# Category Permissions **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009 **Category:** Support **Created:** [May 30, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009 "2016-05-30T18:40:07Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor) #### Post date: [May 30, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009/6 "2016-05-30T19:38:48Z")
It sounds like you are asking for the feature requested in this thread: > [@New category permission : "Create and see"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-create-and-see/12053): > > Hi, I would like to have your opinion about a new permission for categories. I’m building a support platform using Discourse in which users can ask questions and “professional” users can answer. I would like to create a category in which standard users can ask questions but can only be answered by “professional” users. Standard users can see the questions and answers of others but can only create their own topics or answer their own topics. Currently we have “Create, answer, see”, “Answer, s… Although it’s not implemented you might find the conversation there provides you with other ideas. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-permissions/45009)._