[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2598: Extend Close and Archive to Plugin and Theme Authors and Contributors

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#2598: Extend Close and Archive to Plugin and Theme Authors and Contributors
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 Reporter:  macmanx         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Replying to [comment:10 Otto42]:
 > You're proposing giving archive/close (and, by extension, the ability to
 see archives and unarchive/unclose threads) to tens of thousands of
 people.

 Note: The latter part (the ability to see archives and unarchive) is out
 of scope for this ticket, as per-forum or per-project moderators wouldn't
 have access to any archived messages (for now, at least). Quoting
 [https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2590#comment:1 my comment] from
 #2590:
 * Spam/Pending/Archived views are only available to global moderators.
 *
 [https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.6-beta-2/src/includes/topics/template.php?marks=2215#L2197
 bbp_get_topic_replies_link()] doesn't show `(+X hidden)`
 link.[https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.6-beta-2/src/includes/replies/capabilities.php?marks=107#L100
 "'edit_others_replies' is mapped to 'moderate'"], but the check doesn't
 account for per-forum moderators.
 *
 [https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.6-beta-2/src/includes/common/functions.php?marks=298#L288
 bbp_get_view_all()] doesn't account for per-forum moderators.

 The latter two points seem worth fixing at some point, but the first one
 should remain as it is, unless those views can be filtered to only include
 posts from the forums the user can moderate.

 To summarize: In this ticket plugin and theme authors won't get access to
 any posts they don't normally have access to. They would only be able to
 Archive, Close, and Reopen topics in their own forums.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2598#comment:12>
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