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    Default Organisation of the forums

    Silly question, but I've seen all sorts of different members, and I was wondering what they all mean. I looked in the New: ReadMe First post, but it wasn't very informative on this point, and the membership rights seem to have been tweaked recently.

    I'm a Junior Patron, which I guess is the lowest rung. What differences will I see if (when?) I get promotion to Member? Other than the ability to edit my posts?

    Then Senior member – what does that entail? There don't seem to be that many, and it doesn't seem to go on post count or date joined.

    Then there is Assistant Moderators and Moderators. What's the difference between the two?

    Then there is the Admin. What’s the difference between the Admin and the Moderators?

    Sorry if this is answered elsewhere, but I'm just curious...

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    Just another genius Member aw89's Avatar
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    i am wondering about this too, i mean, I have seen "members" with less then 20 post. (or very close too) I have soon posted 50 if my memory is correct, all following the rules (exept the time i was ironic, got a warning O_o) and i am not a member yet... just plain stupid the way it is now, liked the old way better because the it seem's we were oppgraded faster and (hopefully) the ones that deserve it.


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    Some senior members wanted a name change and started a new account i believe so they got instantly promoted.
    Admins i think control the whole forum while moderators only moderate certain parts of the forum.
    u can find loads info in this topic.
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    Default Re: Organisation of the forums

    Thanks Jeanne. The info in that link is good, but some of it seems a little outdated. I wonder if there is a up-to-date version?

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    Everytime a mod sees a new member, he adds it to his "Excel sheet" He keeps track of every member and reads your posts, post count will not decide if you get promoted, post quality,

    Jr members can't edit or go in other forums (there is another one or two, im not sure which ones)
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    I can appreciate that. I admin a couple forums, and as the founding admin you’d think my post count would be among the highest - don't you believe it! There are folks on both boards with five, six times the posts I have - mostly along the lines of 'Cool, well done' or 'yeah, I agree' - made purely for the post count. This method requires a lot more work from the moderators, but seems a much better way to gauge membership levels...

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    I think the policy works really well - this is a very civilised forum.

    And yes, a low post count is the way to go!

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    At the moment the moderators are reorganizing the forum. There used to be four ranks: junior patron, senior patron, member and senior member. Now, they have merged the two patron ranks into a new rank: junior member (to make it more confusing: the member rank used to be junior member). Due to the reorganization, I don't know what the exact restrictions are for each rank. As far as I know there is no forum restriction anymore like there used to be (a recently saw a junior patron start a topic in the watchtower). I guess the junior members have a larger post restriction (meaning they have to wait longer after posting before they are allowed to post again). After a probation time on the org, they are promoted to full member. Post count has nothing to do with the promotion process: I have seen senior members with less than a hundred posts and senior patrons with thousands. What matters is how you behave.

    Full members have less post restriction and can edit their posts. Senior member is a honourary title that comes with no extra privileges (except for more storage space for private messages). You become senior member by doing special services to the community, though in my case I am not entirely sure what my special service was. Having a relation with a moderator also helps .

    Assistant Moderator is a special rank created for the story-telling forums: the Mead Hall and Throne Room. These forums require no constant moderator attention, so they are moderated by two members that got chosen in an election amongst the members. They got the special rank of assistant-moderator. Later, other forums got AM's too. An AM is a sort of lesser moderator: they have some, but not all, of the abilities of a full moderator.

    The administrators actually run this forum: they take care of the software and the promotions. The moderators do not promote anyone, they sent the list of 'to be promoted' members to TosaInu, who then promotes them.

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    Yeah We AM's get to clean the staff toilets


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ludens
    I hope I was able to answer your questions.
    Thanks very much, Ludens. Much appreciated.

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