# I would like a category where everyone can create topics but only members of a selected group can reply
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [5월 14, 2019, 7:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662 "2019-05-14T07:20:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@dnk8n](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dnk8n)
#### Post date: [5월 14, 2019, 7:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/1 "2019-05-14T07:20:08Z")
I only see permissions for
```plaintext
create / reply / see
reply / see
see
```
I would like something like this:
```plaintext
everyone -> create / see
group-members -> create / reply / see
```
How does one achieve this?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [5월 14, 2019, 8:41오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/2 "2019-05-14T08:41:59Z")
You can’t using the existing set of permissions.
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### Author:  [@dnk8n](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dnk8n)
#### Post date: [5월 14, 2019, 9:17오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/3 "2019-05-14T09:17:05Z")
Is there a way to create new permissions?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [5월 14, 2019, 9:17오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/4 "2019-05-14T09:17:36Z")
Not unless you write your own plugin.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [5월 14, 2019, 1:01오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/5 "2019-05-14T13:01:07Z")
You could have them create them in one category and then the users who can reply would move them to the category where they’ll discuss them.
Another solution might be a category that requires approval, but I’m not sure if there’s a way to do that.
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### Author:  [@julz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/julz)
#### Post date: [5월 15, 2019, 3:04오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/6 "2019-05-15T03:04:52Z")
I’m interested to know if there can be a category that requires approval to access too.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [5월 15, 2019, 12:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/7 "2019-05-15T12:02:34Z")
In the category settings you can check a box to require approval for all new topics
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [9월 24, 2022, 5:56오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/8 "2022-09-24T05:56:55Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [9월 24, 2022, 9:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-would-like-a-category-where-everyone-can-create-topics-but-only-members-of-a-selected-group-can-reply/117662/9 "2022-09-24T09:18:32Z")