# Moderator Note--New MB Features **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 1, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273 "2000-05-01T18:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/1 "2000-05-01T18:33:58Z")
The message board upgrade has changed a few things. The biggies: Moderators can now edit posts without automatically leaving behind a note. I’m not thrilled with this but the techs have more important things on their plate, so I don’t know when/if it will ever get changed. David and I will do our best to remember to leave a note when we have edited your post; if you think we edited a post and forgot to leave a note, please _email_ both of us and we’ll give you the Straight Dope. As before, the only thing that will get your posts edited is copyright violation, messed-up coding that causes sidescroll or otherwise screws up the board, or breaking the rules of the forum (spam, insults, etc.). When threads are moved, we can’t choose to let a locked copy of it remain in this forum anymore. I’m sure this will make it awfully difficult for you guys to keep track of moved threads, so I’ll start a “moved thread” thread that lists moved threads and where they were moved to. Gaudere SDMB Great Debates Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/2 "2000-05-01T23:32:45Z")
[Moving thread up for our after-work posters.] ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/3 "2000-05-02T01:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > [Moving thread up for our after-work posters.] > \*\* People who care more about work than the SDMB are not worthy of knowing this inforamtion. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2000, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/4 "2000-05-02T13:02:54Z")
[Moderator Hat: ON] One added note – as before, we will delete dupes and the like without necessarily commenting on them. “The like” includes messages _after_ the dupes where people say, “Oh, I didn’t mean to do that.” * * * David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator [Moderator Hat: OFF] ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/5 "2000-05-04T13:37:42Z")
Just a reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/6 "2000-05-05T03:17:25Z")
can we delete dupes now? I was in another forum that let you check delete but it wouldent let you delete:) ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-note-new-mb-features/18273/7 "2000-05-05T03:18:57Z")
ah nm i guess i just wasent reading closely enough:)