# Reporting something for forum change

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**Created:** [June 9, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559 "2013-06-09T16:24:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/1 "2013-06-09T16:24:42Z")

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I know I should probably know this already, but how do you report something for forum change?

Also, will I get in trouble if I do report something for a forum change, but it was in the correct part of the forum to begin with?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/2 "2013-06-09T16:29:11Z")

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Little red triangle, upper right corner of the post.  
No.

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**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:** [June 9, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/3 "2013-06-09T16:41:32Z")

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And note that the Report Post triangle is present for _every_ post, even your own. (In an earlier version of the forum software, it wasn’t possible to report your own posts but it has been possible now for several years.) And I don’t think the mods will mind if you make an occasional mistake and mis-report something.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/4 "2013-06-09T16:53:43Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> Also, will I get in trouble if I do report something for a forum change, but it was in the correct part of the forum to begin with?

No. You can’t get in trouble for making an incorrect forum report.

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**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/5 "2013-06-09T17:38:29Z")

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I have heard some moderators saying how they would rather get a dozen incorrect reports than not get a legit one

So yeah, based on that, report away, even if you think there is only a slight chance the post is a rules violation, report it anyway.

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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:** [June 9, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-something-for-forum-change/660559/6 "2013-06-09T18:01:04Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> No. You can’t get in trouble for making an incorrect forum report.

The worst that will happen is that we’ll decide that the thread doesn’t need to be moved.🙂

I actually end up moving most threads reported for a forum change (nearly always from GQ to IMHO or sometimes GD).