Requesting some kind of capcode system akin to the 4chan/world2ch/2ch system.
Well, there is already the basics of a capcode system in Kareha - you define a list of special tripcode. I am a bit vary to give a visual indication of them though, because I don't see any real value in that other than showing off. Moderation should be as quiet as possible, and having a special upper class of people on the board doesn't really seem like something that's good for the community.
> Well, there is already the basics of a capcode system in Kareha - you define a list of special tripcode.
Couldn't find anything in the documentation about this. How does it work?
> Moderation should be as quiet as possible, and having a special upper class of people on the board doesn't really seem like something that's good for the community.
That's your POV and I don't think it should play that much into software design choices, just like Shii's stance on the E-Mail field.
One might reasonably say, though, that it's sometimes for the good of the community to make statements as a moderator when you step in. You shouldn't have to announce a list of moderators or delete posts to make that believable - a simple capcode would suffice.
>Couldn't find anything in the documentation about this. How does it work?
if someone posts with a tripcode listed in ADMIN_TRIPS, they are allowed to post even if posting is disabled.
>That's your POV and I don't think it should play that much into software design choices, just like Shii's stance on the E-Mail field.
why should your POV play more into software design choices than WAHa's?
>One might reasonably say, though, that it's sometimes for the good of the community to make statements as a moderator when you step in. You shouldn't have to announce a list of moderators or delete posts to make that believable - a simple capcode would suffice.
$name="<span style=\"color:#ff0000; text-decoration:blink;\">".$name."</span>" if $capped and $name;
$trip="<span style=\"color:#ff0000; text-decoration:blink;\">".$trip."</span>" if $capped and $trip;> why should your POV play more into software design choices than WAHa's?
I explained mine using a specific example of administration situation. His was more of a general sociological remark.
> <span style=\ etc
Hm...
A more elegant solution would be to pass the $capped variable to REPLY_TEMPLATE, and use some <if> statements to change the class used for the name and tripcode, and then change the CSS files so that they can each set the style of a capped name according to their own stylistic considerations. Or just surround the name with <em>, which would be more semantically correct.
> That's your POV and I don't think it should play that much into software design choices, just like Shii's stance on the E-Mail field.
Well, there are two issues here: One of ideology - we all have our agendas we want to advance, and a powerful way to do that is to write your code to do one thing and not another - and one of motivation - coding is work, and it's easier to find the energy to work on things you approve of than things you do not care for. That said, I am always open to discussion about why I should change my mind on these matters.
> One might reasonably say, though, that it's sometimes for the good of the community to make statements as a moderator when you step in. You shouldn't have to announce a list of moderators or delete posts to make that believable - a simple capcode would suffice.
There is some truth to this, although I still dislike making the name field work as some sort of insigna of power. This is far too easy to abuse in normal conversation by posting capped just to have more authority. I much prefer the Futaba/Wakaba Moderator Post option where you can throw in some HTML formatting to get your point across.
> This is far too easy to abuse in normal conversation by posting capped just to have more authority.
Yes, power can always get abused. But is that really that much of a bother?
> I much prefer the Futaba/Wakaba Moderator Post option where you can throw in some HTML formatting to get your point across.
I am talking from the specific Kareha side here. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
> But is that really that much of a bother?
Not really. But as I hadn't seen the need, I hadn't given it much thought before. I suppose I could implement it as an optional feature that's turned off by default.
> I am talking from the specific Kareha side here. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
I was meaning to suggest that I could implement that in Kareha too, but I was too lazy to finish my train of thought there.
> I was meaning to suggest that I could implement that in Kareha too, but I was too lazy to finish my train of thought there.
Acknowledged. ;)
$name="<span style=\"color:#ff0000; text-decoration:blink;\">".$name."</span>" if $capped and $name;
$trip="<span style=\"color:#ff0000; text-decoration:blink;\">".$trip."</span>" if $capped and $trip;
I couldn't get those to work, I must suck at this.
<span style=\"color:#ff0000; text-decoration:blink;\">".$Abu."</span>