Moderation / Approval of new discussions and replies

Pollux

I just stumbled over a recent discussion: Allow to start discussion in certain tag only for one user group and here especially a post by clarkwinkelmann

I think @jordanjay29 suggestion was to set admin+mod under "global", and members under the newbie tag.

I have just tested locally and it seems to work.

At first I couldn't believe it because it contradicted my previous explanation that tags were only able to further restrict the allowed audience and not expand it. But that's not what Clark said. He said:

clarkwinkelmann If a discussion has a single tag that the user can't see, it won't be visible.

Obviously, "global" does not act like a tag. I have always thought that "global" is a kind of invisible and non-removable default tag applied to all discussions. We can still see it that way, with the one exception that "global" restrictions can not only be tightened but also relaxed by tags.

This looks like good news for you: You can restrict "global" to regular members and setup a special tag for new members. Simple as that.

bavard

Pollux This looks like good news for you: You can restrict "global" to regular members and setup a special tag for new members. Simple as that.

And the permissions will force this particular group to start new discussions with that particular tag only ?
It's good to know, but limiting content to one tag is...too limiting.

Pollux

bavard And the permissions will force this particular group to start new discussions with that particular tag only ?

Yes but in a strange way that has to be called a bug (at least in beta 12): As a newbie you can start writing a new discussion in any tag but you cannot post it unless you have changed the tag to the "new members" tag. This needs to be addressed, the "Start a Discussion" button should not be accessible in tags reserved for regular members.

Pollux

bavard It's good to know, but limiting content to one tag is...too limiting.

You can have more than one "new members" tag, but you can't combine these with tags reserved for regular members, because in this case what Clark said above applies:

clarkwinkelmann If a discussion has a single tag that the user can't see, it won't be visible.

The same is true for the permission to start a discussion.

Pollux

Pollux This needs to be addressed, the "Start a Discussion" button should not be accessible in tags reserved for regular members.

BTW: the described bug may be related to this known issue: flarum/core1233

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