# Reorganized SDMB rules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 31, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857 "2022-07-31T04:31:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/21 "2022-12-15T15:07:41Z")

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If you have a question about a post, just flag the post.

If you have any other questions, the easiest thing is just to send us a private message.

If you want to send a message to multiple moderators, once you bring up the message box for one moderator, click on the plus sign next to the “To” field at the top of the message to add the others.

Each forum (category) has a sticky at the top of it that contains a list of all moderators for that forum.

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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/22 "2022-12-15T15:12:12Z")

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Thanks.

For those of us who don’t see the sticky posts, do a search

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in whichever forum you’re looking in.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/23 "2023-06-14T11:29:52Z")

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Per request, here is a link to the clarification of rules against hate speech.

> [@Clarification of rule against hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-rule-against-hate-speech/964634):
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> The staff would like to clarify the SDMB’s long-standing rule against hate speech and our views on racist speech on the SDMB generally. Hate speech – that is, racial epithets and other pejorative remarks about minorities that in our opinion are clearly racist – is prohibited in all forums. If you see instances of hate speech on the SDMB, please flag the post and we will take such action as we think appropriate. Not all pejorative comments about minorities rise to the level of hate speech o…

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**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:** [March 7, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/24 "2024-03-07T18:49:29Z")

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Unpinned on March 7, 2024, 6:49pm UTC



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