It is currently possible to exclude a moderator from a category by using group access rules. The main problem with using this approach as a way of creating category specific moderators is that moderators will still receive notifications for categories that they don’t have access to. Is this something that we would like to get to work?
Current behaviour
If a moderator is excluded from a category, their flag_count will be incremented for each flag, regardless of its category. If they visit the /admin/flags page, they will only see flagged posts for categories that they do have access to.
The queued post count is incremented for each queued post, regardless of its category. If a moderator visits /queued-posts, they will see all queued posts, and be able to approve posts for categories that they do not have access to.
Limitiations
Excluding moderators from categories will not entirely meet the specifications for category specific moderators:
- it will only work for protected categories
- if a moderator is added to group that has access to a category, they will have moderation rights for the category
