# Kan de /about pagina onderscheid maken tussen moderators en category moderators?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-about-page-distinguish-between-moderators-and-category-moderators/251914
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** category-moderators
**Created:** [16 januari 2023 om 12:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-about-page-distinguish-between-moderators-and-category-moderators/251914 "2023-01-16T12:35:08Z")
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### Author: ![anon98107012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anon98107012](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon98107012)
#### Post date: [19 januari 2023 om 16:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-about-page-distinguish-between-moderators-and-category-moderators/251914/10 "2023-01-19T16:16:05Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> The ‘section moderators’ are category moderators, that’s what those sections are. 👍

As far as you’re concerned, a Category Moderator is a category moderator. After all, the clue is in the name! duh! They _moderate categories!_ However, the concept of a category moderator happens to be alien to me and the distinguishing characteristic of a category moderator is the permissions, not the category quality. This is why me saying:

> [@anon98107012](#):
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> assuming the section moderators have the Category Mod permission

appears to you to be _me_ missing the obvious but it isn’t.

Is there a reason a category moderator can’t have Moderator permissions? Referring back to your original image; I infer that `Test_Two` has Moderator permissions, it’s irrelevant to me that “General” happens to be written adjacent. As far as I’m concerned, that is an informal “You look after this category Test\_Two.” How does one know otherwise?

Category Moderator is a proper noun in Discourse, as is Moderator. In my opinion, labeling a Category Moderator a Moderator is to mix up two concepts. What is the point of giving something a name if you aren’t going to stick to your own parlance? Or to put this another way; leave `/about` as is and instead put `TL0, TL1, TL2, TL3, TL4, Moderator, Moderator` [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-table-inc-moderator-roles/224824). Doesn’t make much sense does it! 😄 And I don’t understand why `/about` is different.

> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> They also get a moderator shield next to their names on their posts, **but only within the categories they’re moderators of.**

Pretty nuanced difference that takes some effort to understand in my opinion. ~~Although it _is_~~ It isn’t mentioned in the permissions page mentioned in my first post!

The second image doesn’t improve on the issues I feel are there, however, if the feeling is the way things are is the right way, that’s fair, perhaps the conceptual difference between Moderator and Category Moderator could be communicated?

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