# Mark a Topic as members-only

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072 "2016-11-18T13:35:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-a-topic-as-members-only/53072/1 "2016-11-18T13:35:30Z")

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This is a feature I have wanted on every forum I have ever run, a way to mark a thread/topic to be viewable by members-only.

I know we can create a members-only category, but there are often cases when this isn’t a good fit. We have a new section which is members only but where the bulk of topics would actually be good to have as public - it’s just overall, they need to be private (and in some cases, need to be checked before are made public).

Having a mark as members-only thread feature would be awesome - there are lots and lots of use cases; feedback, member’s personal threads, discussions about discussions elsewhere, etc. Anyone else agree?

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