Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

[Takhisis]

Two legs bad, four legs good!

 

[ainwood]

There's an admin tier above the four of you?

Strictly speaking, Thunderfall and I are (in vbulletin terminology) "super administrators", whereas padma and Plotinus are "administrators".

The difference is relatively small. Primarily, you need to be a super administrator to add someone to the administrator group. There are a couple of other functions that super administrators can do - running forum maintenance etc (although last time I did this I broke some stuff, so don't do it....)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Yeah, breaking stuff is embarrassing. Back when I admin'd a Dune forum, I accidentally banned myself when trying to get rid of some persistent adspammers. Nobody had ever warned me about dynamic IP addresses...

 

[shadowplay]

Strictly speaking, Thunderfall and I are (in vbulletin terminology) "super administrators", whereas padma and Plotinus are "administrators"

I think you're all super administrators!

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Why can't I see the stats for a certain member? When he was logged on the last time for instance.

I think you're all super administrators!

 

[Takhisis]

On his profile, assuming, of course, that that person isn't using invisible mode.

 

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, I have an honest housekeeping question that has nothing to do with moderation policy at all.

I notice in the social group I just joined that there is no sort of "View First Unread" function and the thread subscription doesn't work. These two things waste my time, as to find out if there's a new post, I have to go to my profile, check the group, click on the topped thread, scroll down, go to the last page and scroll down again to check. That's thirty seconds of a finite lifetime I lose every time, when some sort of new post function and a Notifications: 1 appearing up there under my handle on the right like it should would cut down on fruitless checking and make getting there a two-click, two second experience. Is this possible in vBulletin?

I would be grateful if someone could help. Thanks.

 

[s.bernbaum]

Debaters,

Could you please move this discussion to a thread for the topic of your debate instead using the Frequently Asked Questions thread. Those of us who come here to find answers to FAQs don't want to have to wade through your debate, while looking for information that we seek.

 

[Cutlass]

Okay, I have an honest housekeeping question that has nothing to do with moderation policy at all.

I notice in the social group I just joined that there is no sort of "View First Unread" function and the thread subscription doesn't work. These two things waste my time, as to find out if there's a new post, I have to go to my profile, check the group, click on the topped thread, scroll down, go to the last page and scroll down again to check. That's thirty seconds of a finite lifetime I lose every time, when some sort of new post function and a Notifications: 1 appearing up there under my handle on the right like it should would cut down on fruitless checking and make getting there a two-click, two second experience. Is this possible in vBulletin?

I would be grateful if someone could help. Thanks.

Unfortunately, the user social groups do not function, in a technical sense, the way the other forums function. Which is a sizable part of the reason why the social groups don't tend to work out very well in the long run. All we can do is do the best of it.

I don't know if there is a software fix. But no one's really looked into that, so far as I know. But as it is configured right now, the structure of the groups is one of the biggest obstacle to the success of the groups. And I say that as the creator of what is by a long margin the most successful group on the forum.

 

[neoaspilet11]

Why I cannot put a signature in my posts? Please help

 

[Takhisis]

Because you need a postcount of five or more and a minimum amount of days spent in the forum.

 

[neoaspilet11]

Ok Thanks,

 

[ori]

Moderator Action: spam deleted. Any further spam and even more so any attempt to denigrate other civilization sites will lead stricter action.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Question about the Babe Threads. Does the "Anime & Other Art-Style" include characters rendered as 3-D meshes/models, or is it strictly drawings/2D-based?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Yes, I would say that 3-D meshes would be best in the Anime + thread.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

Thanks.

 

[::Codehead::]

Hi.. I posted in this thread. I am now auto subscribed for instant notifications, but my posting actually does not show up..

Is there a post approval in place? Is the thread locked or something? If so.. someone please give me a hint..

Thank you.

 

[::Codehead::]

Okay.. I just read the message about the mod approval.. did not see it before. Thx anyway!

 

[ori]

Some new users get stuck in the moderating queue for whatever reason, in the past two weeks that happened to two users, sorry you were affected.

 

[Takhisis]

Will the guest status ever come back?