# About the Support category

**URL:** <https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-support-category/770>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [20 April 2023 11:41 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-support-category/770 "2023-04-20T11:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![asm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@asm](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/asm)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2023 11:41 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-support-category/770/1 "2023-04-20T11:41:03Z")

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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.)

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:** ![becca.wilson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/becca.wilson/32/14_2.png) [@becca.wilson](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/becca.wilson)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2023 10:53 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/about-the-support-category/770/2 "2023-04-26T10:53:11Z")

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I feel like we should have at least one “support” category - as there isn’t anywhere to post support requests
