# Changing default ownership of "About category" posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-ownership-of-about-category-posts/174414>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-ownership-of-about-category-posts/174414 "2020-12-28T11:13:40Z")\
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**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:** [January 2, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-default-ownership-of-about-category-posts/174414/2 "2021-01-02T10:25:50Z")

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This came up as a related problem recently when the staff members who created the categories were force-deleted, their “about this category” topics were also deleted.

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