[CIMC-work] Hiding and Deleting options.

[Chris Kaihatsu]

CIMC,

I'm mostly indifferent on this matter, but I figure that it may be
better, from an accountability standpoint, for site admins to have
individual accounts.

So in any collective decision-making process, my position is
pro-accounts.


Chris K.





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donald goldhamer wrote:
>Several issues here.
>
>1. We had agreed that hiding and deleting would be done via individual
>   login's so that they could automatically be logged and attributed.  This
>   has not been done by most editors, who have instead (mis)used the "Default
>   Admin" account.
>
>2. It is NOT necessary to be an "administrator" in order to edit, hide,
>   delete, or purge an article or feature.  Being an "editor" is
>   sufficient.  The current list of individually recognized "editors" is
>	 Full Name            Last Access     
>
>	 Default Admin        05/18/04 
>	 Ian Bicking          03/10/04 
>	 Thomas Yun           05/05/04 
>	 Andrew McAvinchey    02/26/04
>	 dhgo                 05/10/04
>	 bookbeast            03/15/04
>	 cag                  05/17/04
>	 dreilly              never
>
>   Apparently several other people are using the "Default Admin" account.
>   I propose that _all_ the other editors become official editors (with
>   their own login names and passwords) and use them.  We could then
>   eliminate the "default admin" account from the "editors" list and have a
>   (separate) "Default Editor" account for emergency/unusual purposes (name
>   Editor with a new/different password).
>
>   So, if you wnat to be an "editor" (of other people's articles) please
>   send me your preferred login name and how to reach you with your
>   (temporary) password.  You could then re-set your password to something
>   private. 
>
>3. There are currently only three "administrators" -- Ian B, Don G, and the
>   "Default Admin" -- who can access the "framework administration" menus.
>
>   Since being an "administrator" is unnecessary for most activities (other
>   than site maintenance, etc), I propose that anyone who needs to be an
>   "administrator" be specifically added as one -- and we DO need more
>   techies to help administer -- and the "Default Admin" account be
>   locked up (since it's not needed for editing). 
>
>Can we reach a consensus about this -- especially about the past agreement
>in #1 above and the need to make people explicitly "editors".
>
>--Don
>