# Revisiting Pinned Posts {and how to unpin and how to search for Pinned Topics} **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 2, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576 "2024-11-02T12:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/1 "2024-11-02T12:57:17Z")
This might be a minor thing–but would mods consider looking at the pinned posts in their forums, and figuring out if any of them can be unpinned, or combined? There are several that seem outdated (Cafe Society’s “book recommendation” pin that nobody’s posted to for six years) or maybe duplicate (a lot of the MPSIMS ones could maybe be combined). ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/2 "2024-11-02T13:15:47Z")
Sounds like a reasonable idea, but the rest of the staff needs to check in. I just want to verify that you know you can uncheck the pins for yourself by just clicking the pin icon. 📌 [So this search shows all the Pinned threads in The Cafe](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%23cafe-society%20in%3Apinned). There seems to be 5, including 2 forum rules. That must be annoying to someone that doesn’t know how to unpin them. The Flash Fiction one & Book Recommendations should probably not be pinned stilled. I’ll probably review and unpin them. Unpinned and tagged #books-writing-myths > [@SDMB Book Recommendation Thread Compendium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-recommendation-thread-compendium/573220): > > I got really bored this morning. I find myself often searching the SDMB for book rec threads from the past, and figured I’m probably not the only one, and some of these are tough to find due to search issues, so here’s all of the ones I turned up. I do not claim that this is comprehensive. They’re in reverse “last post date” order, starting with most recent: [Suggestions for books about fortune tellers?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=13518313) 2/28/11 [Recs for books on novel writing?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587081) 1/25/11 [Books you’d describe as being a “dark Nar…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590200) > [@SDMB Flash Fiction Sweatshop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-flash-fiction-sweatshop/812795): > > Attention Dopers! The Resurrected Flash Fiction Sweatshop has begun! Here are the rules. Email [SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com](mailto:SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com) to get your three content words. These words must be used somewhere in your work; verbs can be used in any tense. Write your flash fiction! The work must be no longer than 500 words and it must be prose. Reply to the email containing your three content words within 2 hours. In that reply, include your work in the body of the email. Do not send attachments. All submission… * * * * * * I’m investigating why the search is showing the same Forum Rules thread twice, it might indicate two pins on the thread somehow. I’ll eliminate one of them if I can. So the search just acts weird for Pins. Not worth bumping that up to Site ID. It looks like with my quick cleaning of #Cafe Society only #Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share and #The BBQ Pit are cluttered now. I updated the title to show what can be learned in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/3 "2024-11-02T13:52:42Z")
I had no idea that I could unpin them for myself. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/4 "2024-11-02T14:09:29Z")
Be aware that once you unpin them they become regular threads and can be a chore to find should you want them. I’m looking at you rule threads in ATMB… ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/5 "2024-11-02T14:31:12Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Be aware that once you unpin them they become regular threads and can be a chore to find should you want them. If you have unpinned posts for yourself, you can always search for the category name (aka forum name) and “in:pinned” to find them again. For example, searching `"#about-this-message-board in:pinned"` (without the quotes) will find all of the pinned posts in ATMB, and searching for `"#cafe-society in:pinned"` will find all of the pinned CS posts. If you aren’t sure exactly how Discourse names each category, just type the # symbol and start typing your best guess. Discourse will suggest auto-completes below the search box and you can just click on one of those. It’s very useful so that all you have to do is hit search then type “#m” and then click on Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share so you don’t have to type out `"#miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share"` yourself. Note that all of the rules that used to be pinned in ATMB have been moved, so searching for pinned posts in ATMB won’t work. Click on “Terms of Service” way down at the bottom of any page to find the TOS and the current Rules. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/6 "2024-11-02T14:44:18Z")
Bookmark it. It’s in settings. 🔖 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/7 "2024-11-02T15:59:31Z")
Continuing from @engineer_comp_geek’s fine explanation of how to type up a search from scratch, it’s often easier for our non-expert users who don’t search often to jump to the advanced search page and use the drop-downs. In more detail … Click the magnifying glass, then the sorta hamburger/slider icon at the right of the pop-up. That takes you to the dedicated advanced search page. Click the “\>Advanced filters” item to open all the choices. Use e.g the category drop-down to pick the category you want. The “Only return topics/posts…” section has 4 checkboxes and an dropdown that says “any”. If you open that dropdown there are 10 more choices of properties you can select. One of which is “are pinned”. etc. If you use Discourse’s search feature multiple times per day pretty quickly you learn all the magic search commands. If you search once a month, good bet you’ll have more success on the advanced search page. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-pinned-posts-and-how-to-unpin-and-how-to-search-for-pinned-topics/1009576/8 "2024-11-04T16:18:37Z")
I unpinned two threads in #Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share The no real life meetings one opened with the Chicago Reader, so pretty dated. The old MPSIMS rules have been superseded by the new rules in the \* [Terms of Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/tos). So leaving it pinned was an oversite. * * * * * * @Miller, [There are 5 pinned threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=in%3Apinned%20%23the-bbq-pit) in #The BBQ Pit, can any of them be unpinned? I think 3 can be. > [@Listen up, motherfuckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831): > > In case you haven’t seen it, [we’ve removed the restricted word list](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=858601) from the Pit. You are now officially free drop f-bombs at any target, in whatever configuration you desire. Keep in mind, this only applies to the [“bad word”](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858) list. Rules against hate speech remain in full effect, as do [all other Pit rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507985). Now go forth and be filthy. > [@How reprehensible do YOU want to be in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reprehensible-do-you-want-to-be-in-the-pit/844084): > > As some of you are no doubt aware, we had a bit of drama related to the Pit recently, which has led to me reconsidering my approach to how I moderate the Pit. Previously, I’d held to a position where pretty much any sort of insult was allowed, short of racial slurs. I used this standard because I felt it was about as objective as possible, but it’s led to a number of situations in the last couple years where I was defending behavior that made me nauseous, and I don’t want to do that anymore. … And this very old one: > [@What is Pit-worthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-pit-worthy/506233): > > First a couple of preliminaries: Q. What is this thread about? A. I want to start a dialogue about what sorts of threads belong in the Pit. I’ve got my own ideas, but I just work here. I’d like to get a feel for the opinions of those who read and post in the Pit. So I thought I’d ask them. Q. Why did you start it? A. Because I want to know what the folks that use the Pit think. This is an area in which I can make changes, and I’m looking for input on what people want. Q. Why is this in the … This one is from 2009, and might be superseded by the [Terms of Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/tos). > [@Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-forum-rules-for-the-bbq-pit-read-this-before-posting/487209): > > The BBQ Pit is the forum for rants about the outside world or quarrels between posters - often the first turns into the second. Although the standards of discourse are looser than in the other forums, the Pit is NOT a free-for-all - you don’t have to be nice, but you do have to be reasonably civil. Please observe the following rules when posting in the Pit: Rants should be suitable for the Pit Cutesy, “I Pit puppies for being sooo cute!” non-Pittings are not welcome here. Put them in MPSIMS. R… For Moderators **To Unpin** a thread: Open the thread, click the wrench 🔧 Click Un-Pin Topic Click **Un-Pin Topic** Or let me know and I’ll do it.