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4.5. The Moderator Control Panel (MCP)
Another new feature in phpBB3 is the Moderator Control Panel, where any moderator will feel at home. Similar to the Administration Control Panel, this area outlines any current moderator duties that need to be acted upon. After navigating to the MCP, the moderator will be greeted with any posts waiting for approval, any post reports and the five latest logged actions - performed by administrators, moderators, and users.
On the left side is a menu containing all the relevant areas within the MCP. This guide outlines each individual section and what kind of information they each contain:
- Main
This contains pre-approved posts, reported posts and the five latest logged actions.
- Moderation queue
This area lists any topics or posts waiting for approval.
- Reported posts
A list of all open or closed reported posts.
- User notes
This is an area for administrators or moderators to leave feedback on certain users.
- Warnings
The ability to warn a user, view current users with warnings and view the five latest warnings.
- Moderator logs
This is an in-depth list of the five latest actions performed by administrators, moderators or users, as shown on the main page of the MCP.
- Banning
The option to ban users by username, IP address or email address.
4.5.1. Moderation queue
The moderation queue lists topics or posts which require moderator action. The moderation queue is accessible from the Moderator Control Panel. For more information regarding the moderation queue, see Section 4.3, “What is the 'Moderation queue'?”.
4.5.2. Reported posts
Reported posts are reports submitted by users regarding problematic posts. Any current reported posts are accessible from the Moderator Control Panel. For more information regarding reported posts, see Section 4.4, “What are 'Reported posts'?”.
4.5.3. Forum moderation
When viewing any particular forum, clicking Moderator Control Panel will take you to the forum moderation area. Here, you are able to mass moderate topics within that forum via the dropdown box. The available actions are:
Delete: Deletes the selected topic(s).
Move: Moves the selected topic(s) to another forum of your preference.
Fork: Creates a duplicate of the selected topic(s) in another forum of your preference.
Lock: Locks the selected topic(s).
Unlock: Unlocks the selected topic(s).
Resync: Resynchronise the selected topic(s).
Change topic type: Change the topic type to either Global Announcement, Announcement, Sticky, or Regular Topic.
You can also mass-moderate posts within topics. This can be done by navigating through the MCP when viewing the forum, and clicking on the topic itself. Another way to accomplish this is to click the MCP link whilst viewing the particular topic you wish to moderate.
When moderating inside a topic, you can: rename the topic title, move the topic to a different forum, alter the topic icon, merge the topic with another topic, or define how many posts per page will be displayed (this will override the board setting).
From the selection menu, you may also: lock and unlock individual posts, delete the selected post(s), merge the selected post(s), or split or split from the selected post(s).
The Post Details link next to posts also entitle you to alter other settings. As well as viewing the poster's IP address, profile and notes, and the ability to warn the poster, you also have the option to change the poster ID assigned to the post. You can also lock or delete the post from this page.
Note
Depending on the specific permissions set to your user account, some of the aforementioned options and abilities may not be available to you.
For further information regarding the Moderator Control Panel, see Section 4.5, “The Moderator Control Panel (MCP)”.
