[wp-forums] Regarding Custom Titles

[Mark Duncan]

"Support Volunteer" was simply the first thing that sprung to mind, I'm 
just not so much for the authoritive or obscure names.

Some other terms to consider maybe..

Helper
Contributor
Aid
Assistant

Alternative ideas:

Prefix all titles with... (or similar)

[M]

A codex entry could indicate what this means (moderator), leaving room 
to have your own custom title, whilst maintaining some indication that a 
user has additionally capabilities.

That could be somewhat obscure though, and i think i'd still opt for 
something more generic simply because it will make more sense to the 
other users of the forum.

Another option might be to give mods/admins an icon below their 
avatar(or beside it, or wherever), you can see these in some other forum 
applications, whether that be in the form of a star, badge, or whatever..

I'm easy though, i'll go with whatever everyone else wants... ;)

Regards,
Mark

On 21/09/2010 15:23, Rich Pedley wrote:
> On 21/09/2010 15:05, Chris Kasten wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Mark Duncan<wp-t31os at ntlworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi to all,
>>>
>>> Personally i don't think we should include roles in the name, such as
>>> "moderator", "admin" or anything else that indicates a given user has
>>> special power over others on the forum.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see something a little more generic like "Support Volunteer"
>>> ... it indicates firstly that we're volunteers, secondly describes what
>>> we're primarily on the forum to do... and both terms are quite
>>> universal.
>>>
>>
>> While I'm not really passionate one way or the other, I would lean
>> towards
>> "Support Volunteer" as well.
>
> My only concern with this is that anyone that helps on the forum is a
> Support Volunteer. So it doesn't really indicate anything.
>
> Rich
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