# What does a Moderator Hat look like?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 25, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496 "2000-06-25T21:22:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/1 "2000-06-25T21:22:25Z")
I’m envisioning this black napoleonic thing with a big, gold M.
Also, should I have put this in MPSIMS?
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### Author:  [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/2 "2000-06-25T22:00:43Z")
Tall and conical, with the large, golden capital letters D, U, N, C, and E embroidered on it.
(I’m only joking, don’t ban me!)
Yes, I think this should be moved to [**MPSIMS**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=4).
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### Author:  [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/3 "2000-06-25T22:36:55Z")
I’ve always imagined an Abe Lincoln stovepipe.
```auto
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```
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/4 "2000-06-25T22:42:54Z")
They’re not all alike.
For instance, manny’s is a green eyeshade, alphagene’s has two big horns and a noseguard, etc.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/5 "2000-06-25T23:12:57Z")
If you look [here](http://www.angelfire.com/md2/araerie/spiffled1.htm), you can see Gaudere’s and David B’s moderator hats.
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### Author:  [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/6 "2000-06-25T23:25:51Z")
[Here’s](http://www.crosswinds.net/~firemoonbcs/spif013.htm) a close-up of David B. and Gaudere wearing their moderator hats.
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### Author:  [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/7 "2000-06-25T23:27:56Z")
::mumbling about the new-fangled format::
Better yet, look [HERE](http://www.crosswinds.net/~firemoonbcs/spif013.htm).
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### Author:  [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/8 "2000-06-25T23:30:04Z")
Oh, forget it. Just enter it yourself.
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/9 "2000-06-25T23:47:51Z")
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> Also, should I have put this in MPSIMS?
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For the love of Cecil, yes!
Off to MPSIMS.
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### Author:  [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-moderator-hat-look-like/23496/10 "2000-06-25T23:53:57Z")
You can see pictures of Manny’s moderator hat **[here](http://www.mindspring.com/~vincegonzales/NewYork1.html)**.