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There isn't a way to request moving your own post (or informing a moderator) other than reporting abuse - what if it is just miscategorized?

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Sometimes, a misplaced post isn't abuse, or might even not be an absolute case of right or wrong, but might be a case where a post could be or should be moved. However, assuming a reply has happened, there isn't a direct way to either delete the post or draw the moderator's attention to the post other than "Report as abuse".
For example, I posted a post in the Networking forum (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/82d59124-c4bb-46bd-8f62-2c53b5a47026) on the recommendation of another MVP over on answers.microsoft.com, by clicking a hyperlink and not quite paying enough attention. A little too late (after someone replied, thereby blocking me from deleting), I saw where my post would have been better placed over in the "User Interface" forum. But other than posting here, which is somewhat indirect, I don't have a direct way of communicating with a moderator.
So, if anyone would like to move it for me, please move to the Windows 7 User Interface forum.
And if I were in charge, I'd change "Mark as abuse" to say "Flag message for moderator review", and I'd add "Posted to incorrect forum" as one of the choices. The kinder gentler wording would still allow for turning in evil-doers, yet also support the less severe act of simply asking a moderator to take a look at a post.
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Wrong forum makes sense, but I'm currently figuring out how to introduce tagging in the coming months. So I'm probably not going to change how this works currently, instead ensure that tagging resolves this problem of wrong location/tag somehow. I have moved the above thread to the suggested location.
Community Forums Program Manager- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Monday, October 24, 2011 6:43 PM
- Marked as answer by johnqflorida Monday, October 24, 2011 7:03 PM
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- Marked as answer by Brent SerbusEditor Monday, October 24, 2011 6:47 PM
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I agree with the idea of 'Alert Moderators' button to alert moderators of this and similar issues. The main issues I report (and currently I have to use e-mail which is time consuming) are:
Wrong forum
Wrong thread type
Duplicate thread
Wrong answer marked
Not every correct answer marked (when answers are very close in time).
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog- Edited by Naomi N Monday, October 24, 2011 5:57 PM
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Wrong forum makes sense, but I'm currently figuring out how to introduce tagging in the coming months. So I'm probably not going to change how this works currently, instead ensure that tagging resolves this problem of wrong location/tag somehow. I have moved the above thread to the suggested location.
Community Forums Program Manager- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Monday, October 24, 2011 6:43 PM
- Marked as answer by johnqflorida Monday, October 24, 2011 7:03 PM
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- Marked as answer by Brent SerbusEditor Monday, October 24, 2011 6:47 PM
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Just in case another request
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog -
Just in case another request
For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law
My blog
It would have to be moved to Off Topic for me to take action first. Probably same for all Moderators in this forum.
Ed Price a.k.a User Ed, Microsoft Experience Program Manager (Blog, Twitter, Wiki)