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Adding new members involves the following things (list may not be complete): | Adding new members involves the following things (list may not be complete): | ||
* Point out some important rules: follow the [[Code Formatting Conventions]], don't break other people's builds with your commits, etc. | * Point out some important rules: follow the [[Code Formatting Conventions]], don't break other people's builds with your commits, etc. | ||
* Ensure they are subscribed to scummvm-devel mailing list and suggest subscribing to scummvm- | * Ensure they are subscribed to scummvm-devel mailing list and suggest subscribing to scummvm-git-logs list (commit notifications) as well | ||
** Make sure to also setup appropriate tracker access levels | ** Make sure to also setup appropriate tracker access levels | ||
** Point them to the tracker admin HOWTO below | ** Point them to the tracker admin HOWTO below | ||
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# Commit your changes as usual | # Commit your changes as usual | ||
To get any changes you made active on the webserver, | To get any changes you made active on the webserver, open the following URL: http://www.scummvm.org/site-update/ (ask sev for an account). | ||
./update | |||
Two important remarks: | Two important remarks: | ||
# Some content on the webpages needs special treatment, e.g. modifying the credits or adding screenshots. If in doubt, ask on scummvm-devel. | # Some content on the webpages needs special treatment, e.g. modifying the credits or adding screenshots. If in doubt, ask on scummvm-devel. | ||
== How to be a forum moderator == | == How to be a forum moderator == | ||
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As this proved only partially effective, we have now enabled verification of new user accounts by moderators/admins.<br> | As this proved only partially effective, we have now enabled verification of new user accounts by moderators/admins.<br> | ||
When a user registers, an e-mail is sent to all moderators/admins asking them to verify the account. Only after the moderator/admin logs in and then clicks the required link is the account enabled.<br> | When a user registers, an e-mail is sent to all moderators/admins asking them to verify the account. Only after the moderator/admin logs in and then clicks the required link is the account enabled.<br> | ||
When checking a user registration, the admin should first check if the e-mail address and/or username are listed as known spammer accounts [http://www.stopforumspam.com here].<br> | |||
If not, then a quick Google for the e-mail address and/or username can confirm whether this belongs to a human user with known gaming interest / normal account activity.<br> | |||
This should quickly exclude most obvious spammers/spambot registrations and include game interested users with a web presence. However, if the result is still inconclusive, then a judgement call should be made.<br> | |||
This will depend on whether the e-mail address is "throwaway" i.e. webmail or other disposable account. We should really reject registrations from disposable accounts such as mailinator.com as they are likely to be problematic in future.<br> | |||
Generally though, if unsure, it is best to give the benefit of the doubt and allow the registration, rather than rejecting legitimate users.<br> | |||
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If a user breaks one of the forum rules, some judgement on how to deal with it will be required. However, the following is recommended: | |||
* New users may not be aware of the forum rules, so link them to the rules indicating the one that they are violating. | |||
* If a user persists in breaking a rule, then it is possible to "give them a warning" by setting this in their user account settings. | |||
* If the user still persists or has accumulated three warnings, then disabling their account i.e. banning them is probably warranted. | |||
* Locking threads: | |||
** Any thread which is violating a forum rule in of itself i.e. asking for non-freeware game download sites etc. should have a message linking the rule and then be locked to prevent further posts. | |||
** Locking threads should be used sparingly, but is sometimes required i.e. if a discussion has decended to a flamewar or similar. | |||
** In all cases, a message should be posted prior to locking explaining why this has occurred. | |||
== How to triage bug reports == | == How to triage bug reports == |