# "Rejected" and "Approved" have different meanings for different kind of reviews, which is confusing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rejected-and-approved-have-different-meanings-for-different-kind-of-reviews-which-is-confusing/176156
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rejected-and-approved-have-different-meanings-for-different-kind-of-reviews-which-is-confusing/176156 "2021-01-14T22:41:22Z")
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### Author: ![Meteor0id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meteor0id/32/177297_2.png) [@Meteor0id](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Meteor0id)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rejected-and-approved-have-different-meanings-for-different-kind-of-reviews-which-is-confusing/176156/5 "2021-01-17T04:44:07Z")

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For the record, this issue seems to have been raised before as a support topic (but without the solution I have suggested here)

> [@Confused by "Approve" and "Reject" in the review queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-by-approve-and-reject-in-the-review-queue/115233):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Feedback on the new Review Queue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-the-new-review-queue/112837): Am I the only person who often gets confused by the “Approve” and “Reject” buttons in the review queue? I do not get alot of flagged users and posts in my community, thank goodness, but that means that I am a bit unfamiliar with the flagging system and terminology as it was in the past and still today don’t have to interact with it very often. I also am a self-diagnosed slysdexic, for sure. As a result,when on that interface my mo…

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