help:users (locked)

This page serves to describe the differences between the various user levels on AIBooru.

Browsing Differences

Permission Differences:

• Restricted users
• Can't edit anything until they verify their email address. A user is restricted if they signup using a VPN or proxy.
• Can browse the site without ads.

• Members and above can:
• Upload posts (subject to their upload limit).
• Favorite and vote on posts.
• Edit posts and tags.
• Flag posts (up to 5 posts per 3 days). If they have 30 accepted flags in the last 3 months with an accepted ratio of at least 70%, they have unlimited flags.
• Appeal posts (each appeal costs 3 upload slots).
• Create and edit pools.
• Create, edit, and delete wiki pages and artist entries.
• Create, edit, and delete their own comments and forum posts.
• Change the category of tags with less than 50 posts.
• Create, reject, and edit their own Bulk Update Requests.
• Send and receive DMails.
• Edit their user settings.
• Change their username (at most once a week).
• View username change history.
• Access Member-only forum threads.

• Gold and above can:
• Leave feedbacks on other users.
• Use the mode menu in the sidebar for quicker tagging, favoriting, and upvoting.
• View the forum activity indicator. The "Forum" link in the navbar will become italicized when there are unread posts.
• Access Gold-only forum threads.

• The Platinum level is not used on AIBooru and you cannot upgrade your account. However, if you contribute to the site, you can be promoted to either a Gold or Builder level account.

• Builders and above can:
• Lock and unlock wiki pages.
• Delete and undelete pools.
• Change the category of any tag with fewer than 1000 posts.
• Approve alias or rename bulk update requests for artist tags with fewer than 200 posts.
• Access Builder-only forum threads.

• Contributors and above can:
• Upload posts without being subject to the moderation queue (their posts are automatically approved). Posts can still voluntarily be sent through the modqueue.
• Appeal an unlimited number of posts.

• Approvers and above can:
• Approve and undelete posts (excluding their own uploads and posts they previously approved).
• Delete posts.
• Move favorites from a deleted post to its parent post.
• Ban and unban posts.
• Flag posts without limit.
• Replace the image on a post with a different file.

• Moderators and above can:
• Promote or demote users up to Approver level.
• View the IP and session history of other users.
• Ban users, IP addresses, and IP ranges.
• Change the name of other users (Builder and below).
• Edit or delete user feedbacks (except ones given to them).
• View who voted on comments.
• View who downvoted on posts.
• View or search who flagged a post.
• Edit, delete, or sticky (prevent hiding due to downvotes) comments.
• Edit or delete forum posts.
• Delete, pin, or lock/unlock forum threads.
• Access Moderator-only forum threads.

• Admins can:
• Promote or demote users up to Moderator level.
• Approve, edit, or reject any bulk update requests.
• Expunge (permanently delete from the site) posts.
• Change the category of any tag.
• Ban or unban artist tags.
• Approve any post any number of times.
• Approve their own posts.
• Create site news banners.

Getting promoted

To advance to a higher user level, you must be promoted by a Moderator or Admin. The following are general guidelines on how to get promoted:

• Gold - Make a minor number of contributions to the site, such as uploading, translating, tagging, contributing to forum discussions or anything else that is helpful to other users.
• Builder - Make a notable number of improvements to the site, such as by uploading, translating, tagging, contributing to forum discussions or anything else that is helpful to other users.
• Contributor - Contribute a notable number of high-quality uploads. It is generally important to have a relatively low amount of deleted uploads.
• Approver - Have a decent to excellent record of high quality uploads, with few deleted.