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Link to /help/referencing in the moderator message template for plagiarism
The current “plagiarism” template for moderator messages (minus lead-in and fade-out, but including original emphasis) is:
It has come to our attention that several of your answers consisted ...
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Mod message templates should not use the first person singular
Moderator messages are now signed by “${SITENAME} moderation team” rather than “${USERNAME}, ${SITENAME} moderator”. However some moderator message templates still contain “I”, which does not make ...
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Mod message lost to network glitch
The timeline:
I started composing a moderator message on French Language.
At 20:53:23Z my router detected that it lost Internet connectivity. I wasn't aware of this yet.
A few minutes later, I hit ...
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Make moderator messages anonymous
Currently, when a moderator messages a user, the user sees which moderator is messaging them. This includes when a moderator issues a timed suspension.
Generally, I have no problem with this. ...
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Could the "abusive to others" message template be revised to include a link to the Be Nice page?
We've got a great Be Nice policy, and when a user runs afoul of it, it seems like a good idea to point them in the direction of that page.
However, the current candidate moderator message template ...
user206222
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Add a moderator template for a pattern of bad answers
The "consistently low quality question over time" moderator template is very useful and flexible, and I've generally found a good response when using it. I've also found similar results when using a ...
user154510
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Allow moderators to add their own mod message templates
On Physics, I rarely use any of the boilerplate mod messages. One of the more common actions is warning a user about many homework questions1. For this, I have a template in the chatroom that I copy ...
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Remove or significantly lower the throttle delay when sending moderator messages
This is more of a nuisance than a real show stopper, but given that it's probably a quick fix (a tweak of a variable somewhere), I figure it doesn't hurt to ask.
Currently, the throttle on moderator ...
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Remove hats from the mod message area
Most sites have hats enabled by default--you see the hats unless you explicitly opt out.
This means that the hats are visible on mod messages as well.
Now, mod messages are supposed to be a bit ...
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Add a link to the user's profile from the moderator message thread
When a user is privately messaged by a moderator, the message typically links to the user's profile, but since it's a part of the message body the link is sometimes edited out.
It'd be handy to have ...
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Improve form validation for mod messages by rejecting unfilled template tags
When a moderator intends to contact a user about questionable behavior on a site, the moderator can choose from a set of message templates for addressing common behavior patterns.
Some of these ...
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Check to see if a new moderator message has been sent within the last few minutes
Today (and it's not the first time I've observed this), Tim and I suspended and sent a moderator message to the same user within one second of each other.
Could the user messaging/suspension ...
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Display moderator messages in the global inbox, not as a site-only dropdown
When another moderator sends a direct user message, the notification appears for all other moderators as a dropdown alert. This is somewhat distracting, and also impossible to get back to once it's ...
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Can we have drafts for moderator messages?
Most of the time, messages that we have to send privately to users are quite cut and dry. We're either explaining an action that we took, or describing an action that we'll need to take. Many of the ...
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