What powers do you give your moderators?

harishankar

What are the powers that you give or restrict your moderators? For example, I have disabled deleting posts so moderators can only edit posts and not delete them.

Also on some forums, moderators are allowed to ban people (by default phpBB doesn't have a moderator ban panel). I don't have this feature either.

So what powers do you restrict or give your moderators? Have any one you given moderator ban powers or the ability to delete posts?
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dojo · Posted: 9/22/2005, 5:10 am Post subject:

I haven't changed the phpBB settings, so my mods have the default powers: edit, move, delete.
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Edit, move and split. While they have the ability to edit, it isn't something we do. We move any posts that violate our User Guidelines or that must be removed to a private Trash Bin forum. We don't delete posts at all.
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chrispian · Posted: 9/22/2005, 10:31 am Post subject:

Editing can be more dangerous than delete. They could change the meaning of someone's post and with phpbb, you would never know it. While I have edit and delete enabled, I tell my mods that edit should be used when asked to edit, and delete only used for removing duplicates (it's the only thing we delete). Otherwise, move is the main thing they need.
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harishankar · Posted: 9/22/2005, 10:35 am Post subject:

Triumvirate · Posted: 9/22/2005, 10:59 am Post subject:

Edit, Split, Move, I rarely, if ever, delete posts and I don't want my moderators to either.
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Thoul · Posted: 9/22/2005, 5:18 pm Post subject:

E/M/S for me, too. Deleting is usually something I try to avoid, so that I have a record of offenses for future reference. I avoid editing too, though. It has too many potential shady uses.
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dream_th · Posted: 9/22/2005, 5:39 pm Post subject:

Edit, move, delete, split also gave them option to issue a warning to users using yellowcard mod that is ban power. I have some complaints about posts deleted but till now im happy with my mods work.

Ex0dus · Posted: 9/26/2005, 10:41 am Post subject:

Edit/Move/Split/Delete/smilies/filter/lock - I give my mods a few extra powers that i myself dont take much stock in. I dont care all that much about smilies, and i dont use word filters all that often. I never delete threads (and neither do my mods) so it goes as an unused power. If my mods happen upon a bad thread before i or any other admins do, then the power to turn on filters and/or lock the topic is invaluable. This way they can "freeze" the topic so the other admins and i can take a look at it.

All uses of edit are required to be commented in the post and are logged in a separate table in my database (so if theres a dispute over improper editing, i can look up the original text in my db)

example: [edited for improper language]

Really though, my mods havent had much opportunity to use their powers (other than maybe split/move) since our members are generally so well behaved. The only topic that had to be locked was (ironically enough) started by me ^_^

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