Some extra features that might help moderators

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Fellow mods,

I was recently wondering why us moderators have limited utility in unity answers.

For example we don't yet have the power to edit all questions in the moderation queue (only some that the users themselves allow to be editted). (currently we are limited to editing tags)

A good example of this use would be formatting the text into code tags, because this is often forgotten.
Correcting english to make the post better understandable for other users.

Another one would be maybe private messaging in general (not just mods), so you can further help someone instead of making an entire chat thread out of one question (which makes it hard for other users to find and see the actual fix)

Also I don't always seem to have the option to be able to close questions. (Not sure what the validation on this is)

What are your opinions on this, and if you have any more examples please do share.

Regards, Shady

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Answer by Owen-Reynolds · May 31, 2017 at 10:04 PM

Moderators are able to edit and close any Qs. You'll be able to when you get more points. The confusion may be that there isn't strictly such a thing as a Moderator. You just unlock more features with more points. The bottom of the FAQ has the list. Now, people have discussed whether these exact cut-offs are where they should be.

In my opinion, private messages go against the idea of the site, which is to have useful searchable answers. A comment "did you do X?" may not help that particular user, but may help the next dozen people who's searches find that Q.

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