Is there an updated list of what all of the notification symbols mean? A staff member has shared this one (a pencil icon) and I’m not sure what it means:
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In a support discussion titled ‘Is there a key to all of the notification icons?’, users seek clarification on what various notification symbols mean, particularly the pencil icon indicating a post edit. Lilly explains it appears when a post is edited, updated, or a checkbox is changed — and confirms it can appear in any user’s notifications, not just moderators’. one1 questions whether only moderators see such notifications, but Lilly clarifies all members can see them. Moin adds that users may also receive edit notifications for posts they’ve flagged or are watching, even if they didn’t author them — a point one1 agrees with, recalling similar experiences. Moin suggests creating a test user to verify behavior. tobiaseigen affirms Moin’s advice and notes that while no official “key” to all notification icons exists, experimenting is encouraged. one1 explains the question arose after a moderator shared a screenshot asking about a notification — highlighting the need for clearer documentation or reference. The thread ends without an official key being provided, but with practical workarounds and community insights.
that means one of their posts was edited (or a check box updated, or tag changed, etc).
Do you know if only moderators see that? I’m guessing this must be the case.
So is there a key somewhere that shows what they all mean?
no all members see their own.
OK, that makes sense if you edited my post. Does it also show up to moderators when a flagged user has edited their own flagged post?
no because it is not their own post
I think you can also receive edit notifications for posts that are not your own. When you watch a topic that you didn’t create, where the first post is a wiki and is edited, you are notified.
I think I also remember receiving a notification when a post I had flagged was edited.
I think that may be what is going on here, but I’d love to hear from someone official to know what is going on.
Now thinking back, I do remember seeing that pencil when mod had edited one of my posts and when someone changed a wiki I made. Not sure about watching someone else’s wiki, but that sounds familiar.
Why don’t you create a test user and try? I just did that on my forum, and the user whose flag hid the post was notified when the post was edited and, because of that, visible again.
Moin’s answers here are good. Creating a test user is a great approach to learning how features like this work. We don’t have a documented “key of notification icons”. It’s not something we’ve ever been asked about before, and they all are (or should be) self explanatory in the interface.
The situation arose for me when one of the mods asked me about a notification, giving me a screen shot. It wasn’t obvious why they were getting the notification. Having a key to reference might have helped.