[wp-forums] Maven abilities

[Podz]

tg at tannagh.com wrote:
>>Here is the current list of what Mavens can do:
>>
>>Forum :
>>- edit a post by anyone else (but not other mavens)
>>- delete any post
> 
> Including that of another Maven? OR is that the same as an Edit?

Actually, scrub that. When I wrote the original Upgrade post, Skippy 
could not edit that so I assumed it had remained the same. I just tried 
though and I can so edit/delete applies to other mavens too.

>>- see deleted topics
>>- see deleted posts
> 
> How does that work? Does "deleted" not really mean "deleted?"
> Depends on what your definition of "is" is.

Deleted from view.
The posts stay in the db (for how long I know not) but if someone posted 
"Podz deleted my posts!!" then Skippy, Matt, Carthik or Ryan could 
either confirm or refute that claim.


> I'm not sure that the profile MUST link to a WP site. It also depends on
> how you read that too. Some people may have WP on their site, but it
> may be part of a larger site. Would the requirement be that it point
> directly to the WP installation? Or should it be that the member has WP
> *somewhere* on their site? Then again, also, some people have WP on an
> Intranet, which isn't publicly available. OR they are still testing it
> and don't have the public version up yet. Or they could be in the
> process of moving from one system to another ..... OK, granted that the
> URL cna be changed by the user after the fact, but .... eh.... I don't
> know, I may be going on about something that might be a non-issue. 

I don't think is a non-issue and this again is why we are here. There 
are perfectly legit forum members who choose to link to a non-wp site. 
Their reasons matter not to me - what does matter however is how they 
are using the forums. If they use the forums properly, I see no reason 
to interfere at all. But if they are spamming / posting stuff that while 
not right is not wrong and otherwise trying to just get link visibility 
for a dubious site, then deleting their link is a not inappriate form of 
action ?
I'm taking the long view here that the forums could get known as an easy 
access place that gets good linkage. Apart from dropping nofollow all 
over the place, if we can be proactive and stop obvious stuff, it might 
help ?
> 
> PS: Who is going to monitor these links? Or is it going to be on a "as
> they are caught" case-by-case basis?

Us and as they are caught ?

P.