# Splitting a topic to a hidden category makes title public

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-to-a-hidden-category-makes-title-public/243350>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-to-a-hidden-category-makes-title-public/243350 "2022-10-31T05:47:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-to-a-hidden-category-makes-title-public/243350/3 "2022-10-31T06:46:33Z")

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> [@piffy](#):
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> I was suprised to find the permissions of the hidden category are not respected in this case. This is not really a high priority issue and a “solution” exists (delete the summary message). I guess I’m just concerned that this situation exists at all. If I didn’t check if the new topic title was visible in a private window, my default assumption was that only staff could see it.

I agree it is a bit surprising:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/6/086e0c485ec9f51885a4bd8c46d8a378e9ef54c9.png)

The key here though is that the post we create is a real post with real markdown.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/d/f/6df00bbedbb1bc547e9759d6991c6e3cec238451.png)

This means you can remove it if you don’t want the link around, add a whisper and so on.

I would say it is up to the operator to decide what to do here. That said I am open to having a #Contribute > Feature request here that improves default usability.

- IF a topic is split
- AND the people who can view destination topics \<\> people who can view source topic
- THEN
  1. Add a whisper explaining where topic moved
  2. In the public post only mention that it was split, not where it was split

It is a rather complicated feature to build for a tiny edge case though.

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