X-Git-Url: https://code.citadel.org/?p=citadel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=citadel%2Fhelp%2Fintro;fp=citadel%2Fhelp%2Fintro;h=2d3c336eb1fd03b92494be225d0e71213a54a4ec;hp=bf3e3cd7fb1cad5b061dfbad69eaa13e0a542683;hb=65a49d0eab7a8ae01de45495fdfdf67bdd8bd189;hpb=c1c91208257a253e65275545aea79bba4699ba09 diff --git a/citadel/help/intro b/citadel/help/intro index bf3e3cd7f..2d3c336eb 100644 --- a/citadel/help/intro +++ b/citadel/help/intro @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Welcome to ^humannode! - New User's Introduction to the BBS + New User's Introduction to the site This is an introduction to ^humannode and to the Citadel BBS concept. It is intended for new users so that they can more easily become @@ -69,39 +69,38 @@ login, you will be placed in the Lobby>. The second is Mail>. In Mail>, when you post a messages, you are prompted to enter the person (handle) who you want to send the message to. Only the person who you send the message to can read the message. -NO ONE else can read it, not even the aides. Mail> is the first room +NO ONE else can read it, not even the admins. Mail> is the first room on the scanlist, and is un-appable, so you can be sure that the person will get the message. - System aides - ------------ - These people, along with the room aides, keep the BBS running -smoothly. + System admins + ------------- + These people, along with the room admins, keep the site running smoothly. - Among the many things that aides do are: create rooms, delete + Among the many things that admins do are: create rooms, delete rooms, set access levels, invite users, check registration, grant -room aide status, and countless other things. They have access to the -Aide> room, a special room only for aides. +room admin status, and countless other things. They have access to the +Aide> room, a special room only for admins. If you enter a mail message to "Sysop" it will be placed in the -Aide> room so that the next aide online will read it and deal with it. -Aides cannot ap rooms. All the rooms are always on each aide's -scanlist. Aides can read *any* and *every* room, but they *CAN* *NOT* +Aide> room so that the next admin online will read it and deal with it. +Admins cannot ap rooms. All the rooms are always on each admin's +scanlist. Admins can read *any* and *every* room, but they *CAN* *NOT* read other user's Mail! - Room aides - ---------- - Room aides are granted special privileges in rooms that they aide. -They are *NOT* true system aides; their power extends only over the -rooms that they control, and they answer to the system aides. + Room admins + ----------- + Room admins are granted special privileges in specific rooms. +They are *NOT* true system admins; their power extends only over the +rooms that they control, and they answer to the system admins. - A room aide's job is to keep the topic of the their room on track, -with nudges in the right direction now and then. A room aide can also + A room admin's job is to keep the topic of the their room on track, +with nudges in the right direction now and then. A room admin can also move an off topic post to another room, or delete a post, if he/she feels it is necessary. - Currently, very few rooms have room aides. Most rooms do not need -their own specific room aide. Being a room aide requires a certain + Currently, very few rooms have room admins. Most rooms do not need +their own specific room admin. Being a room admin requires a certain amount of trust, due to the additional privileges granted. Citadel messages