# Formating for "uncategorized" in topic category selection

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 27, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355 "2014-08-27T17:22:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![AdamCapriola](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamcapriola/32/5192_2.png) [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355/1 "2014-08-27T17:22:24Z")

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Here’s what I’m talking about:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/5/45be84e5b45097ccb20df2cf41e89768cac0a53c.png)

If you are suppressing the category badge, I guess this display makes sense, though it might be nice to include the number of topics and description. (“Topics that don’t need a category, or don’t fit into any other existing category.”)

But if you _aren’t_ suppressing the category badge, I think it should definitely show the badge like the other categories. Currently it does not. I _thought_ it used to, but I might be mistaken.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355/2 "2014-08-27T18:08:15Z")

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Yes we should add the description here and formatting @eviltrout.

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355/3 "2014-08-28T16:43:35Z")

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Added here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/30b102aa980f70a104b4bb9b439df18847d42416](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/30b102aa980f70a104b4bb9b439df18847d42416)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355/4 "2014-08-28T22:20:05Z")

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Fix confirmed

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/a/0a347bb55491d5c872975792fa0dcdb7c3c85274.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355/5 "2014-08-28T22:20:08Z")

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