Just stumbled upon the following in Administrative Bulk Operations and either I didn’t see it before or I wasn’t in the same headspace, but this feels like an alternative to my « category creation » issue. If I can export the structure, fiddle with it in a text file (?) and import it back in, that could be interesting.
Quote below, I tried to « copy quote » in the mobile app but it didn’t completely work, I’m afraid.
Export your site’s category structure
This is essentially copying the “skeleton” of your Discourse site. It includes every category along with any groups associated with existing category permissions. It does not include topics:
rake export:category_structure
If you want the category structure along with any groups associated with the category permissions and any members of those groups:
rake export:category_structure[true]
Importing a category file
Use the exported file’s name like the example below:
rake import:file["category-export-2019-05-16-052430.json"]