Like on most other forums, there are several ranks on the CuP Forums. They are represented by a badge under the user's name. There are 8 of them.
Newly Registered Users[]
As the title says, they are members that registered not very long ago. It is one of the 2 ranks that has no ensign when posting a reply. This title disappears after a certain amount of time, about 1 week.
Registrated Users[]
This applies to all users who are registrated and cannot really be seen as a rank or title. As the name says, the user is registered. It is one of the 2 ranks that has no ensign when posting.
Administrators[]
“ | This is a special group, special groups are managed by the board administrators | ” |
— current rank description
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All legit administrators.
Trusted Users[]
“ | Hand-picked users who were deemed to be Trusted by the admins of Cloud Penguin. This is a closed group, new members can only join upon invitation of a group leader | ” |
— current official description
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Hand picked users that can be trusted.
Banned Users[]
“ | These users have broken the rules or are spam bots and are currently banned. This is a closed group. | ” |
— current official description
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Everyone who has been banned, temporarily or permanently.
Developers[]
“ | These users have shown themselves to be experienced programmers that have developed addins for CuP and contributed to the Indexing Project. This is a closed group, new members can only join upon invitation of a group leader | ” |
— current official description
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A person that has shown a good understanding of programming and has contributed in the Indexing Project substantially. An active addin developer.
Global Moderators[]
“ | These users have the power to moderate the forums and posts throughout the board. This is a special group, special groups are managed by the board administrators | ” |
— current description
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All legit moderators.
Support[]
“ | These users have shown their ability to help others in the forums regarding errors with CuP and have good grammar. This is a closed group, new members can only join upon invitation of a group leader. | ” |
This is the current description.
Supportive members, always eager to help others in issues related to CuP. They have good grammar.
Contributor (coming soon)[]
“ | People who donated money and are active in informing other people about CuP. Asynchronee | ” |
. It is an upcoming rank.