# Request: system edits on a post should not display the "edited" icon

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-system-edits-on-a-post-should-not-display-the-edited-icon/136448
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [December 18, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-system-edits-on-a-post-should-not-display-the-edited-icon/136448 "2019-12-18T20:52:08Z")
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### Author: ![bts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bts/32/184556_2.png) [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-system-edits-on-a-post-should-not-display-the-edited-icon/136448/8 "2020-01-21T19:05:19Z")

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Wanted to follow up as this continues to be a minor annoyance. Very much seems like system edits should _not_ show the edit indicator (pencil icon). Particularly when `disable system edit notifications` is enabled, but perhaps even as a general case regardless of that setting.

We’re finding it jarring to see that orange “edited” icon when there’s zero actual content change, just a behind the scenes URL rewrite.

(Also, not sure how to see how often this occurs, as these system edits don’t seem to add a Staff Actions \> ‘post edit’ log item, unless I’m missing something!)

Discourse team, any thoughts, do you support the suggested change here?

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