Forum Information and FAQs

[Jon]

User Groups and Rights

New Members - New members with that joined the forum within the last day. While in this group there are certain restrictions on the number of posts/PMs that can be made. This is to reduce the impact of spammers. After 24 hours members of this group will be promoted the Members group.

Members - Members older than one day but with less than 20 posts. Standard access to the forum.

Active Members - Members with more than 20 posts have additional rights

• No adverts
• Slightly more generous attachment and PM limits
• Access to the Chat forum
• Ability to upload files to the Downloads section

 

MVPs - Members who are judged by the community to be helpful, who write and share useful code, who help the development of AutoIt. These users have the same rights as normal members but get a team icon, a little more attachment and PM space, and access to the MVP Chat forum section.

Moderators - The forum police. This is not a democracy and each of the mods has their own distinct personality. They have the rights to edit posts, delete posts, ban users, delete users, IP ban, etc. Let the poster beware.

Developers - A small group of users with access to the AutoIt source code and who have contributed significantly to the internal development of AutoIt. Some of them are also Moderators.

 

Post Count and Rankings

Ranks based on increasing post count are as follows:

• Seeker
• Wayfarer
• Adventurer
• Prodigy
• Polymath
• Universalist

These titles are auto-generated and have no relation to actual skill level. Once you reach 300 posts you can change the title to whatever you like.

 

 

Edited July 16, 2015 by Jon
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