# Can't all moderators do this? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615 "2004-06-22T13:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/1 "2004-06-22T13:00:24Z")
It feels so silly to post this in the Pit, but it is “the place for all complaints and other discussion regarding administration of the SDMB”, so I guess I have to. I’d just like to ask all moderators to mention in what forum they’re moderators when they’re moving a thread. For example, **DrMatrix** always signs “DrMatrix, GQ Moderator” when moving a thread to another forum. It makes it easy to see what forum the thread was moved from. Yes, I’m way too lazy to memorize the moderators. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/2 "2004-06-22T13:22:56Z")
It’s no big deal and very easy to do. The instance where it might become more confusing is when we “roam”, i.e. help cover a forum we don’t usually moderate. But I have no objection to noting the forum it was moved from; just never really thought about it before. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/3 "2004-06-22T13:53:43Z")
Just out of curiosity, why is it important to know where a thread was moved from? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/4 "2004-06-22T14:09:32Z")
It isn’t. This is just a tiny little annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/5 "2004-06-22T15:50:31Z")
Oh, okay. I was just afraid that I was being dumb and missing something obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/6 "2004-06-22T17:29:38Z")
It does affect the tone of the previous discussion - if a thread is moved from BBQ to GD, it says something different than GQ to GD, and saves you wondering “Why was that comment innapropriate, etc.” If it was moved immediately, it doesn’t really matter. I agree mentioning the forum the moderator lives in would be funnier than mentioning the forum the thread came from, but probably a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/7 "2004-06-22T18:16:17Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Yes, I’m way too lazy to memorize the moderators. [sub]writing down in Big Black Moderator Book…“Priceguy…too lazy…to memorize moderators…” [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/8 "2004-06-22T19:04:38Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > [sub]writing down in Big Black Moderator Book…“Priceguy…too lazy…to memorize moderators…” [/sub] Heh. Good one. [sub]…writing down in Big Book of Fritz that Mods keep Big Black Moderator Books…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/9 "2004-06-23T17:19:39Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > [sub]writing down in Big Black Moderator Book…“Priceguy…too lazy…to memorize moderators…” [/sub] Shit, I’m boned. So, did we come to any sort of conclusion here or what? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-all-moderators-do-this/251615/10 "2004-06-23T17:35:05Z")
Yep. Some of the moderators will try to do this, and you are in the poo, up to your ankles. 🙂