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Healer144 wrote:
I mean, for example, if a user put a swear word in a comment on an article. Is it okay for another standard user to report it to an admin?</div>
<p>I'd say generally no as it would cause the drama we're trying to avoid here. Usually it's best to wait for an admin to catch it on recent activity themselves and deal with the issue. I'd probably be more lenient in enforcing this rule if it was a really old comment (since we wouldn't see it on recent activity) but even then it would probably be better to report the issue via PM on chat or email me using
Special:EmailUser. The main reason we have the rule in place is so that reporting it doesn't cause drama when the user sees themself getting reported which is why doing it privately would be okay.
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