[image] Moderation flags Ensure you have appropriate administrative permissions to create or modify custom flags. Currently, flags are not allowed to be edited after creation. I understand that it should not be possible to delete them or change their meaning, after they have been used. Is th…

The way custom flags has been designed currently, it is still possible to edit them after they have been created. However, once they have been used they can no longer be edited. But they can be disabled and replaced with another flag. There is a notice along these lines on the flag editing page: O…

Could you elaborate, why further editing is not allowed? Changing the description (for example for clarification) should not harm any behavior.

It seems, there are two different views on this kind of problems: a) don’t change history b) let’s hack(improve) it, until it works.

It’s about consistency. For now there is no plan to change this behavior. So if you need to make a change to one of your custom flags after it has been used, you want to follow what that prompt says and disable the flag and create a new one. Most sites do not need to make any changes to the flags …

Ok. So I will use the console to adapt the text. We are using a flag “shares private information” while trying to educate users, not to answer publicly (mostly by mail), if they want to reach an author of a message. In this process, we will have to adapt texts.

[image] Tobias Eigen: So if you need to make a change to one of your custom flags after it has been used, you want to follow what that prompt says and disable the flag and create a new one. But for [image] Thomas Kalka: let’s hack(improve) it, until it works. the limit of 50 flag reas…

[image] Thomas Kalka: In this process, we will have to adapt texts What about using the option to add extra details after choosing flag? Similar to Something else flag?

Then every person helping to keep the forum free of personal messages via flagging would have to write the educational text for the uneducated user, which will not happen.

Flags can't be edited after they have been used

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Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency) October 8, 2024, 5:14pm 2

Definitely need this option added to the web interface.

To be clear since this was moved. I was not referring to Edit. But the option to have a flag trigger auto hide without using console rails.

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Flags can't be edited after they have been used

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