diff --git a/lib/philomena/users.ex b/lib/philomena/users.ex
index 07bb6e28..48add23c 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/users.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/users.ex
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ defmodule Philomena.Users do
     |> Repo.update()
   end
 
+  def update_scratchpad(%User{} = user, attrs) do
+    user
+    |> User.scratchpad_changeset(attrs)
+    |> Repo.update()
+  end
+
   def watch_tag(%User{} = user, tag) do
     watched_tag_ids = Enum.uniq([tag.id | user.watched_tag_ids])
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
index 1e3afcf8..2c09d471 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/users/user.ex
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ defmodule Philomena.Users.User do
     |> validate_format(:personal_title, ~r/\A((?!site|admin|moderator|assistant|developer|\p{C}).)*\z/iu)
   end
 
+  def scratchpad_changeset(user, attrs) do
+    user
+    |> cast(attrs, [:scratchpad])
+  end
+
   def avatar_changeset(user, attrs) do
     user
     |> cast(attrs, [
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile/scratchpad_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile/scratchpad_controller.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df728548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile/scratchpad_controller.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Profile.ScratchpadController do
+  use PhilomenaWeb, :controller
+
+  alias Philomena.Users.User
+  alias Philomena.Users
+
+  plug PhilomenaWeb.FilterBannedUsersPlug
+  plug PhilomenaWeb.CanaryMapPlug, edit: :index, update: :index
+  plug :load_resource, model: User, id_name: "profile_id", id_field: "slug", persisted: true
+
+  def edit(conn, _params) do
+    changeset = Users.change_user(conn.assigns.user)
+    render(conn, "edit.html", title: "Editing Moderation Scratchpad", changeset: changeset, user: conn.assigns.user)
+  end
+
+  def update(conn, %{"user" => user_params}) do
+    user = conn.assigns.user
+
+    case Users.update_scratchpad(user, user_params) do
+      {:ok, _user} ->
+        conn
+        |> put_flash(:info, "Moderation scratchpad successfully updated.")
+        |> redirect(to: Routes.profile_path(conn, :show, user))
+
+      {:error, changeset} ->
+        render(conn, "edit.html", changeset: changeset)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile_controller.ex
index 65091802..1977d785 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/profile_controller.ex
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ProfileController do
       |> Enum.filter(&Canada.Can.can?(current_user, :show, &1.topic))
 
     about_me =
-      Renderer.render_one(%{body: user.description || ""}, conn)
+      Renderer.render_one(%{body: user.description || ""}, conn)      
+
+    scratchpad =
+      Renderer.render_one(%{body: user.scratchpad || ""}, conn)
 
     commission_information =
       commission_info(user.commission, conn)
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ProfileController do
       statistics: statistics,
       watcher_counts: watcher_counts,
       about_me: about_me,
+      scratchpad: scratchpad,
       tags: tags,
       bans: bans,
       layout_class: "layout--medium",
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
index 57e698b2..21a501ec 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
         resources "/reports", Profile.Commission.ReportController, only: [:new, :create]
       end
       resources "/description", Profile.DescriptionController, only: [:edit, :update], singleton: true
+      resources "/scratchpad", Profile.ScratchpadController, only: [:edit, :update], singleton: true
       resources "/user_links", Profile.UserLinkController
       resources "/awards", Profile.AwardController, except: [:index, :show]
 
@@ -286,7 +287,6 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
       resources "/sources", Image.SourceController, only: [:update], singleton: true
       resources "/tag_changes", Image.TagChangeController, only: [:index]
       resources "/source_changes", Image.SourceChangeController, only: [:index]
-      resources "/description", Image.DescriptionController, only: [:update], singleton: true
       resources "/navigate", Image.NavigateController, only: [:index]
       resources "/reports", Image.ReportController, only: [:new, :create]
       resources "/reporting", Image.ReportingController, only: [:show], singleton: true
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/_about_me.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/_about_me.html.slime
index 1b63540d..224df07a 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/_about_me.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/_about_me.html.slime
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
         ' Want to
         => link "add some info about yourself?", to: "#"
 
-    - true ->
\ No newline at end of file
+    - true ->
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/scratchpad/edit.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/scratchpad/edit.html.slime
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d381c93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/scratchpad/edit.html.slime
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+h1 Updating Moderation Scratchpad
+
+= form_for @changeset, Routes.profile_scratchpad_path(@conn, :update, @user), [method: "put"], fn f ->
+  = if @changeset.action do
+    .alert.alert-danger
+      p Oops, something went wrong! Please check the errors below.
+  .block
+    .block__header.block__header--js-tabbed
+      a.selected href="#" data-click-tab="write"
+        i.fas.fa-edit>
+        ' Scratchpad
+
+      a href="#" data-click-tab="preview"
+        i.fa.fa-eye>
+        ' Preview
+
+    .block__tab.communication-edit__tab.selected data-tab="write"
+      = render PhilomenaWeb.TextileView, "_help.html", conn: @conn
+      = render PhilomenaWeb.TextileView, "_toolbar.html", conn: @conn
+
+      .field
+        = textarea f, :scratchpad, class: "input input--wide input--text js-preview-input js-toolbar-input", placeholder: "God I sure could go for some dragon dick"
+        = error_tag f, :scratchpad
+
+    .block__tab.communication-edit__tab.hidden data-tab="preview"
+      ' [Loading preview...]
+
+    .block__content.communication-edit__actions
+      => submit "Update", class: "button"
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/show.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/show.html.slime
index c140e279..dab90530 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/show.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/profile/show.html.slime
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@
               tr
                 td == body
                 td = pretty_time(mod_note.created_at)
+    = if can_index_user?(@conn) do
+      .block
+        a.block__header--single-item href=Routes.profile_scratchpad_path(@conn, :edit, @user) Moderation Scratchpad
+        .block__content.profile-about
+          == @scratchpad
 
   .column-layout__main
     = render PhilomenaWeb.ProfileView, "_statistics.html", user: @user, statistics: @statistics, conn: @conn
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/profile/scratchpad_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/profile/scratchpad_view.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd7e749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/profile/scratchpad_view.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Profile.ScratchpadView do
+  use PhilomenaWeb, :view
+end