Is it the case that by default only admins can modify the site Guidelines document? This is what my mod is telling me. If so, is there a way to change this so mods can modify it?

To make it simple, as I doubt it will get modified often, make a copy available to them to change, then you copy/paste back to its home?

[image] John_Lehmann: If so, is there a way to change this so mods can modify it? I’m not sure, but the Guidelines is a topic created in the Staff category. I think it can be moved to another category, one where mods can change it. You can try it out. :slight_smile:

[image] John_Lehmann: But why, would moving it out of the staff category make it more accessible to the staff? Are staff not allowed to modify posts in staff? [image] John_Lehmann: Is it the case that by default only admins can modify the site Guidelines document? This is what my mod is t…

Yep sorryI was unclear. I am admin, and my mods are telling me they can’t modify the doc. Maybe I’ll try to impersonate to make sure.

And now I have confirmed it – I impersonated my moderator and sure enough, there’s no pencil icon to modify the guidelines. Is this because system created it? How can I relax this?

Did you find a way? Very weird indeed thatmoderators can see a “press here to edit” link that takes them to the actual post, but can not edit the actual post. It looks like you could circomvent that by turning it into a wiki, editing it and turning it into a regular post again but I haven’t tried …

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John_Lehmann (John Lehmann) March 8, 2020, 11:52pm 4

But why, would moving it out of the staff category make it more accessible to the staff? Are staff not allowed to modify posts in staff?

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