# Should you be able to create subcategories with the same name as ones under another category?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-you-be-able-to-create-subcategories-with-the-same-name-as-ones-under-another-category/13772>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [16.Март.2014 01:41:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-you-be-able-to-create-subcategories-with-the-same-name-as-ones-under-another-category/13772 "2014-03-16T01:41:51Z")\
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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:** [18.Июнь.2014 20:11:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-you-be-able-to-create-subcategories-with-the-same-name-as-ones-under-another-category/13772/9 "2014-06-18T20:11:14Z")

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Yes this is possible for subcategories now.

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