# How to create a category particularly for an organisation's use?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 21, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243 "2020-02-21T10:37:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![Monika\_Gupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/monika_gupta/32/164914_2.png) [@Monika\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monika_Gupta)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/1 "2020-02-21T10:37:17Z")

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I just want to share certain articles only with my colleagues & not outsiders. How do I do this? I don’t want to waste my time by giving access to everyone individually. Please help.

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### Author: ![Remah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/remah/32/70590_2.png) [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/2 "2020-02-21T10:40:45Z")

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[https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-how-to-create-a-private-category-using-group-permissions/136439?u=remah](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-how-to-create-a-private-category-using-group-permissions/136439)

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### Author: ![Monika\_Gupta](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/monika_gupta/32/164914_2.png) [@Monika\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monika_Gupta)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/3 "2020-02-21T11:08:59Z")

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@Remah ..Hi this was helpful. BUt I cant edit the staff category even though I am the Admin. Also, how do I add my whole organization’s id to it. It will take a lot of time. Please help.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/5 "2020-02-21T12:45:47Z")

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_Monika it’s considered really bad etiquette to @ people, especially those not involved in the Topic. We are all busy, some more than others. Bear in mind people may get notified during unsociable hours. Use that feature responsibly_

To your issue, there are some auto-generated groups that you might be able to use, e.g. _trust\_level\_0_ contains everyone with an account and is maintained by Discourse itself, so no need to individually add each person. Giving that rights and excluding ‘everyone’ will prevent anonymous users seeing that Category.

If you need something more tailored because you have a mix of members, some of whom you don’t want to permission for this Category, you may need to create a group with only firm staff. You will need to manually manage membership going forward, but once you’ve set it up it will be less work to maintain. You will have to remember to onboard people though as and when.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/6 "2020-02-21T13:46:32Z")

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You can create a group whose members are automatically added o if their email address matches a domain and then make a category that allows only that group to see it.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/7 "2020-02-21T15:30:19Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> You can create a group whose members are automatically added o if their email address matches a domain

Wow, how long has that been in the build? That’s awesome Jay, thanks!

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/8 "2020-02-21T15:38:55Z")

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I’m not sure, but I didn’t find it until I wrote a plugin to do the same! Your comment makes me feel a little less silly.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/10 "2024-01-24T16:33:42Z")

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-category-particularly-for-an-organisations-use/142243/11 "2024-01-24T17:24:41Z")

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