# Staff notices on specific user
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977 "2019-04-25T16:46:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/1 "2019-04-25T16:46:01Z")
Any documentation on this feature? Can it be used on specific users? Got a troublesome user that I could use it with to notify other mods
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### Author:  [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/2 "2019-04-25T16:55:35Z")
Actually is it this?
> [@Discourse User Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notes-plugin/41026):
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> discourse2Summary Share private notes with other staff about a user that normal users cannot see.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Configuration The User Notes plugin can be enabled either by the toggle or from its settings, both accessible from your /admin/plugins page: Features Sometimes staff members want to share notes about a …
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/3 "2019-04-25T16:57:13Z")
It’s brand new so we don’t yet have any documentation, but the purpose is to make a public notice to the community. The example you’re showing, warning the community about using obscenities, is a good example of how it could be used.
If you want to make a private note about a _user_ that only Staff members can see, you’d want to use the [Staff Notes plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notes-plugin/41026). Then whenever that person posts staff members can see a clickable icon next to their name
and then on click they can see the details
We will be making some changes to clarify the difference between a Staff Notice (visible publicly) and a Staff/User Note (applies to a user, and only Staff can see it). For example, we’re going to start calling Staff Notes “User Notes” as seen in the post admin menu here:
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### Author:  [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/4 "2019-04-25T16:59:44Z")
That’s great thank you for clarifying
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/5 "2019-04-26T00:28:03Z")
You can use it for that, if you want trust level 2 and higher users to also see the notice.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-notices-on-specific-user/115977/6 "2022-08-05T03:01:48Z")