# Why the notification level for a «category definition» topic is «Tracking» instead of «Watching» for its creator?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2016 年 10 月 11 日午後 11:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-notification-level-for-a-category-definition-topic-is-tracking-instead-of-watching-for-its-creator/51430 "2016-10-11T23:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 10 月 13 日午前 6:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-notification-level-for-a-category-definition-topic-is-tracking-instead-of-watching-for-its-creator/51430/5 "2016-10-13T06:56:57Z")

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That’s because the creator of the category definition topic just happens to be the user that created the category, and there’s no more reason for that person to receive emails than any other admin.

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