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In my topic about self-moderation (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5094358.msg49107964#msg49107964) the question occured in which sections it's possible to start such threads (or where it's not possible). I've also added a part about trust and noted where trust ratings (trust scores) are visible when you visit a normal thread in the corresponding section.

I did a bit research and here is my result:

Category	Board	Sub-board	Sub-board	self-moderated?	trust visible?
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Discussion			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Discussion	Legal		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Discussion	Press		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Discussion	Meetups		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Discussion	Important Announcements		only posts for admins allowed	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients	Electrum	Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients	Bitcoin Wallet for Android	Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients	BitcoinJ	Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients	Armory	Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Development & Technical Discussion	Alternative clients	Mycelium	Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Mining support		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Pools		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Mining software (miners)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Hardware		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Hardware	Group buys	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Mining	Mining speculation		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Technical Support			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Bitcoin	Project Development			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Economics			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Economics	Speculation		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Goods		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Goods	Computer hardware	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Goods	Digital Goods	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Goods	Collectibles	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Services		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Currency exchange		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Gambling		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Gambling	Games and rounds	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Gambling	Investor-based games	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Gambling	Gambling discussion	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Lending		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Lending	Long-term offers	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Securities		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Auctions		No	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Service Announcements		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Service Announcements	Micro Earnings	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Service Discussion		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Service Discussion	Web Wallets	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Marketplace	Service Discussion	Exchanges	Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Trading Discussion			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Trading Discussion	Scam Accusations		No	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Trading Discussion	Scam Accusations	Investigations	No	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Economy	Trading Discussion	Reputation		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Meta			No	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Meta	New forum software		No	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Meta	Bitcoin wiki		No	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Politics & Society			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Beginners & Help			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Off-topic			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Serious discussion			Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Serious discussion	Ivory Tower		Yes	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Other	Archival			No	No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Altcoin Discussion			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Announcements (Altcoins)			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Announcements (Altcoins)	Tokens (Altcoins)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Mining (Altcoins)			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Mining (Altcoins)	Pools (Altcoins)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Marketplace (Altcoins)			Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Marketplace (Altcoins)	Service Announcements (Altcoins)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Marketplace (Altcoins)	Service Discussion (Altcoins)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Marketplace (Altcoins)	Bounties (Altcoins)		Yes	Yes
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
Alternate cryptocurrencies	Speculation (Altcoins)			Yes	Yes

Date: January 20, 2019

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The changes of the trust system can have some influence about where it's allowed to do self-moderation, especially if there is too much abuse and I've added the date to my table to show when I've noted it. I'm also open to a discussion if we need some changes.

Nicely presented. Appreciated.

Good Work!

Your listed data could help many new people here to learn in which sections self moderation can be used and also which sections show the trust level below the profile.

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I would suggest you to modify the data by adding the local boards and there restrictions of self moderation and about the trust visibility.

I think this is somewhat a good list, but I don't think it justifies a big thread like this.

Putting like this is enough and more simple (IMO):

Self-moderated everywhere except Auctions, Scam Accusations, Meta and Archival.
Trust visible on Mining, Marketplace and Alternate cryptocurrencies.

Makes absolute sense this way,would definitely be concise and a long table would actually not have been needed
The OP quite rightly put work into drawing all this out,but to me it's a rather unnecessary one, just as Tryninja points out.
But whichever way,nice work OP, at least you're doing something to educate others in here,and such efforts are highly always appreciated

Nice work mate,  don't forget to inform them that they can now see stats of delete normal and merited post which will help determine if the self-moderate topic is worth commenting on. In theymos words;

As of current we can't see the records but only the stats of the deleted posts but hoping in near future the links will be made available. So we can see the post deleted and know those abusing the privilege of self-moderating their topic and maybe get a ban from using the feature.

At first, I thought about it, but the list would be very long and very much work. In addition, I don't know if it will bring much value in Meta, it's better something to be stickied in the local boards if the have many child boards. If someone from the local boards is planning to work it out, I would link it in my OP.

If someone is interested you can copy my code:

Category	Board	Sub-board	Sub-board	self-moderated?	trust visible?
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
...	...	...	...	Yes/No	Yes/No
________________________	_______________________________	_____________________________	________________________	__________________________	__________
...	...	...	...	Yes/No	Yes/No

Yes, I noticed also that some parts are very similar, but now we have also a structure of the forum. If someone needs it, he can just copy it for reference.

But I agree, your version is clearer to understand. I just noticed the similarity when the most work was already done.
I've added +Trading discussion to your list for visible trust.



I like his decision very much. There is a large number of scammers trying to abuse self-moderation for their purpose. If the new function can prevent it, that would be very positive.