Continuing the discussion from Own-topics-only category for draft announcements?: I learned recently that TL4 users can schedule posts. I thought that was moderator (or admin?) only. I know Understanding Discourse Trust Levels is “just” a blog post, but it’s linked prominently in a lot of places, so I kind of assumed it was comprehensive. What other things do TL4 users get that aren’t listed? What about at other trust levels? Thank you!

Now the TL0-TL4 one is on the blog it’s probably time to calve off the admin setting one into its own faq. I shall go and do that now. :+1: (I’ll also tuck the draft grids in this topic into details sections so as to not be too confusing for anyone reading this later) And the topic is now here: Trust Level Permissions Reference

Aah, hello dark theme, my old friend. :slight_smile: I’ve swopped them out. :+1: Is that better? [image]

[image] Canapin: ✓ Yes, way better on a dark theme, thanks. Would be (probably) even better in bold :sweat_smile: ✓ → ✓ Seen the result, that’s perfect :ok_hand:

I suggest you replace “private message” by “direct message” and “PM” by “DM”. :slight_smile:

I’ve gone with updating the ‘Private Messages’ one to ‘Can send Personal Messages’, to mirror the current language. I don’t think they’re referred to as Direct Messages in the settings anywhere, so that change would have to be done at source. :slightly_smiling_face:

I thought Direct message was the official name for the “Private messages”, but they seem to be called personal messages. Is that a recent change? :thinking: edit: oh, maybe it’s because it’s called “message direct” in French. :thinking:

[image] Canapin: However, the black checkmarks are hard to distinguish on the dark theme: *cough* RFE: dark/light mode options for custom emoji

Anyway, this is amazing. Thank you @JammyDodger! Oh! I do have one suggestion. Some of these things are changeable via settings in the admin interface. Might be nice to have those things indicated differently in the chart? That would make it easier for those of us who might have [1] changed some of those to make our own site-specific version. and by “might have”, I mean “definitely have” ↩︎

I tried to be super-swish and add a placeholder to add a domain and turn all the names into site-specific admin settings links, but it did not seem to like that. :slightly_smiling_face: The perfect one would be dynamic to your own current settings, but unfortunately I do not know how to do that either… (open to suggestions :+1:) But I think the gear icon could be given a column to show which are configurable. I’ll give it a whirl. :slightly_smiling_face:

I’ve done an excerpt as a tester. How do people feel about something like this? Draft Grid :warning: Under construction! Trust Level Grid - Defaults TL = Trust Level dependant | :gear: = Enabled by admin setting :gear: Post Actions TL0 TL1 TL2 TL3 TL4 Category Moderator Moderator [1] Post Replies 10 :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [2] Post Topics 3 :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: Reply as Linked Topic :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [3] Email-in New Topics :gear: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [4] Access Shared Drafts :gear: :white_check_mark: [5] Post Images 1 :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [6] Post Hyperlinks 2 :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [7] Mention users in a post 2 :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [8] Use @here Mention :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [9] Post Attachments :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [10] Create Polls :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: Close Any Poll :white_check_mark: [11] Edit Post Time 24 hrs 24 hrs 30 days 30 days no limit TL no limit [12] Edit Wikis :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [13] Make their own posts into Wikis :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: [14] Edit all Posts :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: [15] Delete Own Posts (not Topics, unless there are no replies) :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: Delete Other User’s Posts :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: View Deleted Posts :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: [16] Anonymous Posting :gear: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: Rebuild HTML :white_check_mark: TL :white_check_mark: Add Staff Notice :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: :white_check_mark: Add Staff Colour :white_check_mark: Lock Post :white_check_mark: max_replies_in_first_day newuser_max_replies_per_topic ↩︎ max_topics_in_first_day min_trust_to_create_topic ↩︎ email_in email_in_min_trust ↩︎ shared_drafts_category ↩︎ newuser_max_embedded_media ↩︎ newuser_max_links ↩︎ enable_mentions newuser_max_mentions_per_post max_mentions_per_post ↩︎ min_trust_level_for_here_mention ↩︎ new_user_max_attachments ↩︎ poll_minimum_trust_level_to_create ↩︎ min_trust_to_edit_post post_edit_time_limit tl2_post_edit_time_limit ↩︎ min_trust_to_edit_wiki ↩︎ min_trust_to_allow_self_wiki ↩︎ trusted_users_can_edit_others (?) ↩︎ max_post_deletions_per_day ↩︎ allow_anonymous_posting ↩︎

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justin (Justin DiRose) April 12, 2022, 5:29pm 20

@JammyDodger this is incredible work. I’ll add this to the post soon!

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