# Post Edits Two Wrenches, Two Features

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-edits-two-wrenches-two-features/333821
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-edits-two-wrenches-two-features/333821 "2024-10-31T12:13:34Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-edits-two-wrenches-two-features/333821/2 "2024-10-31T12:33:12Z")

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Hi @kOS 👋

Can you share what exactly confuses you between the two wrenches? They aren’t editing features per se? They are (as I see it for the most part) moderation features.

I’m sorry if it looks like I’m preaching to the converted here… 😅. The easiest way to remember what each wrench controls is by the placement.

The 🔧 on a **post** is for posts. For example adding staff colour to a post  
The 🔧 in the **topic** is for actions surrounding the whole topic instead of a certain post. For example, unlisting.

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> [@kOS](#):
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> confused with the amount of editing features available

Unless you are referring to:

- the pencil icon (on the post)
- make wiki (in post admin actions)
- enable shared edits (in post admin actions)

All of these do slightly different things (one is a plugin) You can read more below:

- [Wiki posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-and-creating-wiki-posts/30801)
- [Shared edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-shared-edits/167583)

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> [@kOS](#):
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> Is there a way how we can merge and simplify those

Each admin wrench (post & topic) serve a specific purpose so in my opinion it would be a bad idea to merge them together.

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