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    Can mods do this?

    Hi all,

    - If I post and just after seeing it I delete it, will mods be able to see it later?
    - Similarly, if I post something and edit it, will mods see the original post?
    - If I change my online status to be hidden, can mods still see me?
    - Do mods know my email, even if I chose not to display it to any body?

    - If I change my email address, will some notifications be sent to old email, which I need to confirm, or something like that?

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    Seeing as I have some experience with moderating a vBulletin board, I can answer some of these.

    Quote Originally Posted by manav View Post
    - If I post and just after seeing it I delete it, will mods be able to see it later?
    Yes. And they can undelete it, too.

    - Similarly, if I post something and edit it, will mods see the original post?
    Not without some sort of hack to my knowledge.

    - Do mods know my email, even if I chose not to display it to any body?
    Yes, they may. If they have access to a moderator control panel, they can see all your profile information, as well as modify it.

    - If I change my email address, will some notifications be sent to old email, which I need to confirm, or something like that?
    Oftentimes, a new one is generated and sent to your new email so you can verify it.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    How I wish I could become a moderator !

    Please gimme a chance.


    EDIT: Just being sarcastic!!! Whatever that means
    Last edited by manav; 05-28-2008 at 07:06 AM.

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    vBulletin is a very mysterious thing. I've heard all forums have a hidden board (like Area 51 on daniweb but its hidden) which normal users can't see. Moderators and admins use it for....i don't know what. Probably to decide who's gonna be banned next

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    After your behavior? Unlikely.
    Asking to become a moderator is also a big no-no. If they need one, they can pick one.

    Quote Originally Posted by abh!shek View Post
    vBulletin is a very mysterious thing. I've heard all forums have a hidden board (like Area 51 on daniweb but its hidden) which normal users can't see. Moderators and admins use it for....i don't know what. Probably to decide who's gonna be banned next
    Most boards have some forum of Staff forum that's hidden to non-staff.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elysia View Post
    After your behavior? Unlikely.
    Asking to become a moderator is also a big no-no. If they need one, they can pick one.


    Most boards have some forum of Staff forum that's hidden to non-staff.
    You can have groups within the users, and have forums that are hidden to all but those groups, or that can only be posted in my certain members - it's even adjustable on the level of replying to exisitng vs. creating new threads.

    On another forum, where I am a moderator, there is a "Moderators lounge" - it's very low traffic area, but occasionally we discuss the errant behaviour of users, or other moderator-specific subjects - along with some "moderator only" friendly chat.

    On that same forum, there are a couple of other "restricted use" forums - some which allow anyone to read, but only some to write, and some that are secret, but not directly bound to whether the member is a moderator or not.

    This is all part of phpBB/vBulletin and any other related forum software.

    It is up to the forum owner to set up who has the right to do what in which forum.

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    Yes, I'm familiar with the choices that are available.
    It's certainly possible to lock forums to only some people (often groups), to certain post levels, etc.
    This could be further customized by board hacks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    That brings me back to the OT group (http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showgroups.php), I still don't know what it is

    And my thread about it a while ago didn't help -- everyone thought it was a laughing matter!

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    You should know what it is. I sent you a PM with an explanation.

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    Yeah, Id like to know too, just curious.

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    >- If I post and just after seeing it I delete it, will mods be able to see it later?
    Yes.

    >- Similarly, if I post something and edit it, will mods see the original post?
    No, the most we can see is that the post was edited. There's no versioning involved except in the case of reported posts, where the post as it was reported is saved as a quote.

    >- If I change my online status to be hidden, can mods still see me?
    Yes.

    >- Do mods know my email, even if I chose not to display it to any body?
    Yes, we have read access to all of the public, private, and internal information for your account.
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    OMG can they read my PMs too?

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    Not without any hacks, no.
    I once installed a hack for phpbb that allowed reading PMs for admins, so to say it's impossible is a lie, but vbulletin by default does not have such a feature. Don't worry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    So, what naughty things have you been saying in your PMs?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
    Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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    We know what you did with that hamster abh!shek.

    We don't have access to PMs besides our own. I don't know for sure but I'd be surprised if VB has any default feature that allows even admins to view other's PMs. Of course if you have access to the database you don't need the forum in order to view them.

    We can only change the signature, profile picture, and avatar. We can see the rest of the profile information but can't change it.

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