83365 "2022-07-01T21:54:21Z")

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Hello! This post has (in part) come to be due to a general feeling of the issue tracker for julia being a little hard to work with as a non-core developer or absolute beginner, wishing to contribute. The goal of this po…

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## [Newbie and have a doubt about how things work around commenting in posts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newbie-and-have-a-doubt-about-how-things-work-around-commenting-in-posts/82548)

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**Author:** [@fortunewalla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fortunewalla)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newbie-and-have-a-doubt-about-how-things-work-around-commenting-in-posts/82548 "2022-06-19T17:32:12Z")

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The situation: So as I was browsing the various posts in this forum, I came across two long form contents and commented there about if the poster would like to consider also copying the article to the new forem site so…

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## [How to reduce Bikeshedding](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reduce-bikeshedding/82552)

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**Author:** [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reduce-bikeshedding/82552 "2022-06-15T17:33:41Z")

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In the last months I see more articles that draw a lot of attention on topics that are - from my point of view - not very important. On the FreeBSD mailing list they call this bikeshedding, see bikeshedding - Wiktionary …

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## [Searching for strings with \`@\` at symbol as the prefix](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-at-symbol-as-the-prefix/82538)

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**Author:** [@akvsak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akvsak)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-at-symbol-as-the-prefix/82538 "2022-06-10T10:23:14Z")

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I wanted to search for posts with @time in the search bar but keep getting username suggestions. I also tried using quotes “@time” but it didn’t return anything. Is there any workaround this? I am assuming Discourse as…

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## [How are the notifications scheduled to be sent out?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-notifications-scheduled-to-be-sent-out/81922 "2022-06-05T23:21:56Z")

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Notifications about replies and such arrive in my mailbox with considerable delay (many hours), and in apparently random order. I wonder: is it just me, or is something wrong with the discourse notification mechanisms?

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## [Meta: Could We Have an Appreciation Tag or Category?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meta-could-we-have-an-appreciation-tag-or-category/81728)

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**Author:** [@TheCedarPrince](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/TheCedarPrince)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meta-could-we-have-an-appreciation-tag-or-category/81728 "2022-05-27T06:15:24Z")

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Hi all, Every so often I see posts that are appreciation posts for packages, people, or the Julia ecosystem. Would it be possible to have a tag or category for appreciation posts? It would be nice to have these groupe…

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## [Bookmark button not working on firefox](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bookmark-button-not-working-on-firefox/81659)

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**Author:** [@albheim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/albheim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bookmark-button-not-working-on-firefox/81659 "2022-05-25T15:27:43Z")

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I just noticed that the bookmark button didn’t work for me on firefox, seems to work fine on chrome. When pressed there is no popup for the “Create Bookmark” settings, and after moving to a new post there is an error pop…

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## [Discourse layout changed (for worse) on phone](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-layout-changed-for-worse-on-phone/80934)

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**Author:** [@albheim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/albheim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-layout-changed-for-worse-on-phone/80934 "2022-05-12T20:24:06Z")

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Today discourse looked different on my phone. The site decided to be much wider than my screen so e.g. the titles in the list didn’t fold and the number of responses and time since last response appeared far outside of t…

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## [Change the Name of \_Signal Processing\_ Sub Forum into \_Signal and Image Processing\_](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-the-name-of-signal-processing-sub-forum-into-signal-and-image-processing/80269)

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**Author:** [@RoyiAvital](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/RoyiAvital)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/change-the-name-of-signal-processing-sub-forum-into-signal-and-image-processing/80269 "2022-05-11T12:39:55Z")

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I think it would make sense to change the naming of the Signal Processing sub forum into Signal and Image Processing. If traffic would justify it would be great to have both, but at the moment not having Image Processin…

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## [Disabling badge notifications](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disabling-badge-notifications/78625)

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**Author:** [@chadagreene](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chadagreene)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/disabling-badge-notifications/78625 "2022-04-28T16:51:02Z")

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Hya folks, I’m a new member on the site. So far this seems like a great community, and I’m happy to be a part of it. One question though–How do I disable the deluge of notifications for silly badges? I want to be notifi…

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## [Can Gamification be turned off?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-gamification-be-turned-off/80220)

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**Author:** [@LeePhillips](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LeePhillips)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-gamification-be-turned-off/80220 "2022-04-28T16:04:45Z")

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I don’t want to see my awards and badges, nor the messages that we haven’t seen so-and-so for a few months, nor any other Discourse gamifications. Can these be turned off?

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## [Should Discourse links open in a new tab?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-discourse-links-open-in-a-new-tab/80161)

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**Author:** [@chadagreene](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chadagreene)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-discourse-links-open-in-a-new-tab/80161 "2022-04-27T18:50:13Z")

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When navigating the Discourse site, I’m often surprised that links open in the current tab. This makes it hard to switch back and forth between the discussion, and links that are referenced in the discussion. I’m curiou…

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## [Add ability to undo text formatting](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-ability-to-undo-text-formatting/80088)

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**Author:** [@chadagreene](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chadagreene)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-ability-to-undo-text-formatting/80088 "2022-04-27T14:56:46Z")

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I’m new to the forum, and I’m very impressed by how beautifully the site is designed. However, I often want the ability to undo text formatting after I’ve applied it. When Undo is desired: I frequently highlight a selec…

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## [Automatically populate hyperlinks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatically-populate-hyperlinks/79906)

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**Author:** [@chadagreene](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chadagreene)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/automatically-populate-hyperlinks/79906 "2022-04-23T17:08:44Z")

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I’m not sure if this is the right place to make this suggestion, but I use MacDown when writing all of my GitHub READMEs. If you have already copied a link and it’s sitting in your clipboard, MacDown has a very slick fea…

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## [Section with Julia exercises, contests and equivalences with other languages](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/section-with-julia-exercises-contests-and-equivalences-with-other-languages/15116)

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**Author:** [@Juan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Juan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/section-with-julia-exercises-contests-and-equivalences-with-other-languages/15116 "2022-03-28T01:59:04Z")

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I think it would be a good a idea to have a category on the forum with: A collection of typical tasks solved with Julia. A daily or weekly contest where somebody raise an exercise or problem and others post their solut…

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