My question isn't why you posted that, but why Registered Users cannot edit the title of their threads in vB...
What is the point of that? There haven't really been any problems with users changing the titles of their threads in my memory.
If it is just one incident...well so be it. Most people put the ability to change titles of threads to a good use, i.e. fixing typos or making the title more relevant to the topic.
Then you might have the occasional idiot who changes the name of a long-lived thread and then no one can find it. Maybe these people should loose thread-title-editing ability.
i think brad is saying that in UBB the orginal poster can change the title (like we can now)....but in vB that ability is limited to mods and special users only by the software, not by the mods......g
ok, i can understand....some people were changing the titles of threads (sometimes many many times) and it can get confusing.....can they (the mods) allow title changes by the thread starter in GB only?? g
<strong>can they (the mods) allow title changes by the thread starter in GB only??</strong><hr></blockquote>No. There are not per-forum settings for this.
<strong>I think that vB is that flexible, but it looks like they just chose the thing with the "SuperUser" ...</strong><hr></blockquote>No, no, no. A thousand times no.
That would give moderator status, with the ability to move, rename, and delete anything at will.
How about you just forget the idea of a "super user"?
That is actually a term I just coined to describe a feature that doesn't really have a name other than "custom user group that has different permissions than the standard registered user". That title just doesn't roll off the tongue; thus, I call it a super user.
We will NOT be making custom user groups unless there is some really strange and drastic change that I can't even imagine about how we operate the forums.
<strong>How about you just forget the idea of a "super user"?
That is actually a term I just coined to describe a feature that doesn't really have a name other than "custom user group that has different permissions than the standard registered user". That title just doesn't roll off the tongue; thus, I call it a super user.
We will NOT be making custom user groups unless there is some really strange and drastic change that I can't even imagine about how we operate the forums.
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No means no -- unless we decide otherwise before then.
<strong>Registered users cannot change thread titles in vB 2.</strong><hr></blockquote>
And the point of this would be...
<strong>And the point of this would be...</strong><hr></blockquote>Reading comprehension is such a wonderful thing.
See the post directly above mine that I was responding to.
<strong>I think you misunderstood murbot's sense of humor.
No means no -- unless we decide otherwise before then.</strong><hr></blockquote>
to murbot:
to brad:
My question isn't why you posted that, but why Registered Users cannot edit the title of their threads in vB...
What is the point of that? There haven't really been any problems with users changing the titles of their threads in my memory.
If it is just one incident...well so be it. Most people put the ability to change titles of threads to a good use, i.e. fixing typos or making the title more relevant to the topic.
Then you might have the occasional idiot who changes the name of a long-lived thread and then no one can find it. Maybe these people should loose thread-title-editing ability.
<strong>I sincerely doubt vB wouldn't let you change that, it seems to be so flexible in every other way.</strong><hr></blockquote>
they chose not to let user A change his thread title. Only mods and superusers are going to do that.
<strong>can they (the mods) allow title changes by the thread starter in GB only?? g</strong><hr></blockquote>
ask them that
<strong>can they (the mods) allow title changes by the thread starter in GB only??</strong><hr></blockquote>No. There are not per-forum settings for this.
<strong>No. There are not per-forum settings for this.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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they chose not to let user A change his thread title. Only mods and superusers are going to do that.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's what I figured, but my comment was in response to thegelding's post.
I think that vB is that flexible, but it looks like they just chose the thing with the "SuperUser" ...
<strong>I think that vB is that flexible, but it looks like they just chose the thing with the "SuperUser" ...</strong><hr></blockquote>No, no, no. A thousand times no.
That would give moderator status, with the ability to move, rename, and delete anything at will.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'm a little lost, here.
That is actually a term I just coined to describe a feature that doesn't really have a name other than "custom user group that has different permissions than the standard registered user". That title just doesn't roll off the tongue; thus, I call it a super user.
We will NOT be making custom user groups unless there is some really strange and drastic change that I can't even imagine about how we operate the forums.
*sigh* <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
<strong>How about you just forget the idea of a "super user"?
That is actually a term I just coined to describe a feature that doesn't really have a name other than "custom user group that has different permissions than the standard registered user". That title just doesn't roll off the tongue; thus, I call it a super user.
We will NOT be making custom user groups unless there is some really strange and drastic change that I can't even imagine about how we operate the forums.
*sigh* <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe you shouldn't have mentioned it at all then...just should have said 'moderators.'
I wanted clarification because people were using it and I didn't know exactly what the term entitled in vB.
[quote] That operation is only permitted by moderators and custom super users.
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you're still human, no ?