# Need an ability to move a private message to a public category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-an-ability-to-move-a-private-message-to-a-public-category/40573
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [04.Март.2016 17:13:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-an-ability-to-move-a-private-message-to-a-public-category/40573 "2016-03-04T17:13:15Z")
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### Author: ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [05.Март.2016 00:54:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-an-ability-to-move-a-private-message-to-a-public-category/40573/7 "2016-03-05T00:54:40Z")

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Right, I’m looking for something similar here:

> [@Redirect / convert post from Pending Approval to Direct Message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirect-convert-post-from-pending-approval-to-direct-message/35781):
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> When dealing with messages to be approved, it’d be very helpful to redirect the post to direct message. This way, we could hash out what the user was really asking for, etc. Is this something we could see added to the Discourse feature list?

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