# User forced to leave after heated discussion
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [14 juni 2019 om 23:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416 "2019-06-14T23:57:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Hanon\_Ondricek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanon_Ondricek)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 03:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/23 "2019-06-22T03:25:58Z")
You have to complete your post first, then click the wrench under your post (not the general one on the right). You’ll get a pop up menu with “Add Staff Color”. It’s great, because you can retroactively make posts “official” if you need to.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 03:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/24 "2019-06-22T03:27:41Z")
Staff color looks like this, and requires a reply at the current bottom of the topic which may not be optimal.
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### Author:  [@Hanon\_Ondricek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanon_Ondricek)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 03:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/25 "2019-06-22T03:40:03Z")
I just noticed “Add Staff Notice” while making that screenshot, and discovered via experimentation that I can add a blue staff banner preambling any post. I’ll research, but I assume that’s visible to users (otherwise it’d just duplicate whisper functionality…) This is probably very useful for exactly what you say - like to label the first post “This topic is currently under moderation.” or similar.
Or perhaps this is a good place to put they “Hey behave.” type moderation messages, directly on the post. The “Don’t make me come in here, children…” type of soft warnings.
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### Author:  [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 04:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/26 "2019-06-22T04:05:28Z")
> [@Hanon\_Ondricek](#):
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> Ideally, I would like to avoid spending time personally editing a user’s message too extensively - “putting words in their mouth” - though I have done a “hide details” fold labeled “hidden by Mod”.
My view is that a moderator should not rewrite anyone’s posts, the only exception being to remove personal information (like a phone, credit card number, email, address) which they appear to have included inadvertently. I follow such an edit up with a PM explaining the privacy issues, and asking if they wish me to reverse the edit and let the information stand.
I also correct spelling in topic titles, and fix broken quotes and formatting, but that’s all.
If a post content is unacceptable then it needs flagging and hiding, and an exchange of PMs asking the user to rewrite or withdraw.
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### Author:  [@Hanon\_Ondricek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanon_Ondricek)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 04:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/27 "2019-06-22T04:08:19Z")
> [@JagWaugh](#):
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> and an exchange of PMs asking the user to rewrite or withdraw.
Which is cool - I discovered Discourse sends this private message automatically the first time it gets hidden by flags (unless you’ve altered this particular text in Admin settings).
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [22 juni 2019 om 04:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/28 "2019-06-22T04:54:29Z")
> [@JagWaugh](#):
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> My view is that a moderator should not rewrite anyone’s posts, the only exception being to remove personal information (like a phone, credit card number, email, address) which they appear to have included inadvertently.
Yes, that is also why we added staff notices / annotations which can be applied “above” a post to offer staff commentary visible to all.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [2 juli 2019 om 18:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/30 "2019-07-02T18:11:27Z")
> [@JagWaugh](#):
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> I also correct spelling in topic titles, and fix broken quotes and formatting, but that’s all.
I also edit entire topic titles in some cases, to draw more eyes. e.g. I might change “Please help” to “Help required with white labelling app”
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17 augustus 2019 om 09:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-forced-to-leave-after-heated-discussion/120416/33 "2019-08-17T09:15:40Z")
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