Require admin approval of new topics in a particular category

[osioke (Osioke Itseuwa)]

Read through the post I shared, maybe site wide approval might be what you are looking for?

@jomaxro

Site-wide approval

Approval of content across the entire site can be enabled via site settings. Site owners can choose to have the first x topics or posts by a user require approval (the approve post count site setting), that all topics/posts by users who have not reached a certain trust level require approval ( approve unless trust level ), or that new topics (but not posts/replies) by users who have not reached a certain trust level require approval ( approve new topics unless trust level ).