Reporting threads or posts

[Sticks]

If you go to report a thread to the mods, you get this message.

Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.

But sometimes you need to report a post that may not fit into that category, such as problems with thread titles, a thread in the wrong place, a duplicate post or when threads should be merged, to name a few.

Can the reporting function be reviewed and maybe change that message you get when you do report a post?

[Smithy]

Just put that in the reason when you report the thread, doesn't really need the system to change :shrug:

[Shaun]

Yeah I just say in the reason box if something needs to be moved, or merged with an existing thread :spin2: I don't think the mods mind

[Sticks]

Then why have that text there?

Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.

It implies that anything else will be considered a violation of the reporting function which means either your report is ignored or you yourself face sanction for the violation.

[Benjamin]

Does it really matter? People know how to use the report function regardless of the text, and if it is a newer member then they would only really use the report function for one of those reasons (i.e. they are unlikely to use it to report a thread merge).

Besides the reasons listed are what the report button is for. and only really that. If you make a duplicate post you can delete that yourself, same with if you make the title of a thread wrong, you can alter that yourself too, it doesn't need to be reported.

[Josy]

Everything you described above about threads would fit into the 'problematic posts' description.