# Let's talk Moderation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-talk-moderation/271182>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [July 11, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-talk-moderation/271182 "2023-07-11T02:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lets-talk-moderation/271182/2 "2023-07-11T04:06:47Z")

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> [@TheDarkWizard](#):
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> I noticed the following setting in the admin panel:
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/f/5/6f58460a7b13163e6f078e3bfc6b6d3ff5f2fdc0.png)
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> Is this used for some sort of automation setting that I haven’t been able to find?

I believe that setting is used to set the default period for silencing or suspending a user when they are manually suspended from their admin page. It fills in the date that is set in the screenshot below, but it can be manually overwritten if you wish:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/c/8/3c8acab89ef844f49ba9681b8eda40e861434e6d.png)

> [@TheDarkWizard](#):
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> I’d appreciate suggestions, workflows, or anything people do.

It would be great to see a moderation guide that gave examples of issues that have arisen on Discourse forums and how they were resolved. Even fabricated scenarios that mirrored what can happen in the real world would be useful. My sense is that the types of issues moderators have to deal with varies greatly, depending on the nature of the forum.

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