[Mageia-webteam] Questions about the forum - Part II

[Maât]

Le 07/04/2011 10:49, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
> 2011/4/6 Maât <maat-ml at vilarem.net>:
>> Le 01/04/2011 20:08, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
>>> 3. Privileges in the forum have to be tied to the task of the
>>> group/user, nothing else.
>>>
>>> For simplicity I'd go for
>>>
>>>  - Admin group (creating/changing forum structures, creating groups,
>>> maintenance of the forum, making announcements about the forum, etc.)
>>>
>>>  - Global moderators = all moderators, where moderating means:
>>>  - - moving/merging/closing threads, editing posts (if necessary
>>> because of forum or legal rules), counseling users (positive and
>>> negative), announcing important things, etc.
>>>
>>>  - Special groups who could be additional moderators of one section,
>>> like packagers and translators who are not in Global Moderators but
>>> could be moderators and contacts for the "Packaging and Translating"
>>> section. They have privileges only in this section.
>>>
>>> That's all. Simple, transparent, easy to understand and to maintain
>>> and to scale if needed.
>>>
>>> We've been working with this setup for years (even before we switched
>>> to phpbb3). Moderators were happy, users knew who to turn to. Admin
>>> was happy :)
>> Do you realise that you precisely describe what we have set up on the mageia forums from the beginning ?
> Then why is it not so now? Why does my description differ so much to yours?
> For instance: What am I? According to the color and profile I am a
> member of the "founders" group.
> What does that mean in practice? I haven't found out yet. Same for the
> other "special groups"
I just let you answer to yourself :

Le 01/04/2011 20:08, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
>  - Special groups who could be additional moderators of one section,
> like packagers and translators who are not in Global Moderators but
> could be moderators and contacts for the "Packaging and Translating"
> section. They have privileges only in this section.
>
> That's all. Simple, transparent, easy to understand and to maintain
> and to scale if needed.
You are in a special group who *could* be additional moderator of one section (or an other) :)

That's all. Simple, transparent, easy to understand and to maintain and to scale if needed. :o)

I really don't understand how you come to see a difference between to things that are actually identical :o_Ô