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(AFAIK, nobody has ever been moved from PA to Misfit, and you get 30 posts.)
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The '''Pending Approval''' system at [[SWS2B]] is used to filter out stupidity.
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The '''Pending Approval''' system at [[SWS2B|Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta]] is used to filter out people unwilling to 'play nice' on the SWS2B message boards.
  
When someone registers at SWS2B, they get 30 trial posts to prove that they are not a n00b or a dumbass. When the 30 trial posts are up, you are placed in a "Pending Approval" usergroup, and Simon may approve you (promotion to full Member) or not, in which case you remain in the Pending Approval group.
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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 SWS2B 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 administrator, Simon, 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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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 Approvel members only have read-access to the 'bare bones' of SWS2B - the 'Administration' subforum, as well as the 'General Sonic Games', 'Engineering & Reverse Engineering' and 'Archives' subforums.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:23, 2 September 2005

The Pending Approval system at Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta is used to filter out people unwilling to 'play nice' on the SWS2B 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 SWS2B 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 administrator, Simon, 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 Approvel members only have read-access to the 'bare bones' of SWS2B - the 'Administration' subforum, as well as the 'General Sonic Games', 'Engineering & Reverse Engineering' and 'Archives' subforums.