# Requiring a Category Before Posting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185 "2019-06-12T21:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/monty/32/144393_2.png) [@Monty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-a-category-before-posting/120185/1 "2019-06-12T21:03:03Z")

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Is there a way to require the selection of a Category that is not “Uncategorized” before allowing someone to post? Too many posts go into Uncategorized and a lot of time is spent re-categorizing posts because some people just don’t bother.

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