# Restricting editing activites from trust level 3

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [4월 26, 2016, 9:33오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233 "2016-04-26T09:33:26Z")
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### Author: ![JonLumb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonlumb/32/67023_2.png) [@JonLumb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonLumb)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2016, 9:33오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/1 "2016-04-26T09:33:26Z")

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Is it possible to stop Trust Level 3 from giving the ability to do things like alter thread titles?

I’d really like to keep The Lounge area for more committed members (so I cannot just lock everyone to Level 2), but the nature of the forum community means that rather too many comedians keep on altering thread titles to be humorous. Sometimes it’s quite funny but it’s getting to the point that it can be impossible to tell what the original thread idea was about.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2016, 12:41오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/2 "2016-04-26T12:41:09Z")

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That’s a Bummer. The main point of level 3 is to let folks help out by doing those things.

Solutions that don’t require programming include (1) removing the clowns from level 3 and (2) creating a group with access to the lounge. Oh, and (3) starting a discussion on the community about how the shenanigans are messing things up.

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### Author: ![mikechristopher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikechristopher/32/89135_2.png) [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2016, 1:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/3 "2016-04-26T13:02:45Z")

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or you can simply up the levels of which grants trust level 3 -

admin/site\_settings/category/trust

days visited, topics viewed, likes given etc

This would ensure only those who are more committed is given TL3 and granted access to those benefits.

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### Author: ![JonLumb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonlumb/32/67023_2.png) [@JonLumb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonLumb)
#### Post date: [4월 26, 2016, 1:12오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/4 "2016-04-26T13:12:29Z")

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I think I can probably make something work with a combination of what @pfaffman and @mikechristopher have stated, and just lock everyone out of Level 3, make the Lounge Level 2 and then adjust what’s required to get to Level 2 to more closely resemble the Level 3 requirements.

I should add this forum is probably a bit “odd” compared to the majority of people running Discourse. We’ve all known each other for quite a long time, and also know each other personally / in the flesh as it were.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [1월 12, 2019, 12:49오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/5 "2019-01-12T00:49:47Z")

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [1월 13, 2019, 5:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/6 "2019-01-13T05:14:35Z")

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You can now disable this via the `trusted_users_can_edit_others` site setting. See the linked topic for complete details.

> [@\[retired setting\] What does the "trusted users can edit others" setting do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-trusted-users-can-edit-others-setting-do/92143):
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> Trusted users with high trust levels may edit content from other users. The trusted\_users\_can\_edit\_others site setting, which is on by default, allows Trust Level 3 and Trust Level 4 users to edit other user’s content on the site. The capabilities it gives to a user depends on their Trust Level. Trust Level 3 Trust Level 3 users can edit topic titles and recategorize topics that are in a category they have permission to create topics in. Trust Level 3 users cannot edit archived topics or perso…

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [1월 13, 2019, 5:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restricting-editing-activites-from-trust-level-3/43233/7 "2019-01-13T05:14:40Z")

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