User Groups

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USER GROUPS

There are several user groups that make up the membership of the Bolter & Chainsword. A user's group will remain constant no matter how many posts or how old the account is. The only way your user group will change is if you are asked (and agree) to serve in a staff capacity.

 

 FRATER NOVUS
When you first join the community, you will be assigned to this group. While you are in this group, you will have limited permissions and any content you submit will have to be reviewed and approved by staff members before it is published. This is one of the methods we use for screening out spammers, spambots, and bad actors. Once you have 5+ approved content submissions, you will automatically be promoted to the Frater Domus group, with full permissions to participate within the community.

 

 FRATER DOMUS
This is the most important member group, and the largest. This group is made up of the everyday users of the website. Without the Frater Domus members, there would be no Bolter & Chainsword.

 

 EMERITI (formerly MODERATI CEDO, CEDO, and EMERITI)
These are forum members who were staff members at one time in their past, but who have retired from active duty. While they hold no position of authority, you can consider them to be old hands who can assist you with questions and can help get word to the current staff members should the need arise. If they suggest you are acting out of line, you would do well to heed their words.

 

MODERATI

The moderators enforce community rules (as determined by the administrators), assist with content architecture (moving content if it is submitted to the wrong location, correcting tag usage, and ensuring that search engine optimization is applied), and facilitate community activity. There are two sub-groups, each primarily focused on different areas of the community: chaplains and librarians.

 

 CHAPLAIN (formerly MODERATI)
The chaplains are primarily focused on the Forums, with ancillary responsibilities in the other features.

 

 LIBRARIAN (formerly CHIEF LIBRARIANS)
The Chief Librarians have a dual role as Librarians and Moderati. They enforce rules within the Articles function and provide oversight to the Librarians.

 

 TECHMARINE (formerly SACRISTAN)
These are members who are responsible for the technical upkeep of the site. These members perform a variety of different roles depending on the expertise of the individual, including technical support, skin support, and site art. While Sacristans are staff members, they do not have policy enforcement authority (though you would do well to heed their word if they identify problematic behavior).

 ADMINISTRATOR (formerly ADMINISTRATUM and ADMINISTRATI)
The administrators are the board members who take care of the day-to-day operations of the site. This includes approving new accounts, account edits and corrections, general forum troubleshooting, and, where necessary, disciplinary actions beyond those allowed to the moderators. Admins set board policy and dispense the highest levels of discipline when it arises (banning, removing a ban, deleting an account, etc.).

 

The Admin Group includes Brother Tyler, who is the site owner, and Gillyfish. If you have any issues with staff members please contact an admin first; if you'd rather not speak to another admin then Brother Tyler is who you need to contact.

 

(no icon) EXCOMMUNICATUS
Members in this group have been permanently banned as a result of disciplinary action.

 

 RENUNCIATUS
Members in this group have requested deletion of their content. You can see more information on having your account deleted here.

 UNSANCTIONED (or GUEST)
[Former] members whose accounts have been deleted may have content that is attributed to "GUEST" (sometimes with their display names appended). While all personally identifiable information (PII) has been removed in accordance with applicable laws and statutes, we found that removing other content adversely affects other members, so the content remains and is (theoretically) anonymous. If you see content from an Unsanctioned member that has PII, please REPORT it immediately so that we can remove the content. You can see more information on having your account deleted here. Unregistered members are also in this group, though you won't (shouldn't!) see any content from them.

 

IMPORTANT

 

Just as you are here voluntarily, every member of the staff is similarly a volunteer, sacrificing their hobby time in serving the hobby community. Nobody receives any compensation for the work that they perform here, aside from the fulfillment of helping other hobbyists. More importantly, there are many things that can take place here which don't have to be managed by staff members. Challenges and competitions can easily be run by other members of the site, though the staff is always willing to provide support and assistance. Ultimately, the site is what we as a members of the community put into it.

Edited September 1 by Brother Tyler