# Archive categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [14.Март.2015 09:04:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319 "2015-03-14T09:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [14.Март.2015 10:21:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-categories/26319/3 "2015-03-14T10:21:07Z")

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