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Every now and then I see a user wondering about his/her title. Sometimes what it means, other times how he/she got it. So here’s a thread explaining all of the titles and how they are gained.

Regular Titles: These are the titles that every normal user gets. These titles are based upon your contributions to the site and there are different titles for every type of contribution. These titles don’t share anything special related to the user and are gained when certain requirements have been met. Also see this thread for more information.

Forum/Comment Contributions
- Conversationalist: 1000 Forum Posts or Comments.
- Commentator: 100 Forum Posts or Comments.
- Gold Member: 50 Forum Posts or Comments.
- Lurker: 25 Forum Posts or Comments.
- Member: 10 Forum Posts or Comments.

Media Contributions
- Archivist: 500 Images or Videos.
- Collector: 100 Images or Videos.

Entry Contributions
- Research Advisor: ? Edits or ? Editorships.
- Resident Researcher: 1000 Edits or ? Editorships.
- Sr. Researcher: 100 Edits or ? Editorships.
- Researcher: 50 Edits or ? Editorships.
- Jr. Researcher: 25 Edits or ? Editorships.

In every case one of the two factors have to be met. Contributions leading to the same titles don’t add up. For example: 500 comments and 500 forum posts won’t make you a Conversationalist. Also I’m not sure of the number of Editorships, as I’ve never seen a good example of this. I also can’t place Research Advisor.

Brand New Member isn’t related to anything, this is given to new members until they’ve reached the requirements for a different title. Some titles have priorities over other titles. The priorities are as following:

- Research Advisor
- Resident Researcher
- Sr. Researcher
- Conversationalist
- Archivist
- Collector
- Commentator
- Researcher
- Gold Member
- Jr. Researcher
- Lurker
- Member
- Brand New Member

[Complete post is above the 5000 character limit, so I have to split it up.]

Moderator Titles: Moderator titles are given to users by the staff. Moderators also get special priveleges over regular members. As for how you obtain these titles, they are assigned by the staff to the users who’ve shown that they can effectively utilize the abilities to manage the various sections of the site.

Moderators can get multiple moderator powers, the title he/she receives is related to that. I’ll only explain the powers regular members don’t have compared to the moderators. Also see this thread for more information.

- Database Moderator: For moderators with entry, forum, and image powers.
- Research Moderator: For moderators with entry & forum powers.
- Sr. Entry Moderator: For moderators with entry & image powers.
- Sr. Forum Moderator: For moderators with image & forum powers.
- Entry Moderator: For moderators with entry powers. Entry Moderators are able to start editing every entry they want and can add others without becoming an editor themselves. Entry Moderators can also change the status of an entry (deadpool/submission/confirm/hidden) and make an entry a sub-entry of its parent entry. They can also flag an entry or lock/unlock the comments, images and/or videos.
- Forum Moderator: For moderators with forum powers. Forum Moderators can lock/unlock and hide forums. They can also change every forum post they want, regardless of when it was posted. They can make forums flagged or featured, this prevents a forum from getting auto-locked.
- Image Moderator: For moderators with image power. Image Moderators handle the media on the site. They can delete every image posted, this can be for various reasons (porn, gore, unrelated, dead link, double post, etc).

Moderators also have to take action when the site rules have been broken.

As for banning users, only moderators with multiple moderator powers are able to do this. This ban can vary from a week or so, to a permanent ban. I’m not sure which moderator types are able to delete videos or delete comments.

Custom Titles: Custom Titles are the unique titles that some users have. These are given by James. Don’t start spamming him now, as custom titles are only given to the very special members of the site.

Custom Titles don’t say what an user’s moderator powers are. So does mona_jpn have no moderator powers at all, whereas Brad and Don have all the moderator powers plus more.

As for those who are curious. The Early Adopter #X titles (like of Chris Menning) are also custom titles. These were given to the first 99 members that joined KYM.

I hope this answers most questions about the titles. I don’t have all things filled in, nor am I certain of every part. If something in this thread might need to be changed, please correct me. I’ll then ask a Forum Moderator to change it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.

Question. Will the priorities of the titles determine your title or is it the latest title that you reached?
For example, I uploaded 168 images, which makes me a Collector. According to the chart, 100 Edits make a Sr. Researcher, which means I would’ve become one, if it was using priorities.

If it was using time frames (i.e. I reached Sr. Researcher before I got Collector) then it will make sense, but I think that’s not the case.

Help?

Hmmm, seem to have done something wrong there, better be changed. Sr Researcher probably belongs between Commentator and Researcher, or I got the numbers wrong by mistake. I’ll keep you updated. I actually should have seen that fault. My edits were above 800 before I became an Entry Moderator, yet I still was a Collector.

As for your question. The priorities decide your title. So if you would delete 69 (lol) of your images, it would change you into a Sr. Researcher. Also, if you would become a Collector after you became a Conversationalist. You’ll stay a Conversationalist, as this has a higher priority.

And before questions start coming: Yes, deleting media and/or comments untill they’re below one of the requirements will change your title back.

In all honesty, most titles don’t mean anything special.
Just something to keep in mind for the curious.

It’s better than just having almost 4 different titles.

Nice list RandomMan. This is the first clear list that accurately describes the titles. I’d love to see a list of all the users with custom titles. Actually I’ll start one: I’m sure I’m missing a few so fill me in if I am.

Users With Custom Titles:
Olivia G – Original Gangster
Mike – Internet Scientist
Yatta – Internet Scientist
Jamie Dubs – Scientist Emeritus
Chirs Menning – Research Advisor & Early Adopter (#8)
Brad – Community Manager
Captain Blubber – Database Moderator & Tikibar Management
Don – Staff Member & Administrator

I’ll add some to your list:

Forest – Internet Scientist
Tomberry – Pony Hater
mona_jpn – Japanese Specialist
Doc – Pony Hater for a short while, currently not.

Also in both Tomberry and Doc’s case the Pony Hater was put behind their original title, but the complete thing was a custom title. Making “Moderator Title & Pony Hater” the custom title.

Olivia G had different custom titles over time, as had some other users. So the list might need some updates every now and then.

What about Watcher and Serious Cat?

How come I don’t have Early Adopter (#2536358)?

I’m saying it because a lot of new people have assumed that these titles come with special privileges. I was making a simple basic explanation that the majority of titles don’t mean anything significant.

Stop thumbing me down because you don’t like my explanations.

Sorry for the bump, but I believe Archivist should only be 500 images or videos instead of 1000.

Yes, it seems to have updated.

His images are exactly 500 now, but I remember his title also being Archivist when the images were still in the 400. So it seems videos and images also add up now.

Really? In that case I should already have become and Archivist already……

I still don’t get how this works.

I think because you have more comments and forum posts in sum than images and videos in sum, Conversationalist takes precedence over Archivist.

Um.

I hate to bump this now, but I’m a collecter now, when I used to be a commentator, and I haven’t hit 100 in either media category. Also, I’ve more comments than anything.

As you can see, you have 49 images and 51 videos. Together making 100 media uploads, which makes you a Collector. This has apparently updated and media contributions now add up, as was already shown in a few posts above.

As is shown in the first post, Collector has a higher priority than Commentator. The numbers don’t matter in these cases.

When your comments reach 1000 you should become a Conversationalist, as that has a higher priority than Collector.

Ah, gotcha, thanks.

Then whats higher than a Conversationalist?

- Research Advisor
– Resident Researcher

OK! Thanks! I now have a target!

Sorry, but I noticed a flaw in the original post. Sr. Researcher can’t be that high on the list, because I have 166 edits, and I’m a collector. I’m not complaining, I’m just pointing it out.

Actually, I’m having the same problem as well. Like Teh Brawler said, I’m not complaining, but it should be looked into.

100 edits, no Sr. Researcher title awarded.
I second this request.

Good thing it’s not only me and Brawler. Now this can be looked into.

I’m pretty sure Sr. Researcher ranks just below Commentator. I remember having 100+ edits back when I was a Commentator.

What about the Alpha as F**k and RandomMan’s Bitch. Are they like custom titles or something?

That’s from the Community Building Challenge

Winners got the Alpha as F**k title, and losers got the RandomMan’s Bitch title.

Silly Verbose, don’t be so modest.
Everyone knows that the REAL winners are the ones who were allowed to be a part of RandomMan’s Brothel.