# Please rename the "Revise Post" button to something less confusing
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** moderation, review-queue
**Created:** [April 21, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867 "2025-04-21T21:25:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@unforgettableid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/unforgettableid)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/1 "2025-04-21T21:25:28Z")
Hello!
# Steps to reproduce
1. Configure your forum so that first posts by new users require manual approval.
2. A user submits a new post.
3. A moderator visits the review queue.
4. The moderator wants to reject the pending post, and to specify a rejection reason.
# Observed
1. The moderator sees these buttons: “Approve Post,” “Reject Post,” and “Revise Post.”
(You may view [more screenshots](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/23454) of the full “Revise Post” workflow.)
2. The moderator doesn’t see any button to specify a rejection reason. The moderator gives up in frustration.
# Desired
1. Please rename the “Revise Post” button to “Reject with Reason…” Then the moderator will immediately know what the button does, and will click on it.
# Notes
Google, citing the Oxford dictionary, defines “revise” as “re-examine and make alterations to”. However, the “Revise Post” does not alter any post. At best, it might generate a message asking the original poster to revise and resubmit. The new name “Reject with Reason…” would make it much more obvious what the button does.
If anyone can think of an even better name than “Reject with Reason…”, please tell us.
# Conclusion
Thank you for participating in this forum and/or Discord development! Have a good one.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/2 "2025-04-21T23:12:59Z")
I’m not entirely sure if this is a #Contribute > Bug, since nothing actually breaks or is unintended here. I’ve put it in #Contribute > UX for now.
> [@unforgettableid](#):
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> Discord
Btw, this is a forum software called _Discourse_, not _Discord_ 😉.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/3 "2025-04-21T23:36:20Z")
I also would expect “Revise Post…” to bring up a modal for _me_ to edit the post, not to request one.
> [@unforgettableid](#):
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> Please rename the “Revise Post” button to “Reject with Reason…”
Or perhaps:
> Request Revision…
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/4 "2025-04-21T23:59:51Z")
You can change the text of any button on your site to anything you like.
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### Author:  [@unforgettableid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/unforgettableid)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/5 "2025-04-22T10:09:11Z")
> [@supermathie](#):
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> Or perhaps:
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> > Request Revision…
Or maybe “Reject and Notify…”
> [@HAWK](#):
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> You can change the text of any button on your site to anything you like.
That might help my site’s mods. But it won’t help the mods of other Discourse sites.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/6 "2025-04-22T19:50:04Z")
> [@unforgettableid](#):
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> That might help my site’s mods. But it won’t help the mods of other Discourse sites.
But they may not have the same concern – that’s why we have built in the flexibility. Semantics are wildly different across cultures and organisations.
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/7 "2025-04-22T23:49:00Z")
We’re in the process of building a new UI for the review queue, and one of the things we’re addressing is exactly this issue. Once this work is done, you’ll be able to use more consistent actions when moderating, as well as add notes to your actions. You can keep an eye out on #announcements for the release of these new features 🙂
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### Author:  [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/8 "2025-04-23T00:19:24Z")
I completely agree with the complaint here.
The other verbs (approve, reject) apply to the person dealing with the review queue, whereas the verb “revise” applies to the user. It just isn’t consistent. The suggestion of “reject with reason” would ensure consistency.
(There might be other ways to link the “reject with reason” option with rejection generally.)
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/9 "2025-04-23T11:51:43Z")
> [@HAWK](#):
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> You can change the text of any button on your site to anything you like.
While this is true. I believe the Op is suggesting have a modal to define the reason. Similar but maybe different the. Flag with something else.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/10 "2025-04-23T11:55:50Z")
> [@hugh](#):
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> We’re in the process of building a new UI for the review queue
This sounds very promising. Maybe a flag editting system where you can create flags and assign weight for actions automations.
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### Author:  [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/11 "2025-04-25T02:25:42Z")
Thanks for the clarification! I understand nothing breaks functionally, but I personally think this might still qualify as a serious bug. The interface suggests users can edit their post below and reapply, yet in reality, they aren’t able to take any action — which could cause confusion or frustration. Just wanted to bring this up for consideration!
Apologies if I misunderstood the intent — just thought it might be worth pointing out.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-rename-the-revise-post-button-to-something-less-confusing/362867/12 "2025-04-28T23:51:44Z")
No worries, @copymonopoly! You did great by posting this issue which is worth raising. It was moved to #Contribute > UX which is a better home for it than #Contribute > Bug.
Welcome to our community! 🌻
> [@hugh](#):
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> We’re in the process of building a new UI for the review queue
Personally I am super excited about the work the staff experience team is doing with the review queue and can’t wait to see it in action. In the last several months I’ve had more contact with the review queue interface than in the past, and was able to give Hugh lots of feedback! 😇