Official Vbulletin Update Thread

[Synchronium]

Ahhh welcome back!

[-inefficiency-]

Thanks, buddy!

Another thing; When a user clicks the "Report post" button, where does it report the post to? To X or what?

If you're not around too much, X, then maybe it should go to a super-mod or to some sort of hidden board where the mods can look...

[Synchronium]

I just got emailed about a post ou reported, so I guess that answers your question.

Can we get reported posts as PMs rather than be emailed about it?

[Random]

Originally Posted by Synchronium

Can we get reported posts as PMs rather than be emailed about it?

I don't receive e-mails about that. Check your available forums, you'll see something near the top. Same for infractions.

[xpl0siv]

Hello inefficiency!

It has been a while.

[-inefficiency-]

Hey man! Yeah, tell me about it. Lost my access to an internet connection sometime before I disappeared. When I finally got it back, it was a while before I had the time to visit ths place regularly again.

New boards are looking sharp.

[S7@1T3D]

Gday Ineff,

Long time no type how is your health my friend??

[headcase]

It seems reported posts also create a thread automatically in the Mods forum, although I'm getting e-mails too.

[-inefficiency-]

An e-mail for every reported thread might be a bit much at times. Any options to switch it off in the control panel?

I knew something was missing! The mod forum! I was a mod before the boards got updated, but never got made a mod again - which is fair enough considering my 7/8 month absense.

I'm still happy whether I'm a mod or not, but if you guys want an extra hand cleaning the place up then just let me know.

[DIzzIE]

Originally Posted by -inefficiency-

I changed this to "All Threads" and was instantly able to find the thread that I couldn't see before.

This seems like a good thing to have switched on, as a lot of older threads have invaluble information in them.

Yeah, this would be a good thing to have enabled by default, imho.

[xpl0siv]

you are now mod, -inefficiency-

[-inefficiency-]

Cool, man. Cheers.

There's a few threads that need "cleansed", so I'll get on that now

EDIT:

By the way, what am I actually mod of? I as super-mod before the change, but now it's "Moderator" - so which forum do I moderate? Or is it still all of them?

[Random]

Originally Posted by -inefficiency-

Cool, man. Cheers.

There's a few threads that need "cleansed", so I'll get on that now

EDIT:

By the way, what am I actually mod of? I as super-mod before the change, but now it's "Moderator" - so which forum do I moderate? Or is it still all of them?

If you see something to fix, fix it.

You know, until X gives you something more specific.

[-inefficiency-]

I just banned a spammer, even though my rank is only "Moderator" Rather than "Super-Moderator"

Is a moderator supposed to have that ability?

[headcase]

Probably not, but that'll only become an issue if we appoint more moderators who can't be trusted with the ability to ban. We seem to be functioning fine right now with us... 5?

[-inefficiency-]

Yeah, definately.

I think if the forum ever livens up and needs more time than the 5 of us can give, then we can start appointing an individual mod to each forum with 3 Supers overseeing the lot.

When that happens, I think banning will have to be made a little more exclusive. Either that or make it so that you need a second opinion to ban someone...

[S7@1T3D]

Originally Posted by -inefficiency-

make it so that you need a second opinion to ban someone...

that sounds like a good idea.

[-inefficiency-]

Another thought:

How about changing the icons for a thread's rating? The current ones are hard to see and even if we could see them, they're a bit boring.

That's not a big deal though, I think the main concern is our inability to lock threads and stuff.