Moderators

Moderators are another group of staff on the LotR Mod wiki, not to be confused with the Facebook Page Moderators.

Who are they?
Permanent moderators are users who have constantly shown devotion to this wiki. They are able to have personalized name colors and backgrounds. At present, there are eight permanent moderators:


 * Seb
 * Smaug the Tyrannical
 * Commandogregor1234
 * Ffets
 * EpicSpacePanda
 * Special Elf Friend
 * Narvin

There are also some users who are temporarily promoted to this position in times of need on the wiki. These users will be promoted to permanent positions when the admins believe they are correct for the position. They do not have personalized background colors but can be identified by the generic yellow background. The seven temp mods are:


 * GimliBurper
 * TomtheBom
 * Edacnik
 * Dinopizzagamer
 * Recneps
 * Thorin Stonehelm
 * Rocket Engineer

What can they do?
Wiki moderators occupy a nieche somewhere between that of regular users and administrators. For example, forum moderators are able to:


 * edit comments on the bottom of pages and forum posts
 * move and close forum threads
 * ban a user from the wiki's chat.

What can't they do?
A wiki moderator does not have all the same priviliges as the admins. For example, a wiki moderator cannot:


 * edit a protected page (such as this one)
 * protect pages
 * activate/deactivate wiki features
 * ban users from the wiki (except from chat)
 * change the design of the wiki
 * promote other users to the status of moderator