# Discourse Post Voting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, post-voting, included-in-core
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808 "2022-05-23T07:55:00Z")
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### Author: ![nat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nat/32/235063_2.png) [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808/134 "2024-02-20T10:35:34Z")

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> [@Catija](#):
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> You say admins can set the default within a category to Q&A - if they do, are topics _required_ to be Q&A or do they just default to it?
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> - If it’s a default, is there an option to require it? Can Q&A be disabled by category, too?

Yes, OP needs an update, these are the current options in category settings

 ![post voting category options](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/c/e/6ceacf61e8a8392ca83386e7d74378317747131e.png)

> [@Catija](#):
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> - If a category is set to default to Q&A, is this something that’s apparent to users?

The user will see a different button in the composer. You can change the button text via [text customization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-any-text-in-discourse/36092).

 ![create button](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/f/a/0fab813c7c4948789030377d28d2c5c615c5f428.png)

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