# Moderator Notes and Warnings

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-notes-and-warnings/649161
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**Created:** [February 2, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-notes-and-warnings/649161 "2013-02-02T23:54:00Z")
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### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-notes-and-warnings/649161/11 "2013-02-03T17:57:08Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I agree with the OP and stand by what I wrote in the original thread. It’s ridiculous to issue messages you functionally regard as warnings while writing that they’re not warnings. Explaining that you’re doing this doesn’t make it less ridiculous. But regular posters are familiar with this idiosyncrasy and new posters presumably learn about it.

I’ll just quote what I posted in the original thread:

> [@What's the meaning of a moderator non-warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-a-moderator-non-warning/566457/33):
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> If we were coming up with a system from scratch, we might in fact have used a different terminology (as the automated infraction system does). In fact, the present system has developed gradually over the past 11 years. So it is what it is.
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> The main consideration I think are:
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> 1. We have a long-standing system in place which doesn’t seem to create confusion for most people. (And we added the “no warning issued” phraseology specifically to clarify whether someone was receiving a warning or not.)
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> 2. Changing the system at this point would undoubtedly cause confusion for some time.
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> 3. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 😉

Given that we’ve gone two years since the last thread on the subject, I think we can verify that most people understand the system here.

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