Selkie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:54 pm
Sorry, I didn't realize they were also listed as administrators.
Admin usually works behind the scenes to keep the site running smoothly, popping up infrequently with announcement of a system change, for example. As far as I know, Dave Parker was the actual "SysAdmin" (though he may have offloaded it to external management).
There are groups that perform administrative duties from an external position. The site owner (or lead administrator, with owner's permission) needs to engage them. That's my understanding. So it really comes down to what Deb Parker wants to do.
@Ear Mountain: please feel free to hop on and clarify.
The various titles indicate differing capabilities with respect to management of this form. The definitions below are from the FAQ pages from this forum.
Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) who look after the forums from day to day. They have the authority to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally, moderators are present to prevent users from going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.
Administrators are members assigned with the highest level of control over the entire board. These members can control all facets of board operation, including setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc., dependent upon the board founder and what permissions he or she has given the other administrators. They may also have full moderator capabilities in all forums, depending on the settings put forth by the board founder.
The definition of
Site Administrator is apparently not described in the FAQ section. At least I didn't find it. A Site Administrator has the the ability to assign privileges to Administrators and Moderators. The only listed Site Administrator is Dave Parker the original owner and developer of this forum.
I am listed as a moderator but the permission to moderate only extends to the Hiking topic. In that topic I can edit and delete posts although I rarely have done that. I took a quick look at
A quick look through the topics also shows Hockey Ref and Dorf as moderators. Unfortunately we lost Hockey Ref some time ago; a big loss to our community. Dorf has not been active for many years here. Tara is a global moderator in that she can moderate any topic. Kathy is listed as an Administrator with greater privileges. I do not know what privileges Dave Parked (daveparker) assigned to her.
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