# Start creating a new topic via link?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [19 Marzo 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848 "2014-03-19T00:18:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@dirkcuys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirkcuys)
#### Post date: [19 Marzo 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/1 "2014-03-19T00:18:44Z")
Is it possible to send a user to a specific URL (like [forum.org/posts/create?topic=foo&category=bar](http://forum.org/posts/create?topic=foo&category=bar)) that will open up an editor to create a new topic with the topic and category filled in?
I’m working on integrating github pages and discourse for onlline courses, but I think it also applies to general github pages integration. This would avoid having to create a topic for every page and it will also avoid lots of 1 comment topics for pages that turned out to not be comment worthy.
Does this already exist? Am I missing the whole point? Does it simply require some sleeve rolling?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [19 Marzo 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/2 "2014-03-19T00:38:37Z")
Not yet, but totally legit and good feature request.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [19 Marzo 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/4 "2014-03-19T12:40:33Z")
I think this is the topic I was thinking of
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-reply-link/6327](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-reply-link/6327)
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### Author:  [@dirkcuys](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirkcuys)
#### Post date: [19 Marzo 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/5 "2014-03-19T13:09:37Z")
Yes, definately related - although this would be to create a new topic rather than reply to a post in an existing topic.
If the user have to log in and the intent of creating a new topic isn’t carry over they will be at a complete loss. Is it something that lies in that 5% of things that doesn’t fit with how everything else is done or would it be possible to do?
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [19 Marzo 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/6 "2014-03-19T15:02:58Z")
> [@dirkcuys](#):
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> Is it possible to send a user to a specific URL (like [forum.org/posts/create?topic=foo&category=bar](http://forum.org/posts/create?topic=foo&category=bar)) that will open up an editor to create a new topic with the topic and category filled in?
I assume this idea would also cover subcategories as well. If so, I think it’d be great, and help people avoid miscategorization.
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### Author:  [@dltj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dltj)
#### Post date: [15 Settembre 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/7 "2014-09-15T19:37:48Z")
(Nice to see the “Revive this topic” pop-up come up as I started this reply. Yes, indeed I would like to revive this topic.)
Has anyone had a chance to scratch this itch yet? I’m in a similar situation where I’d like to be able to have a link that I could post on a page outside of the Discourse site to encourage the creation of a new topic.
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### Author:  [@godmoneytrust](https://meta.discourse.org/u/godmoneytrust)
#### Post date: [10 Febbraio 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/8 "2015-02-10T03:28:04Z")
I would love to have something like this. We’re starting out with a “Hi I am . . .” category and it would be great to have the about have a link to “Introduce Yourself” that pops up the new topic editor.
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### Author:  [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)
#### Post date: [2 Aprile 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/9 "2015-04-02T04:01:41Z")
Would love this too. We’d like to link people to our [About the problems category](https://discuss.bevry.me/t/about-the-problems-category/13/1) topic via our github projects `CONTRIBUTING.md` file. Currently we have to do this inside our about category page:
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Ready to post? [Browse existing problems!](https://discuss.bevry.me/c/problems) (you can create a new problem by clicking the `New Topic` button up the top right of the browse page)
Which really isn’t that elegant.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2 Aprile 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/10 "2015-04-02T04:16:47Z")
This is on @techapj’s list.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [29 Aprile 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/11 "2015-04-29T08:16:58Z")
This feature is now available! 🎁
> [@Creating a link to start a new topic with pre-filled information](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-a-new-pre-filled-topic-via-url/28074):
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> bookmark This documentation explains how to create a link that starts a new topic in Discourse with pre-filled information. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Sometimes you may want to provide users with a link that opens a new topic composer with certain information pre-filled. This can be useful for various use cases including bug report templates, feature requests, or standardized posts. Constructing the URL Base URL To compose a new pre-filled topic with no extra i…
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [29 Aprile 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-creating-a-new-topic-via-link/13848/12 "2015-04-29T08:17:03Z")