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http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=36808

First of all, I am very sorry, as this was indeed my fault, but not in the way anyone thinks. The group "Contributors" does not have access to the 300 Club, and in any case I did not change his primary group membership. Members of group "Regulars" have access here. (For reference, "Members" is the group for people with fewer than 5 posts, it has even more limited visibility).

How I did screw up is to add him to the Secondary Group "No Edit Time Limits", which Somey set up some time ago. I looked to see whether all of the other usual settings there were the same, except for the editing time limit, and they seemed to be.

However, this board software is so arcane, I failed to notice that "No Edit Time Limits" copied the User Permission Mask called "Regular Permission Mask", and also to note that "Regular Permission Mask" meant the permission mask for Regulars, i.e. 300 Club members, and not, uhh, the "normal" permission mask. The permission mask (which is different from Groups, Group permissions, forum permissions, and sixteen other things) for normal contributors is "Contributors", not "Contributor Permission Mask".

So this protesting isn't to say I'm not at fault, I am. I think we need a sweep of the rather odd set of groups and permission masks we have, but that is a subject for another time.

I think banning this guy for 2 weeks for this abuse of trust is too little. An honest member would have said "Uh, you accidentally gave me access to the 300 Club, can I stay?" This asshole posted threads. I've never been a fan of 300 Club, but I would never knowingly betray it either.

My sincerest apologies. I am going to slink away on vacation for a few weeks anyway, hopefully my shame will be mitigated by the time I return.

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