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Unlisted Q&A category
Is there supposed to be an unlisted Q&A category? Since we already have the Incubator Q&A category this seems redundant. There are no posts there but I appear to have access to make a post there (which I'm avoiding doing).
It was pointed out in Discord that the category is listed on the Dashboard, which could cause confusion, especially as it shows a new activity indicator disc for anyone who has never visited the category.
The Q&A category was not always visible on the Dashboard. I found an old post Should we change the dashboard layout? that contains a screenshot from February 2024, and the Q&A category is not showing there.
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Something changed (in April) with how data is seeded. We run seeds on every deploy to pick up additions (like new settings), but this has the unintended side-effect of creating the "Q&A" and "Meta" categories if they don't already exist. We deleted it in response to this post but then it just came back on the next update (sigh). I've filed a bug to track down the root cause, but as a workaround, I've configured this category to be visible to staff only (the most restrictive setting available), so it won't be in the way for anybody else.
I'm marking this status-complete because as far as all but about eight people are concerned, it's fixed. Behind the scenes we have some more work to do.
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