# Comment imposer les catégories ? Pour mieux utiliser Discourse comme outil d'auto-organisation privé
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [Mai 5, 2018, 8:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846 "2018-05-05T20:20:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/1 "2018-05-05T20:20:57Z")
From the [topic here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enforce-selecting-a-category/3138/6) it looks like I should be able to require a category on a new post.
My settings [are shown on this post](https://discourse.softwarebydesign.com.au/t/this-is-a-test-post-with-no-category/741)
and yet the post itself has no category.
What am I doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/2 "2018-05-05T20:24:20Z")
Remember that staff are immune to these restrictions. Try it as a normal user.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/3 "2018-05-05T20:27:34Z")
Is there a way to set up un-categorized posts to be private?
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/4 "2018-05-05T20:28:47Z")
Do you mean you want to restrict access to the uncategorized category?
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/5 "2018-05-05T20:29:16Z")
Yes, if no category is set then I want the post to be private.
I put a lot of personal notes in for myself and sometimes I forget to set the category.
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/6 "2018-05-05T20:36:17Z")
> [@kgreed](#):
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> if no category is set then I want the post to be private
That is not possible, for obvious reasons: the uncategorized category is the default/fallback category for all topics. If not all users can write to it, it will lose that function.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 8:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/8 "2018-05-05T20:42:58Z")
@tophee
What is the uncategorized category ? Is it the category you get when no category is selected?
Why is there a setting to allow uncategrozed topics if it is not possible?
Do you mean “if no users” rather than “if not all users” ?
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 9:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/9 "2018-05-05T21:12:23Z")
> [@kgreed](#):
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> What is the uncategorized category ? Is it the category you get when no category is selected?
Yes. Technically, there are no uncategorized topics. They are just in a category called “uncategorized”.
> [@kgreed](#):
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> Why is there a setting to allow uncategrozed topics if it is not possible?
Because you can force users to select a (different) category before they will be allowed to submit their topic.
> [@kgreed](#):
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> Do you mean “if no users” rather than “if not all users” ?
No, I mean “if not all users”. Putting it differently: if you want to allow your users (and that means: all your users) to create uncategorized posts, that category called “uncategorized” needs to be writable for all users.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 9:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/10 "2018-05-05T21:14:58Z")
So what is the thinking behind having the admin users unaffected by the Enforce Categories setting?
Thus allowing newbie admins to accidentally post publicly.
I want all users to be restricted from uncategorized posts.
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 9:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/11 "2018-05-05T21:17:53Z")
Admins are king 😉
They can do anything anyway, so why restrict them artificially when they create topics?
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 5, 2018, 9:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/12 "2018-05-05T21:19:27Z")
Thanks, I will create myself a non admin user.
Still even king admins don’t mind being reminded they are about to make something public.
I would have prefered to keep posting as admin rather than having to have 2 logins.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [Mai 6, 2018, 11:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/13 "2018-05-06T23:17:50Z")
The other workaround would be to create notes to yourself as PMs and then make them public if/when you’re ready.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 2:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/14 "2018-05-07T02:39:02Z")
I figured out how to convert a message to a PM, but that does not really help me because I need to create the message first, and to be in a state of mind where I am thinking about privacy.
I already have a category “Kirsten’s Notes” which is private to me.
Typically I have this open and I pop thoughts and links into it during the day.
If I have the category list view displayed then new topics have the right category.
Every now and then I forget to go into the list view first and the new topic is not set.
If I don’t spot this in time I accidentally post my personal notes publicly.
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Hoover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Hoover)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/15 "2018-05-07T03:38:30Z")
You can also create groups and assign categories to certain groups. That way only that group can see topics created in that category. However admins and moderators can see everything.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/16 "2018-05-07T03:40:41Z")
Yes but my problem is that if I forget to assign a category the post is public
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Hoover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Hoover)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/17 "2018-05-07T03:42:00Z")
Could you explain a little more about what your trying to do? I’m just a little confused.
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/18 "2018-05-07T03:43:16Z")
I want to protect myself from forgetting to select a category, preferably whilst still using a login with admin privilege
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Hoover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Hoover)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/19 "2018-05-07T03:44:51Z")
There’s no way to do that. Or at least from my knowledge of the system. You just need to make sure that you don’t forget to put a topic in the right category 🙂
Sorry I couldn’t be any more help to you. Have a great rest of your day/night!
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### Author:  [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/20 "2018-05-07T03:47:07Z")
Even if it could warn me I am about to post something publicly it would be a big help. Is the a place in Meta where I could request this?
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Hoover](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Hoover)
#### Post date: [Mai 7, 2018, 3:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-enforce-categories-so-i-can-use-discourse-better-as-a-private-self-organisation-tool/86846/21 "2018-05-07T03:48:51Z")
I am 95% sure there isn’t a warning system. If you do end up forgetting to assign a category to a topic, then you can always unlist it and re assign it. Then list that topic again.
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