# Understanding post flags in Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275
**Category:** Using Discourse
**Tags:** moderation, reference
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275 "2013-02-05T21:28:00Z")
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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275/52 "2024-04-23T23:19:48Z")

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Hi Stefan, welcome to Meta! 👋

Do you mean the flag messages? That’s a valid point 🤔.

If you want to adjust some texts, you can always follow this guide 👍 :

> [@Customize text in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-text-in-discourse/36092):
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> bookmark This is a guide for customizing text in Discourse via the admin interface, enabling changes to various UI elements. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In Discourse, you can customize all of the text via the admin interface. This can be useful for tailoring the user experience to better fit the particular tone or branding of your community. Summary This guide will cover: Accessing the text customization interface Editing text strings Identifying translatio…

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