in reply to Approval Nodelet for Own Nodes?

It's probably a one line fix in the nodelet code:

return if ($USER->{node_id} == $NODE->{author_user});

This has come up before among the janitors. It seems like the rough consensus was that it's not wrong to approve your own node for the frontpage, but it's usually a little gauche. Then again, I don't speak for the rest of the janitors, and we don't seem to generate a large amount of SoPW questions either. :)

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Re: Re: Approval Nodelet for Own Nodes?
by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Jul 03, 2001 at 18:27 UTC
    Back in the days of MUDs, talkers, and BBSes, it was pretty common for someone to become a room moderator, builder, sysop, or some other sort of admin who later became upset with the admin staff as a whole or a senior admin and left... erm, 'in a blaze of glory'. This was even from people who posed no problems as normal users.

    I would guess that this is thought unlikely to happen here, and that may be true. I do think, though, it's worth serious consideration, because one or two mean-spirited nodes on the front page can do serious harm to a first impression when a new user visits a site -- or if someone is doing a review for a magazine or such.

    This is just my $0.02 US, but it's coming from a decade of experience with dial-up and Internet-accessible message systems as a user and often as an administrator.

    Chris
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