# Shared Drafts: Allow staff to collaborate on posts before publishing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature, shared-drafts
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493 "2018-03-21T16:51:32Z")
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### Author: ![BlackKnob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blackknob/32/93549_2.png) [@BlackKnob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BlackKnob)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493/2 "2018-04-19T07:15:30Z")

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It looks like all topics in the Staff category are shared drafts by default. This includes Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Assets for the Site Design etc.  
Does it mean that all of these will be deleted after 180 days (per the default setting)?  
How I need to convert all of them to published topics? How do I publish a topic for the Staff category?

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