New forum moderation team

[miha1111]

Don't even think about it.

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[SugarD]

I have a suggestion, if I may be so bold to say it...

Why not have Administrators+ be given moderation rights in their respective servers' boards, and then have moderation rights on the cross boards regarding general discussions, pictures, videos, radio, etc.?

From there, just give Managers+ rights over News And Announcements, with their rights following the same as Administrators+ everywhere else.

It would be a simple way to allow multiple people to keep an eye on the forums, and it would give them additional ways to handle rulebreakers quickly and easily without needing to bother higher ranks when they aren't available. Likewise, it would also give them the ability to answer users and lock topics regarding questions and information as it applies now. Managers can already fully moderate their sections, so giving Administrators the privilege of basic moderation would help them keep things under control across the entire forum. The servers jointly sharing the task on the cross boards also keeps that in check.

[JDC]

I have a suggestion, if I may be so bold to say it...

Why not have Administrators+ be given moderation rights in their respective servers' boards, and then have moderation rights on the cross boards regarding general discussions, pictures, videos, radio, etc.?

From there, just give Managers+ rights over News And Announcements, with their rights following the same as Administrators+ everywhere else.

It would be a simple way to allow multiple people to keep an eye on the forums, and it would give them additional ways to handle rulebreakers quickly and easily without needing to bother higher ranks when they aren't available. Likewise, it would also give them the ability to answer users and lock topics regarding questions and information as it applies now. Managers can already fully moderate their sections, so giving Administrators the privilege of basic moderation would help them keep things under control across the entire forum. The servers jointly sharing the task on the cross boards also keeps that in check.

I actually like this idea.

[Reece]

I think forum moderation should not be granted based on IG rights.

Also, the Idea doesn't really work, if you were to give SA-MP admins mod rights over the SA-MP boards there would be 32 moderators....

[SugarD]

I think forum moderation should not be granted based on IG rights.

Also, the Idea doesn't really work, if you were to give SA-MP admins mod rights over the SA-MP boards there would be 32 moderators....

What's wrong with that? Just like IG, they all come online at different times. That means consistent coverage that matches that of that board's userbase.

[Abdul_Ghani]

What's wrong with that? Just like IG, they all come online at different times. That means consistent coverage that matches that of that board's userbase.

If all administrators were assigned forum moderation rights, there might be some issues exist due to the many assignments given to them.

[SugarD]

If all administrators were assigned forum moderation rights, there might be some issues exist due to the disorderly assignments given to them.

Disorderly assignments? What do you mean?

I'm saying doing this:

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News And Announcements - All Managers+
Speakerbox - All Administrators+
Clans, Groups, Teams - All Administrators+
Media Center - All Administrators+
TeamSpeak - TeamSpeak Administrators+
Live For Speed - Live For Speed Administrators+
Games Discussion - All Administrators+
Hardware/Software Support - All Administrators+
SA:MP - San Andreas Multiplayer - SA:MP Administrators+
MTA:SA - Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas - MTA:SA Administrators+
SA:MP Stunting - SA:MP Stunt Administrators+
IV:MP - IV: Multiplayer - IV:MP Administrators+
VC:MP - Vice City: Multiplayer - VC:MP Administrators+
MTA:VC - Multi Theft Auto: Vice City - MTA:VC Administrators+
LU - Liberty Unleashed - LU Administrators+
Administration boards - Managers+
Development boards - Community Leaders+
Etc.
It's fairly simple, and allows for equal basic moderation to keep rulebreaking under control. If Administrators can't handle administrating these boards, then they shouldn't have admin rights in the server to begin with either. Doing this also makes their presence more known to newer players, so they know who to ask for help on the forums.

This would EASILY solve many of the issues with forum moderation as the ranks would auto-grant the access instead of having outdated "Board Moderators" being specifically set. Just do it via board profiles and you're done. The same thing could be done for Managers and Developers so they can have their moderation rights on their respective boards via rank instead of username, thus granting and removing rights when the rank for the user is updated, preventing ANY outdated moderators.

[Abdul_Ghani]

How do you thing they would handle both forums and servers? The administrators are elected based on the qualifications they had met during their time in game. Doesnt mean they could maintain the stability of the forums.

[TeaM-QSens]

Wave should be nicely done

[SugarD]

How do you thing they would handle both forums and servers? The administrators are elected based on the qualifications they had met during their time in game. Doesnt mean they could maintain the stability of the forums.

Well they use the forums to apply, not to mention their regulations and information are in boards hidden here on the forums that only they can see, so they are already being watched on their forum interactions, even as Moderators. Administrators and above have already proved themselves in-game and on the forums, and their attitude must be good in both as they represent the community regardless of where in it they are representing. Moderators are still in the learning stages and continuing to prove themselves, so that's why I suggested making this Administrator+, rather than Moderator+.

[Reece]

Each board would just be full of the names of forum moderators which with over 30 would make it look a massive mess.

It should be kept separate from IG rights.

[Malcolm]

What duties does a Forum Moderator have other than to answer the forum reports?

If the answer is something like "helping" players or answering questions then I'd say that that's not the responsibility of a forum moderator, but a responsibility of all the forum members.

[Allison]

Each board would just be full of the names of forum moderators which with over 30 would make it look a massive mess.

It should be kept separate from IG rights.

Not if you do board permission sets like they currently are with some ranks.

[SugarD]

Each board would just be full of the names of forum moderators which with over 30 would make it look a massive mess.

It should be kept separate from IG rights.

This would EASILY solve many of the issues with forum moderation as the ranks would auto-grant the access instead of having outdated "Board Moderators" being specifically set. Just do it via board profiles and you're done.

As I said, Board Moderators would not be used as it's an outdated mess that doesn't really apply to our community since our moderation rights are generally given as a result of ranks, instead of community chatters being promoted from their previous knowledge of related discussions.

Take my rank for example. I'm a LU Manager, and as a result I have been made a Board Moderator on the LU boards. Why? Why not just use board profiles to automatically give my rank moderation rights so no one has to ever update the Board Moderators when a user resigns, is fired, is hired, etc.?

What duties does a Forum Moderator have other than to answer the forum reports?

If the answer is something like "helping" players or answering questions then I'd say that that's not the responsibility of a forum moderator, but a responsibility of all the forum members.

True, but obviously the administration is equally responsible in this. As for moderating, as I said, having them handle the basic moderation of reports and punishing users who flame, troll, provoke, etc. would be the same as they do IG already. They are just an extra security blanket against malicious attacks on users in addition to the ranks above them. Given the size of our community, and the varying time zones our users use, this would be an incredibly useful way to keep situations under control that would otherwise require a report or a watchful eye to catch hours after it has already happened.

I see absolutely no disadvantage to this. If users are being trusted to control and watch over the servers against maliciousness, and generally help users outside the scope of other players, then why can't we trust them with basic moderation of the forum? Some forum ranks already have the ability to globally moderate certain boards on the forum with basic moderation rights. This would just extend it to more servers with the same ranks, and to more boards, to have a better watch over the forum as a whole.

[Boromir]

Not needed.. as simple as that.