dying a lot more these days

bigdog · 10-10-11, 09:38 PM

I'm going to mess with the power structure right now.

For some reason, everyone that was a "moderator" no longer isn't, and everyone is just a "L4DF Moderator".

I'll be adjusting the groups permissions to see if we can use that as a power group. maybe.

bigdog · 10-10-11, 09:42 PM

ok, power groups are now "administrator" or "L4DF Moderator".

If you're a mod, then you are a primary member of the L4DF mod group, with default (meaning L4DF mod) as the display group (the title under your avatar when you post). Everyone on the site, including administrators, is a member of the "members" group, which is a general permissions/access group.

this is a note mainly for those with teh power to modify permission groups (and to stop messing with them).

**DancingCorpse** · 10-10-11, 09:46 PM

So primary usergroup should be "Member"
Display should be "L4DF Moderator"

Correct?

**DancingCorpse** · 10-10-11, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by DancingCorpse

So primary usergroup should be "Member"
Display should be "L4DF Moderator"

Correct?

Why am I asking and not just looking....

EDIT: Yup, I was wrong, got it now.

**zencats** · 10-11-11, 10:01 AM

Read and understood, captain.

Just a quick question about the mention of 'moderators listed for a forum'. I take it this refers to 'Community Staff' being assigned their own sections of the forums...

Does this still apply? Which would be my associated forum? (Ohh ohh, if I don't have one, can I be Scavenge?!)

Or is it more of a whole forum-wide position? (I mean, I try and read as much of what's posted here, but sections such as 'mods, skins, servers, maps' etc I wont read as much as I'm an 'xbro', lol.

Anyway, thanks for the position, I'll do the best I can... Any problems or suggestions, or any help needed with regards to graphic design, css changes, upgrading the CMS etc, shoot me a message and I'll see what I can do! Peace.

**Kanati** · 10-11-11, 10:11 AM

I think here it's site-wide. On TPG we each have assigned areas we take care of.

**imported_Target Practice** · 10-11-11, 10:13 AM

At the moment, the finer points are still being sorted out - I'm not sure (and I'd even go as far to say that the TPG guys aren't 100% sure) exactly how the structure will work just yet - whether moderators will be assigned their own forum or forums to look after, or whether it'll simply be a case of 'finders dealers' - you get the report/see the problem, you deal with it.
It'll all be cleared up in the coming weeks though. Isn't transition fun?

EDIT: Damn, ninja'd.

bigdog · 10-11-11, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by zencats

Read and understood, captain.

Just a quick question about the mention of 'moderators listed for a forum'. I take it this refers to 'Community Staff' being assigned their own sections of the forums...

Does this still apply? Which would be my associated forum? (Ohh ohh, if I don't have one, can I be Scavenge?!)

Or is it more of a whole forum-wide position? (I mean, I try and read as much of what's posted here, but sections such as 'mods, skins, servers, maps' etc I wont read as much as I'm an 'xbro', lol.

Anyway, thanks for the position, I'll do the best I can... Any problems or suggestions, or any help needed with regards to graphic design, css changes, upgrading the CMS etc, shoot me a message and I'll see what I can do! Peace.

because of the diversity of subjects (different games) on TPG's forums, we DO assign individual mods to individual forums. Typicall, if someone is a mid level admin, or a high admin with an interest/power in a specific game, they have the responsbility of modding that forum. helps to make sure questions about the server and issues are addressed, relevant to each game, and addressed to the people who are in charge of that particular game.

as for the general ban, abuse, complaint, suggestion, off the server, etc kind of universal forums, for the most part its the "super mods" who step up, or the highest admins and administrators.

since the whole site is L4Dish....there's not a need to separate out mods from forum to forum. If someone wants to be the LISTED mod of a forum (where your name shows as the moderator for that forum in the index), we can do that. It will help to direct issues within that forum to you, and also ensure that threads reported in that forum are reported to the listed mod, and not everyone.

If we do it that way, then all current L4DF mods will be mods of the general and off topic forums, and then we can break down individual responsibility forums. This also helps to ensure that each forum is well policed, regularly cleaned up of sticky and other creep, has the right kind of posts, and has issues solved quickly. Also helps to ensure that mods in control of specific forums keep those forums alive by posting articles they find interesting, bringing up topics, and keeping those forums and sections bumped and recent.

dead forums are avoided for being dead, regardless of what the subject or title of the forum is.