# Make first post automatic wiki posts (using Topic Templates)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-first-post-automatic-wiki-posts-using-topic-templates/49629>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2 سبتمبر 2016، 1:14م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-first-post-automatic-wiki-posts-using-topic-templates/49629 "2016-09-02T13:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomaspurchas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thomaspurchas/32/115664_2.png) [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Post date:** [2 سبتمبر 2016، 1:14م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-first-post-automatic-wiki-posts-using-topic-templates/49629/1 "2016-09-02T13:14:46Z")

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It would be great if the Topic Template UI also allowed automagically making first posts wiki posts.

**Use Case**

We Discourse for discussions ongoing project, people we are looking to hire, partnerships we are working on etc.

To make it quick for people to get up to speed on a discussion we use the first post in a topic to summarise the current state of project. So the post will contain a brief description of a project, plus a running summary of notable changes, removing the need to read the entire discussion history.

To do this the first post always needs to be a wiki post, so team members can update the summary on a regular basis.

**The Advantages**

Currently we rely on the first poster remembering to make the post a wiki entry, but it would be great if this could be automatic. Thus removing the need to chase down team members who forget to make their posts wiki entries.

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