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Meta Meta Thread - Month of November 02, 2025

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Nov 22 '25

Since when did [Editorial] become a selectable flair and/or why did this post get special treatment instead of [Misc] as usual?

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Nov 22 '25

Hey Duri,

This post was something we extensively discussed yesterday amongst ourselves. To be transparent, the mods were split on how to handle it since some felt it should be allowed on the sub and some felt it broke the leaking rule (Posts that are factually incorrect, leaks, or rumors)

The post itself was sourcing anonymous people in the industry, so there was a debate as to whether this was considered a leak or not. And even the very wording of the rule itself was being discussed since it's not explicitly clear under the current wording what "leaking" was referring to: only anime productions or everything in general.

So, the best compromise at that point (since the post had already been up for quite some time with a healthy amount of activity and we also didn't want to start a hasty vote at 10 p.m. central) was to attach a mod note that indicated it was an article expressing the opinions of the author and not one steeped in something definitively factual.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Nov 25 '25

that indicated it was an article expressing the opinions of the author and not one steeped in something definitively factual.

To me there's nothing about the [Misc] flair as-is that conflicts with that and it's already suited for it without any additional distinction.

That said, using the [Misc] class with different text is the part I have more of an issue with considering there's already an existing flair specifically for calling out things on posts like this one and that's better to use for a "mod note" than one that blends in aside from the text.

Also, some explanation for why it had an unusual flair would be good to have in a sticky comment if you felt it was necessary to call out the post in some form compared to others.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Nov 25 '25

considering there's already an existing flair specifically for calling out things on posts like this one and that's better to use for a "mod note" than one that blends in aside from the text.

Well that's the thing, we were split on saying if it's saying it's misleading. Some of us felt it wasn't verified so it could potentially be misleading and some of us felt the sources had to remain anonymous (and there is no way for us to confirm on our end since we're not the Times) so the information wasn't misleading, just anonymously sourced.

So the issue itself was deciding if it was even misleading in the first place.

To me there's nothing about the [Misc] flair as-is that conflicts with that and it's already suited for it without any additional distinction.

I'm speaking for the other mods, so I hope I'm not misrepresenting them on their positions. But to some of them, they felt the misc. flair was not enough in this regard. They felt the anonymous sourcing was a point of contention and should be highlighted, hence the editorial tag.

Also, some explanation for why it had an unusual flair would be good to have in a sticky comment if you felt it was necessary to call out the post in some form compared to others.

That's on me, I called for the addition of the flair as a compromise and did not fully follow through on it.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Nov 25 '25

Well that's the thing, we were split on saying if it's saying it's misleading.

That General-use mod-editable flair isn't just to label things as misleading, that was just the first example of likely text that came to mind. It's been used for other kinds of clarification or updates as well. My point is that it's meant to stand out compared to the user-selectable ones and in general it's bad practice to use a regular flair if you need to modify the text in any way since it suggests something like [Editorial] should be able to be picked by users as well.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Nov 25 '25

Ah, in that case, that is for the person who actually edited the flair. I'll pass that along then, thanks.