# You only need a placeholder question when your app/script/library requires WRITE ACCES

Do not create a placeholder question before you have a reasonable idea what your app/script/library is for and are able to put that in words out in the public. 

Low quality and unmaintained placeholder posts will be closed and deleted by the roomba.

See [My app has to be published first? But it's still under development](/questions/4573/my-app-has-to-be-published-first-but-its-still-under-development).

In order to use the API's **write access**, the app's owner must have an appropriate post that is legitimately tagged with [tag:app] or [tag:script].  
But this is a problem for apps that are still under initial development and not ready for general use.

The placeholder tag is thus the one time we tolerate an incomplete post -- trusting that the developer will complete the post properly once the app is ready for the public.