[wp-testers] User Level revisited (after a year)

[Rick Beckman]

Perhaps "Editor in Chief." :-) I agree that the term "administrator" does
carry with it a sense of managerial responsibility for subordinates.

--
Rick Beckman

On 11/30/05, Aaron Brazell <aaron at technosailor.com> wrote:
>
> Well then the semantics of language get in the way because an
> "Administrator" is the top dog in almost any hierarchy.  If we shouldn't
> view these things in terms of hierarchy, then perhaps the titles have to be
> changed.
>
> Managing Editor
> Content Editor
> Copy Editor
> etc.
>
> Playing devils' advocate as usual.
>
> A
>
> On 11/30/05, Rick Beckman < rick.beckman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It isn't considered a "higher role"; all the roles are equal in terms of
> > authority, but they are given different things to do.
> >
> > To compare, think of the American government, which is checked and
> > balanced by three different branches: judicial, legislative, and executive.
> > These branches are more or less equal, but they all have different
> > functions.
> >
> > I think I'm understanding the Roles system properly, anyway.
> >
> > --
> > Rick Beckman
> > http://rick.beckman-ministries.com/
> >
> > On 11/30/05, Amit Gupta <wp at igeek.info> wrote:
> >
> > >  Ryan Boren <ryan at boren.nu> wrote:
> > > |  http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3243
> > > |
> > > |  By popular demand.
> > >
> > > but what I'm confused about is, why let 'Editor' edit posts belonging
> > > to that
> > > of 'Administrator'? As I look at it, I think that the older system of
> > > having
> > > userlevels where a user was able edit only his posts & those belonging
> > > to
> > > users on a lower level than himself. That way the admins can stay at
> > > levels
> > > 8-9 etc. & have some editor at level 6-7 who can edit posts of all
> > > authors
> > > which could've been kept below level 5.
> > >
> > > would anyone shed some light on this? because as it is currently, why
> > > should
> > > the 'Editor' be able to edit posts of 'Administrator' which is a
> > > higher role than
> > > himself.
> > > ------------
> > > Amit Gupta
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> > > http://blog.igeek.info/wp-plugins/igsyntax-hiliter
> > >
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