# A request and a question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 10, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782 "2008-05-10T04:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/1 "2008-05-10T04:22:01Z")
I started this thread, [Celebrity Baby Name Madness: Opening Round](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467440), in the wrong forum. Could someone please move it to the Game Room. On a related note, why can’t people report their own posts? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/2 "2008-05-10T04:34:34Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I started this thread, [Celebrity Baby Name Madness: Opening Round](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467440), in the wrong forum. Could someone please move it to the Game Room. [/quote] Done. > [@](#): > > On a related note, why can’t people report their own posts? You got me - that’s just the way it is. The best alternatives are reporting another post in your thread and explaining the situation, or emailing or PMing a Mod. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/3 "2008-05-10T15:23:45Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/4 "2008-05-10T16:54:33Z")
Testing. ETA: You can report your own post this way. Use this URL: ```auto http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/report.php?p=nnnnnnn ``` Where “nnnnnnn” is the number of your post, which you can get by hovering over the post number. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/5 "2008-05-10T16:55:03Z")
For anyone else reading this thread with a similar question: Standard protocol when you want to report your own post is to report the one immediately before or after it and explain in the message box what you need. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/6 "2008-05-10T18:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] Standard protocol when you want to report your own post is to report the one immediately before or after it and explain in the message box what you need. [/QUOTE] Right. And if there is no post before or after (for instance, if you’ve started the thread), just email the forum moderators and they’ll get to it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/7 "2008-05-12T16:13:20Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I started this thread, [Celebrity Baby Name Madness: Opening Round](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=467440), in the wrong forum. Could someone please move it to the Game Room. On a related note, why can’t people report their own posts? [/QUOTE] I guess if people could report their own posts, the mods would get inundated with requests to fix things. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-and-a-question/448782/8 "2008-05-12T16:18:59Z")
It’s not something WE have control over – vB put that little change in place with the last update we had a few years back. Prior to that time you could report your own post but vB removed that ability. vB claims that function was being used to spam the email addresses of moderators and so by removing the function and not allowing you to report your own post the problem was solved. No, it makes no sense to me either. But that’s what they did.