'''Moderator actions are published.''' Anyone can read what moderators have done, in which forum, and when. It is at '''/mod/public-log'''.
The point is that moderation happens in the open. A community where decisions are invisible is one where every decision looks arbitrary.
== What is listed ==
- Posts '''pinned''' and '''unpinned'''.
- '''Staff picks.'''
- Members '''banned''', '''unbanned''', '''shadow-banned''' or '''suspended''' in a forum.
- '''Category bans''' and their reversal.
- Threads '''moved''', '''locked''' and '''unlocked'''.
- Posts '''deleted''' and '''restored'''.
'''The list is a fixed set, and adding to it is a decision somebody has to make.''' Actions are not published because nobody thought to hide them; each one on that list is there deliberately.
== What is not in it ==
'''Usernames only.''' No email addresses, no IP addresses, and none of the free-text reason a moderator wrote.
That reason exists and is kept. It is in the moderation records a moderator sees and in your own appeal if you file one, but it is not published, because it routinely contains detail about the person it is about.
== Filtering it ==
Narrow it by '''forum''' or by '''category''' with the filters on the page, so you can read what has happened in one room rather than everywhere at once.
== If an action was about you ==
The log tells you what happened, not why. For that:
- '''Read the notice you were given''', which carries the reason.
- '''Appeal it''' if you think it was wrong. See [[appealing-a-suspension-or-ban|Appealing a suspension or ban]].
- '''Ask the moderators''' through [[modmail|Modmail]].
== Related ==
- [[community-rules-and-reporting|Community rules and reporting]]
- [[appealing-a-suspension-or-ban|Appealing a suspension or ban]]
- [[modmail|Modmail]]
- [[forum-moderators|Forum moderators]]
- [[trust-levels-and-roles|Trust levels and roles]]
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'''Moderator actions are published.''' Anyone can read what moderators have done, in which forum, and when. It is at '''/mod/public-log'''. The point is that moderation happens in the open. A community where decisions are invisible is one where every decision looks arbitrary. == What is listed == * Posts '''pinned''' and '''unpinned'''. * '''Staff picks.''' * Members '''banned''', '''unbanned''', '''shadow-banned''' or '''suspended''' in a forum. * '''Category bans''' and their reversal. * Threads '''moved''', '''locked''' and '''unlocked'''. * Posts '''deleted''' and '''restored'''. '''The list is a fixed set, and adding to it is a decision somebody has to make.''' Actions are not published because nobody thought to hide them; each one on that list is there deliberately. == What is not in it == '''Usernames only.''' No email addresses, no IP addresses, and none of the free-text reason a moderator wrote. That reason exists and is kept. It is in the moderation records a moderator sees and in your own appeal if you file one, but it is not published, because it routinely contains detail about the person it is about. == Filtering it == Narrow it by '''forum''' or by '''category''' with the filters on the page, so you can read what has happened in one room rather than everywhere at once. == If an action was about you == The log tells you what happened, not why. For that: * '''Read the notice you were given''', which carries the reason. * '''Appeal it''' if you think it was wrong. See [[appealing-a-suspension-or-ban|Appealing a suspension or ban]]. * '''Ask the moderators''' through [[modmail|Modmail]]. == Related == * [[community-rules-and-reporting|Community rules and reporting]] * [[appealing-a-suspension-or-ban|Appealing a suspension or ban]] * [[modmail|Modmail]] * [[forum-moderators|Forum moderators]] * [[trust-levels-and-roles|Trust levels and roles]] [[Category:Community]]
