# About the howto:moderators category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [15 Febbraio 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435 "2017-02-15T17:08:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [15 Febbraio 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435/1 "2017-02-15T17:08:57Z")
Per discussion [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-apply-a-watched-category-setting-retroactively/57414/6) - is #howto:moderators intended to be limited to tasks that a moderator can complete, without admin/shell access? If so, what do we want to do when a task that a moderator might want to do requires admin/shell access.
One suggestion has been to provide as much detail as possible, then link to the corresponding topic in another #howto category. Thoughts? (@erlend_sh)
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [15 Febbraio 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435/2 "2017-02-15T17:22:14Z")
I would think those items should go under #howto:admins. Obviously anyone can read those here at Meta so if a mod find something there and can convince their adrin to do it, good for them.
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### Author:  [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [15 Febbraio 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435/3 "2017-02-15T17:33:34Z")
I’m curious to see if the moderators category sees much activity.
My thinking was to provide a landing spot for new moderators who are still getting familiar with discourse, who may or may not have shell access, or admin rights.
Perhaps just including a note to indicate that a task needs admin or shell. The [User Guides](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practice-creating-local-user-guides/57343/6) topic that I was extending on is probably a rare bird - if you change the setting before your users arrive, or have it set during your import, then you don’t need the CLI.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [15 Febbraio 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435/4 "2017-02-15T19:10:06Z")
@erlend_sh and @neil are working on a landing page strategy for the how to category.
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [15 Febbraio 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-howto-moderators-category/57435/5 "2017-02-15T20:15:04Z")
> [@cpradio](#):
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> I would think those items should go under #howto:admins
Yep, that’s my thinking too. I just haven’t been very strict about it while we’re seeding the new category to get it up on its feet.