05-20-2010, 12:48 PM
Hey everyone,
There have been a lot of changes going on lately around the DigiArtists' Domain forum. This post is basically going to describe the changes we've gone through and explain what motivated these changes.
1) There are now two main Administrators
The community Administrator is me. If you want to talk about becoming a moderator or just have some questions about the rules, I'm the guy you come to.
The technical Administrator is LordPatamon. He handles all the technical aspects of the care and feeding of our wonderful forum. If you come across any bugs or glitches, please do your best to accurately report those problems to him. He's super nice and super good at what he does; he'll have it fixed up in a jiff.
The Infamous Boss Reo will still be co-adminning with the rest of us. His job is mainly helping the moderators and contributing to decisions about forum operation.
SonicHowler is the big überadmin that the admins will talk to when we have a serious problem. Generally, you should bring problem to the relevant admin and he shouldn't be contacted for board operation questions.
2) The moderators have the power.
Previously, because of moderator abuse, moderators did not have access to the Mod Control Panel. This hampered their ability to do their job effectively and efficiently, and generally lead to a lot of hemming and hawing in the Mod Forum about what we should do. I've unilaterally decided that this is a bad idea. If I can't trust my moderators with the ModCP, then they shouldn't be mods to begin with.
That being said, there is a log that records every action taken in the Mod CP, so if someone steps out of line, I'll know who it was, undo their action, and then strip them of their position.
If you have a problem, please report it to the mod of the forum section in question. If it's something they're not able to deal with themselves, they'll bring it to the admins.
3) There have been some promotions.
Because of their long-term outstanding service to the site, I've promoted DragonMasterX and UnknownH to Super Moderator status. This basically puts them in a position between the Mods and the Admins. They'll be lead mods for the community, and they'll be the people to whom serious problems are reported.
4) You can't delete your posts anymore.
Previously, we've had a lot of trouble with users deleting their posts or threads that contained useful information as it pertained to an issue currently open. To prevent that, and to remind everyone that there are consequences to your actions and that you can't behave however you want, you no longer have that ability. For most of you, that shouldn't be a big problem.
Keep in mind, you can still edit your posts, which I'm sure will make all the RPers breathe a huge sigh of relief. I am aware that someone can just as easily edit out a post to contain nothing. That's fine, but there will still be evidence of that post there.
5. No more wishy washy rules about being banned and coming back.
If you are banned once, you're done. If you come back on a separate account, it will be found out eventually and you'll be banned again. Simple as that.
I think that's about it. If you have any pressing questions about these changes, fire a PM my way and I'll happily discuss them with you.
There have been a lot of changes going on lately around the DigiArtists' Domain forum. This post is basically going to describe the changes we've gone through and explain what motivated these changes.
1) There are now two main Administrators
The community Administrator is me. If you want to talk about becoming a moderator or just have some questions about the rules, I'm the guy you come to.
The technical Administrator is LordPatamon. He handles all the technical aspects of the care and feeding of our wonderful forum. If you come across any bugs or glitches, please do your best to accurately report those problems to him. He's super nice and super good at what he does; he'll have it fixed up in a jiff.
The Infamous Boss Reo will still be co-adminning with the rest of us. His job is mainly helping the moderators and contributing to decisions about forum operation.
SonicHowler is the big überadmin that the admins will talk to when we have a serious problem. Generally, you should bring problem to the relevant admin and he shouldn't be contacted for board operation questions.
2) The moderators have the power.
Previously, because of moderator abuse, moderators did not have access to the Mod Control Panel. This hampered their ability to do their job effectively and efficiently, and generally lead to a lot of hemming and hawing in the Mod Forum about what we should do. I've unilaterally decided that this is a bad idea. If I can't trust my moderators with the ModCP, then they shouldn't be mods to begin with.
That being said, there is a log that records every action taken in the Mod CP, so if someone steps out of line, I'll know who it was, undo their action, and then strip them of their position.
If you have a problem, please report it to the mod of the forum section in question. If it's something they're not able to deal with themselves, they'll bring it to the admins.
3) There have been some promotions.
Because of their long-term outstanding service to the site, I've promoted DragonMasterX and UnknownH to Super Moderator status. This basically puts them in a position between the Mods and the Admins. They'll be lead mods for the community, and they'll be the people to whom serious problems are reported.
4) You can't delete your posts anymore.
Previously, we've had a lot of trouble with users deleting their posts or threads that contained useful information as it pertained to an issue currently open. To prevent that, and to remind everyone that there are consequences to your actions and that you can't behave however you want, you no longer have that ability. For most of you, that shouldn't be a big problem.
Keep in mind, you can still edit your posts, which I'm sure will make all the RPers breathe a huge sigh of relief. I am aware that someone can just as easily edit out a post to contain nothing. That's fine, but there will still be evidence of that post there.
5. No more wishy washy rules about being banned and coming back.
If you are banned once, you're done. If you come back on a separate account, it will be found out eventually and you'll be banned again. Simple as that.
I think that's about it. If you have any pressing questions about these changes, fire a PM my way and I'll happily discuss them with you.