Proposal: Rename "Uncategorized Category" to "Do Not Use"

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My hypothesis is that it is the typical user path to creating the topics that are miscategorized using the first category. I think the sequence goes like this:

  1. Open forum home page.
  2. Click the "New Topic" button.
  3. Compose a topic.
  4. Click the "Create Topic" button.
    The "Category can't be blank" dialog appears:
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    (this is because no category is selected by default in the topic composer)
  5. Click the "OK" button.
  6. Select the first category from the "category..." menu (ignoring the "DO NOT USE!" in the description) simply to fulfill the prerequisite for topic creation with the absolute minimum effort.
  7. Click the "Create Topic" button.

I think it is less likely this type of miscategorization would happen via the alternative path:

  1. Open forum home page.
  2. Select "Uncategorized" from the list of categories.
  3. Ignore the ":warning: DO NOT CREATE TOPICS IN THIS CATEGORY :warning:" topic pinned at the top of the category.
  4. Click the "New Topic" button.
  5. Compose a topic.
  6. Click the "Create Topic" button.

The reason is that I think the type of user who starts their topic creation sequence by selecting a category to post in would be more likely to select one of the relevant categories listed on the home page at that step (2).

It seems to me it would be quite difficult to miss.