# Admins can accidentally create uncategorized topics without meaning to

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [Juillet 15, 2016, 1:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342 "2016-07-15T01:53:30Z")
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### Author: ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [Juillet 28, 2016, 3:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admins-can-accidentally-create-uncategorized-topics-without-meaning-to/47342/10 "2016-07-28T03:10:10Z")

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There are two reasons I disable `Uncategorized`

- It’s “selected” by default, making it far to easy to use.
- We have people watching specific categories. When topics are created in the wrong category, users don’t get notified of the new information.

I never intended to say that there’s no purpose to “Uncategorized” I’m trying to protect people (fellow admins in this case) from making unintentional mistakes.

ADDITION -

This post is the same, only I’m trying to get the same experience for admins

> [@How to set to show \`Select a category...\` when user create a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-to-show-select-a-category-when-user-create-a-new-topic/48052):
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> I am a new admin of our discourse forum, and i have created some categories, but i do NOT want to show a default category when user create a topic, i want show user Select a category... instead, like the following pic shows. any one know how to set this? thanks a lot for helping.

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