# Pattern for "must read" content
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465 "2020-06-11T01:21:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chaddyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaddyer)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465/1 "2020-06-11T01:21:27Z")
i have a set of core content that is organized in stages. i want folks to go through stage 1 content before they see stage 2. in thought i might be able to achieve this with trust levels. is there a a way to require reading / liking specific posts/categories in order to advance to the next trust level?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465/2 "2020-06-11T05:12:10Z")
Not out of the box. If you don’t mind a more manual approach you could use open groups in a similar way.
At the end of one topic or section link the user to a group page for them to join, which reveals more/other categories.
Anything more will need a plugin.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465/3 "2020-06-11T05:25:20Z")
Another alternative is to trust your users, and just have a link at the start of every topic pointing back to the start:
> 💡 Hopping in for the first time? Make sure you check out the introduction to the series!
…
> In Part 7, we will cover …
Combining with auto-delete replies and wiki posts, and you can have a useful ordered set of wiki topics 🙂
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### Author:  [@chaddyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaddyer)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465/4 "2020-06-11T07:45:33Z")
Thanks! Can you say more about this
“Combining with auto-delete replies and wiki posts, and you can have a useful ordered set of wiki topics”
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pattern-for-must-read-content/154465/5 "2020-06-11T17:56:41Z")
Auto-delete replies are under the Topic Wrench → Set Topic Timer.
> [@Automatically delete replies after N days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-delete-replies-after-n-days/128759/12):
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Making a post into a wiki is under the … → Post Wrench → Make Wiki.
This means that people can discuss improvements to the original post, make those improvements, and the discussion will be automatically removed afterwards.