# About the General category

**URL:** <https://community.swiftype.com/t/about-the-other-category/123>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/about-the-other-category/123 "2015-12-23T00:23:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/swiftype/original/1X/fd652d1735c60057fa71c371375511028f9a1832.png) [@system](https://community.swiftype.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/about-the-other-category/123/1 "2015-12-23T00:23:51Z")

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