# 可通过标记删除分类描述主题 **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [2019年五月29日 19:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025 "2019-05-29T19:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [2019年五月29日 19:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/1 "2019-05-29T19:04:52Z")
Category description topics are protected from deletion, but they can be flagged and deleted using that flag, breaking the category. ---
**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:** [2019年五月29日 19:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/2 "2019-05-29T19:06:00Z")
I recall we fixed this in the past, did it regress with the new flag handling work @eviltrout? ---
**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Post date:** [2019年五月29日 19:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/3 "2019-05-29T19:23:34Z")
I can confirm we’ve regressed here. We now display the delete icon to staff users _if they are the topic owner_, and display this helpful message when they try to delete the topic: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/6/4620d68e5915aaf05da940ff8a4f8a94fb98179c.png) Following the modal’s suggestion (flagging) does allow for the Category Description topic to be deleted. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/f/6fb164d231ffb1bb51890fc643459e64c4408212.png) ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [2019年五月30日 20:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/4 "2019-05-30T20:45:47Z")
Two fixes came of this. First, staff members should not see delete on category topics: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7a9e85b1d7a33b2876248b3e2f566606b87a6b00](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7a9e85b1d7a33b2876248b3e2f566606b87a6b00) Secondly, the review / suspend interfaces should not allow you to delete category topics: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2e0a40007b4228f60953bfba455e074c05abc4e2](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2e0a40007b4228f60953bfba455e074c05abc4e2) ---
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [2019年五月30日 20:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/5 "2019-05-30T20:47:19Z")
Can we please remove the option to flag descriptions entirely? ---
**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\ **Post date:** [2019年五月30日 20:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/6 "2019-05-30T20:48:32Z")
That one is more difficult to do based on the current ways we’re passing data around. It is probably easier for now to tell your users not to do that if they are. ---
**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:** [2020年一月10日 04:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/7 "2020-01-10T04:10:47Z")
> [@Stephen](#): > > 我们能否彻底移除标记描述的选项？ 既然那个严重的问题已经修复，我不确定是否还需要继续保留这个议题。 @Stephen 如果你认为我们仍需跟踪此事，能否为此发起一个新的功能请求，主题是“禁用描述标记”？ ---
**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:** [2020年一月10日 04:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-description-topics-can-be-deleted-by-flagging/119025/8 "2020-01-10T04:10:50Z")