Ensure read-only categories remain read-only (even for admins)

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Context and Use-case

Sometimes it’s useful to maintain a read-only category accessible to one or more groups to follow announcements or mirror a diffusion list.

Problem

Since admins can post anywhere, it can happen that an admin will reply or post a topic in such a read-only category unknowingly, resulting in lost discussion or unnoticed intervention, or even in unsolicited email back to the original mailing-list.

Resolution

When an admin tries to reply to an existing topic, or tries to create a new topic in a read-only category, they should receive a big fat warning greying out the composer and asking them to confirm that they indeed want to do this, suggesting they could quote the topic in another, more appropriate space.

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More generic feature request that would accomplish the same (and more) here "Regular mode" for admins and moderators (e.g. something like "sudo")

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Unfortunately the admin warning seems more reachable as a feature than the ever elusive sudo feature.

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There is this TC for the closed topics. Might be able to extend it or create an additional custom Theme component for the create topic in s closed category.

Maybe though to fit more closely might need to see if can change a bit to check a category for see only permission in category security.

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