FAQ: 47- Maintainer's Security Level

[brion]

Apparently there is now a security level for Memories to be viewed only by maintainers. I think this should be added to the FAQ.

Comments

[jai_dit]

Maybe. Although, FAQ 47 already doesn't include any information about members-only (or security levels in communities in general).

[brion]

Your right. But I figure most people assume that you can only make community memories public or members-only, just like when you post to a community. I had never thought to think that memories could be maintainers- only. Actually, that's kinda pointless unless you memorize an entry outside of the community that you only want maintainers to see.

[azurelunatic]

It could also be used for moderation purposes -- say there's an entry that's problematic for some reason or other (original poster, commenters), and the whole comm doesn't need to know that the maintainer(s) are keeping an eye on the issue, but it would be handy to organize it.

[brion]

I never thought of that! That is a great way to use it.

[camomiletea]

I don't think this is new... I've been using this feature on the memories of howto/s2howto for a while.

[teshiron]

Hi brion,

It's been over a month since this was brought up for discussion. If you still think we ought to document this, could you please submit a support request in the Documentation category? It'll be much easier to track everything from there.

Thanks!

[jai_dit]

Undeferring because 47 could use a bit of reworking in the community section, and we're not using the category to handle pending requests right now.

[azurelunatic]

Community memories have the following possible security levels:

[[gmlitem:label.security.public]] memories can be viewed by any user.
[[gmlitem:label.security.members]] memories can be viewed by community members.
[[gmlitem:label.security.maintainers]] memories can only be viewed by maintainers of that community.

[azurelunatic]

done!