# Moderator Extension

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-extension/67305>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Tags:** deprecated\
**Created:** [August 2, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-extension/67305 "2017-08-02T10:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-extension/67305/1 "2017-08-02T10:15:17Z")

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**This Plugin is no longer supported. If you’re looking to do category-specific moderation, please see: [Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478)**

[https://github.com/angusmcleod/discourse-category-moderator-lite](https://github.com/angusmcleod/discourse-category-moderator-lite)

This plugin allows you to create a category-specific workflow for moderators. It’s a work in progress. I’m posting it here now, as there are probably aspects to moderation I don’t understand or appreciate and I’m hoping to get some feedback.

**This plugin does not, in any way, restrict a moderator’s powers to specific categories.**

Restricting moderator powers to a particular category is the subject of [this specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-moderators-phase-1-rfc/21900). If it is to be done, it will be done by the Discourse team, as it would be far too complex and unsustainable to do in a plugin.

I have said a bit more about why I think this plugin makes sense [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-moderators-phase-1-rfc/21900/58). In short, for my purposes at least, if I were worried that a category-specific moderator would ‘overstep their bounds’, then they probably shouldn’t be a moderator anyway.

For me, category-specific moderation is more about focusing a moderator’s _attention_ on a particular category. This more limited goal can be achieved much more easily than full-blown restriction.

Current implementation:

1. Allows moderators to be assigned to a category in the category settings.  

2. When a moderator is assigned to a category:

To do:

- ~~Apply the same treatment to Post Approval, i.e. create a separate count and make a distinction between assigned-category and ‘All’ in `/queued-posts`.~~

- ~~Update the email reminders for flags and post approvals so that moderators assigned to a category do not get reminders about flags and posts outside of their category.~~

- Probably more. Suggestions welcome.

Feedback and pull requests are very welcome. Moderation is a significant responsibility that I know little about.

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