Moving Posts: What to Do if Needed

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The "Report Post" option is intended primarily for reporting spam, advertising, and problematic posts such as harassment or rude behavior. Users can still report posts that need to be moved to a different forum, although the outcome may not align with their request. The discussion highlights the potential for oversight by the volunteer moderators, acknowledging their organizational challenges. Suggestions were made to modify the wording of the reporting guidelines for clarity. Overall, the community recognizes the limitations of the reporting system while encouraging users to utilize it for various concerns.
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Apparently the "Report Post" option "is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts."

What do I do if I find a post that needs to be moved to a different forum?
 
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You can report anything you like. We won't necessarily take the action you wish us to take, though. If we just overlooked your report, which is possible, please just remember that we're a poorly-organized mass of volunteers, and we make mistakes.

- Warren
 
chroot said:
we're a poorly-organized mass of volunteers, and we make mistakes.
:smile: Talk about blowing our cover. :biggrin:
 
ehrenfest said:
Apparently the "Report Post" option "is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts."

What do I do if I find a post that needs to be moved to a different forum?

You can still use the Report Post button. That's not a problem.

Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
You can still use the Report Post button. That's not a problem.

Zz.

So, maybe you should change the all-capital "ONLY" to lower case or remove it completely.
 
ehrenfest said:
So, maybe you should change the all-capital "ONLY" to lower case or remove it completely.
I believe it's a generic notice displayed by all vBulletin systems.
 
Evo said:
:smile: Talk about blowing our cover. :biggrin:

Hey, I'm highly organized, but the laws of thermodynamics then require all the rest of the staff be much more disorganized to compensate.

Now where did I put that thingamabob?
 

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