>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;