# About the About identity category

**URL:** <https://discuss.diglife.com/t/about-the-about-identity-category/211>\
**Category:** About identity\
**Created:** [January 30, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.diglife.com/t/about-the-about-identity-category/211 "2018-01-30T11:47:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sheldrake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.diglife.com/sheldrake/32/4_2.png) [@sheldrake](https://discuss.diglife.com/u/sheldrake)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.diglife.com/t/about-the-about-identity-category/211/1 "2018-01-30T11:47:24Z")

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(Replace this first paragraph with a brief description of your new category. This guidance will appear in the category selection area, so try to keep it below 200 characters. **Until you edit this description or create topics, this category won’t appear on the categories page.** )

Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules:

- Why should people use this category? What is it for?

- How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have?

- What should topics in this category generally contain?

- Do we need this category? Can we merge with another category, or subcategory?

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**Author:** ![Graham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4af34b/32.png) [@Graham](https://discuss.diglife.com/u/Graham)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.diglife.com/t/about-the-about-identity-category/211/2 "2018-01-30T14:43:04Z")

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@sheldrake It looks like discourse creates one of these posts by default as a placeholder whenever a category is created?

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**Author:** ![sheldrake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.diglife.com/sheldrake/32/4_2.png) [@sheldrake](https://discuss.diglife.com/u/sheldrake)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.diglife.com/t/about-the-about-identity-category/211/3 "2018-01-30T16:18:42Z")

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Thanks for the heads up! This Discourse platform is cool … the more I learn about it, the more I like it. If you think the new categories survive your more thorough review, I’d be happy to jump back here later this evening and complete these “About …” posts.