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are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

this is an actulay question that has goign on my midn are mods allowed to just say little thigns as moved to or so when they move a topic i mean they then go oftopic for an post in my opinion mods shoudl alway ssay somthign when moving or locking so we know the reason but i think they hsould contrtirbute ot the top0ic aswell exept to warn people in general to stay ontopic

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Different55

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

yes they are

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

if they didn't give an explanation, i think that some users would be confused when they see their topic in a different place than where they posted it.

mikelolsuperman

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

if they didn't give an explanation, i think that some users would be confused when they see their topic in a different place than where they posted it.

Yeah they should send a message to you about where it got moved to or why it got deleted because one time I had a topic of mine in Questions & Answers and it got moved to game discussions or something and I couldn't find it because I had no new posts on it so I didn't open it untill later.

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

As Mike said, the “Moved to XYZ” notification is so that people see a new post and visit that subforum (or thread, if merging) and find out that it’s been moved.

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

As Mike said, the “Moved to XYZ” notification is so that people see a new post and visit that subforum (or thread, if merging) and find out that it’s been moved.

So that's already a thing? Good because it would be pretty confusing for some people if their post suddenly is gone and they can't find it for a while.

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peace

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

if they didn't give an explanation, i think that some users would be confused when they see their topic in a different place than where they posted it.

in my opinion mods shoudl alway ssay somthign when moving or locking so we know the reason

As Mike said, the “Moved to XYZ” notification is so that people see a new post and visit that subforum (or thread, if merging) and find out that it’s been moved.

this is turue but i wzas curious since you then go offtopic for 1 post and offtopic is theoretically against the rules i wouldve just tire dot put efor tin the topic aswell  but thats me

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Anatoly

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Re: are fourm mods/admins allowed to go offtopic and ssay: 'moved to x'

It’s on topic: It explains the behavior of the topic itself. E.g. moving Q&A to FD explains that it’s a forum question.