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== Types of Members ==
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There are four types of members on the [[Art of Problem Solving]]-[[MathLinks]] forums.
 
 
 
# Regular member
 
# Moderator
 
# Administrator
 
# Bot
 
 
 
=== Regular Member ===
 
A regular member has the basic abilities on the forum.
 
 
 
=== Moderator ===
 
Most fora have at least one moderator (with the exception of the <url>index.php?f=224 Test Forum</url>, several fora in the Site Support area, and a few scientific fora).  The moderator of a certain forum has the ability to edit or delete any post in that forum.  Additionally, the moderator can split posts from a topic, merge posts from one topic into another, move an entire thread to a different forum and lock/unlock any topic.  Finally, the moderator can make topics become stickies or announcements (and vice versa).
 
 
 
==== Becoming a Moderator ====
 
The selection of moderators is done by the administrators.  There is no set process.  New moderators will be chosen only when there is a need for them such as when a new forum is built, other moderators step down, or a forum begins to require additional supervision.
 
 
 
The process of choosing moderators is not democratic.  There is no election.  The administrators choose moderators based on their trust and confidence in a member.  Being a good, productive member is the best way for one to improve their likelihood of becoming a moderator.
 
 
 
=== Administrator ===
 
The full-time members of the Art of Problem Solving staff are administrators.  Administrators basically have unlimited power and complete jurisdiction.  The administrators include [[David Patrick]], [[Richard Rusczyk]], [[Vanessa Rusczyk]], [[Naoki Sato]] and [[Valentin Vornicu]]. Mathew Crawford has stepped down as an administrator in fall 2006.
 
 
 
=== Bot ===
 
The bots are screen names created by search engines that crawl around the website collecting data so that the [[Art of Problem Solving]]-[[MathLinks]] sites will show up in the search results of their engine.
 
 
 
Examples of bots are AskJeeves, GigaBlast, Yahoo! Slurp, GoogleBot, and MSNBot
 
 
 
== Post Ranking ==
 
On the Art of Problem Solving-MathLinks website, under your username, you will find stars, as well as the name of one of the [[Millenium Problems]].  The number of stars you have, as well as the name of the Millenium Problem, depends on your post count.  Here is the table that determines your "rank."
 
 
 
*0 - 19 New Member (Zero Stars)
 
 
 
*20 - 49 P versus NP (Half Star)
 
 
 
*50 - 99 Hodge Conjecture (One Star)
 
 
 
*100 - 249 Poincare Conjecture (Two Stars)
 
 
 
*250 - 499 Riemann's Hypothesis (Two and Half stars)
 
 
 
*500 - 999 Yang Mills Theory (Three Stars)
 
 
 
*1000 - 2499 Navier-Stroke's Equation (Four Stars)
 
 
 
*2500 - <math>\infty</math> Birch & Swinnerton Dyer. (Five Stars)
 
 
 
*Administrators have six stars.
 
 
 
These are the [http://www.claymath.org/millennium/ Clay Mathematics Institute's] "Millenium Problems."
 
 
 
See the [[AoPS-Mathlinks Rules and Tips]] page.
 
 
 
 
 
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