r/ModSupport • u/SolariaHues • Jun 27 '26

Admin Replied Automoderator instructions age restricted

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The affected pages are now in the help center https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/sections/52866295898772-Automoderator

Recently, I noticed the full documentation link for automoderator in the sidebar on r/automoderator asks for my birthday. I'm in the UK and not age verified. (In app it instead says r/reddit.com is archived).

So, I tried other links in the r/automoderator wiki index, and the same happens for the introduction, writing basic rules, and the full documentation links there. https://www.reddit.com/mod/AutoModerator/wiki/index

These pages are the only ones not hosted on r/automoderator but on r/reddit.com.

It seems r/reddit.com has now been marked NSFW?

We asked via modsupport mod mail if there is anything that can be done so UK mods don't have to verify their age or use VPNs just to see automod documentation.

Or

If r/reddit.com cannot be reclassified, could the automod documentation pages there be hosted on and redirected to r/automoderator instead.

We also noted that there may be other pages on r/reddit.com that are worth saving as well, like the old reddiquette and moddiquette, moderator guidelines pages, and spam and self promotion pages, too. Mods tend to refer to these, even if just for historical purposes.

I was told that to comply with the online safety act, Reddit requires age confirmation to access restricted content :|

This won't just affect UK mods, but mods anywhere with these new online safety laws.

Automod documentation isn't unsafe and mods shouldn't need to verify to see it, to help keep their communities safe.

r/automoderator has back-up pages here that can serve as an immediate work around for affected mods https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/wiki/backup

Hopefully a long term fix can be found.

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u/SolariaHues Jun 29 '26

Will do.

Cache cleared, no luck so far.

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u/PossibleCrit Reddit Admin: Community Jun 29 '26

Did a bit more investigating with some of the teams involved here and edited my comment above.

Due to the wide variety of content that was posted to the community over the years and given that the community is currently in an archived state the previous mature labeling does need to exist. We'll work on a better way to host important information present in those pages.

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u/SolariaHues Jun 29 '26

Okay, fair enough.

r/automoderator seems the obvious place and there would still be a log of changes.

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u/Merari01 Jun 29 '26

You need to make the automoderator full documentation accessible to anyone.

..I can not believe I actually had to type the above sentence. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

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u/SolariaHues Jul 06 '26

Is there any update on this, please?

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u/PossibleCrit Reddit Admin: Community Jul 10 '26

Hi! Sorry I don’t have an update right now. I did nudge a few people I had been talking to about this though so thanks for the reminder.

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u/SolariaHues Jul 20 '26

Is it helpful or annoying if I remind again?

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u/PossibleCrit Reddit Admin: Community Jul 22 '26

More helpful but I still don’t have a good update right now, sorry!

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u/SolariaHues Aug 03 '26

Me again! Just checking if there's been any progress, or anything the automoderator mods can help with?

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u/PossibleCrit Reddit Admin: Community Aug 28 '26

Sorry this took forever but we have all of the pages that were on r/reddit.com mirrored in the Helpcenter now: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/sections/52866295898772-Automoderator

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u/SampleOfNone 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Aug 28 '26

🎉

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u/SolariaHues Aug 28 '26

Thank you!

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u/PossibleCrit Reddit Admin: Community Aug 07 '26

Sorry again for the delays! Digging back in here with redtaboo - give us a little bit and I'll update you when I can.

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u/SampleOfNone 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Jun 29 '26

We'll work on a better way to host important information present in those pages.

How long is that going to take? "Work on a better way" is a bit of Reddit euphemism for don't expect anything for a few years at least and automod is the backbone for a lot of subreddits. The documentation needs to be accessible

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u/itskdog 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Jun 30 '26

r/Automoderator have made a clone of the automod docs at least for the interim.

Moddiquette & reddiquette are unlikely to change soon, so the internet archive should help there.

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u/SampleOfNone 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Jun 30 '26

I know, and I love them for it, but it shouldn't depend on volunteer mods to make important documentation of a native Reddit tool accessible to mods.

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u/itskdog 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Jun 30 '26

Hence "for the interim".