TASVideos

Tool-assisted game movies
When human skills are just not enough

Privileges

The following documents the specific site privileges that are allocated to the above staff members. A map of which privileges are extended to which roles is available on the Users page.

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Role map
No = No, Yes = Yes
nobody
(63)		limited
(4)		player
(2590)		encoder
(9)		editor
(62)		vestededitor
(8)		judge
(10)		publisher
(12)		adminassistant
(1)		senior
(2)		admin
(2)
view_submissionsYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
filestorage::uploadNo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_pages::allNo No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_pages::gameresourcesNo No No No No No No No No No No
editing_pages::homepageNo No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_submissions::allNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_submissions::appointNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
editing_submissions::judgedNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
editing_submissions::self-submittedNo No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
gamename::addNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
gamename::creategroupNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
gamename::editNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
rate_moviesNo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
submitting_moviesNo No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_moviefilesNo No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_movietextNo No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
tvc_uploadNo No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
delete_pagesNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
edit_addressesNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
edit_romsNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
edit_systempagesNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
edit_systempages::adminNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
editing_moviecatsNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
editing_moviehdrsNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
move_pagesNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
assigning_ranksNo No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
edit_playersNo No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
judging_moviesNo No No No No No Yes No No No Yes
publishing_moviesNo No No No No No No Yes No No Yes
replacing_submissions::allNo No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
replacing_submissions::publishedNo No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
set_tierNo No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
unreject_moviesNo No No No No No No No No No No
assigning_roles::allNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
assigning_roles::editorNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
assigning_roles::nobodyNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
assigning_roles::staffNo No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
assigning_userpagesNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
can_set_obsoletionNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
change_systemidNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
database_maintenanceNo No No No No No No No Yes No Yes
delete_submissionsNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
edit_privileges::restrictedNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
editing_deletedpages::allNo No No No No No No No Yes No Yes
editing_deletedpages::homepageNo No No No No No No No Yes No Yes
editing_page_historyNo No No No No No No No Yes No Yes
exceed_ratioNo No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
filestorage::adminNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
override_screenshotNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
see_submitters_ipaddrNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
view_everyones_ratingsNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
tvc_accessNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
edit_privilegesNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
edit_recommendationNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
hardware_maintenanceNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
move_systempagesNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
network_maintenanceNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
os_maintenanceNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
resources_maintenanceNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
sitecode::adminNo No No No No No No No No No Yes
sitecode::developerNo No No No No No No No No No No
sitecode::internNo No No No No No No No No No No
The access map in the other tab shows which Roles have which of the following privileges.

Submissions

view_submissions

This is the ability to view submissions.

editing_submissions::all

This is the ability to edit the submission text and supporting information of all submissions; the primary use of this is in conjunction with judging submissions.

editing_submissions::judged

This is the ability to edit the submission text and supporting information of submissions that have undergone the judging process.

editing_submissions::self-submitted

This is the ability to update the submission information of your own submissions.

editing_submissions::appoint

This is the ability to edit per-submission editors list for submissions not your own.

gamename::add

This is the ability to add new entries to List of game names.

gamename::edit

This is the ability to edit entries in List of game names.

edit_roms

This is the ability to edit ROM entries in ROM editor.

edit_addresses

This is the ability to edit RAM Adresses in Address editor.

submitting_movies

This is the ability to add new movies to the submission queue. Users are encouraged to review the Submission Instructions before doing so.

publishing_movies

Publishing a movie is the act of assigning an accepted submission a video file torrent, mirror/streaming links and a movie description for the first time, causing it to appear on the front page. It also allows a user to change the status of a movie from 'decision: accepted' to 'publication underway'.

judging_movies

Movie judging is the ability to change the status of a movie that has not yet been published (excluding 'publication underway' and 'published'). This is explicitly disallowed for the submitter.

unreject_movies

Subset of judging_movies, allowing setting any rejected submission back to new.

replacing_submissions::all

Certain privileged members can replace the input files associated with a movie. This is done, for example, when a minor improvement is found shortly after submission.

replacing_submissions::published

Same as the above but only for submissions already published.

delete_submissions

In order to prevent abuse of the submission queue, this allows users to remove submissions altogether from the site.

see_submitters_ipaddr

For the purposes of monitoring the queue for potential abuse, certain privileged staff members can see the IP address from where a submission originated. This information is kept confidential.

change_systemid

Some emulators support multiple platforms, not all of which are stored in the input files. For these cases, this ability allows one to change the system with which a submission is associated.

Wiki

editing_pages::all

This is the ability to edit most pages on the wiki (including Game Resources pages). It excludes system pages and pages that have been deleted.

editing_pages::homepage

If a user has been assigned a home page, most users have the ability to edit their own page.

editing_pages::gameresources

Ability to edit just Game Resources pages. Editing_pages::all encompasses this.

editing_deletedpages::all

This is the ability to edit pages that have been deleted.

editing_deletedpages::homepage

If one's homepage is in DeletedPages for some reason, this gives one the ability to edit it.

editing_page_history

With this ability, revisions of a page history may be removed.

edit_systempages

This is the ability to edit System Pages.

edit_systempages::admin

This is the ability to edit the Front Page and the set of tabs at the top of the page.

move_pages

This is the ability to move pages on the wiki.

delete_pages

This is the ability to non-permanently delete pages by moving them to DeletedPages.

move_systempages

This is the ability to move/delete system pages.

Movies

These permissions relate to the ability to edit information related to movies, which are tracked in the Movie Maintenance Log.

editing_moviehdrs

Movie headers include the game, ROM, and player information.

editing_movietext

Movie text is the description of the movie.

editing_moviecats

Movie categories are the classes as set out in Movie Class Guidelines.

editing_moviefiles

Movie files include the video file torrent, any mirror/streaming links, and the screenshot.

set_tier

Ability to set non-privileged movie tiers and to change between such tiers.

edit_recommendation

Assigning special stars can be done with this permission, though the responsibility for that currently falls to Baxter.

Also, ability to set movie to stars (highest) tier.

view_everyones_ratings

Users have the ability to hide their movie ratings via a setting in the forum; this permission causes that setting to be ignored.

can_set_obsoletion

While publishing a movie can obsolete another by means of the publication forum, some circumstances necessiate, for example, multiple obsoletions; this permission allows one to set which movies obsolete others arbitrarily for such uses.

exceed_ratio

This ability allows a torrent for a video file exceeding the site's maximum allowed ratio (currently 10 MB : 1 min) to be assigned to a movie (either by publication or by movie editing).

override_screenshot

Screenshots normally must be smaller than 45000 bytes and match the normal resolution(s) for a system; with this permission those checks are ignored.

edit_players

The players list keeps track of author information for movies; this permission allows for updating of that list (usually used in conjunction with publication).

tvc_upload

The ability to upload to TASVideosChannel via the site.

edit_privileges

Admin only. The ability to change which privileges each role has access to.

User files

filestorage::upload

Upload/Manage your own user files

filestorage::admin

Upload/Manage user files, overriding user ID checks

Users

Changes made with these privileges are tracked in the User Maintenance Log.

assigning_userpages

This is the ability to grant User Pages to other users.

assigning_roles::all

Allows the user to assign any role to anyone.

assigning_roles::editor

Allows the user to appoint new editors.

assigning_roles::staff

Allows the user to appoint new staff members; this is limited to privileges the user currently has.

assigning_roles::nobody

Allows the user to assign the 'nobody' role, i.e. to strip them of submission privileges.

assigning_ranks

This is the ability to set Forum Ranks. Non-admins can only set a limited number of ranks; this is intended for the ability to set Player ranks for new authors

Site code

sitecode::admin

These users have access to all of the site's source code.

sitecode::developer

These users have access to most of the site's source code.

sitecode::intern

These users have basic access to some aspects of the site's source code.

Other

These privileges are essentially cosmetic, and display what aspects of the site a given role has the responsibility for.

os_maintenance

This is the responsibility for maintaining the base software running on the server, not including the site itself.

database_maintenance

Users with this responsibility have access to the database,

hardware_maintenance

Users with this responsibility have direct access to the server hardware.

network_maintenance

Users with this privilege are responsible for the maintenance of the server's network connectivity.

resources_maintenance

This privilege denotes that the role has the responsibility of monitoring the site's use of the server's resources, such as disk space, memory usage, etc.

See also

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Privileges last edited by Ilari on 2012-10-31 21:18:50
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