# Finding moderator notes and warnings in a topic **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506 "2021-12-04T17:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/1 "2021-12-04T17:27:48Z")
Say I’m reading a lengthy topic on a controversial subject or current event when 900 posts in, someone brings up a point that I vaguely remember a moderator post saying that was a digression and to drop it. How can I find any moderator notes or warnings in the topic? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/2 "2021-12-04T17:31:49Z")
Warnings are fairly easy, the word **Warning** should always be in it. Modnotes can be tougher. Collectively we aren’t as consistent. Scanning through a long thread can make this very hard. If I see a post likely to cause an off-topic conversation in the thread, I now try to add a Staff Notice too. _I added an example of one to my post._ ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/3 "2021-12-06T21:10:24Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I now try to a Staff Notice too. Note that staff notices don’t come up in Discourse search. So while notices are great for drawing attention when you’re reading the thread, they aren’t helpful when searching for a post buried deep in the thread history. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/4 "2021-12-06T21:17:01Z")
I keep misreading this topic as “F\*\*king moderate notes and warnings…” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/5 "2021-12-06T21:19:28Z")
And on that note… Remember you can hit Ctrl-F twice to still use the browser Search. That does check the Staff Notices. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/6 "2021-12-06T21:20:14Z")
Only if it’s part of the content loaded on the page. If it’s 100 posts back, ctrl-F won’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/7 "2021-12-06T21:22:05Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > I now try to a Staff Notice too. > > Note that staff notices don’t come up in Discourse search. So while notices are great for drawing attention when you’re reading the thread, they aren’t helpful when searching for a post buried deep in the thread history. There is that little icon of a human and a shield next to the staff notice, but I don’t think such things are there for moderator warnings or moderator notes. Ideally, there would be a standard icon for such things and it would be possible to search the thread for any such posts. Perhaps that’s a question for @codinghorror? How do other Discourse boards handle such things? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/8 "2021-12-06T21:23:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Warnings are fairly easy, the word **Warning** should always be in it. > Modnotes can be tougher. Collectively we aren’t as consistent I know it wouldn’t be easy and there wouldn’t be a whole lot of usefulness derived from it, but if each modnote or warning started with (or at least contained) the phrase “Modnote” or “Warning”, then they’d be somewhat searchable. ETA, that is, if those words were in the body of the post. Ctrl-F searches for “moderator” don’t work as well with infinite scroll (and custom titles). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/9 "2021-12-06T21:24:30Z")
True, and I do that already. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-moderator-notes-and-warnings-in-a-topic/955506/10 "2021-12-06T22:31:12Z")
From a desktop, 1. Click the magnifying glass icon: 🔍 2. Click: `🔍 in this topic` 3. Type: `group:moderators` 4. (if necessary) click: `More...` This will show you a list of posts made by moderators in the current topic. Not all posts are official actions but it should help a lot for those large topics. ~Max