# Unlisted topics notify users if their posts are linked

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-notify-users-if-their-posts-are-linked/102719
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** pr-welcome, unlisting
**Created:** [November 25, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-notify-users-if-their-posts-are-linked/102719 "2018-11-25T14:01:06Z")
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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: [November 25, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-notify-users-if-their-posts-are-linked/102719/9 "2018-11-25T22:32:49Z")

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> [@Richie](#):
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> Often, we (the club committee members) will draft a new topic in advance of the challenge start date and post it as an Unlisted topic, so only our club committee members can see it.

This is the wrong approach. There is a feature for this already, see [Shared Drafts: Allow staff to collaborate on posts before publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-drafts-allow-staff-to-collaborate-on-posts-before-publishing/83493)

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