Forum moderator
From the RuneScape Wiki, the wiki for all things RuneScape
A moderator of the RuneScape Forums is a player selected by Jagex to enforce the forum rules. They have the power on the forums to lock & unlock threads, edit thread titles, hide/unhide threads & posts, move threads from one subforum to another, and finally they can temporarily ban repeatedly abusive users.
Forum moderators have a green background and green crown beside their name when they post. They have no powers in-game (unless they also happen to be a player moderator) and do not receive any further benefits.
Forum moderators can hide posts but not edit them. However, Jagex staff can edit posts.
[edit] What is a Forum Moderator?
A Jagex Moderator's explanation:
Q. What is a Forum Moderator?
A. A Forum Moderator is a player who has been hand-picked by Jagex staff to assist them on the Forums. They patrol the message boards, making sure that all is well.
Their duties include:
- Educating players about the Forum Code of Conduct.
- Protecting players from inappropriate content.
- Ensuring that all threads are in the correct Forum.
- Advising players how to get the best out of the RuneScape Forums and Game.
- Communicating regularly with Jagex Moderators and one another to ensure consistency.
[edit] Observations
It is sometimes considered ironic that moderators can ban yet cannot post stickies, even though it is the other way around on most online communities.
Forum moderators can:
- Lock and unlock threads (so regular users cannot post)
- Hide and unhide threads (so regular users cannot see the contents of the thread)
- Move threads to a different forum
- Hide and unhide posts (so regular users cannot see them)
- Edit thread titles
- Post on locked threads, and threads that have reached the maximum posts.
- Issue temporary bans
Jagex moderators can:
- Post HTML (images, colours, font types, etc.)
- Edit any post
- Sticky threads
- Unsticky threads
- Lock and unlock threads
- Hide and unhide threads
- Move threads
- Hide and unhide posts
- Edit thread titles
- Post on locked threads, and threads that have reached the maximum posts.
- Issue temporary and permanent bans
- Manage forum moderators and their actions
- Approve threads
