# Can't create Wiki (as admin)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** wiki-posts\
**Created:** [May 24, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309 "2024-05-24T15:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jenmck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jenmck/32/332487_2.png) [@jenmck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenmck)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-create-wiki-as-admin/309309/12 "2026-01-08T03:47:27Z")

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Yes - here’s what I’ve got in the console. Before I updated to v2026.01, there weren’t any references to `video-thumbnail` or `video-placeholder`. There aren’t any videos at all anywhere on this dev instance.

Here’s the console:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/d/6/8d677df4c88c3dbbf02218b90df3b9ed41420e08.png)

Here’s the response headers:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/d/3/1d3978414f035ab7f3bd8ed32ed6e4c163d7c7eb.png)

edited to add: I created a new category and enabled `Make new topics wikis by default`. I was able to make a new topic in this category which was a wiki. However, I get the same error as before when i click on `Remove Wiki` for that post.

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