# Watched words triggered when editing old posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-triggered-when-editing-old-posts/69355
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-triggered-when-editing-old-posts/69355 "2017-09-04T22:53:23Z")
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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-triggered-when-editing-old-posts/69355/7 "2017-09-11T17:12:12Z")

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> [@RobMeade](#):
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> At this time, this has not triggered a flag to be generated. That said, I just posted with a word that was already on the Watched Word list and that didn’t either.
> 
> Question
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> Are Watched Words checked for instantly, or as part of a job that runs periodically in the background?  
> If an Administrator posts, does this get excluded from the checks?
> 
> In the above, I posted using my Administrator account, and nothing has appeared at all yet (within 10 minutes of posting)

Staff are excluded from the checks, so what you’re seeing is correct. So those steps are the same as what you reported in your first post?

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