Revisiting: Moderation log format change

Revisiting: Moderation log format change Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did.

Process question about how this site works.

I have read the guidelines and the trust-level page and I still have a question about the mechanism rather than the rule. Specifically, I would like to understand the reasoning behind it, because I suspect the reasoning is better than the rule sounds.

Not a complaint. If the answer is "because of a failure mode you have not seen yet", I would like to hear about the failure mode.

Worth separating two things that the opening post runs together.

Staff announcements, policy changes, and scheduled maintenance. Read-only except for questions clarifying what was announced.

This follows post #10 rather than contradicting it.

Feedback to announcements: if you have feedback on an announced change (not a question, but your position) post it in the Meta category rather than here.

On post #25 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification.

Feedback to announcements: if you have feedback on an announced change (not a question, but your position) post it in the Meta category rather than here.

Staff-only posts: some announcements are visible only to staff (concerning internal operations). Members see public announcements.

I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological.

The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at the published data for this specific question. I would be glad to be shown wrong on this, because the version I am arguing against is more convenient.

On post #48 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification.

Staff-only posts: some announcements are visible only to staff (concerning internal operations). Members see public announcements.

post #58 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

For anyone arriving from a search: the marked solution above is the direct answer, and the replies underneath it add the caveats that make it safe to use.

Two things before anyone answers the substance.

First, the context in the first post is clear and specific. Second, the question is framed so that an answer can actually address it. Both are the norm here and both matter more than they sound.