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Section 11: Administration Subject: Staff Flags Msg# 769475
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having assistants to focus on a specific task without having their own magic wand to undo a hopefully carefully set up and managed forum seems like common sense. Excellent point. I see good points in what John says as well. Rather than adding new flags, perhaps the best approach would be to decide powers granted to the flags we have now, other than the full WizopForum flag. Sysop, Host/Staff, VIP, Editor -- 4 flags. 3 flags if the vip remains as simply access to a closed section, as it probably should. Here are the basic admin functions:
How would you use 3 flags to cover the above admin items? A typical helper would not be writing a lot of articles, but could very well search out the best video on YouTube, for example, or obtain news releases from outside sources. Flag 1 - News and Articles/Features/Video Flag 2 - Messages Flag 3 - Calendar, Polls, Images Keep in mind that the admin functions granted to each of the above flags could be more restricted than the WizopForum flag in each category. For example, a user with flag 3 might be prohibited from deleting images. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The reason I favor compartmentalizing flags is that if you give people too much power beyond what they need to do a simple assigned job--like say managing the Image Gallery or overseeing the message board, they are more likely to get into trouble and mess up things they shouldn't be messing with at all. Now this may not be true with your forum, but I run two busy, all-around type forums with all areas active, and having assistants to focus on a specific task without having their own magic wand to undo a hopefully carefully set up and managed forum seems like common sense. |
