It appears all mods get “reorder categories” rights? Any way to restrict that to admin only?
It’s very confusing where the option is placed, as it appears as as if it’s a personal setting, not a site-wide setting.
AI-generated summary
The discussion revolves around the “reorder categories” rights for moderators. kimardenmiller questions whether this permission should be restricted to admins only, noting the confusion caused by its placement in personal settings. HAWK acknowledges the concern but suggests maintaining the current setup to avoid disrupting workflows that rely on moderators making these changes, proposing a warning in the reorder modal instead. codinghorror expresses caution, suggesting waiting for more feedback before acting. JammyDodger provides an update: a new admin setting, moderators manage categories and groups, now allows control over whether moderators can reorder categories, depending on the fixed category positions setting.
Hmm what are your thoughts on this @hawk?
I see the validity of this being an admin only function but I don’t think we should change that now as there will be communities that structure workflow around mods being able to make these changes (or alternatively we could put it behind a setting).
It would be easier to put a warning at the top of the reorder modal warning that the changes will affect all users.
I wonder how many people are really getting confused by this? I don’t like to take action based on a single report from a single person.
Let’s wait for the rule of three here at minimum.
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