# Visual form entry topic templates?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-form-entry-topic-templates/47677>\
**Category:** Feature\
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**Created:** [July 23, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-form-entry-topic-templates/47677 "2016-07-23T09:16:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-form-entry-topic-templates/47677/8 "2016-07-26T15:19:51Z")

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> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> I understand the use case, but I honestly think this is asking a bit much from what Discourse is built to do.
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> You’re dealing with structured data here, so what you really want is some kind of form interface like Google Forms or Airtable, or a purpose-built app for data entry.

I agree a lot with this.

And making a bridge from Google Forms to Discourse Topic afterwards could be built as an general purpose plugin.

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