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Blurb at bottom of the "report" form
Hi all,
I have a small suggestion which probably could save the moderators some trouble.
At present, when you press the "report" button (while viewing a problematic post), the blurb which appears at bottom states "This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts". This could be taken to meant that this button is NOT to be used to complain about crankery. However, one of the moderators advises me that this instruction is outdated and that in fact the button can be used to report concerns about possible violation of any violation of the guidelines at https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5374.
Hmm... I had to find that last link with Google, so I'll add a second suggestion: I think it would be very valuable to enshrine the following as special PF pages easily accessible from the menu at the top of every PF page (say under "Ground rules"):
* "PF Global guidelines" https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5374
* "PF Privacy policy" https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=131804
* "PF Moderators"
https://www.physicsforums.com/help/mentorforums/
plus additional guidelines for boards like "World Affairs".
Hi all,
I have a small suggestion which probably could save the moderators some trouble.
At present, when you press the "report" button (while viewing a problematic post), the blurb which appears at bottom states "This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts". This could be taken to meant that this button is NOT to be used to complain about crankery. However, one of the moderators advises me that this instruction is outdated and that in fact the button can be used to report concerns about possible violation of any violation of the guidelines at https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5374.
Hmm... I had to find that last link with Google, so I'll add a second suggestion: I think it would be very valuable to enshrine the following as special PF pages easily accessible from the menu at the top of every PF page (say under "Ground rules"):
* "PF Global guidelines" https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5374
* "PF Privacy policy" https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=131804
* "PF Moderators"
https://www.physicsforums.com/help/mentorforums/
plus additional guidelines for boards like "World Affairs".
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