# It's not clear that the "don't allow uncategorized topics" limitation applies only to staff members **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2017年二月16日 19:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-not-clear-that-the-dont-allow-uncategorized-topics-limitation-applies-only-to-staff-members/57498 "2017-02-16T19:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\ **Post date:** [2017年二月17日 14:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-not-clear-that-the-dont-allow-uncategorized-topics-limitation-applies-only-to-staff-members/57498/4 "2017-02-17T14:43:43Z")
So let’s merge into this: > [@Warn staff when action will override site restriction](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warn-staff-when-action-will-override-site-restriction/57521): > > From time to time on Meta there are reports of new site staff being surprised by their ability to override site settings without warning. For example, staff can reply to closed topics, staff can post to #Uncategorized even if it is disabled in site settings, staff can more posts to a topic that the user cannot see, etc. ([An example](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-allows-to-create-uncategorized-topics-even-when-allow-uncategorized-topics-is-unchecked/57454), [another example](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-mods-can-post-to-uncategorized-with-allow-uncategorized-topics-disabled/26469)). I’d like to propose a [just-in-time](https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-just-in-time-theory/) warning that appears when staff are about to do this. Something like: Here is a (non-exhaustive) l… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-not-clear-that-the-dont-allow-uncategorized-topics-limitation-applies-only-to-staff-members/57498)._