[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6542: Child Categories error out as Duplicates

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#6542: Child Categories error out as Duplicates
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 Reporter:  hxf148          |       Owner:  anonymous                  
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new                        
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.7                        
Component:  Administration  |     Version:                             
 Severity:  major           |    Keywords:  Child Categories Duplicates
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 Hi,

 Great work, love WordPress but this recent issue has been a thorn. I
 really hope that we can sort it out.

 After upgrading to Wordpress 2.5 I am getting this error when trying to
 add a new child category when the name of a that category exists within a
 different parent.

 For example, if I have:

 Photos
 -Summer

 and then I try to add a new category called Summer with a different parent
 like:

 Videos
 -Summer

 Wordpress is throwing an error:
 "The category you are trying to create already exists."

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 From forum mod -> Duplicate Category (and Tag) names are no longer
 allowed.

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 I think this is a big mistake and will force at least two clients of mine
 to continue to use pre 2.5 versions or rather I will have to attempt to
 fix it myself.

 From my perspective categories with different parents or levels should be
 able to have the same literal name. CatA->Apple, CatB->Apple are not the
 same thing and should be allowed.

 Thanks in advance.
 Harold

 See also ticket #3799
 improvements for submitting new categories via wp-admin/categories.php
 http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3799

 Original Forum Post:
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164615?replies=1#post-718138

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