# Moderation Tools

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools/41660
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools/41660 "2016-03-28T17:15:59Z")
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### Author: ![sarafina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sarafina/32/98327_2.png) [@sarafina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarafina)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-tools/41660/3 "2016-04-08T14:44:51Z")

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Hi Erick,

Please check out this discussion on the topic. I think they described the issue better than I did.

> [@Moderator discussion of spam, etc. flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-discussion-of-spam-etc-flags/29651/7):
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> A little late to the party, but I just became a mod on [safenetwork.io](http://safenetwork.io), which uses discourse. Another drawback to the workaround is that there is no way to link to the flag, or otherwise directly reference it in a PM. This can become problematic when old flags need to be referenced, as they are not able to be linked to. Also, if one of my fellow mods closes a flag, I have no indication what was done - the flag itself does not specify. Adding the PM option would allow resolution descriptions to …

Is there a sandbox forum where I could play with a couple of user profiles to test how your suggestions work?

Thanks  
Sara

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