[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11576: The future of the 'uncategorized' category

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#11576: The future of the 'uncategorized' category
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 Reporter:  prettyboymp  |       Owner:  filosofo  
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  Taxonomy     |     Version:  2.9       
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:            
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 Is there any plan for removing the 'Uncategorized' category, or at least
 removing its requirement?  Some users want the ability to only show
 the_category() when the post is part of a real category. Also, with the
 introduction of custom taxonomies in 2.9, not all hierarchical taxonomies
 will have a default term, so this flexibility needs to be introduced
 anyway.

 I'm curious why the default category was introduced in the first place?
 Was it solely for permalink handling?

 If attachment:ticket:10122:hierarchical_metaboxes-2.patch is accepted
 (specifically handling hierarchical taxonomies as int) the following just
 needs to be added above the checkbox list to allow deselecting of all
 terms from the taxonomy:

 {{{
 <input type="hidden" name="tax_input[<?php echo $taxonomy?>]" value="" />
 }}}

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