I feel there must be a doc somewhere I’m missing but I’m stumped so asking here I want to get my head around levels - what are the choices to be made around levels. What are the categories of permissions controlled by levels. As well as Staff roles - what do the roles give Staff permission to do.…

[image] chaddyer: Staff roles - what do the roles give Staff permission to do Check Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions [image] chaddyer: I want to get my head around levels - what are the choices to be made around levels. What are the categories of permissions controlled…

This is PERFECT thank you. My takeaway is that while there are some global permissions that Moderators get, some permissions still require a particular trust level. So a L1 Moderator… Immune to rate limits Can process flags and posts held in the moderation queue Can delete topics and posts, split…

[image] chaddyer: Correct? Nope, staff permissions should trump the TL, so moderators can edit and rename.

Are there more options to adjust the trust level progression? I’m doing an audit and these are the only two criteria I can adjust that and after doing an audit there are a lot of users that have been apparently granted T1 that haven’t created 5 posts, read 30, or read for over ten minutes as stated …

[image] 401Ott: there are a lot of users that have been apparently granted T1 that haven’t created 5 posts, read 30, or read for over ten minutes I’m not aware of any bugs with the TL1 feature. Is this on a new site that is in bootstrap mode? In bootstrap mode, as the staff banner says at the…

We’re past bootstrap mode, and that probably is it, as several I saw were early sign-ups. I appreciate the reminder. Aside from that we are having trouble with the tier thresholds. It would be nice being able to modify T2 like the T1 edits currently available. Thanks for the help, Jesse

[image] 401Ott: It would be nice being able to modify T2 like the T1 edits currently available. Are you asking about setting thresholds for achieving trust level 2? If so, you can do that. From your site settings page, enter tl2 requires into the setting’s search box to see the settings that …

Thanks, Simon. Before I could only see TL1 modification options when searching “Trust Level”. Searching by TL1, 2, 3 ect. gives me exactly what I need.

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) February 13, 2021, 2:46am 6

I’m not aware of any bugs with the TL1 feature. Is this on a new site that is in bootstrap mode? In bootstrap mode, as the staff banner says at the top of the page, the first 50 users will be granted TL1 automatically.

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