# Creating new category defaults to "Uncategorized" as parent

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [9월 20, 2017, 6:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471 "2017-09-20T18:22:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [9월 20, 2017, 6:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/1 "2017-09-20T18:22:35Z")

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When I create a new category, the “parent category” is shown as “uncategorized”.

 ![21](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/b/abb44b0c3f7dfb4e84479e49313fe5a94e9d8c7a.png)

If I click save, then the category ends up with no parent (which is the correct behaviour).

Possibly related to your category select-box work @j.jaffeux?

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### 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: [9월 20, 2017, 6:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/2 "2017-09-20T18:30:32Z")

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Good catch David. I can repro @j.jaffeux.

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [9월 20, 2017, 6:38오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/3 "2017-09-20T18:38:43Z")

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I will just remove Uncategorized from this select-box as it can’t be a parent anyways.

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [9월 20, 2017, 7:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/4 "2017-09-20T19:13:35Z")

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Should be fixed by

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2a1768454608ddc1e4b95c2d95d13698fdae186e](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2a1768454608ddc1e4b95c2d95d13698fdae186e)

@jomaxro can you confirm please ? (it’s deployed on meta)

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### 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: [9월 20, 2017, 7:20오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/5 "2017-09-20T19:20:49Z")

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Looks good to me. (Didn’t try creating category, just checked the UI).

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [9월 20, 2017, 7:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/6 "2017-09-20T19:21:18Z")

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OK thanks everyone, closing it then.

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [9월 20, 2017, 7:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-new-category-defaults-to-uncategorized-as-parent/70471/7 "2017-09-20T19:21:22Z")

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