# Un-edited category with no topics appearing in category list
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [1월 11, 2019, 1:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279 "2019-01-11T13:53:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@crispygoth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crispygoth)
#### Post date: [1월 11, 2019, 1:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/1 "2019-01-11T13:53:55Z")
Somewhat related to [About category topic shows up before it is edited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-category-topic-shows-up-before-it-is-edited/83903), although a bit of a separate issue I think. While that discussion referred to the unedited category being visible if you go direct to it, our forum admins have noticed that an unedited category also appears _on the /categories page_, which the text in the default “About” post specifically says it will not.
Is this a bug?
**Steps to reproduce:**
- Log into the forum as an administrator and create an new category, **but do not edit it.**
- An example on our testing site at the moment is the _Shortlisting_ category.
- Open the new category and note that the default text states: _ **Until you edit this description or create topics, this category won’t appear on the categories page.** _
- Do not make any edits at this stage. Do not click on you newly created category either. Just create it and log out.
- Log into the forum as a regular user.
- Select the categories option.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [1월 11, 2019, 3:58오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/2 "2019-01-11T15:58:49Z")
I can reproduce, I’m seeing the same thing. That text seems entirely inaccurate.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1월 12, 2019, 3:34오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/3 "2019-01-12T03:34:04Z")
Yeah this logic might have changed. Maybe @neil can take a quick look, we can change the text to reflect the current behavior, whatever it is.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1월 17, 2019, 3:11오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/4 "2019-01-17T03:11:55Z")
@jomaxro I need you to verify what the current behavior is and I’ll update copy.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [1월 17, 2019, 7:15오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/6 "2019-01-17T19:15:36Z")
Yeah, as Kris said the copy is completely wrong. From what I can tell, the category is completely visible from the moment you create it. As an anon user I can see the category in the category filter and the categories page. Topics created within the category are visible too. As TL1 I can select it when creating a new topic.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1월 18, 2019, 12:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/7 "2019-01-18T00:55:05Z")
I’ve removed the obsolete sentence from the guidance, thanks for the reminder!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1월 18, 2019, 12:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/un-edited-category-with-no-topics-appearing-in-category-list/106279/8 "2019-01-18T00:55:08Z")