Forum Suggestion

.....Spigot doesn't do the forums. Spigot is MINECRAFT. XenForo is the forum.

Anyway, seems like an interesting idea - But I question it's feasibility. Not sure if it's possible, and I don't believe Jamie does XenForo things.

 

Thanks for shout-out

This would be great, but yes it is handled by XenForo. Currently staff members can edit posts, similar permissions could be granted however, I'd assume that it would let you edit any post on the forums or the section, which isn't good.

An addon would have to be downloaded or created, one that enables editing for certain people on a particular thread only. Would be rather tedious to setup, but once done I think it'd be great.

 

I would absolutely love this and think its a great idea... however as stated in the previous responses, Im not sure if its possible. That would be something for Jamie to comment on.

 

Would be a nice addition assuming we add for last edited, the user who edited the specific post/thread. I.e. Last edited by minecraftninja05 37 minutes ago for a thread shared by me and at least 1 other person.

 

If it is possible sure! Just as long has we have some more trolling rules in place.

 

What does trolling have to do with this?

 

People making troll edits and what not. I believe that's what Ragin meant.

 

I mean, you can't really punish it as you really don't know the intentions of the the editors. You shouldn't add someone whom you don't trust to edit your thread either way.

Anyway, that could be easily prevented if we allow the OP to retain full control of the thread, including removing editors.

 

Yeah true. I think... it means more like putting inappropriate comments within a thread, pictures, etc. Not a huge issue as you said... you should trust the people involved.

 

As Obble said, putting nasty comments or anything like that. But of course, you should add people you trust ONLY. However, friends troll friends more then anyone else

 

It sounds good in theory, but in practice it's a complicated idea for only very minimal gain.

 

More or less, that... if there is an easy way to do it, by all means make it happen, but if it isn't a easy fix, I don't see it being something that we should worry about.

 

There are good addons available to make "social forums" or sections with their own unique permissions system and moderator ranks, and they do work well. However, it would not be worth it unless you tie it into Towns (like chat channels) or make it a purchasable ECD feature. They are immensely useful and allow for different tiers of permissions and ranks (customizable permissions).

 

I agree that it's a great idea and quite interesting as well. I suggested this a couple weeks ago, however it was denied due to immense staff work that went into creating a social forum, numerous bugs, and not to mention that the plugin isn't updated to the current version of XenForo which ECC has. Here's the original suggestion for more information in this.

Novel idea, but unfortunately unfeasible.