Topics and Moderation
Lock, pin, and remove topics and replies, review held posts, and act on accounts on a Barazo forum.
Moderation on Barazo is a set of actions you take on topics, replies, and accounts. Each one is recorded, and the author is notified when it affects their content.
Acting on a topic or reply
From a topic or reply, a moderator can:
- Lock a topic to stop new replies, and unlock it later. You can add a reason.
- Pin a topic so it sits at the top. Pinning within a category is a moderator action; pinning across the whole forum is reserved for administrators.
- Remove a topic or reply. This hides it on the forum and records a reason. It does not delete the original from the author's own account, because that record belongs to them (why).
There's no separate "move" action. A topic's category is changed by its author editing the topic. If a discussion belongs elsewhere, you can leave a notice (below) and ask the author to move it.
Reviewing held posts
A forum can hold new posts for review before they go public, based on your settings (for example, a member's first post, posts with links, or a burst of activity). Held posts wait in a moderation queue.
For each held post you approve or reject it. Approving publishes it. As a member's approved posts add up, they pass a trust threshold and their later posts stop being held.
Notes and notices
- Private notes let moderators record context on an account or a post. They're only visible to your moderation team.
- Notices are public banners on a topic. Use them to mark a topic as closed, moved, outdated, an announcement, or a custom message.
- Warnings go to a member with a reason (off-topic, harassment, rule violation, or a custom message), and you can attach a private comment for your team.
Acting on an account
Administrators can ban an account, with a required reason, and unban it later. You can't ban yourself or another administrator. If your forum runs as part of a wider network, a ban can propagate across the connected communities.
For a member's own controls (mute, block, report), see Staying safe.
Related
- Rules: the standards you moderate against
- Onboarding: gating who can post
- Categories: where topics live