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A moderator on the Art of Problem Solving website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't. That is: they can lock topics in a forum, move them, delete them, comment about certain posts and so on. The short form for moderator is mod, the short term for administrator is admin.
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A moderator on the [[Art of Problem Solving]] website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't.
  
When a user is an Administrator, their name shows up in red.
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The short form for moderator is mod.
When they are a mod, their name shows up in green.
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When a user is a moderator, their username shows up in green.
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=Powers=
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*Lock topics in their forum
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*Move topics to other forums
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*Delete topics
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*Edit other users posts
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*Invite users to the forum (If the forum is private)
  
 
==Moderators vs. Administrators==
 
==Moderators vs. Administrators==
  
Administrators are more powerful in Art of Problem Solving than moderators. Moderators answer to Administrators, and not vice versa.
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[[Administrators]] are more powerful in the [[Art of Problem Solving]] than moderators. Moderators answer to [[Administrators]], and not vice versa. [[Administrators]] can edit who is a moderator or [[administrator]], but moderators cannot.
 
 
Some admins might have their names in blue instead of red.  Those are AoPS site administrators.  They are administrators to all forums on AoPS, even private forums and class forums.
 
  
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==See also==
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* [[Administrators]]
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* [[AoPS Administrators]]

Latest revision as of 14:35, 19 July 2020

A moderator on the Art of Problem Solving website is a non-administrator user who has powers for a particular forum which non-moderators don't.

The short form for moderator is mod.

When a user is a moderator, their username shows up in green.

Powers

  • Lock topics in their forum
  • Move topics to other forums
  • Delete topics
  • Edit other users posts
  • Invite users to the forum (If the forum is private)

Moderators vs. Administrators

Administrators are more powerful in the Art of Problem Solving than moderators. Moderators answer to Administrators, and not vice versa. Administrators can edit who is a moderator or administrator, but moderators cannot.

See also