# Moderator unable to move post to new topic when user has reached first day limit

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-unable-to-move-post-to-new-topic-when-user-has-reached-first-day-limit/38285
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [21 בינואר,‏ 2016,‏ 3:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-unable-to-move-post-to-new-topic-when-user-has-reached-first-day-limit/38285 "2016-01-21T03:27:41Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [25 בפברואר,‏ 2016,‏ 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-unable-to-move-post-to-new-topic-when-user-has-reached-first-day-limit/38285/6 "2016-02-25T19:48:04Z")

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So @SidV just posted a new support topic about this issue [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-for-new-topics-when-admin-moves-a-post/40155). His issue was how to get around the new-user restrictions as an admin. As discussed previously in this thread, I have 2 primary thoughts on this issue.

1. Admins/moderators should not be prevented from completing a staff action because it would violate a user’s rate-limiting. If I am staff on a site, and I want to move something, I should be able to move it, regardless of the user’s current status.
2. Almost all restrictions on users can be removed by a mod/admin by increasing their TL. However, there is a apparently a separate first-day-user limit, and there does not appear to be a way to “excuse” a user from that setting. The suggestion to modify the site setting is not a good idea. Why should I increase the threshold for all first-day users (some of which could be spammers) when I should be able to just remove the restrictions from one user (who is following all the rules, being helpful, and prevented from continuing to do so…).

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