# How to tell the difference between Admin & Moderator from Staff list?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725 "2016-01-11T05:40:58Z")
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725/1 "2016-01-11T05:40:58Z")
Seems like a minor issue, but looking at the staff list one cannot tell who is an admin and who is a moderator without mousing over the icons. Take a look at the image below, can you tell who is who?
In case you were wondering, from top down, we have an Admin, then a Moderator, followed by another Admin, and finally the last users is both an Admin and a Moderator. I would suggest a better way of differentiating the two types of staff, without the need to mouseover the icons. No idea how to create a mockup, but I have two ideas. One would be to vertically align the corresponding badges, so Moderators are on the left and Admin are on the right. That would allow for a quick glance without the need for a new column. My other idea would be to color the badges differently. I have no preference on colors, as long as it was clear which was which.
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-admin-moderator-from-staff-list/37725/2 "2016-01-11T05:54:03Z")
Although it’s not pretty you could style the admin shields like so:
```CSS
i.fa.fa-shield[title="Discourse Admin"]:before {
color: #F7D000;
}
```