# Possibility to lock a topic to a specific user only + staff members

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibility-to-lock-a-topic-to-a-specific-user-only-staff-members/59623>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [21 Marzo 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibility-to-lock-a-topic-to-a-specific-user-only-staff-members/59623 "2017-03-21T14:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [21 Marzo 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibility-to-lock-a-topic-to-a-specific-user-only-staff-members/59623/5 "2017-03-21T21:18:38Z")

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If you’re doing this via messages (not category permissions) you don’t need to worry about that. Have your “staff” group (keep in mind `staff` is a built-in group that is all admins plus all moderators, so you’ll need a different name) created, then send a message to “staff” + username. No need to modify groups each time to add one extra person, simply add them to the message.

Edit: ninja’d by @fefrei 😛

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