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The '''Pending Approval''' system at [[The Sonic 2 Beta Page]] (formerly Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta) is used to filter out people unwilling to "play nice" on the S2B message boards.
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The '''Pending Approval''' system at [[Sonic Retro]] (formerly Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta and The Sonic 2 Beta Page) is used to filter out people unwilling to "play nice" on the Retro message boards.
  
It works by setting new registered users a 30-post limit (upgraded from 20) in order to prove they can be functional members of the S2B board and community. This stage is known as "Trial Membership". When this 30-post limit is reached, the user's account is locked to prevent further posting, and the account is put into the "Pending Approval" usergroup. The administrators ([[LocalH]], [[Hivebrain]] and [[Tweaker]]) can then judge whether or not to bestow full membership on the user. If for whatever reason the user is "rejected", then that account stays in "Pending Approval" indefinitely.
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The system works by setting new registered users a post limit based on the test the user took to receive forum access—those who took the "Research" test receive 10 posts, and those who take the "Technical" test receive 20 posts and allows the member to try out the forum. This stage is known as "Trial Membership". When this post limit is reached, the user's account is locked to prevent further posting, and the account is put into the "Pending Approval" usergroup. The administrators ([[LocalH]], [[Hivebrain]], [[Scarred Sun]] and [[Tweaker]]) can then judge whether or not to bestow full membership on the user. If for whatever reason the user is "rejected", then that account stays in "Pending Approval" indefinitely.
  
Those in the "Trial Membership" usergroup have nearly the same rights as full members; they can read, post replies and make new threads in all the subforums, aside from Sonic Programming and the Tech Members' Lounge. Pending Approval members only have read-access to the 'bare bones' of S2B - the "Administration" subforum, as well as the "General Sonic Games", "Engineering & Reverse Engineering" and "Archives" subforums - basically the same as a guest.
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Those in the "Trial Membership" usergroup have nearly the same rights as full members; they can read, post replies and make new threads in all subforums. Pending Approval members only have read-access to the 'bare bones' of Retro - the "Administration" subforum, as well as the "General Sonic Games", "Engineering & Reverse Engineering" and "Archives" subforums - basically the same as a guest.
  
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Revision as of 13:12, 21 December 2007

The Pending Approval system at Sonic Retro (formerly Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta and The Sonic 2 Beta Page) is used to filter out people unwilling to "play nice" on the Retro message boards.

The system works by setting new registered users a post limit based on the test the user took to receive forum access—those who took the "Research" test receive 10 posts, and those who take the "Technical" test receive 20 posts and allows the member to try out the forum. This stage is known as "Trial Membership". When this post limit is reached, the user's account is locked to prevent further posting, and the account is put into the "Pending Approval" usergroup. The administrators (LocalH, Hivebrain, Scarred Sun and Tweaker) can then judge whether or not to bestow full membership on the user. If for whatever reason the user is "rejected", then that account stays in "Pending Approval" indefinitely.

Those in the "Trial Membership" usergroup have nearly the same rights as full members; they can read, post replies and make new threads in all subforums. Pending Approval members only have read-access to the 'bare bones' of Retro - the "Administration" subforum, as well as the "General Sonic Games", "Engineering & Reverse Engineering" and "Archives" subforums - basically the same as a guest.