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Re: New Titles?
Also, a “new member” could be an expert user that has never registered on the forum, or an expert user that has lost his/her account.
I liked the “alpha”, “beta”, etc…
Last edited by maniqui (2008-02-09 12:41:32)
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@Julian – I did mention that earlier but there appears to be a good reason for using this if you check out Mary’s post.
@Ruud – True enough, but then any number of posts could be meaningless so why use any system at all other than for Moderators and Developers?
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#18 2008-02-09 15:26:08
- els
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Re: New Titles?
maniqui wrote:
I liked the “alpha”, “beta”, etc…
So do I. I don’t like the idea of assigning subjective ‘values’ to members very much. alpha-omega is fairly objective, since it’s only related to one’s number of posts. The introduction of ‘New Member’ is only meant to point out to new members that they are not yet allowed to do certain things, a thing that has not been clear to everyone before. So I find that a useful addition.
The only other new title is ‘Plugin Author’ which tells us that a member is er… a bit more equal than others? Only joking, they are more equal :) This title is also not a subjective value but it provides useful information.
I find the use of titles on this forum very well-considered.
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I don’t know how hard it would be as my suggestion implies to change everybody’s ‘rank’ but what if the ranks are changed so as to allow for more posts before a rank is added. In this way we will not end up with 100s of omegas.
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joking aside “Approved Advisor” is a very good title and could be used in the discretion of the forum admins.
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why am i a “Plugin author”? have not written any plugins, as far as i remember ;)
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Enjoy the kudos:)
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#24 2008-02-12 19:29:19
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Re: New Titles?
Kemie: Many moons ago
- “New Member” can’t send emails to other users (among other things, for spam protection purposes).
- “Plugin Author” can create new threads in the Plugin Author Support forum.
- “Moderator” is someone that can moderate one or more forums.
- “Developer” is actually one of the core Txp developers, which are also “Admin“s.
- “Admin” is someone that can manage the entire forum.
- Everyone else gets post-based “ranks”.
PunBB has this funny idea about not being able to show both ranks and member titles, so I’m hoping to hack in separating the two, so both are displayed.
At present, the ranks are set to:
| Rank | Posts |
|---|---|
| alpha | 0 |
| beta | 10 |
| gamma | 35 |
| delta | 50 |
| epsilon | 75 |
| zêta | 100 |
| êta | 150 |
| thêta | 250 |
| iota | 300 |
| kappa | 350 |
| lambda | 400 |
| mu | 500 |
| nu | 600 |
| xi | 700 |
| omicron | 800 |
| pi | 900 |
| rho | 1000 |
| sigma | 1100 |
| tau | 1200 |
| upsilon | 1300 |
| phi | 1400 |
| chi | 1500 |
| psi | 1600 |
| omega | 1700 |
Personally, I can easily live without ranks. We only have them ‘cuz they’ve been here since the beginning, and some folks are really keen on them.
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So don’t I count as a plug-in developer then? And no! Please don’t change me! I like omega. It’s pretty unique at the moment. :)
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#26 2008-02-12 23:17:11
- els
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thebombsite wrote:
I like omega. It’s pretty unique at the moment. :)
Just wait until developers stop developing and a couple of moderators stop moderating ;)
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Now you are just trying to frighten me Els aren’t you? ;)
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“Will old and forbidding Texpattern forum’s Omega beast eventually turn into calm and kind Plugin Author? What will developers do? Will Authors accept him part of the race? Will Symphony or WordPattern clan interfare with deadly powers? Is this the end of human kind? Can we sense the drama?”
Today on tXpHeros!
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Rofl. :)
Stuart
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#30 2008-02-13 17:31:14
- Mary
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Muahahahaha! Now there are “more” omegas and Stuart is a Plugin Author!
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