# Category moderator powers?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** category-moderators
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229 "2019-09-22T11:32:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/1 "2019-09-22T11:32:02Z")

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Hello,  
What powers does a category moderator have?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/7/4749912324c93222fbaab24a12187e533d2e01b4.png)  
Thanks

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/2 "2019-09-22T13:46:25Z")

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They get access to the Review List for the category: [Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/3 "2019-09-22T14:00:41Z")

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So it’s just the _needs review_ button?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/4 "2019-09-22T14:02:22Z")

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Yes, exactly that. What more do you want? Moderation is mostly around handling flags right now.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/6 "2019-10-24T11:47:06Z")

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-powers/129229/7 "2020-08-05T16:19:52Z")

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They now have additional powers per [Category Moderator Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-improvements/158628)