# Remove "discussion started!"message when a Private forum
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448 "2015-09-18T15:54:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@nickjharrington](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickjharrington)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/1 "2015-09-18T15:54:43Z")
Where a Discourse forum is configured as private but does have substantial private threads the message “Let’s get this discussion started! There are currently 2 / 5 topics and 0 / 30 posts. New visitors need some conversations to read and respond to.” remains active.
Can this be automatically removed when 5+ topics and 30+ do exist in a Private forum?
Nick
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/2 "2015-09-18T16:24:36Z")
This probably isn’t as big of a problem as you think it is, it is not universally visible.
But if it bothers you there is a setting
Admin → Settings → Other (near the bottom)
> show create topics notice
> If the site has fewer than 5 public topics, show a notice asking admins to create some topics.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/3 "2015-09-18T20:10:39Z")
That minimum content banner is only visible to staff – so regular users won’t see it.
You can verify this yourself by logging out and visiting the page, or using the Incognito or Anonymous mode in your browser.
And if your topics are all private, use the setting @Mittineague indicated to turn it off.
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### Author:  [@nickjharrington](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickjharrington)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/4 "2015-09-19T10:49:04Z")
Thanks Mittineague and Jeff for a quick reply!
Thanks,
Nick
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/5 "2018-11-08T09:38:21Z")
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-discussion-started-message-when-a-private-forum/33448/6 "2018-11-08T11:54:05Z")