# Limit moderator notifications based on category access
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [29.Июль.2018 19:25:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420 "2018-07-29T19:25:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [29.Июль.2018 19:25:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/1 "2018-07-29T19:25:20Z")
It is currently possible to exclude a moderator from a category by using group access rules. The main problem with using this approach as a way of creating [category specific moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-moderators-phase-1-rfc/21900) is that moderators will still receive notifications for categories that they don’t have access to. Is this something that we would like to get to work?
### Current behaviour
If a moderator is excluded from a category, their flag\_count will be incremented for each flag, regardless of its category. If they visit the `/admin/flags` page, they will only see flagged posts for categories that they _do_ have access to.
The queued post count is incremented for each queued post, regardless of its category. If a moderator visits `/queued-posts`, they will see all queued posts, and be able to approve posts for categories that they _do not_ have access to.
### Limitiations
Excluding moderators from categories will not entirely meet the specifications for category specific moderators:
- it will only work for protected categories
- if a moderator is added to group that has access to a category, they will have moderation rights for the category
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [29.Июль.2018 19:26:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/2 "2018-07-29T19:26:37Z")
I am unclear why this is coming up? We don’t support category specific moderators and never have.
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [29.Июль.2018 19:28:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/3 "2018-07-29T19:28:37Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I am unclear why this is coming up? We don’t support category specific moderators and never have.
Because customers have asked if they can have specific moderators for a category. This seems like a possible work-around that doesn’t require changing much code.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [29.Июль.2018 19:41:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/4 "2018-07-29T19:41:56Z")
> [@simon](#):
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> Is this something that we would like to get to work?
My answer to this is “not really”.. it’s a hack, so it will behave like a hack.
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### Author:  [@blake.sorrell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake.sorrell)
#### Post date: [21.Март.2022 19:49:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/5 "2022-03-21T19:49:54Z")
2 сообщения были объединены с существующей темой: [Уведомления модераторов категории](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-notifications/221593/2)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [09.Январь.2024 18:36:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/6 "2024-01-09T18:36:58Z")
У нас теперь есть [модераторы категорий](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478), которые как раз подходят для этого, поэтому, думаю, можно закрыть эту тему. ✅
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [09.Январь.2024 18:37:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-moderator-notifications-based-on-category-access/93420/7 "2024-01-09T18:37:06Z")