# Customize wording i.e. change "Category", "Topic" etc

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [06.Июнь.2018 22:46:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307 "2018-06-06T22:46:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [06.Июнь.2018 23:51:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-wording-i-e-change-category-topic-etc/89307/3 "2018-06-06T23:51:04Z")

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> [@tyraniczar](#):
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> Is that because Discourse’s default terminology is unalterable or just because most people leave it as is?

You can change it, as @tophee says (/admin/customize/text content – you can then search for the word you want to change or the name of the thing that contains it; it’s easier than you might guess).

I think that people don’t change it because those are words that are fairly universally understood. I worked with a client just yesterday, though, who was interested in changing “category” to “Chapter” (of their large organization). I couldn’t explain quite as cogently as @tophee did about why it’s a bad idea.

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