# Wat kan een categorie-moderator allemaal doen?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** category-moderators
**Created:** [20 mei 2024 om 19:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745 "2024-05-20T19:55:55Z")
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 19:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/1 "2024-05-20T19:55:55Z")
We are looking to add some community moderation to our site and are trying to determine the best way to go about it. We initially thought about trust levels (TL4) but 1) some users are already TL3 so the operating window is very small and 2) this would give them some site-wide privileges that we don’t want.
We are instead looking to create moderation user groups and grant them moderation privileges in select sub-categories. This begs the question: What can they do in those categories?
The main aspects that we would like to accomplish are:
1. Edit topics
2. Edit posts (to clean up formatting)
3. Edit tags & categories
4. Mark solutions
I’m confident that 1-3 are possible. Is #4? Are there any other privileges that we should be aware of before we open it up?
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 20:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/2 "2024-05-20T20:01:15Z")
To add to this (on @putty’s behalf): We are attempting to give community members the ability to moderate the community they are in every day. We want to be very, very careful about what we give them, though. For example, we don’t want to give them the ability to edit _all_ topics, because we wouldn’t want them editing announcements, security topics, etc.
We did read this topic:
> [@Trust Level Permissions Reference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-table-inc-moderator-roles/224824):
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> bookmark This reference aims to be a comprehensive list of Discourse features, marked by Trust Level, and including the relevant admin settings which influence them. Trust Level Grid - Defaults TL = Trust Level dependant gear = Can be enabled or adjusted by an admin setting gearTL0 TL1 TL2 TL3 TL4 Category Moderator Moderator [[1]](#footnote-1091734-1) Post Replieswhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markwhite_check_markTLwhite_check_mark[[2]](#footnote-1091734-2) Post Topic…
We weren’t sure what the value of `TL` in the Category Moderator column meant. I read that the TL = Trust level dependent, but that doesn’t quite make sense. If a person is of a trust level, and that trust level is enabled to do that thing…then why do they need to be made a category moderator?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 20:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/3 "2024-05-20T20:23:53Z")
> [@jordan-violet](#):
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> If a person is of a trust level, and that trust level is enabled to do that thing…then why do they need to be made a category moderator?
Because of the things their trust level cannot allow them (e.g. reviewing flags), or because you want them to be able to do things only in a special category, like editing posts only in a specific category while a higher trust level would allow them to do that everywhere.
But I agree there is not much documentation about #category-moderators besides the announcements.
[Category Group Review/Moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478/1)
> [@Category Moderator Improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderator-improvements/158628):
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> We recently added lots of long awaited improvements to our [Category specific Moderators feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-group-review-moderation/116478/). As of today, they are now able to: Mark topics as solved Edit posts Close topics Archive topics Move posts from a topic Pin/unpin topics Edit category descriptions Add staff notices for any topics under the categories they have moderator status. Category Moderators now get a shield on posts under their categories, and we also added a special CSS class their posts, so you …
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### Author:  [@HamMan2118](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HamMan2118)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 20:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/4 "2024-05-20T20:33:42Z")
A short list of what Category Moderators can do in their category:
- Edit posts
- Edit topics
- Move topics (note - if a Cat Mod moves a topic into a category they don’t have moderation perms for, they will not be able to move it back)
- Make posts/topics Wikis
- Add staff notices
- Close, archive, pin, delete, merge, and unlist topics
- Review flags
- Edit category descriptions
Category Moderators cannot:
- Change posts into PMs
- Add staff colors, lock posts, rebuild HTML
- Check moderation history on a post/topic
- Add topic timers, change timestamps, transfer ownership of posts, set slowmode, or reset the bump date
- Manage users
- Access the Admin Dashbord
> [@jordan-violet](#):
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> For example, we don’t want to give them the ability to edit _all_ topics, because we wouldn’t want them editing announcements, security topics, etc.
If you give people Cat Mod perms in a category that you will be posting these in, they can. Cat Mods can edit all posts inside their category.
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 21:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/5 "2024-05-20T21:06:30Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> Because of the things their trust level cannot allow them (e.g. reviewing flags)
Ah, this is the part that was missing!
> [@HamMan2118](#):
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> Category Moderators cannot:
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> - Change posts into PMs
> - Add staff colors, lock posts, rebuild HTML
> - Check moderation history on a post/topic
> - Add topic timers, change timestamps, transfer ownership of posts, set slowmode, or reset the bump date
> - Manage users
> - Access the Admin Dashbord
I’m onboarding a new developer on my team and we’re having them develop on Discourse. I’ve been thinking of low-to-medium (I hope) things for them to work on, so this could be a good idea.
A plugin to extend the functionality of category moderators, potentially.
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 22:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/6 "2024-05-20T22:54:52Z")
May I ask why isn’t the option to reset bumps enabled?
Title edits require this feature, and it would significantly lighten the load for general moderators.
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [20 mei 2024 om 23:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/7 "2024-05-20T23:47:33Z")
No particular reason, other than it hasn’t been asked for. It’s not something that many people heavily use, I don’t believe. Why do title edits require a bump date reset, in your workflow?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [21 mei 2024 om 05:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-all-the-things-a-category-moderator-can-do/308745/8 "2024-05-21T05:20:54Z")
> [@jordan-violet](#):
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> A plugin to extend the functionality of category moderators, potentially.
There’s a #Contribute > Feature request here you may find interesting - [Allowing category moderators to have access to the full extents of moderation tools in their own category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-category-moderators-to-have-access-to-the-full-extents-of-moderation-tools-in-their-own-category/283085)
And a community-created plugin that goes with it [Category Moderators Enhancer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-moderators-enhancer/268065)