# Category setting: new topics are wiki by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** wiki-posts
**Created:** [Junho 17, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618 "2014-06-17T15:18:09Z")
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### Author: ![joebuhlig](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joebuhlig/32/193054_2.png) [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)
#### Post date: [Dezembro 19, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618/26 "2016-12-19T12:58:08Z")

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Just so everyone is up to date, I pulled the retroactive conversion process from this per a [conversation on the PR](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4609). I’ll work on a #howto for converting existing topics.

EDIT: Here’s the link to the #howto mentioned:

> [@Convert all existing topics in category to wikis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-all-existing-topics-in-category-to-wikis/54493):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to convert all existing topics in a Discourse category to wikis. person_raising_hand Required user level: Server administrator with SSH access Discourse allows categories to have topics marked as wikis by default. This setting ensures that any new topic within the category automatically becomes a wiki. However, if you’ve enabled this setting for a category that has already existed for some time, you may want to co…

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