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13-01-2006, 06:03 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire
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i have noticed while using the site that when somone has posted in a thread under their name they have different things written, some are obvious like new member. at some point i have been upgraded to active member, i was just wondering how/at what point?
some people have OWE, what does this mean?
and what are the roles of the administrator, moderator,etc?
this isnt for a specific reason, just interested!
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13-01-2006, 07:58 PM
|  | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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OWE is Officer of the Wild Empire
Like most forums, we have a rank system that changes a member's status depending on how many posts they've made. These ranks usually have some sort of relevance to the topic of the forum, so a mountaineering forum might have something like Snowdon member, Mt Blanc member, Mt Everest member etc.
Our ranks go something like New Member, Wild Member and then ranks that are similar to the Order of the British Empire.
Moderators keep an eye on the site and flag up any problems with spammers etc and they have the ability to change posts in case someone has been posting something that they shouldn't. 
Gallery Editors can do the same sort of thing as moderators and have access to change pictures, descriptions etc
Administrators have access to all of the forum's settings (there are literally hundreds of them) and can change everything from templates to adding code.
As well as having the ranks we've also put together a medal system for acts of outstanding acheivement, bravery etc - but more about that on another day.  |
13-01-2006, 08:43 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Crawley,Sussex
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I rescued my wife from a big spider in the bath tonight........do i get a medal because i thought that was very brave of me |
14-01-2006, 07:36 AM
| | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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That's the sort of thing - awards for bravery above and beyond the call of duty
When we've finished the graphics I'll post some more info about the nominations and categories |
14-01-2006, 09:52 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire
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thanks for that. its always good to know how these things work!
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17-01-2006, 06:57 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2005
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I rescued my wife from a big spider in the bath tonight........do i get a medal because i thought that was very brave of me
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Last Thursday I rescued a small spider (Nuctenea umbratica) from our receptionist!
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17-01-2006, 09:41 AM
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That's more like it henrya!  | |
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