# Site Feedback

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## [How to propose a new Local User Group](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-propose-a-new-local-user-group/8081)

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**Author:** [@tfoote](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tfoote)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/how-to-propose-a-new-local-user-group/8081 "2019-03-01T21:39:43Z")

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This post is designed to capture our process for creating a new Local User Group category. It is designed to be a concise summary of the approach developed in this thread as well as more recent proposals. Goals We woul…

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## [Lyrical reaction (emoji) is broken](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/lyrical-reaction-emoji-is-broken/58249)

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**Author:** [@christophebedard](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/christophebedard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/lyrical-reaction-emoji-is-broken/58249 "2026-09-29T23:18:59Z")

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The emoji is :lyrical: :lyrical:, not :lyricall: :lyricall:

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## [Request for Creation of a ROS Philippines Local User Group](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-philippines-local-user-group/57502)

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**Author:** [@Shichiro](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Shichiro)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-philippines-local-user-group/57502 "2026-09-05T10:33:22Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to propose the creation of a local ROS user group for the Philippines. ROS2 adoption in the country is still very limited, there are only a handful of developers actively working with it, and most…

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## [Questionnaire for ROS community](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/questionnaire-for-ros-community/55443)

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**Author:** [@Mehran](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Mehran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/questionnaire-for-ros-community/55443 "2026-06-12T16:30:53Z")

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Hello, We are researchers at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in Italy, conducting a study on adaptation needs in robotic systems that use Behavior Trees. We would like to share a questionnaire with the ROS comm…

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## [What VAT is applied to OSRA Swag?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-vat-is-applied-to-osra-swag/55257)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/what-vat-is-applied-to-osra-swag/55257 "2026-06-03T13:07:56Z")

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I just ordered the Lyrical swag. And I can’t figure out what VAT is applied to it. The website does unforunately not help with figuring it out. Subtotal (5 items) €42.93 Standard Shipping €9.46 Discount - €8.6…

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## [Request to enable activitypub support on discourse. ](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-to-enable-activitypub-support-on-discourse/52885)

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**Author:** [@ludrol](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ludrol)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-to-enable-activitypub-support-on-discourse/52885 "2026-03-03T19:28:34Z")

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Discourse has an activitypub plugin that enebles interoperability with other forums like lemmy, piefed, mastodon or other activitypub enabled discourse forums. It would help in lowering the barrier for entry as it would…

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## [Do we want bots talking here?](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/do-we-want-bots-talking-here/52644)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/do-we-want-bots-talking-here/52644 "2026-02-23T19:33:00Z")

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What’s your opinion? Bot (in this question) = any automated output of a computer program that was not reviewed/backed by a human. Bot (in this question) != LLM output created and edited by a human with concrete goals o…

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## [wiki.ros.org returns 403s randomly](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/wiki-ros-org-returns-403s-randomly/52405)

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**Author:** [@solonovamax](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/solonovamax)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/wiki-ros-org-returns-403s-randomly/52405 "2026-02-10T05:53:49Z")

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It seems like the wiki.ros.org website currently has one or more broken backends. the load balancer will periodically send my requests to the broken backend, resultng in a 403. If I refresh a few times and don’t get a 4…

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## [Guidelines Must be Updated](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/guidelines-must-be-updated/52090)

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**Author:** [@Orhan](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Orhan)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/guidelines-must-be-updated/52090 "2026-01-27T01:16:23Z")

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Hello moderators @tfoote @gbiggs @kscottz @Katherine\_Scott Open Robotics Discourse - Guidelines page needs updating. How can I help? In the Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree section, the guidelines state that users …

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## [Creating an announcment about Boston Robot Hackers](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/creating-an-announcment-about-boston-robot-hackers/49658)

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**Author:** [@pitosalas](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/pitosalas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/creating-an-announcment-about-boston-robot-hackers/49658 "2025-08-23T23:07:05Z")

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It would seem that such a post belongs in “Community News”. But maybe not because “new topic” is greyed out for me. I thought the “ROS” would be for technical topics related to ROS. So bottom line where’s the right place…

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## [Request for creation of a ROS Australian Local User Group](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-australian-local-user-group/44409)

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**Author:** [@jclinton830](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jclinton830)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-australian-local-user-group/44409 "2025-07-08T00:17:17Z")

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I am proposing the creation of a local ROS user group in Australia. ROS has been an integral part of several robotics companies and R&D teams across the country. This local user group will be beneficial in bringing toget…

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## [Request for a Deliberation Community Group Category](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-a-deliberation-community-group-category/44995)

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**Author:** [@scastro](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/scastro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-a-deliberation-community-group-category/44995 "2025-07-03T01:48:42Z")

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In posting my last announcement for the ROS Deliberation Community group (ROS Deliberation Community Group Meeting - April 7, 2025), I realized that nobody else was spamming general; rather, there are specific community …

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## [Request for creation of SWORD - SouthWest Ontario ROS Developers](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-sword-southwest-ontario-ros-developers/44328)

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**Author:** [@DLu](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/DLu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-sword-southwest-ontario-ros-developers/44328 "2025-06-18T14:46:45Z")

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Drafting (slowly) off the event from last September I formally request a Local User Group: Name: SWORD - SouthWest Ontario ROS Developers :crossed\_swords: Preferred Language: English Blurb: Canada has long been an int…

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## [Some of Gazebo Sim API is not visible to DuckDuckGo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/some-of-gazebo-sim-api-is-not-visible-to-duckduckgo/48295)

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**Author:** [@Javapony](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Javapony)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/some-of-gazebo-sim-api-is-not-visible-to-duckduckgo/48295 "2024-05-17T14:11:35Z")

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DuckDuckGo (a popular privacy-focused search engine) does not seem to have cached any URLs under https://gazebosim.org/api/sim/. For example, searching for “site:gazebosim.org/api/sim/” returns zero results.

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## [Answers.gazebosim.org https cert expired](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-https-cert-expired/46192)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-https-cert-expired/46192 "2024-02-21T17:02:04Z")

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And again: Answers.gazebosim.org expired HTTPS certificate - #2 by nuclearsandwich - Site Feedback - Gazebo Community . Is ACME configured for this domain?

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## [Request for creation of a ROS United Kingdom User Group](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-united-kingdom-user-group/35188)

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**Author:** [@arushi\_khokhar](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/arushi_khokhar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-united-kingdom-user-group/35188 "2023-12-27T14:13:23Z")

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I am proposing the creation of a local ROS user group in the United Kingdom. Given the increasing prevalence of robotics courses in universities across the country, I believe that establishing a ROS user group can serve …

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## [Humanoids SIG Proposal](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/humanoids-sig-proposal/1994)

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**Author:** [@dkotfis](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/dkotfis)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/humanoids-sig-proposal/1994 "2023-11-27T02:58:59Z")

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I would like to propose a new category called “Humanoids” with the following summary: The Humanoids SIG will work to expand the core ROS capabilities for humanoid robot platforms. Humanoid platforms have bipedal mobilit…

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## [Answers.gazebosim.org expired HTTPS certificate](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-expired-https-certificate/48488)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-expired-https-certificate/48488 "2023-11-22T14:52:31Z")

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I know it has already been switched to read-only, but I think running the archive a bit longer will help the transition.

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## [ROS Poland user group creation](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-poland-user-group-creation/34142)

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**Author:** [@Souphis](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Souphis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-poland-user-group-creation/34142 "2023-10-16T20:57:46Z")

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@tfoote Here in Poland, we have a lot of passionate roboticists and some companies that already belong to the ROS Community like Husarion, Robotec.ai or Leo Rover, and that’s why we propose the creation of this local gro…

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## [ROS Projects Category](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-projects-category/161)

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**Author:** [@ruffsl](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ruffsl)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-projects-category/161 "2016-04-22T01:36:17Z")

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Continuing the discussion from ROS Live 2016/4/19: Agenda: As previously suggested, I’d like to propose a Category for users ROS Projects: I already have an open pet project I’d like to share and gather feedback as we…

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## [Sdformat.org not reachable from Czech Republic](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sdformat-org-not-reachable-from-czech-republic/48924)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/sdformat-org-not-reachable-from-czech-republic/48924 "2023-04-05T20:27:27Z")

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Hi, I can’t access sdformat.org for at least 4 hours now (it worked last week). Pings to 54.84.92.95 do not respond. I tried from 4 different autonomous systems (all in Czech republic; one cell provider, two home broadba…

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## [Request for creation of a ROS Spanish-speaker User Group](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-spanish-speaker-user-group/17184)

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**Author:** [@matiasbavera](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/matiasbavera)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/request-for-creation-of-a-ros-spanish-speaker-user-group/17184 "2021-01-25T18:43:00Z")

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Dear all, As we’ve discussed with some Spanish-speaking users around the world, it would be wonderful to have a common space to support Spanish-speaking community ROS projects, and for raising awareness on Open Source R…

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## [Something if off about the discourse logo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/something-if-off-about-the-discourse-logo/12947)

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**Author:** [@ct2034](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ct2034)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/something-if-off-about-the-discourse-logo/12947 "2023-02-24T21:26:33Z")

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I always thought the ROS ‘O’ on discourse looks slightly narrow. Now I know why: Here you see in blue the original ROS logo and in orange the ros discourse logo.

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## [Discourse category for Human-Robot Interaction](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/discourse-category-for-human-robot-interaction/27959)

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**Author:** [@severin-lemaignan](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/severin-lemaignan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/discourse-category-for-human-robot-interaction/27959 "2023-02-02T23:11:40Z")

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hi there! Following the official launch of the open REP-155 aka ROS4HRI during ROSCon, I got multiple requests from interest parties to discuss new ideas/REP refinements/porting of existing nodes to ROS4HRI. It seems t…

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## [Https certificate expired on answers.gazebosim.org](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/https-certificate-expired-on-answers-gazebosim-org/48222)

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**Author:** [@nuclearsandwich](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/nuclearsandwich)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/https-certificate-expired-on-answers-gazebosim-org/48222 "2022-12-03T05:45:35Z")

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There is a configuration issue on answers.gazebosim.org preventing us from updating the https certificate on that host. Until we resolve this issue, the site has been put into read-only mode and made available via plaint…

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## [Looking for suggestions to improve user experience with our support forum(s)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-to-improve-user-experience-with-our-support-forum-s/28225)

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**Author:** [@debjit](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/debjit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/looking-for-suggestions-to-improve-user-experience-with-our-support-forum-s/28225 "2022-11-10T13:35:17Z")

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Hi everybody, I recently came across an article shared on LinkedIn mentioning the potential migration of forums on ros.org into a commercial organization: StackExchange and one of the reasoning behind such a considerati…

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## [ROSCon 2022 Website | Phishing Alert](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2022-website-phishing-alert/27357)

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**Author:** [@lentinjoseph](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/lentinjoseph)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2022-website-phishing-alert/27357 "2022-09-20T00:35:51Z")

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Hello Is anybody getting a phishing alert when opening ROSCon 2022 website from Windows 10? Regards Lentin Joseph

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## [Answers.gazebosim.org OpenID login doesn't work](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-openid-login-doesnt-work/48321)

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**Author:** [@peci1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/peci1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/answers-gazebosim-org-openid-login-doesnt-work/48321 "2022-07-05T21:33:07Z")

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Hi, I used to log in to answers via OpenID (particular provider mojeid.cz). This seems to no longer work. When I try to log in with an OpenID username, all I get is the login page of answers.gazebosim.org telling me “Ope…

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## [Getting Started is still pointing to Galactic](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/getting-started-is-still-pointing-to-galactic/26253)

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**Author:** [@yashi](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/yashi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/getting-started-is-still-pointing-to-galactic/26253 "2022-06-30T02:19:18Z")

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Hi, It seems the Getting Started page is still pointing to Galactic as the latest stable. It should be updated with Humble, I suppose.

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## [Gazebo Ignition Overview entirely missing](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-ignition-overview-entirely-missing/48786)

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**Author:** [@Whoaman](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Whoaman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-ignition-overview-entirely-missing/48786 "2022-06-09T15:44:57Z")

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I’m 100% sure I want Gazebo. I go to the main website and am encouraged to “Get Started”. I do, and am directed to https://gazebosim.org/docs/all/getstarted which immediately starts talking about “Ignition”, not Gazebo. …

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