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Instead of the little Scmdraft Globe, have it different colors for the different levels? Turning there name colors will insight others to copy the color with the Name Color item in the store. If you had there name 2 colors, or maybe it changes, or something that sticks out on both skins...
Read: "Admins already have the globe icon. Give moderators something similar, so none of the mineral-based customizations are infringed."
Color is one such customization. Icons are best. Don't use the globe icon, use something different.
By the way Hercanic, what is up with you and posting topics about the end result of my topic to which was deleted -> locked, which was eventually going to happen? I think there is something like 3 topics made by you including my topic as evidence against a moderator... Its done and over with. It has all been worked out. Drop it.
In the thread I link to, I did not know Esponoe was a moderator at the time. That affected how I interpreted his first message--that is, as nothing more than a post by a normal user. Had he written "I deleted it" instead of "It was deleted", that would have answered several questions simultaneously. Such mindful phrasing would be entirely unnecessary, however, had there been a mark distinguishing him as a moderator. When he reposted what he wrote 25 times, I wondered if he was a moderator, and even scoured his profile, the forum for a moderator listing,
anything, but found nothing. The lack of a portrait, his number of posts, none seemed to indicate he was a moderator. I even looked up a few of his posts, with one coming up about him getting drunk. I concluded he was most likely a normal user, but in my reply I even stated, "As far as I know, you are not a moderator", reflecting my thought-process in understanding the situation.
As for "3 topics", there is my topic asking what happened to the Map Protection thread. That is the only post that deals with your original thread, the one that is "over and done with". This topic only references my topic as an example of what can happen when it is not clear who your moderators are. This thread has nothing to do with Esponoe, and is in no way against him.
The only other reference to my own topic (not yours) is in the Esponoe thread, which specifically deals with Esponoe's capability as a moderator. That thread was not started by me, and had quite a few people before me lodging their complaints. All I have done there is submit what transpired in my thread as an example of how he created, and handled, a conflict. That, my friend, is the most important test of a moderator.
I am not seeking to attack him, nor bear him any ill-will, but I will speak out if I see a significant problem with the administration. I have only done this in one thread, where it was appropriate, not three.