What about an "advanced" or "guided" submission process for new topics in certain categories

[ondrej]

Hi Jordan. Many moons ago I had this plugin installed and as far as I can remember it can create topics much in the way you suggested.

Custom Wizard Plugin

It is now much easier to subscribe for the advanced features Now all you have to do is hit ‘Subscribe’ from the admin page of the installed Custom Wizard Plugin and follow the prompts, and Authorize it once it is set up. Easy as! Of course, the basic (still quite powerful) Wizard functionality works just fine without a subscription. Summary Forms for Discourse. This plugin lets you make rich and powerful forms for your Discourse forum. Better user onboard…