# List of full moderation tools? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [2017年二月10日 15:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-full-moderation-tools/57214 "2017-02-10T15:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![traceymoko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/traceymoko/32/483235_2.png) [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\ **Post date:** [2017年二月12日 04:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-full-moderation-tools/57214/7 "2017-02-12T04:39:04Z")
I remember thinking something like this would be helpful when I was first a moderator on a Discourse forum and was looking around here on Meta for finding out about things. I know there is a lot of helpful info here but it was just a little hard trying to tell if anything was out of date, and trying to jump around different topics to get an idea of the basics. So recently, I had been thinking for a while about starting a wiki here on meta for a basic explanation of things such as the moderation queue, and keeping track of basically anything helpful related to moderation, and try mentioning things that are part of Discourse’s philosophy along the way (to provide more context about how some features were designed to be used). (But I suppose I wasn’t sure how it’d be received, and have tried looking for topics already done for this if there are any.) But there’s not really a central place I’ve found at the moment (please point me to any if there are. Maybe there is and I haven’t looked hard enough, but if there was, I think it would be helpful to make it easier to find). for example these are some topics related to moderation tools here on Meta that I’ve found, but it’s always taken an extra step to find them (through jumping around on other topics, or through searching) > [@Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/description-of-various-user-states-in-discourse/35171): > > bookmark This is a guide for understanding the various user statuses, roles, and permissions within Discourse, including how they affect user capabilities and how they are stored in the database. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse has many built-in user statuses, roles, and permissions. These statuses and roles can be seen for a given user when viewing their profile from the users’ section of the admin dashboard: Permi… > [@Understanding closed, unlisted, and archived topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-closed-unlisted-and-archived-topics/51238/): > > bookmark This guide explains the differences between Closed, Unlisted, and Archived topics in Discourse, including their characteristics and use cases. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Discourse offers various ways to manage topics, including closing, unlisting, and archiving. Each of these options serves a different purpose and has specific effects on how topics are displayed and interacted with. This guide will explain the differences between these three states and th… > [@Understanding "helpful flags" on user profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-helpful-flags-mean-on-the-user-page/25385/): > > bookmark This topic explains what “helpful flags” means on a user’s profile page and how this metric is calculated. person_raising_hand Required user level: Moderators and Admin When you view a user’s profile on Discourse, you might notice a metric called “helpful flags”. This number represents the user’s contribution to community moderation through the effective use of the flagging system. [Helpful flags on user profile] How are helpful flags calculated? The helpful flags count repre… > **[Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/)** > > The user trust system is a fundamental cornerstone of Discourse. Trust levels are a way of… These are a little bit extra and they’re not directly related to this topic on just the moderation tools, but for new moderators, it would be helpful side information. > [@Maelrawn](#): > > and if there’s any documentation for the mod tools which are currently available - it’d make it much easier to introduce new moderators if there were. After seeing this topic, I think I’ll go with doing that – starting off a community wiki for documenting moderation-related tools. I’m not sure if it would be helpful but I just know I might have found it helpful so I’ll have it for anyone else who might feel that way. I know it might seem a bit excessive documenting things (you might see it as holding people’s hands maybe), but extra info on the tools would indeed be helpful to know, so I’ll try put together a place for it here on Meta (I have made a test start already but haven’t shared anything here yet) If you have any thoughts on this please let me know 🙂 (Also apologies if I am not making much sense…just feel free to tell me to clarify anything.) And with starting a wiki here on Meta, I mean making it a how-to, I suppose, that anyone can add to (I don’t mean that I can document everything because I don’t know everything, just wanted to make a start from things that I do know) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-full-moderation-tools/57214)._