Difference between revisions of "AoPS Moderators"

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A moderator on the Art of Problem Solving website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't. That is: they can lock topics in a forum, move them, delete them, comment about certain posts and so on. The short form for moderator is mod.  
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A moderator on the Art of Problem Solving website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't. That is: they can lock topics in a forum, move them, delete them, comment about certain posts and so on. The short form for moderator is mod, the short term for administrator is admin.
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When a user is an Administrator, their name shows up in red.
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When they are a mod, their name shows up in green.
  
 
==Moderators vs. Administrators==
 
==Moderators vs. Administrators==
  
 
Administrators are more powerful in Art of Problem Solving than moderators. Moderators are answerable to Administrators, and not vice versa.
 
Administrators are more powerful in Art of Problem Solving than moderators. Moderators are answerable to Administrators, and not vice versa.
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Some admins might have their names in blue instead of red.  Those are AoPS site administrators.  They are administrators to all forums on AoPS, even private forums and class forums.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:49, 24 November 2015

A moderator on the Art of Problem Solving website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't. That is: they can lock topics in a forum, move them, delete them, comment about certain posts and so on. The short form for moderator is mod, the short term for administrator is admin.

When a user is an Administrator, their name shows up in red. When they are a mod, their name shows up in green.

Moderators vs. Administrators

Administrators are more powerful in Art of Problem Solving than moderators. Moderators are answerable to Administrators, and not vice versa.

Some admins might have their names in blue instead of red. Those are AoPS site administrators. They are administrators to all forums on AoPS, even private forums and class forums.

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