# Meta Discussion

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/c/meta/3.md?page=6

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## [Edit limits](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-limits/56495)

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**Author:** [@calvin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/calvin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-limits/56495 "2021-03-05T05:28:21Z")

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Hi there, why can not I modify my post anymore? I have modified 9 times.

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## [Usage of "Slow down" mode](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/usage-of-slow-down-mode/56095)

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**Author:** [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/usage-of-slow-down-mode/56095 "2021-02-28T10:03:46Z")

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I’m commenting this in a new thread in order to avoid noise in Julia from the perspective of a pythonista, which is the origin of my comment. (EDIT: Oh, I see that the original thread has been closed, but anyway I hope t…

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## [Discourse display option for Latest](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-display-option-for-latest/56036)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-display-option-for-latest/56036 "2021-02-25T18:28:54Z")

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I monitor the “New” page on Julia Discourse often. If I have time to “graze” more Julia I then go to the “Latest” page and take a look at topics that meet the following criteria: Are there unread messages in the topi…

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## [Package subtopic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-subtopic/55871)

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**Author:** [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-subtopic/55871 "2021-02-24T22:31:28Z")

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Any reason there isn’t a subtopic under Tooling (or maybe Usage) specifically for package management (Pkg, registry, etc.)?

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## [Delete post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/delete-post/55797)

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**Author:** [@Tomil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tomil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/delete-post/55797 "2021-02-22T20:28:35Z")

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quero apagar um post meu, mas não tenho autorização, como consigo?

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## [Add a Jupyter Notebook subcategory to Tooling?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-a-jupyter-notebook-subcategory-to-tooling/55273)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Barmann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Barmann)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-a-jupyter-notebook-subcategory-to-tooling/55273 "2021-02-17T07:06:35Z")

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I noticed that the Tooling category has subcategories for VSCode, Juno, and Julia Pro. Could we add a subcategory for Jupyter Notebook? I use Jupyter notebooks as my main IDE for Julia, and I imagine a lot of other Julia…

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## [Edit of the titles of HelpDesk-Bridges posts](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-of-the-titles-of-helpdesk-bridges-posts/54419)

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**Author:** [@thofma](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thofma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-of-the-titles-of-helpdesk-bridges-posts/54419 "2021-02-02T04:50:36Z")

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It is great that one can edit the posts in the HelpDesk-Bridges category, but it would be even more helpful if one could also edit the titles. @logankilpatrick

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## [On moderation and edits](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-moderation-and-edits/54287)

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**Author:** [@airpmb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/airpmb)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-moderation-and-edits/54287 "2021-01-30T20:22:30Z")

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:warning: Warning: about to get something off my chest, this isn’t a technical post! :blush: Ok, so first off all I totally agree that the community should strive to avoid some of the, shall we say, less sociable intera…

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## [Discourse syntax highlighting options](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-syntax-highlighting-options/54288)

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**Author:** [@FPGro](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/FPGro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-syntax-highlighting-options/54288 "2021-01-30T19:20:43Z")

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Hi folks, I have no clue how this platform, especially the syntax highlighting for block quotes here, works under the hood and how configurable it is, so I thought I’d ask right away: What are the options for block quo…

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## [Is it possible to private message another user on the Julia Discourse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217)

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**Author:** [@BridgeBot](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BridgeBot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-it-possible-to-private-message-another-user-on-the-julia-discourse/54217 "2021-01-29T19:41:09Z")

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Quick question: Is it possible to private message another user on the Julia Discourse? I couldn’t find a button for it but it might be because I haven’t posted enough? (Original message :slack:)

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## [Discourse vs. GitHub for discussing internals](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-vs-github-for-discussing-internals/53572)

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**Author:** [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-vs-github-for-discussing-internals/53572 "2021-01-19T12:03:30Z")

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The category “Internals & Design” of Julia’s Discourse is announced as a place for “Discussion of the development of Julia itself: language design, implementation and standard library”. This is of course right, but I thi…

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## [How are the hours-read statistics calculated?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-hours-read-statistics-calculated/52790)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-are-the-hours-read-statistics-calculated/52790 "2021-01-04T16:34:02Z")

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Does anyone know how the hours-read statistics on Discourse are calculated? For example, my profile says Read 9d (1d recently) In other words, over what time periods are those two numbers measured? It seems I’ve been…

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## [Auto-switch between discourse's light and dark theme](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-switch-between-discourses-light-and-dark-theme/52448)

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**Author:** [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auto-switch-between-discourses-light-and-dark-theme/52448 "2020-12-29T20:37:38Z")

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Is it somehow possible to auto-switch between the light and dark theme of our discourse depending on my macOS light/dark mode? That would be awesome… Manual switching takes way too many clicks (7-8). Alternatively, it w…

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## [How was this discourse forum setup?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-was-this-discourse-forum-setup/52076)

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**Author:** [@systems](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/systems)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-was-this-discourse-forum-setup/52076 "2020-12-19T04:06:05Z")

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May I ask please how was this forum setup Does it use one of the available plan Discourse pricing | Discourse - Civilized Discussion Or was it installed from the source and is managed by one of the site admins (I am a…

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## [Heart given by mistake cannot be erased?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/heart-given-by-mistake-cannot-be-erased/29852)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/heart-given-by-mistake-cannot-be-erased/29852 "2020-11-18T01:27:41Z")

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My mouse fell and the button press put a :heartbeat: on Now I can’t “unlike” it. Why is it just in this post (it works elsewhere), and can I undo it? Thanks @vchuravy

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## [On flagging a newcomer as off-topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-flagging-a-newcomer-as-off-topic/48517)

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**Author:** [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-flagging-a-newcomer-as-off-topic/48517 "2020-10-16T20:02:52Z")

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I don’t think that the posts of netlander should be flagged… can be unflagged ?

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## [Discourse difference between numbers in blue and numbers in gray](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-difference-between-numbers-in-blue-and-numbers-in-gray/47805)

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**Author:** [@CameronBieganek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CameronBieganek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-difference-between-numbers-in-blue-and-numbers-in-gray/47805 "2020-10-05T18:31:01Z")

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Does anyone know what the difference is on Discourse between numbers in blue and numbers in gray? Here’s an example:

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## [Homework policy](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/homework-policy/2342)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/homework-policy/2342 "2020-10-01T11:33:53Z")

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There have been a few questions in the past few days which are most likely homework. As the language grows, more and more courses will adopt it, so it may be a good idea to formulate some kind of policy that aligns expec…

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## [Maximum number of likes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maximum-number-of-likes/46838)

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**Author:** [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maximum-number-of-likes/46838 "2020-09-23T18:39:09Z")

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I am getting messages like this from Discourse: You have reached the maximum number of likes. Please wait X before trying again. where X ranges from 4 hours to 2 minutes. I don’t think I am giving more likes than usu…

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## [\[feedback\] Make Julia as Pythonic as possible](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/feedback-make-julia-as-pythonic-as-possible/46216)

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**Author:** [@newtojulia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/newtojulia)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/feedback-make-julia-as-pythonic-as-possible/46216 "2020-09-07T19:25:36Z")

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I was searching for best programming language which format and syntaxes like Python but as fast as c programming. I found Julia, and i am very thankful to that. But seeing those codes, Julia programming have stepper lea…

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## [Please don't use "Taking ... seriously" as a topic name](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-dont-use-taking-seriously-as-a-topic-name/45207)

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**Author:** [@fabiangans](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fabiangans)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-dont-use-taking-seriously-as-a-topic-name/45207 "2020-08-20T22:51:17Z")

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A very popular topic title on this forum seems to be “Taking ABC seriously”, just use the search on this forum and enter “Taking seriously” and you will see a large list. Although a lot of interesting and fruitful discus…

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## [Discourse site interaction changed / not working](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-site-interaction-changed-not-working/44441)

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**Author:** [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discourse-site-interaction-changed-not-working/44441 "2020-08-11T13:20:35Z")

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In the past 2-3 weeks, the user interaction of the Discourse site in my web browser has changed and does not seem to work as expected. Previously I could click on the New topics to get the list, then sort by number of r…

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## [New topic "quantum physics" under domains](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-topic-quantum-physics-under-domains/43997)

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**Author:** [@Roger-luo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Roger-luo)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/new-topic-quantum-physics-under-domains/43997 "2020-07-31T14:31:26Z")

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Hi I’m wondering we could have a new topic “quantum physics” under domains. According to today’s Quantum BoF, we find it’s quite inconvenient to find posts related it sometimes given we already have a group of quantum ph…

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## [Philosophical discussion of Elif, Elsif, ElseIf](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/philosophical-discussion-of-elif-elsif-elseif/42885)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_So](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Bryan_So)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/philosophical-discussion-of-elif-elsif-elseif/42885 "2020-07-12T19:10:36Z")

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Most languages define ElseIf as a keyword. It makes no sense to me. Julia: if \<condition\> ... elseif \<condition\> ... else ... end Python: if \<condition\>: ... elif \<condition\>: ... else: ... e…

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## [It appears that juliabloggers.com needs a cert upgrade](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-appears-that-juliabloggers-com-needs-a-cert-upgrade/42228)

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**Author:** [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/it-appears-that-juliabloggers-com-needs-a-cert-upgrade/42228 "2020-06-29T14:40:58Z")

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I got an angry message from firefox saying that the cert for juliabloggers is out of date. Someone should probably fix that. No idea if this is the right place to report this, but I figure someone important enough will s…

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## [Can adding "Documentation" category to Julia Discourse be a good idea?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-adding-documentation-category-to-julia-discourse-be-a-good-idea/41067)

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**Author:** [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-adding-documentation-category-to-julia-discourse-be-a-good-idea/41067 "2020-06-10T06:39:17Z")

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My experience with learning Julia and various great packages for its ecosystem make me aware that documentation is in this case much more important than in the case of languages like C, C++, Python, Fortran (you can add …

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## [Reduce package registration waiting period](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reduce-package-registration-waiting-period/40954)

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**Author:** [@anon37204545](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon37204545)\
**Replies:** 83\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/reduce-package-registration-waiting-period/40954 "2020-06-10T01:40:22Z")

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Currently there’s a waiting period of 3 days before a new package is automatically merged into Julia general registry. I feel like the 3 day length was arbitrarily chosen and that it isn’t really required to be that long…

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## [Julia Packages and Julia Observer displays a black background](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-packages-and-julia-observer-displays-a-black-background/41068)

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**Author:** [@Amval](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Amval)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-packages-and-julia-observer-displays-a-black-background/41068 "2020-06-09T20:32:12Z")

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I tried different browsers and devices. I just get a completely black page. Checking the HTML there is a div covering it all. \<div style="background-color: #000; width: 100vw; height: 100vh; position: absolute; left: 0;…

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## [Package registrator web UI is down](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registrator-web-ui-is-down/40813)

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**Author:** [@anon37204545](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anon37204545)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-registrator-web-ui-is-down/40813 "2020-06-05T16:52:14Z")

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https://pkg.julialang.org/registrator/ redirects to https://eu.pkg.julialang.org/registrator/ which throws a 404. Thus I cannot register a package via the web UI.

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## [String matching in docs.julialang.org](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-matching-in-docs-julialang-org/40390)

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**Author:** [@tomtom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomtom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-matching-in-docs-julialang-org/40390 "2020-05-29T08:29:55Z")

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as discussed here, a search of “isstruct” shows nothing about Base.isstructtype(). maybe there’s some hidden bug in the (partial) string matching algorithm? thanks.

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