# What's the meaning of a moderator non-warning?

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**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-a-moderator-non-warning/566457 "2011-01-05T04:37:59Z")
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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: [January 5, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-a-moderator-non-warning/566457/33 "2011-01-05T17:30:06Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I still feel there’s a large potential for confusion over a system that has warnings and Warnings. Maybe you guys should reconsider some of the terminology you use.

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.

The main consideration I think are:

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.)

2. Changing the system at this point would undoubtedly cause confusion for some time.

3. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 😉

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