# Meta Elastic

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## [Should there be a Painless section of the forum?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-there-be-a-painless-section-of-the-forum/115132)

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**Author:** [@arisbanach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arisbanach)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-there-be-a-painless-section-of-the-forum/115132 "2018-01-13T14:16:37Z")

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I'm wondering if the forum could use a dedicated Painless section. I'm working on learning Painless but having a lot of trouble since there isn't a ton of easy ways (from what I understand) of debugging. I think it would…

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## [Apple\_touch\_icon\_url is invalid](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apple-touch-icon-url-is-invalid/115183)

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**Author:** [@Supermathie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Supermathie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apple-touch-icon-url-is-invalid/115183 "2018-01-11T23:23:29Z")

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You'll need to fix your apple\_touch\_icon\_url - it's set to the following which is invalid: https://www.elastic.co/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png. It's also used in onebox links: \[image\]

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## [Interacting with discuss.elastic.co via Email](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/interacting-with-discuss-elastic-co-via-email/114777)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/interacting-with-discuss-elastic-co-via-email/114777 "2018-01-10T03:10:50Z")

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Some users would prefer to interact with the forums solely via email and not via the web interface. No worries, we've got you covered! You can decide how often to receive email and from which categories in your user pr…

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## [Nice interview with Elastic Developer Advocate for german speaking folks](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nice-interview-with-elastic-developer-advocate-for-german-speaking-folks/112688)

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**Author:** [@mos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nice-interview-with-elastic-developer-advocate-for-german-speaking-folks/112688 "2017-12-20T19:34:05Z")

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We interviewed Mr. Philipp Krenn about his job at Elastic. Fun! (The interview and his job ;)):

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## [Tagging and tracking clarifications](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tagging-and-tracking-clarifications/112497)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tagging-and-tracking-clarifications/112497 "2017-12-19T20:37:32Z")

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G'Day @system, I had a few questions about tagging, which we want to enable, and how it works with tracking. I found this older thread which explains some of it, but I was wondering if you can track a specific tag in a s…

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## [Adding solutions to locked topics?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-solutions-to-locked-topics/108152)

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**Author:** [@iquito](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iquito)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-solutions-to-locked-topics/108152 "2017-11-17T20:30:13Z")

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I found the solution to a problem I posted in the past here (GET API requests sometimes slow (up to 200ms instead of 2ms)) and wanted to update the answer so if anybody had the same problem they knew how I solved it, yet…

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## [Modify body of a forum message when it's closed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-body-of-a-forum-message-when-its-closed/106670)

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**Author:** [@alonsosanchezd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alonsosanchezd)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modify-body-of-a-forum-message-when-its-closed/106670 "2017-11-07T13:26:10Z")

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Hi everybody. Firstly, thanks a lot for your support. Some time ago I wrote a question in this thread: The fact is that the security area at my company has asked me to modify the body of that post, because there are …

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## [Using metricbeat and jolokia trying to fetch G1Gc information](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-metricbeat-and-jolokia-trying-to-fetch-g1gc-information/102787)

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**Author:** [@abirami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abirami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-metricbeat-and-jolokia-trying-to-fetch-g1gc-information/102787 "2017-10-06T04:41:54Z")

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Hi All , Currently I am using metricbeat 5.5.2 and Jolokia 1.3.7 .I am able collect HeapUsage details butt not Garbage Collector details.Please help me how to fetch this metric

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## [Fix icons links](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fix-icons-links/99774)

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**Author:** [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fix-icons-links/99774 "2017-09-08T07:17:21Z")

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Front page's html has the following: \<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://www.elastic.co/favicon.ico"\> \<link rel="apple-touch-icon" type="image/png" href="https://www.elastic.co/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png"\> …

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## [Replacement of straight quotes with curly quotes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replacement-of-straight-quotes-with-curly-quotes/99666)

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**Author:** [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replacement-of-straight-quotes-with-curly-quotes/99666 "2017-09-08T01:09:15Z")

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It appears that Discourse in the past few weeks started replacing regular straight quotes with curly quotes. Could we do something about that? It’s annoying to have to search/replace those characters if you’re copying a …

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## [My story](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-story/92230)

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**Author:** [@wldev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wldev)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-story/92230 "2017-07-07T14:58:50Z")

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Because it started to become little mess, I wanted to shed some light on my story. We are small, 2 people-only, company. Our main fierld of activity was cloud-computing. As catalog of goods we offer got larger, we th…

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## [Feature Request: Required Custom Fields for New Topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-required-custom-fields-for-new-topic/86432)

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**Author:** [@EddieTurizo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EddieTurizo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-request-required-custom-fields-for-new-topic/86432 "2017-05-21T02:52:51Z")

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Does the Discourse platform allow Elastic to create custom fields that are required as part of creating a new topic? The initial response to a new topic is usually something along the lines of "What is your Logstash vers…

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## [Getting mail from all topics just not the ones I'm following](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-mail-from-all-topics-just-not-the-ones-im-following/84900)

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**Author:** [@simmel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simmel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-mail-from-all-topics-just-not-the-ones-im-following/84900 "2017-05-12T18:56:13Z")

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I recently came back to work and before I left I had unsubscribed to all categories so I received no mail during my absense. Now I'm back and I see that I'm still watching Logstash and Tracking Announcements, Kibana, S…

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## [Still getting emails from sub forums](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/still-getting-emails-from-sub-forums/85333)

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**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/still-getting-emails-from-sub-forums/85333 "2017-05-11T17:54:02Z")

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Might be similar to https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-mail-from-all-topics-just-not-the-ones-im-following/84900 I set the #beats:metricbeat to normal: But I'm still getting email notifications: Wondering if I d…

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## [ELK as replacement for google analytics possible?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-as-replacement-for-google-analytics-possible/84852)

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**Author:** [@alberto\_c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alberto_c)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-as-replacement-for-google-analytics-possible/84852 "2017-05-08T04:26:48Z")

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Our startup has built a SaaS web application used by multiple customers. The initial solution of using google analytics to track our application usage is not suitable anymore, and I would like to switch to some other sol…

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## [Old article about JDBC is outdated](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-article-about-jdbc-is-outdated/82510)

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**Author:** [@gsouf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsouf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/old-article-about-jdbc-is-outdated/82510 "2017-04-17T04:23:52Z")

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Hi, New to elasticsearch I was reading this article: And it seems it is oudated now. I had to replace this output { elasticsearch { protocol =\> http index =\> "contacts" document\_type…

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## [Blog feed size very large, feed reader does not update](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/blog-feed-size-very-large-feed-reader-does-not-update/79012)

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**Author:** [@choppa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/choppa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/blog-feed-size-very-large-feed-reader-does-not-update/79012 "2017-04-10T18:27:49Z")

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Hi! My RSS feed reader (GreatNews on Windows) throws an error about the blog feed size of https://www.elastic.co/blog/feed being larger than 1000k. Looking into the feed I see very old "news" still in there. Could th…

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## [Bug on date when a response is added](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-on-date-when-a-response-is-added/80782)

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**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-on-date-when-a-response-is-added/80782 "2017-03-31T07:51:22Z")

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I just answered to https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-s3-repository-working-with-aws-instance-profile/80380 and I saw that: If I refresh the page, everything is correct: It's a really non significant bug IMO b…

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## [CDN Deliverability in Russia?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cdn-deliverability-in-russia/80151)

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**Author:** [@tylerjl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylerjl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cdn-deliverability-in-russia/80151 "2017-03-27T16:39:35Z")

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Heya Discourse team: We've heard from some users in Russia that certain javascript assets aren't being delivered - some example assets that don't get fetched include those screenshotted below: The user informed us th…

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## [Removal of Development category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-development-category/69373)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/removal-of-development-category/69373 "2017-03-20T07:18:34Z")

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This gets very few posts and they could be better handled in the per product categories. I'd like to suggest that we just remove this category accordingly.

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## [Something wrong with notifications?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/something-wrong-with-notifications/69177)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/something-wrong-with-notifications/69177 "2016-12-22T02:34:08Z")

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I have lately been receiving multiple notifications for the same topics even when nothing new has been posted or edited in them. Is this a bug that has been introduced recently?

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## [Quoting multi line problems](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quoting-multi-line-problems/70234)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quoting-multi-line-problems/70234 "2017-02-13T03:31:20Z")

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If I have this line. And this line. And I quote them, they get merged together (see the next post).

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## [Jobs subforum?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jobs-subforum/23795)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2017, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jobs-subforum/23795 "2017-01-02T09:07:21Z")

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We allowed the occasional non-recruiter post on the old lists and it seems like people are still interested in the same thing. Should we dedicate an area to this?

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## [Possible Faulty CDN Node?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-faulty-cdn-node/67627)

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**Author:** [@tylerjl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylerjl)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-faulty-cdn-node/67627 "2016-12-15T23:35:46Z")

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We've been hearing some reports that certain images aren't being served to some users over the CDN Discourse uses. For example: Some initial investigation led to finding this image being served over p-uswd00.kxcdn.com …

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## [Bug in Creating Topic?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-creating-topic/68487)

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**Author:** [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-creating-topic/68487 "2016-12-09T03:01:39Z")

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I just noticed a strange bug when I was trying to create a topic. In one spot in my topic creation, I typed a number 2., but in the actual topic on the forums, it shows a number 1. Thread: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/p…

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## [Formatted version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatted-version/66836)

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**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatted-version/66836 "2016-11-22T22:17:58Z")

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When you open a given category like #elasticsearch for example, you can see that messages are not formatted. Opening the first thread shows how is actually the text: My need here is to make sure that new comers rea…

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## [How should I encrypt data at rest with Elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-should-i-encrypt-data-at-rest-with-elasticsearch/96)

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**Author:** [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-should-i-encrypt-data-at-rest-with-elasticsearch/96 "2015-05-01T10:40:15Z")

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Note: while we recommend these options, we cannot provide support for any particular tool or help debugging issues with dm-crypt itself. For the purpose of protecting Data at Rest through encryption, from the Elasticsea…

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## [Starting a new thread via email](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-a-new-thread-via-email/58645)

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**Author:** [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-a-new-thread-via-email/58645 "2016-08-29T18:55:37Z")

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I can no longer create a new thread using the email address defined here: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-only-interaction-with-the-forums/106 In addition, will any of the email issues discussed over a year ago ever…

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## [Should we remove "delete" feature for users?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-we-remove-delete-feature-for-users/57982)

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**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-we-remove-delete-feature-for-users/57982 "2016-08-14T12:39:02Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Post deleted by author: I think we should not allow people to remove content. Thoughts?

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## [Where is defined new\_user\_tips?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-defined-new-user-tips/54508)

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**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-defined-new-user-tips/54508 "2016-08-11T16:30:26Z")

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Hey I'd like to change the text coming from field new\_user\_tips which is used when a new user joins discuss.elastic.co. Change proposal BTW so @warkolm can also comment, enhance... If you have any trouble, please tel…

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