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This is a place to discuss and document the different roles (permissions) we'd like to define for our online community. Roles define the capabilities of users to which the role is assigned. A user may be assigned any number of roles.

Currently (2006-12-09), we have:

anonymous user

The role automatically assigned to users who are not logged in. They can:

  • Post moderated comments
  • View public content
authenticated user

The role automatically assigned to users who are logged in (no matter their assigned role).

They can now:

contributer
Allowed to generate and edit some content. This is a simple role to get us started that should change in the future to enforce finer grained control.
webmaster
Technical administrators of the website.

Note: Visit "Permissions Online" for the specific permissions granted to each role.