# Discourse Events

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-events/97376
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, events, included-in-core
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-events/97376 "2018-09-17T15:50:24Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-events/97376/621 "2026-08-24T14:10:01Z")

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> [@davidb](#):
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> check if it is an intentional change that the new topic button is replaced for users with event creation permissions

Yes, it was intentional, see [this commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7efc8a4ad541ea1ad1b0939bc91ce8849cd34de4)

> In categories with the “events” type (using the upcoming change “Enable  
> events category type setup”), users who can create events now see a “New  
> Event” button with a calendar icon instead of the default “New Topic”.

It would have been nice if this was behind a setting.

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