id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
11576	The future of the 'uncategorized' category	prettyboymp		"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="""" /> 
}}}
"	enhancement	assigned	normal	Future Release	Taxonomy	2.9	normal		needs-patch	prettyboymp sirzooro kevinB mikeschinkel@…