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Reports and Administration

AlienCommons separates editorial responsibilities from high-risk site administration permissions.

Editor Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for the column publishing workflow:

  • Review user submissions.
  • Approve or reject submissions.
  • Leave revision feedback for authors.
  • Unpublish works that have already been published.

Editors cannot directly modify an author's text, and review permissions do not automatically grant high-risk capabilities such as banning users.

Reports

The following objects should all be reportable:

  • Columns
  • Community posts
  • Comments
  • Users
  • Collections

Reports for the first four object types are currently implemented. Collection reports remain to be implemented.

When submitting a report:

  • A reason is required.
  • Additional details may be provided.

Penalties

  • Who handles reports is still undecided.
  • User penalty rules are still undecided. A tiered penalty system is currently preferred.
  • Previously published columns remain public when their author receives a penalty.