# Cannot Create New Topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics/280762>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics/280762 "2023-10-02T16:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidkingham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/davidkingham/32/119528_2.png) [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-new-topics/280762/3 "2023-10-02T16:43:11Z")

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Okay, this is interesting. If I go straight to /new-topic the category dropdown only shows the categories they can successfully post in, even though the security settings are the same. Note all the categories in image critiques are missing.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/c/9/2c9328783336eba4c8e01f619482528f5d5dda1e.jpeg)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/a/9/ca96e14946d3c38413856d81c16bc606b95ce013.jpeg)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/4/f/64f85a3d7db52b27fc47746dbe052e01894fc002.jpeg)

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