# Mention in in-accessible topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-in-in-accessible-topic/24657>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 31, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-in-in-accessible-topic/24657 "2015-01-31T17:17:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![lightyear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lightyear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightyear)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-in-in-accessible-topic/24657/3 "2015-01-31T18:22:52Z")

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> [@cpradio](#):
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> I don’t think this is a bug. When you were mentioned it was in a public category.

Pretty sure, it is not. It might have been, when the mention was scheduled, but also the Email I received contains the name of a category, I do not have access to. So at least at that time, I was not able to access it anymore:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/1/11d24f0bea845758712ea629a0d2e4bc534e7667.png)

But even if not, this is a rather weird UX…

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