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KDE Discuss is the official forum for KDE. This page contains some useful information for developers, contributors, and users who wish to use the forums.

For more information about KDE Discuss, including the Code of Conduct, see the Forum FAQ.

Developer badges

Developer badges are used to easily identify KDE developers in the forum. The developer badge is the blue KDE logo to the lower right of the developer's profile picture.

To obtain a developer badge, you must have a developer account and log in to KDE Discuss "as KDE Contributor" through Invent.

You can see a list of developers with a badge here.

Adding tags

Everyone can add new tag: just create a post and write a tag (existing one are auto-completed).

Tags are used to organize content and filter topics. See this Discourse blog post about using tags.

New top-level categories will generally not be added to the forum. Users should use tags to categorize their posts.

Following RSS Feeds

It is possible to follow RSS feeds using discuss.kde.org. For example:

- To follow categories: https://discuss.kde.org/c/[category_name].rss - To follow tags: https://discuss.kde.org/tag/[tag_name].rss

See [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rss-feeds-list/264134) at the Discourse forum for more examples.

Mailing List Mode

Forum users can enable "Mailing list mode" under Profile > Preferences > Emails > Mailing list mode. You can either receive an email for all posts, or for all but your own.

One advantage of mailing list mode is that you can reply to posts by email. To respond via email, click "Reply" in your mail client. That's it!

By default you are subscribed to posts for all categories. To disable notifications for a specific category, visit the category page and mute it in the notification preference menu (i.e., the bell symbol).

General questions

General questions and comments can be posted to Site Feedback. Note that questions and comments are visible to everyone.

Report a bug

Precise and concrete bug reports should be reported to Bugzilla at https://bugs.kde.org.

Basic or vague help requests for KDE apps should be posted at the forum's Help category. If you are not sure whether an issue is a bug or not, please post to the Help category.

Contact the KDE Discuss team

Get in touch with the team:

KDE Discuss - Contact one of the Administrators

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-[http://forum.kde.org KDE Community Forums] is the official forum board for KDE. This page contains some useful information for developers and contributors who wish to use the forums.
+[http://discuss.kde.org KDE Discuss] is the official forum for KDE. This page contains some useful information for developers, contributors, and users who wish to use the forums.
-== Get a developer badge ==
+For more information about KDE Discuss, including the Code of Conduct, see the [https://discuss.kde.org/faq Forum FAQ].
-[[File:Developer-badge.png|thumb|Shiny badge]]
-Developer badges are used to easily identify KDE developers in the forum.
-To request a badge, simply [http://forum.kde.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose send a PM] to the Administrators group and tell us which areas you are involved in. You can also poke us on IRC, see [[#Contact the forum team]].
+== Developer badges ==
-== Request a new forum ==
+Developer badges are used to easily identify KDE developers in the forum. The developer badge is the blue KDE logo to the lower right of the developer's profile picture.
-We welcome developers and contributors who wish to start a new forum section for their application or project. The prerequisites are few and the steps extremely simple.
+To obtain a developer badge, you must have a developer account and log in to KDE Discuss "as KDE Contributor" through Invent.
-=== Prerequisites ===
+You can see a list of developers with a badge [https://discuss.kde.org/g/developers here].
-# The application or project should be related to KDE
-# There should be enough interest to fill the forum
-# At least one person involved with the application or project must be willing to moderate the forum
-=== Submitting a request ===
+== Adding tags ==
-[https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=forum.kde.org&format=guided Submit a report] with the following information:
+Everyone can add new tag: just create a post and write a tag (existing one are auto-completed).
-* Name of the new forum and a short description
-* User names of the people who are willing to moderate
-* (Optional) If you have any special requests
+Tags are used to organize content and filter topics. See this Discourse [https://blog.discourse.org/2017/10/its-time-we-talked-about-tags/ blog post] about using tags.
-The requests are considered on a case-by-case basis but usually there are no problems. When in doubt, just ask.
+New top-level categories will generally ''not'' be added to the forum. Users should use tags to categorize their posts.
-== Subscribe to RSS feed ==
+== Following RSS Feeds ==
-One way to follow the activity in a forum is to subscribe to a RSS feed. KDE Community Forums lets you specify exactly which posts will appear in your feed.
+It is possible to follow RSS feeds using discuss.kde.org. For example:
-To subscribe to new posts in a specific forum:
+- To follow categories: https://discuss.kde.org/c/[category_name].rss
-# Click on [http://forum.kde.org/rss.php Feed]
+- To follow tags: https://discuss.kde.org/tag/[tag_name].rss
-# Select your forum in the "Search in forums" list
-# Click on "Generate Feed Url"
-# Copy the Url to your feed reader, for example [http://kde.org/applications/internet/akregator/ Akregator].
+See [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rss-feeds-list/264134) at the Discourse forum for more examples.
-If you only want to subscribe to new topics (top-level posts), select "First post of topics only" in "Search within".
+== Mailing List Mode ==
+Forum users can enable "Mailing list mode" under ''Profile'' > ''Preferences'' > ''Emails'' > ''Mailing list mode''. You can either receive an email for all posts, or for all but your own.
+One advantage of mailing list mode is that you can reply to posts by email. To respond via email, click "Reply" in your mail client. That's it!
+By default you are subscribed to posts for all categories. To disable notifications for a specific category, visit the category page and mute it in the notification preference menu (i.e., the bell symbol).
 == General questions ==
-General questions can be posted to the [http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=9 Feedback & Questions] forum. Note that this forum is readable for everyone.
+General questions and comments can be posted to [https://discuss.kde.org/c/site-feedback/2 Site Feedback]. Note that questions and comments are visible to everyone.
 == Report a bug ==
-Bugs are reported to the forum.kde.org product at [http://bugs.kde.org http://bugs.kde.org].
+Precise and concrete bug reports should be reported to Bugzilla at [https://bugs.kde.org https://bugs.kde.org].
+Basic or vague help requests for KDE apps should be posted at the forum's [https://discuss.kde.org/c/help/6 Help] category. If you
+are not sure whether an issue is a bug or not, please post to the Help category.
-== Contact the forum team ==
+== Contact the KDE Discuss team ==
-There are many ways you can get in touch with the forum team, here are some:
+Get in touch with the team:
-* Forum - [http://forum.kde.org/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose Send a PM] to the Administrators group
+* KDE Discuss - Contact one of the [https://discuss.kde.org/about Administrators]
-* Email - Send a message to [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]
-* IRC - Contact one of the admins (bcooksley, einar77, Mogger, neverendingo, sayakb) in #kde-www on freenode
 == External links ==
-* [http://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=4 Forum announcements]
+* [https://discuss.kde.org/c/site-feedback/2 KDE Discuss Site Feedback]
 * [https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=forum.kde.org&format=guided Report a bug]
-* [http://identi.ca/group/kdeforums KDE Community Forums on identi.ca]
+== Archive ==
+For information about KDE's [https://web.archive.org/web/20230402100609/https://forum.kde.org/ former community forum], please see the [https://community.kde.org/KDE.org/KDE_Forums archived wiki page] at Internet Archive.
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