Improve co-author system

[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by Ziki

I had to bump as no staff member replied on this topic and this is the vBulletin.org Site Feedback.



Like I said,the co-author could only manage the files and options when the original author gives him the permissions (maybe a checkbox next to co-author name that says like "Can administer?")

I hear what you say. When you mean manage you mean upload/replace new files which you have authorized a (co-author) of your choice to have. But the question still remains, what's stopping your co-author from uploading a trojan/virus infected file? And do the authors that authorized the co-authors be hold accountable for this?

What's stopping them from simply deleting the files because they had a bad day, or they have just argued with you and bare a little grudge against you or the site because their suggestion never got answered in the feedback area. I'm not saying it will happen, only that it can happen when you start to introduce additional privileges to a whole host of people for the same thread/file(s). In short, it's simple overkill in my opinion when one person can do all of this him/herself.

I've nothing against your suggestion ziki, I'm just posting the obvious nightmare scenarios that can happen and members who rely on a certain script might take it out on staff or hold jelsoft accountable.