new FAQ needed: Selective Screening

[karzilla]

Hello, good people of docs! I come to you today bearing tidings of a new feature that is scheduled to go live on the site in the next few days. It is called Selective Screening and there's a post up in dw_dev describing how it works.

In order to explain this new functionality to our users, I believe a new FAQ is needed, with a title like "What is Selective Screening?" that explains what it does and how to use it. It doesn't have to be anything major; something similar to FAQ 58 would be quite sufficient.

I believe the following FAQs should also be updated to mention the feature and/or link to the new FAQ:

• FAQ 9: How do I control who can comment on my journal?

• FAQ 59: What can I do about unwanted comments?

• FAQ 120: What are Dreamwidth's new features?

Thank you for your help!

Comments

[draft] What is Selective Screening?

[azurelunatic]

Selective screening allows you to make sure that all future comments left by a particular user in your journal, or a community under your control, are [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=60] screened[/link].

You may un-screen specific comments. If you allow anonymous comments to appear unscreened, this setting will not screen an anonymous comment left by this user while logged in.

This setting can be controlled from the [link]Admin Console[/link].

screen_set username

will add the user to the list of users whose comments will be automatically screened.

screen_unset username

will remove the user from the list of users whose comments will be automatically screened.

screen list

will list the users whose comments will be automatically screened.


For communities, use the commands:

screen_set username from community

screen_unset username from community

screen_list from community

This setting will not screen any comments left by this user before they were added to the selective screening list. You can also can [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=58]ban[/link] that user, and [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=75]remove them from your access list[/link] (if they're on it).

Re: [draft] What is Selective Screening?

[kareila]

Missing an underscore in screen list - otherwise looks good to me!

Re: [draft] What is Selective Screening?

[karzilla]

This is now FAQ 270!

[draft] FAQ 9: How do I control who can comment on my journal?

[azurelunatic]

Current:

If there is a specific user you don't want commenting, you can ban that person.

Proposed:


If there is a specific user you don't want commenting, you can [new faq]selectively screen[/link] or [http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=58 ]ban[/link] that person.

Re: [draft] FAQ 9: How do I control who can comment on my journal?

[kaberett]

Done!

[draft] FAQ 60: What is comment screening?

[azurelunatic]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=60

Current:

You can set up your journal to screen some or all comments when they are posted, meaning that they will not appear unless you decide to reveal them. Use the Privacy section on the My Account Settings page and choose the appropriate option for Comment Screening. You can set the same comment screening options for comments on individual entries using the Comment Screening option on the Post an Entry page.


Proposed:

You can set up your journal to screen some or all comments when they are posted, meaning that they will not appear unless you decide to reveal them. Use the Privacy section on the My Account Settings page and choose the appropriate option for Comment Screening. You can set the same comment screening options for comments on individual entries using the Comment Screening option on the Post an Entry page. You can set [new faq]selective screening for a specific user[/link] with the Admin Console.

Re: [draft] FAQ 60: What is comment screening?

[kaberett]

Done!

[draft] FAQ 59: What can I do about unwanted comments?

[azurelunatic]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=59


Current:
If the same person keeps posting comments you don't want, you can ban that person. You can also remove them from your access list (if they're on it).

Proposed:

If the same person keeps posting comments you don't want, you can [new faq]selectively screen[/link] or ban that person. You can also remove them from your access list (if they're on it).

Re: [draft] FAQ 59: What can I do about unwanted comments?

[kyrielle]

Is there a reason to link to the new FAQ, but not link to the ban FAQ? This seems inconsistent.

Re: [draft] FAQ 59: What can I do about unwanted comments?

[azurelunatic]

Laziness in drafting; I don't have doc privs at the moment, so I'm rusty on the exact syntax, and there's a link already in place in the existing FAQ. So the link should be retained where it is.

Excellent question.

Re: [draft] FAQ 59: What can I do about unwanted comments?

[kaberett]

Done!

[draft] FAQ 120: What are Dreamwidth's new features?

[azurelunatic]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=120

* We've added a [new faq]selective screening[/link] option, to make it easier to control comments in your journal or communities.

Re: [draft] FAQ 120: What are Dreamwidth's new features?

[kaberett]

Done!

[kaberett]

I don't have create-new-FAQs privs, but if I can either (a) be given them or (b) have someone create the new faq, I can handle the rest of the updates.

(Azz, thank you SO MUCH for drafting; will look at in more detail shortly.)

[karzilla]

I did the new FAQ - it's 270. I'll let you do the other updates... I'm pretty fried now after the excitement earlier.

[kaberett]

Thank you! On it now.

[karzilla]

P.S. you have faqadd now!

[kaberett]

ULTIMATE COSMIC POWER \o/

awesome, thank you :D