# Which category does "Make Public Topic" target?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Novembro 11, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-category-does-make-public-topic-target/73890 "2017-11-11T10:07:02Z")\
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I think being able to select a category at conversion time would probably be the best option and also meets the principle of “least surprise”.

“you need to change a site setting before you make a PM public to control what category it goes into” isn’t very discoverable.

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