# Pre-post question/ acknowledgement

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776 "2021-03-03T15:07:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Edmond\_Maiorino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/edmond_maiorino/32/200596_2.png) [@Edmond\_Maiorino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edmond_Maiorino)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776/1 "2021-03-03T15:07:08Z")

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Hello there!

Just wondering if it is possible to have a mandatory questionnaire to be answered prior to a user posting in a particular category. For instance, a user wants to submit a repeat feature request. By placing a questionnaire step that spells out for them that their request already exists, or might not but just sound similar, would be helpful.

Alternatively, discourse currently has the suggestion field “your topic is similar to…” anyway to make that a mandatory checkpoint. Example: “your topic is similar too…” and then a mandatory confirm button, or a mandatory check box near each suggested url, so users must read these suggested topics before posting.

Thanks in advance for any insight on this! 🙂

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776/2 "2022-01-17T18:36:24Z")

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You would typically handle this with Topic Templates which are set per-category. The topic template would outline all the critical info that the user needs to enter.

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### Author: ![Olga\_Trykush](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/olga_trykush/32/258248_2.png) [@Olga\_Trykush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olga_Trykush)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776/3 "2024-12-27T13:35:30Z")

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Is there a way to make certain questions from the Topic Template mandatory before users can create a post?

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### Author: ![MihirR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mihirr/32/475158_2.png) [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776/4 "2024-12-27T14:51:31Z")

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You can have a look at [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-experimental-form-templates/278631). It might help :))

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### Author: ![Olga\_Trykush](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/olga_trykush/32/258248_2.png) [@Olga\_Trykush](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Olga_Trykush)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-post-question-acknowledgement/181776/5 "2024-12-30T13:48:04Z")

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Thanks @MihirR 🙂