Saw lately something strange, the user
alanst moved and locked
this topic from Development & Technical Discussion to Beginners & Help, but he is not the creator of the topic so I just wonder, is he a patroller? Can they move topics I know that they can delete posts.
Maybe you're just mistaking it badly, we can still conclude that he also owns the account that started the Thread, he may have a new account that has a Copper Membership and one that hasn't. So maybe he really is the one who moved the thread and locked that.
And as far as I know, there isn't such thing as patroller here, Only Mods/Staffs can do such things as deleting/moving/locking threads except for the owner of the Thread.
Edited:
Upon looking on the threads he started, I think he just did that for some reason like to remind the audience (that is looking for a certain thread in an old place where it has to be) that it wasn't there anymore.
No, I'm not mistaken here. You cannot lock or move someone's post if you don't have the permission and those who have the permission are the staff/mods and it looks like the patrollers too.
Regards the patrollers, yes they are real:
Yes, it's the same as always. Currently there are 3 patrollers and 20 non-patroller local moderators. (I saw someone say elsewhere that all mods have jurisdiction over newbies, but this isn't true.) At some points in the past there have been more patrollers, but that's not necessarily indicative of a shortage.