What to do if you want a mod to ignore a report?

[Mystic Muse]

I reported this post here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11316071&postcount=91) not knowing the details. One of the other posters wanted his friend to critique the domain he made, and I reported him before I knew that. I was just wondering if there's any sort of specific thing you're supposed to do if you make a mistake, like simply re-reporting the post or something?

Just trying to clear up a misunderstanding is all.

[HalfTangible]

No way to stop it once it's sent, but mods look at posts before issuing infractions, so i think it should be ok as long as it's clear you misunderstood.

Wait for word of mod on this. Because i might be wrong.

[arguskos]

I fail to be a mod, but I have this feeling the process would look like this:

-You send the report, realize the mistake, and want to take it back/clarify/whatever.
-You send a PM to the mod of that section of the forum (I believe it is Zeb) explaining the situation and asking him to keep that in mind when reviewing the report.
-Zeb makes a judgment call and the situation is resolved accordingly.

Just seems to make sense. Of course, wait for Roland to roll up in here and lay down the law before acting.

[The Glyphstone]

Alternatively, nothing stops you from reporting the same post twice, the second time with a clarification that you misunderstood. Whoever's in charge of that area will probably still look at the 'offending' post, but that's where judgement calls are good.

[Roland St. Jude]

Alternatively, nothing stops you from reporting the same post twice, the second time with a clarification that you misunderstood. Whoever's in charge of that area will probably still look at the 'offending' post, but that's where judgement calls are good.That is exactly what I was going to recommend. The way the forum software works is that it collects all reports about a single post together. So reporting it again with a clarification or retraction will tell all mods that see it what is going on.

PMing the mods for that section (as listed in the Forum Rules) is also a good idea but somewhat less elegant a solution than the first one.