# Ability to moderate topic before publication

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581 "2016-01-27T16:41:03Z")
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### Author: ![CamilleRoux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/camilleroux/32/119575_2.png) [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581/1 "2016-01-27T16:41:03Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to get the ability to moderate topics before publication on a specific category?

Thanks

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-moderate-topic-before-publication/38581/2 "2016-01-28T01:25:39Z")

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This is covered elsewhere at some length, but pre-moderation is only done at specific trust levels, not by category, or per individual user.