T-Bone said:
Is it possible for whoever administartes the Guild (Ronin Storm?) to add in the forum name of the player in there notes section?
Ah, this information is already available in the Officer notes, but those notes are currently only visible to Veteran and above. I might work on tweaking the permissions today.
T-Bone said:
So I was wondering if it could be explained exatly what each rank entails?
Currently, there are five ranks:
- Guild Master -- only ever one, currently me.
- Officer -- everyone who formed the Guild originally, with the exception of "Padding" who was made by a friend of mine to help us fill that last slot. Currently have the same permissions as Guild Master, but cannot change the Guild tabard, modify Guild Master permissions or dissolve the Guild; those are special powers that only the Guild Master can ever have.
- Veteran -- originally intended to be used for alts of Officers, then Twisto was added to that list and it has become a pretty random thing. Can see Officer Notes on guilded characters, can use the Officer chat channel (which is rarely ever used) and can edit the MotD.
- Member -- all THN members who haven't fit in above plus any new joiners that we've got to know or feel we can vouch for in some way. Can edit their own Public Notes.
- Initiate -- default rank for all non-THN members. Cannot edit their Public Notes.
How one moves between ranks? Currently, I wasn't planning on adding any more Officers at all. A random selection have been promoted to Veteran, including some Officer alts. All THN members are pushed to Member as soon as I know who they are, plus a few recent joiners who either seem friendly/helpful or are friends of THN members.
The system isn't really designed for advancement through the ranks; it's currently a permissions / "too many cooks" control. I'm slightly reluctant to open up the Officer Notes permissions to Members as they are also used to contain notes such as "Gone for good?" or whatever as I manage the guild membership list.
I'm also reluctant to open up access to the MotD on the "too many cooks" principle. Currently, Nanor and I are the main culprits for the MotD, I believe.
We can add new ranks, though, if that's helpful, and customise their permissions appropriately. It's a tiered system, though, not a loose collection of roles (which I'd prefer)... still, we can pretend it's not tiered and just have ranks as needed.
I'm cool with THN people seeing who all the other people are. Maybe I'll add a new "Member (THN)" to the list and give the "see Officer Notes" priv to that rank... I'll think on it.
