[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2073: Add moderator badge to moderator forum replies

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#2073: Add moderator badge to moderator forum replies
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 Reporter:  coffee2code     |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |   Keywords:  has-screenshots
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 As was done for plugin/theme authors and contributors for their plugin
 -/theme-specific support forum replies (see #1993), moderators should be
 given a clear badge for their replies indicating they are a moderator.

 A user's role is currently displayed as part of the user's information for
 a reply. By default this is "Moderator". However, if a user has a custom
 title -- as most moderators do -- then the custom title is displayed
 instead. It is not necessarily clear from a custom title that a user is a
 moderator.

 Attached is a screenshot example of a current reply for a moderator with a
 custom title, as well as a screenshot of the same reply with the proposed
 badge.

 The color chosen for the badge is the same used for the support team's
 profiles.wordpress.org contributor badges, but can certainly be changed.

 This same badge would be shown for keymasters as well, since there is no
 need to differentiate such a role from moderators on the front-end.

 In cases where a moderator is making a reply in a plugin/theme forum for
 which they would also be given an author/contributor badge, the
 author/contributor badge will take precedence and be the only one shown.

 In a separate ticket, I plan to propose removing the display of a user's
 role (except when a custom title has been defined). This will remove the
 redundancy of seeing the label "Moderator" twice for a moderator without a
 custom title. The only role worth publicly noting is "Moderator", and this
 ticket should be how that's shown.

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