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+This is a place for questions and discussions that don't have a Discussion
+page fitting enough. Users of ikiwiki can ask questions here.
+
+Note that for more formal bug reports or todo items, you can also edit the
+[[bugs]] and [[todo]] pages.
+
+
+## Current topics ##
+
+[[!inline pages="forum/*  and !forum/discussion and !forum/*/*" 
+archive=yes rootpage="forum" postformtext="Add a new thread titled:" show=0]]