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Title: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: Roz on July 4th, 2011, 12:49 AM
This idea came to me just a few seconds ago, when organizing stuff in my SMF. I run events and tournaments, usually with some other people helping me out organizing stuff. Some of the events are too little to justify a new section, but the moderation powers would come in handy for organization purposes. To my knowledge, SMF can't assign a moderator to a topic, and it would make sense it could.
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: Arantor on July 4th, 2011, 12:58 AM
Why would it make sense?[1]

Why would you need to assign a single topic to one or more people, when presumably you already have people moderating for the board it's in?
 1. Saying that "it would make sense" implies that it's obvious to both you and me that it *should* make sense, except that it doesn't. It makes sense to you, but I'm not seeing it. Explain why it makes sense, then maybe I'll agree...
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: Roz on July 4th, 2011, 11:46 AM
I didn't explain more because I thought the example I made was clear enough.

I organize events with the help from various people. Those events are posted in a "Global Events" section, with many other events topics, organized by others. I want these people to have moderator powers (edit, delete, etc) over their events topics, but I don't find adding every one to moderator of that board, a viable solution. That would mean that the people from Event X would have powers over the topics of Event Y and Z and I don't want that (better safe than sorry, specially on the internet). [1]

What happens? Everyone starts bugging me to edit posts with the more updated info and whatnot. It would be avoidable if I could assign people edit and delete powers to a single topic, that way they could manage their one single topic the way they would see fit.

I said it makes sense because in my head I made a real life analogy with conversations. Topics in SMF are just that, conversations around a topic. And single topic conversations can have moderators (politics and debates) assigned to them.
 1. If the standard SMF software can do this, then I am not aware of it and it's not clear it can.
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: and on July 4th, 2011, 02:10 PM
Look at topic starter moderator smf mod
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: borg1985 on July 4th, 2011, 04:45 PM
Quote from Roz on July 4th, 2011, 11:46 AM
It would be avoidable if I could assign people edit and delete powers to a single topic, that way they could manage their one single topic the way they would see fit.
I think this is already built into SMF.  You can assign the permissions to a membergroup on a board "Modify replies to own topics" and "Delete replies to own topics" under the "Moderate the board" permission area.
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: chilly on July 4th, 2011, 06:03 PM
he needs a bit more I'd say. he does not want only the user that created the topic to be able to moderate that topic but an entire group
Title: Re: Assign moderator to topic function
Post by: Roz on July 4th, 2011, 06:32 PM
Indeed. For example, I just organized a tournament and I was the topic starter. I have two more organizers that do not have the moderator status in the board, but it would be quite handy if they had the respective powers for that topic alone, so that they could edit and delete content (usually the 1st post, for information). Also, if some one's action justifies it, they could moderate that person in that topic.

'Twould be quite practical.