Forum moderating

DenisKormalev

Wanted to test subforums moderating, but can't find where to do it. Is it not ready yet?

mgran

Grats on the new rank :) Forum moderation is ready, I just need to know what forum you'd like to be promoted on and I'll set it up. I'm guessing the "Qt Development":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewcategory/3/ forums?

DenisKormalev

Yeah, you are right ;)

P.S. Thanks for congratulations.

mgran

Moderation rights granted on Qt Development forums now. We have some guidelines I'll send you separately.

tobias.hunger

Dear Admins,

can I get the tools forum and/or the tools-related pages in the wiki, please?

Best Regards,
Tobias

troubalex

Hi Tobias!

You have now been officially promoted to moderator of the tools forum. Welcome!

The wiki is not set up for page owners yet but don't let this stop you from feeling responsible. ;)

tobias.hunger

Thanks Alexandra!

I'll use my next compile break to check the tools forum for new stuff I can do there;-)

Best Regards,
Tobias

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Dear admins,

How can I help now that I'm a gene splicer :D ... pls let me know

BR
Chetan

tobias.hunger

chetankjain: Just raise your voice if you want to moderate a subforum:-)

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sure Tobias, do send me the guidelines .. can i pick the quick forum?

tobias.hunger

chetankjain: I am just a gene splicer... I moderate the Tools forum now, nothing more. You will need to ask Marius or Alexandra.

Alexandra, Marius: Are you the only admins?

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Now that I have forum moderator rights, how do I find out who is the moderator of a particular forum? Or anyplace I can go and find list of all existing forum moderators? Think it'll be useful to communicate :)

tobias.hunger

So far the only moderators are just Denis, you and me:-) Nobody else has the required level.

But I agree that a list of moderators and administrators would be nice to have (preferably incl. the areas of responsibility).

mgran

We will add moderator badges at some point, and there will be a moderator group once the groups module is out (this fall). This thread can work as our "home" for now I guess.

So far we have Tobias (Nokia) on Tools, Johannes on Games, Denis on Desktop, chetankjain all over and Hanne (Nokia) on Education. Alexandra and I are global moderators, but Alexandra is running the "who and what" of moderation.

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thanks Markus, also is it recommended that moderators directly go and edit text to convert to links, add [Solved] to topic subject if solved? ... bugging u all with too many questions :)

mgran

We are in learning mode all of us, so questions are all good :)

I'll ping Alexandra for a reply.

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Another one, is it so that only an admin can modify the FAQs? .. quite a few things (mostly minor) that could be fixed there :)

tobias.hunger

Congratulations, Hanne! I had not noticed you became a Dinosaur Breeder yet!

troubalex

I feel pinged...

[quote author="chetankjain" date="1283522796"]thanks Markus, also is it recommended that moderators directly go and edit text to convert to links, add [Solved] to topic subject if solved?[/quote]

I usually edit text and convert it to links if I stumble across something. We were thinking about automating that but so far it's not in. I don't think it's a big issue but definitely more convenient to have proper links.

The [Solved] addition to the title is a more tricky one. Currently, we don't have a real process for that. At some point - when we get our Q&A forum - there should be a proper solution where the original author is able to indicate that the problem was solved and by whom. In the meantime, editing the title by adding [Solved] in front sounds like a good idea. :)

mgran

[quote author="chetankjain" date="1283523998"]Another one, is it so that only an admin can modify the FAQs? .. quite a few things (mostly minor) that could be fixed there :) [/quote]

No, they are in the hands of the Qt Support Team, the FAQ's are exported from them every night.

We are adding a feature for them to monitor comments so they can update the FAQs as needed. Also we are improving our import procedure to remove FAQs that are no longer in the nightly export, we have some orphan FAQs now.