# Asking Moderators, what forum was it in?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-moderators-what-forum-was-it-in/513185 "2009-10-09T13:25:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-moderators-what-forum-was-it-in/513185/1 "2009-10-09T13:25:06Z")

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Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=535206)thread most recently, but it is a common occurence. Twickster [moved](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11644688&postcount=19) the thread to the Pit, where I saw it.

When a moderator moves a thread, it would be nice to know where it was moved from. Since all of the posts before the move were governed by the rules/mores of one forum, knowing which one it come from adds context to those posts. A simple change from “I’m moving this to the Pit.,” to “I’m moving this to the Pit from General Questions.”

(In this case, I don’t think it matters much, but it’s still a good procedure IMO.)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-moderators-what-forum-was-it-in/513185/2 "2009-10-09T13:41:46Z")

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Sorry – since I signed it as “MPSIMS mod,” I thought that was clear – guess it wasn’t.

I’ll spell it out in the future.

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**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-moderators-what-forum-was-it-in/513185/3 "2009-10-09T14:48:54Z")

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It would have been perfectly clear if I had noticed it. [facepalm]

Thanks!

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**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:** [October 11, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-moderators-what-forum-was-it-in/513185/4 "2009-10-11T04:12:09Z")

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> [@muttrox](#):
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> When a moderator moves a thread, it would be nice to know where it was moved from. Since all of the posts before the move were governed by the rules/mores of one forum, knowing which one it come from adds context to those posts. A simple change from “I’m moving this to the Pit.,” to “I’m moving this to the Pit from General Questions.”

Good suggestion. I hadn’t thought about that, but I’ll keep it in mind in the future.