# Flagging or Watched Words?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 3, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718 "2018-05-03T21:51:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@cori\_online](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori_online)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/1 "2018-05-03T21:51:40Z")
Hi,
I have a small team of moderators who work in shifts.
We have certain words that need to be ‘flagged’, but not prohibited, or marked as bad - we just need a way for team members to see when/where certain words were posted.
I’m thinking maybe the Bookmarking feature may be helpful here.
If we include these words in the Watched Words list will they be prohibited? B/c we don’t want that… we just need to be able to quickly see when/where certain words were posted w/o going through every single post.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/2 "2018-05-03T21:56:53Z")
You have two options
1. saved search, triggering on those words
2. watched words, flag on encounter
The latter is more invasive since it forces an auto-flag every time the word is posted.
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### Author:  [@cori\_online](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori_online)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/3 "2018-05-07T21:54:11Z")
Thanks so much for the reply! Does saving a search require a plugin?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/4 "2018-05-07T22:49:44Z")
> [@cori\_online](#):
>
> Does saving a search require a plugin?
You can give it a try by going to
[https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/saved-searches](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/saved-searches)
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### Author:  [@dil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dil)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/5 "2019-02-22T14:46:47Z")
Did you end up fugiring this out, or did you use some plugin?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/6 "2019-02-22T18:46:00Z")
Me? I have not needed a plugin for what I’ve wanted to do. What’s in Core, as answered [Flagging or Watched Words? - #2 by codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/2) has always been sufficient.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-or-watched-words/86718/7 "2022-03-22T14:15:57Z")