Fas != Fls != Admins

BZPower and the Internet

Entry posted by Queen of Noise June 9, 2007

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For some reason there has been a recent trend of confusion among the members in the area of identifying staff positions. I am increasingly befuddled by this peculiarity, as in my greater-than-four years here at BZPower I have never seen this voiced confusion until recently. My only conclusion is that it stems from the "new" staff structure, which incresed similarity between certain groups of the forum staff, both in abilities and nomenclature. Despite this, it is very jarring to me to see Omicron called an Admin, or KIE called a Forum Assistant, or Kex called an FL. So, as a service to everyone, I will here provide a conveniently condensed primer on the distinctions between the moderating staff.

We'll start with the lowest tier.

Forum Assistants, formerly known as Support Team members and often abbreviated as FAs or STs can close topics in their assigned forums.

All Forum Assistants have this mask displayed next to their username: . On the active users list, FAs are displayed in GREEN.

Some of the most active FAs are Electric Turahk, Kex, and ~Makaru~.
Forum Leaders, formerly known as Moderators and often abbreviated as FLs can close, pin, move, and delete topics as well as edit and delete posts in their assigned forums. They also can raise or lower proto energy in any forums.

All Forum Leaders have this mask displayed next to their username: . On the active users list, FLs are displayed in BLUE.

Some of the most active FAs are Than: Matoran of Anger, Toaraga, and munkeymunkey.
Global Moderators are FLs whose powers extend to every forum.

All G-mods have the the same mask as the normal FLs displayed next to their username: . On the active users list, Global Moderators are displayed in TEAL.

The only g-mods are Polo X, Janus, and Pohuaki.
Administrators, often called simply as Admins can do just about anything

All Administrators have the the same mask as the FLs displayed next to their username: . On the active users list, administrators are displayed in RED.

The only admins are Dimensioneer, Bionicle Rex, Black Six, Kaiapu, and Tufi Piyufi.
A refresher:
- Forum Assistants
- Forum Leaders
- Global Moderators
- Administrators