# How to force a topic to be edited by the user

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-a-topic-to-be-edited-by-the-user/401681
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 28, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-a-topic-to-be-edited-by-the-user/401681 "2026-04-28T08:56:21Z")
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### Author: ![putty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/putty/32/370902_2.png) [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-force-a-topic-to-be-edited-by-the-user/401681/4 "2026-04-28T15:10:36Z")

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You could require approval for certain groups until they prove themselves. Perhaps elevating their trust level or adding them to an “approved” group.

Discourse recently added the ability to designate groups that do/not need approval:

> [@More flexible category-level topic and reply approvals](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-flexible-category-level-topic-and-reply-approvals/401132):
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> We’ve made it easier to setup category approval requirements which control who needs to get staff approval before their topic and / or reply can be posted. By making this system more flexible, we hope to reduce any unnecessary work for your community team while keeping desired safeguards in place. Previously, this was an all-or-nothing setting — you had to require approval for everyone or no one. Now, you can also require approval for new topics or new replies for: Everyone except users in ce…

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