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In 2.0, moderators have access to the Moderation Center, which can be used to track moderation actions, warned members, and much more. Access to the Moderation Center is determined by the permission chosen by the forum administrator. To access the Moderation Center click on the Moderate tab, which is located by default between Search and Profile in the top menu.

Main

Moderation Center

On the front page of the Moderation Center, there are sections for Simple Machines Latest News, Moderator Notes, Membergroup Requests, Recent Topic Reports, and Recent Watched Members. Moderators can customize the appearance of this page.

Simple Machines Latest News - This displays all the latest news from Simple Machines, such us upgrade and security patch releases.
Moderator Notes - Moderators can write notes to each other here.
Membergroup Requests - This shows all of the people who have requested to join a certain group. This is only available as an option for group moderators.
Recent Topic Reports - This shows the most recent topics or posts that were reported by other users. Reports can only be viewed by local moderators from the boards which they have permission to moderate.
Recent Watched Members- This lists the members who have been warned most recently by moderators.

Moderation Log

The moderation log records all moderation actions. This only includes moderation actions, not general forum actions. The information recorded is:

Action - Any time a topic is locked, stickied, merged, split, or removed an entry is created in the log. If a post is modified or deleted, a log entry is also created.
Date - The forum keeps track of the date and time that each action occurred.
Member - The member that performed the action is also logged.
Position - The member's primary membergroup is shown. However, additional membergroups are not listed.
IP - A member's internet protocol address is attached to each action they perform.

Moderators and administrators can search through these logs with the quick search feature located at the bottom of the moderation log. Administrators can remove logs only if the log is 24 hours old. For the moderation log to be available, Moderation, Administration, and User Logs must be enabled under Admin > Configuration > Core Features.

Warnings

Warning Log - This is a log of all warnings given by moderators and admins alike.
Custom Templates - This gives you the option of creating new, or using existing, warnings when issuing a warning to users.

Watched Members

Moderation Center > Members > Watched Members provides a simple interface to keep an eye on troublesome members. Watched Members can be sorted By Member or By Post:

By Member - See all members who currently have a high enough Warning level, to be added to the Watched Members list. In the member's profile, administrators can increase their Warning level above what is needed to be added to the Watched Members list. Administrators set that level in Admin Center > Members > Warnings
By Post - A list of posts created by each member on the Watched Members list. It provides a simple checkbox that can be used to delete many troublesome messages at once.

Being added to the Watched Members list, is considered a penalty, or user limitation, for what the forum administrator considers bad bahavior in the forum, by the members listed there. Please see the Warnings page for more information about User Limitations.

Posts

Post moderation must be enabled by the administrator for Unapproved Posts and Unapproved Attachments to be displayed.

Unapproved Posts

From here you can approve or delete any posts awaiting approval.

Replies - From here you can approve or delete any replies awaiting approval.
Topics - From here you can approve or delete any topics awaiting approval.

Unapproved Attachments

From here you can approve or delete any attachments awaiting approval

Reported Posts

Here you can review all the post reports sent by members of the forum.

Active Moderation Reports

Close - Click this to close a report without viewing any further details, such as moderator comments, or why the post was reported.
Details - Selecting this displays the following information and options:
- Moderator Comments - The moderator comments field is used by moderators and administrators to discuss the reported issue or to simply make notes. The offending user is not aware of comments recorded/noted.
- Ignore - Clicking this button closes the case and removes it from the active reports queue. The report will no longer be listed among the open reports. Selecting Ignore also means that all future reports on the same post will be ignored.
- Close - Clicking this button closes the report.
- Actions taken by other moderators - This is the moderating history on the topic in question. It lists the actions, moderator's name, date and time, moderator group, and IP address of each moderator action.

Old Reports

Closed reports can be read here.

Membergroups

Membergroup Requests

For moderators to see this, they must be a moderator for one or more membergroups. Any group moderator will be able to see the list of groups they have permission to moderate and if anyone is waiting approval to join a group.

View Membergroups

This lists all users in their respective membergroups. Membergroups are colored and a number is displayed to show how many members each membergroup contains.

Clicking on a membergroup name will take you to a new page where you can view the membergroup details, such as color, rank image, and number of members. It will also show the members and respective details of that membergroup in page format. The members will be primarily sorted by username in alphabetical order. From here you can remove or add people to this membergroup.

Membergroups on the initial page are in order of creation. Administrator will come first, followed by Global Moderator, followed by anything else you have added. Ranks are not included in the membergroup listing.

Preferences

Preferences allows the moderator to change his/her settings for the moderation center.

Change Settings

This section allows the setting of some personal preferences for moderation-related activities, such as email notifications, and which moderation items are displayed.

Items to show on moderation homepage - The moderation items will be listed with checkboxes, selecting and saving will add or remove sections from the Moderation Center page.
Show open report count in forum header - Selecting this displays open moderation reports in the forum header. There will be a number in parenthesis next to the "Moderate" button stating the number of posts reported and awaiting action.
Notify of topic reports - An administrator or moderator can select whether they wish to receive reports via e-mail and whether they always receive them, or whether they only receive them from boards which they moderate.
Notify of items awaiting approval - Selecting this allows an administrator or moderator to receive e-mails of posts or attachments which require approval.

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-{{TOCright}}SMF 2.0 introduces the new moderation center. The new moderation center is packed full of tools for moderators and administrators to track moderation actions, member issues, and much more. SMF allows access to the Moderation center by the permission system so anyone can be allowed to view the Moderation center depending on what the admin would like.
+{{TOCright}}In 2.0, moderators have access to the ''Moderation Center'', which can be used to track moderation actions, warned members, and much more.  Access to the ''Moderation Center'' is determined by the permission chosen by the forum administrator.  To access the ''Moderation Center'' click on the ''Moderate'' tab, which is located by default between ''Search'' and ''Profile'' in the top menu.
-== Main  ==
+==Main==
 ===Moderation Center===
-On SMF 2.0 forums, there is a new tab, called Moderate. It allows moderators to have access to a page which has tools to help them moderate the forum. This is similar to the admin tab.
+On the front page of the ''Moderation Center'', there are sections for ''Simple Machines Latest News'', ''Moderator Notes'', ''Membergroup Requests'', ''Recent Topic Reports'', and ''Recent Watched Members''. Moderators can customize the appearance of this page.
-* On the front page of the Moderate center, there are sections for Recent Topic Reports, Membergroup Requests, and Recent Watched Members. The moderators can customize the look of this page.
+* '''Simple Machines Latest News''' - This displays all the latest news from Simple Machines, such us upgrade and security patch releases.
-* Recent Topic Reports shows the most recent topics that were reported by other users.
+* '''Moderator Notes''' - Moderators can write notes to each other here.
-* Recent Watched Members lists the most recent members that moderators are watching.
+* '''Membergroup Requests''' - This shows all of the people who have requested to join a certain group.  This is only available as an option for group moderators.
-* Membergroup Requests shows all of the people who are requesting to join a certain group.
+* '''Recent Topic Reports''' - This shows the most recent topics or posts that were reported by other users.  Reports can only be viewed by local moderators from the boards which they have permission to moderate.
-* From the link called Main, there is a drop-down menu allowing the moderator to access other pages.
+* '''Recent Watched Members'''- This lists the members who have been warned most recently by moderators.
-* Moderation Log tells the administrators what the moderators have been doing. This feature is to keep track of moderators, to make sure that they are obeying the forum's moderator Code of Conduct. (If one is set)
-* Warnings
-** Warning Log - This is a log of all warnings given by moderators and admins alike.
-** Custom Templates - This gives you the option of creating new, or using existing, warnings when issuing a warning to users.
-* Watched Members lists all members who are being watched.
-* Be aware that, if a member has their posts moderated, you can only view any attachments to that post, by following the link on the posts' subject. This will allow you to view the entire post.
 ===Moderation Log===
-The moderation log records all moderation actions as they happen on the forum. This only includes moderation actions, not general forum actions. The information recorded is:
-*'''Action''' - Any time a topic is locked, stickied, merged, split, or removed, an entry is created in the log. If a post is modified or deleted, a log entry is also created.
-*'''Date''' - The forum keeps track of the date and time that each action occurred.
-*'''Member''' - The member that performed the action is also saved.
-*'''Position''' - The member's primary membergroup is shown, however additional membergroups are not listed.
-*'''IP''' - A member's internet protocol address is attached to each action they perform.
-Moderators and administrators can search through these logs with the quick search feature located at the button of the moderation log. Administrators can remove logs only if the log is 24 hours old. Before the moderation log will be available, Moderation, Administration and User Logs must be enabled under ''Admin > Configuration > [[Core Features]].''
+The moderation log records all moderation actions. This only includes moderation actions, not general forum actions. The information recorded is:
+* '''Action''' - Any time a topic is locked, stickied, merged, split, or removed an entry is created in the log. If a post is modified or deleted, a log entry is also created.
+* '''Date''' - The forum keeps track of the date and time that each action occurred.
+* '''Member''' - The member that performed the action is also logged.
+* '''Position''' - The member's primary membergroup is shown. However, additional membergroups are not listed.
+* '''IP''' - A member's internet protocol address is attached to each action they perform.
+Moderators and administrators can search through these logs with the quick search feature located at the bottom of the moderation log. Administrators can remove logs only if the log is 24 hours old. For the moderation log to be available, ''Moderation, Administration, and User Logs'' must be enabled under ''Admin > Configuration > [[SMF2.0:Core Features|Core Features]].''
+===Warnings===
+* '''Warning Log''' - This is a log of all warnings given by moderators and admins alike.
+* '''Custom Templates''' - This gives you the option of creating new, or using existing, warnings when issuing a warning to users.
 ===Watched Members===
-Here you can keep a track of all members who have been assigned a "watch" by the moderation team.
-====Member====
+''Moderation Center > Members > Watched Members'' provides a simple interface to keep an eye on troublesome members. '''Watched Members''' can be sorted '''By Member''' or '''By Post''':
-Here you can see all members that are currently being watched.
+*'''By Member''' - See all members who currently have a high enough Warning level, to be added to the Watched Members list. In the member's profile, administrators can increase their Warning level above what is needed to be added to the Watched Members list. Administrators set that level in ''Admin Center > Members > Warnings''
-====View by Post====
+*'''By Post''' - A list of posts created by each member on the Watched Members list. It provides a simple checkbox that can be used to delete many troublesome messages at once.
-Here you can view all posts made by those being watched.
+Being added to the Watched Members list, is considered a penalty, or user limitation, for what the forum administrator considers bad bahavior in the forum, by the members listed there. Please see [https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Warnings#User_Limitations the Warnings page] for more information about ''User Limitations''.
 ==Posts==
+Post moderation must be enabled by the administrator for ''Unapproved Posts'' and ''Unapproved Attachments'' to be displayed.
 ===Unapproved Posts===
 From here you can approve or delete any posts awaiting approval.
-====Replies====
-From here you can approve or delete any replies awaiting approval.
+* '''Replies''' - From here you can approve or delete any replies awaiting approval.
-====Topics====
+* '''Topics''' -  From here you can approve or delete any topics awaiting approval.
-From here you can approve or delete any topics awaiting approval.
 ===Unapproved Attachments===
 From here you can approve or delete any attachments awaiting approval
 ===Reported Posts===
-Here you can review all the post reports raised by members of the community.
+Here you can review all the post reports sent by members of the forum.
 ====Active Moderation Reports====
+* '''Close''' - Click this to close a report without viewing any further details, such as moderator comments, or why the post was reported.
-'''Details'''
+* '''Details''' - Selecting this displays the following information and options:
+** '''Moderator Comments''' - The moderator comments field is used by moderators and administrators to discuss the reported issue or to simply make notes. The offending user is not aware of comments recorded/noted.
-*'''Moderator Comments''' - The moderator comments field is used by moderators and administrators to discuss the reported issue or to simply make notes. The offending user is not aware of comments recorded/noted.
+** '''Ignore''' - Clicking this button closes the case and removes it from the active reports queue. The report will no longer be listed among the open reports.  Selecting ''Ignore'' also means that all future reports on the same post will be ignored.
+** '''Close''' - Clicking this button closes the report.
-*'''Ignore''' - the Ignore button closes the case and removes it from the active reports queue. This will make the report not show up in the count of open reports for all moderators.
+** '''Actions taken by other moderators''' - This is the moderating history on the topic in question. It lists the actions, moderator's name, date and time, moderator group, and IP address of each moderator action.
-*'''Actions taken by other moderators''' - This is the moderating history on the thread in question and lists the actions, moderators name, date and time, moderator group and IP address of each moderator action.
 ====Old Reports====
+Closed reports can be read here.
 ==Membergroups==
 ===Membergroup Requests===
-For moderate groups requests tool be enabled, the member must be a group moderator. Group moderators can be set through (Admin > [[Membergroups]] > Edit membergroup).
+For moderators to see this, they must be a moderator for one or more membergroups. Any group moderator will be able to see the list of groups they have permission to moderate and if anyone is waiting approval to join a group.
-Once enabled any group moderator will be able to see the list of groups and if anyone is waiting approval to join a group.
 ===View Membergroups===
+This lists all users in their respective membergroups. Membergroups are colored and a number is displayed to show how many members each membergroup contains.
-The View Groups section of the Moderation Center lists all users in their respective membergroups. Membergroups are colored and a count is provided of how many members each membergroup contains.
+Clicking on a membergroup name will take you to a new page where you can view the membergroup details, such as color, rank image, and number of members. It will also show the members and respective details of that membergroup in page format. The members will be primarily sorted by username in alphabetical order.  From here you can remove or add people to this membergroup.
-Clicking on a membergroup name will take you to a new page where it will show you the membergroup details such as color, rank image and count. It will also show the members and respective details of that membergroup paginated. The members will be primarily sorted by username in alphabetical order, from here you can remove or add people to this membergroup.
 Membergroups on the initial page are in order of creation. Administrator will come first, followed by Global Moderator, followed by anything else you have added. Ranks are not included in the membergroup listing.
 ==Preferences==
-* And on to the last link. The Preferences link allows the moderator to change his/her settings for the moderation center.
+Preferences allows the moderator to change his/her settings for the moderation center.
 ===Change Settings===
-This section allows the setting of some personal preferences for moderation related activities such as email notifications, and display of visible moderation items.
+This section allows the setting of some personal preferences for moderation-related activities, such as email notifications, and which moderation items are displayed.
-The moderation items will be listed with checkboxes, selecting and saving will add or remove functionality from the moderation section.
-Open Report count in the forum header will in parenthesis have a number displayed next to the "Moderate" button stating the number of posts reported and awaiting action.
-Notify of topic reports and report of items waiting will email the user when an action is needed, with a toggle for all or only actively moderated boards by the specified user.
+* '''Items to show on moderation homepage''' - The moderation items will be listed with checkboxes, selecting and saving will add or remove sections from the ''Moderation Center'' page.
+* '''Show open report count in forum header''' - Selecting this displays open moderation reports in the forum header. There will be a number in parenthesis next to the "Moderate" button stating the number of posts reported and awaiting action.
+* '''Notify of topic reports''' - An administrator or moderator can select whether they wish to receive reports via e-mail and whether they always receive them, or whether they only receive them from boards which they moderate.
+* '''Notify of items awaiting approval''' - Selecting this allows an administrator or moderator to receive e-mails of posts or attachments which require approval.
-{{As a moderator}}
+[[Category:As a moderator]]

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