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Write the opening post above, using the toolbar at the top. Press “Post thread” when it's ready.
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Type a name to find members.
People who take part together. Join a group to see its announcements and take part in its forums.
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Files from members whose files need approval, and anything anti-raid is holding, oldest first. Approving puts it where it was going, in its place. Refusing deletes it with its files. Each decision can carry a reason for them, sent as a notification, and one for the staff log. If anything is illegal, don't refuse it or open it again: tell an admin or the webmaster, who deal with it on the CSAM Report page.
Members asking for file access, with the messages that show they take part, and members asking for full access, with everything of theirs that was approved. A refused request for file access can be made again in a week; refused full access keeps them at approval until an admin puts their file access back on Auto (on their member card).
Nothing is waiting.
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Accounts made in the last 30 days, newest first, with what might show a spam account. Mark the ones that look fine, so only the rest stay under “To check”. Deal with the others from their Manage button.
Each rule is a regular expression, matched without regard to capitals against new usernames, replies, comments, quotes and bios, both as written and as plain letters, so fancy or lookalike letters and hidden characters can't slip past it. “Send for review” puts a reply or comment in the queue for a moderator to check first; what can't wait there (a new username, an edit, a quote or a bio) is blocked instead. “Block” refuses it. “Block and time out” also times the account out. “Ban” bans it. Moderators and above are never checked.
Type a name or a reply to see which rules it matches and what would happen. Nothing here is sent anywhere.
A banner across the top of every page, for things everyone should know. It stays for as long as you choose, or until you clear it. Posting a new one replaces the last, and shows again for people who closed the last one. It can be formatted like a reply: bold, colours, and links written as [words](address).
For when a crowd of new or throwaway accounts descends on the site. Trusted members and above are never held back by any of these, so the regulars and the staff carry on as normal. Everything here is saved as it is changed, and goes in the audit log.
Stop new accounts being made, for a while or until you open sign-ups again. Logging in still works.
Members below Trusted can't reply, comment, react, edit what they wrote, or change their quote or bio. Reading and reporting still work.
Replies and comments from members below Trusted wait in the queue until a moderator approves them, then appear in their place.
Files from members below Trusted, full access included, wait in the queue until a moderator approves them. What they wrote is posted at once. Turn on both to hold everything.
Accounts younger than this can't post, comment or react yet, even outside a lockdown. Stays on until you change it.
How many accounts can be made from one IP address each hour. Usually it is only kept to 5 sign-up attempts an hour. Stays on until you change it.
Members below Trusted can post one reply or comment every so often, anywhere on the site. Stays on until you change it.
Times out every plain member account made recently, in one go. Trusted members and above are left alone. Ending the timeouts undoes it for the same accounts.
Labels for threads and wiki pages, such as “Discussion” or “Guide”. Whoever writes a thread or page chooses which ones it carries, up to five. Deleting a tag takes it off everything that carries it.
No tags yet.
Words and phrases the site explains wherever they are written: comments, replies, posts, titles, subtitles and bios. Each match gets a
dotted underline, and pointing at it (or tapping it) shows the description. The pattern is a regular expression, found in any case
but only as a whole word, so mid doesn't match “middle”, and FBI|Federal Bureau of Investigation matches
either.
No entries yet.
What the staff have done: edits and removals of other people's threads, replies and comments, the wiki and the blog, changes to other people's profiles, moderation, changes to the site, and what automod did by itself, with the reason given when there was one. What anyone does to their own posts isn't logged. Only admins and the webmaster can see it. The newest 5,000 entries are kept.
While this is on, nothing you do is written to the log. It stays on until you turn it off. Only you can see this.
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The home page is edited from Home, using the Edit button.
Log in to change your settings.
Your profile shows when you last did something on the site: logged in, posted, replied, commented, edited or deleted something of yours, reacted, followed someone, joined a group or changed your profile. Choose who can see it, and whether they see the time or just the date. Moderators and above always see both, so that unused and throwaway accounts can be told apart. Anything posted with your name hidden never counts, and neither does staff work on other people's posts and accounts.
Your profile has an Activity tab listing what you have done on the site: the threads, replies and comments you wrote and your own edits to them, your wiki pages and blog posts, your reactions, who you followed and the groups you joined. Choose who can open it. Your reactions and follows in it also keep to your settings for those below. Anything posted with your name hidden is never in it. You can always see it, and moderators and above can always see all of it.
Anyone can open the list of who reacted to a thread or reply. Choose who can see your name in those lists, and your reactions in your activity history. Your reaction is still counted either way, and moderators and above can always see it.
Your profile shows who follows you and who you follow. Choose who can see those two lists and how many are in them, and who you followed in your activity history. You always can, and so can moderators and above.
Your profile shows the badges you have earned, for followers, messages, views and reactions. Choose who can see them. You always can, along with how close you are to the next ones, and so can moderators and above.
Members can leave comments on your profile. Choose who can: any member, only the people you follow, or no one. You can always delete any comment on your own profile, and comments already there stay until you do.
Your picture, quote and password are on your Profile.
Ask for an account to be deleted. It doesn't matter whether you are logged in, or which account you are logged in as.
What the account wrote stays on the site, shown as from a deleted account. Its profile, picture, banner, comments on profiles, reactions and follows go with it.
Log in, or create an account to join in.
Shown beside your posts and on your member page. Square, best at 512 × 512 pixels or larger; you choose which part to keep.
Shown under your picture. Up to 32 characters.
A few lines about who you are and what you do here, shown to everyone on your member page. Up to 300 characters. You can use bold, colours and links, including links to wiki pages such as /wiki/name.
At least 8 characters. Changing it logs out your other devices.