Forum Manager?

[Tyhm]

Originally Posted by ZanderX

I don't disagree with you at all, my point is more that there is already way too much infrastructure going on here and adding another layer into it is just getting absurd. The upper administration (ie, people whose names are red and are actually part of the Admin usergroup) should be the final resort to what the players go to.

Note that I am not throwing my support behind anyone, I'm simply saying that the concept of a "Mod Manager" or a "Forum Manager" or a "Moderator Moderator" is absolutely dumb.

Then let the Forum Administrator make decisions. I'm sick of the "Unixmad said no three years ago on a tangentially related subject, so No." If the Forum Admin thinks it's dumb, they should say so and do so without fear.

I mean, hop over to the next thread about enabling the memberlist - arguably the root of this debate. Years ago, when the memberlist displayed peoples' email and you could PM multiple people at once, Unixmad had to close that feature off. Now the PHPBoard's set up so you can turn off email and PMing directly off the memberlist and multi-recipient PMs...but because Unixmad hasn't SPECIFICALLY said it's okay now, Moonie's afraid to contradict him. Apparently. Maybe she agrees, but she always phrases it as 'I lack the authority to adjudicate this matter'. Which is crap, an admin who can't administrate is no kind of admin, they're a glorified rent-a-cop. I'm sorry, but that's how it is - if your job is to appear to have authority and kick people out but they don't let you have a gun or actually arrest and book people, you're a rent-a-cop.