# Trust level groups cannot be used for category moderation?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047 "2021-02-17T14:26:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/1 "2021-02-17T14:26:52Z")
Aye hi, so lately I acquired discourse and am hosting it on my own, however I seem to be needing help setting something.
So in some other forum I saw that before a post was actually sent, it had to be approved by someone, are there chances that I can specify which group can approve the post for an specific category?
Because I tried to do that but it seems it didnt work or it just do not save the setting. š
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/2 "2021-02-17T14:34:09Z")
my forum is for RP so do not mind the group names lol.
Anyways, here are the list of groups
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/3 "2021-02-17T14:34:44Z")
Court Judge group used to be trust\_level\_2 group, but even if i make the following either name it wont save:
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/4 "2021-02-17T14:37:34Z")
Make sure that you add the @ name that comes without spaces. Moreover, double check the groups permissions, whether they have access to that category or not.
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/5 "2021-02-17T14:37:57Z")
They indeed have access to the category, but what do you mean about tag?
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/6 "2021-02-17T14:39:06Z")
The only thing that I see on āpermissionsā is this:
Thereās no such perms as mod or anything
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/7 "2021-02-17T14:40:38Z")
When putting trust\_level\_2 what does it do? Are you unable to click `Save`? Doesnāt the name appear when you write it?
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/8 "2021-02-17T14:41:23Z")
I guess you have already enabled category group moderation from the settings, is this correct?
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/9 "2021-02-17T14:41:48Z")
When I put trust\_level\_2 it happens the same as court judge, aka, when I click save and I reload the page, it appears nothing
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/10 "2021-02-17T14:42:20Z")
Yes I have done that already.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/11 "2021-02-17T14:42:40Z")
The members inside trust level 2 group are all moderators/staff?
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/12 "2021-02-17T14:43:12Z")
No, they are not staff nor moderators. But I want it so they can decline/Accept topics within the category.
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### Author:  [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/13 "2021-02-17T14:46:12Z")
If I am correct, that is a feature that is gone (was only available in 2.5.X) and there is only the category moderator section where they can close, review flags, etc
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/14 "2021-02-17T14:47:19Z")
So basically they can NO longer approve topics?
But what I want is that essentially they can just close/delete topics on that specific category.
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### Author:  [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/15 "2021-02-17T14:48:02Z")
> [@iStxrm](#):
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> So basically they can NO longer approve topics?
They can, but they would also be category moderators. So they can review flags and topics BUT they would also be able to close topics
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### Author:  [@iStxrm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iStxrm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/16 "2021-02-17T14:48:47Z")
Yes that is good and I do not mind other perms since its limited to the category they are supposed to moderate, so how do I make category moderators?
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## Apparently I reached the max posts per day so seems I need to edit thisā¦ -\_-
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## hereās the video
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ssnUxGdcQcI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
@Thomas_G
@CaptainZac
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@CaptainZac Yeah I did click save but it didnt work
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### Author:  [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/17 "2021-02-17T14:49:13Z")
Go into the category settings, then scroll down to where is says āmoderatorsā and add the group
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### Author:  [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/18 "2021-02-17T14:50:10Z")
Here is a short screen recording of how to do it:
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/19 "2021-02-17T14:52:00Z")
They already know where to locate it, as you can see in the first post. The issue is that after reloading, the category moderation group does not exist.
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### Author:  [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-groups-cannot-be-used-for-category-moderation/180047/20 "2021-02-17T14:53:40Z")
Did you click save changes?
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