# Reset flagging permissions when a post is edited?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** review-queue
**Created:** [March 29, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157 "2018-03-29T18:12:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157/1 "2018-03-29T18:12:42Z")
Example:
- User A posts something
- User B flags it
- mod _disagrees_ with the flagging
- User A edits their post
I think it would make sense to allow User B to flag the edited post the same way they’d be allowed to flag a _new_ post. Editing a post should generally clear flags but also clear flagging permissions so it can be addressed readily from there.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157/2 "2018-04-09T00:54:18Z")
Can you repro this @jomaxro? I can’t recall, but do we generally prevent re-flagging by the same person on the same post, even if it has been hidden, then un-hidden via editing?
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### Author:  [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157/3 "2018-04-09T02:37:38Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> even if it has been hidden, then un-hidden via editing?
That’s not what I was saying above. And there isn’t even a bug, just a question about what the appropriate UX should be.
My non-priority request was only to _discuss_ the suggestion for a situation where a flag was _disagreed_ with (which is the situation when someone is _correctly_ barred from flagging again). I.e. the flagging was _not_ valid. _Maybe_ it makes sense to allow flagging again if the post is edited (even though the flagger flagged wrongly earlier).
But I now see this as so much of an edge case, probably not worth doing, questionable anyway… I won’t mind if this is closed, although there are some good arguments for the suggestion, there’s also reasons to stick to things as is (which means no work to do).
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-flagging-permissions-when-a-post-is-edited/84157/4 "2018-04-09T03:54:06Z")