Why does the Admin's status change to Automatically-Generated Moderator?

[leah r]

Hiya.

I, as the admin of my board, would like to also make myself moderator of a handful of the individual forums. Yes, I realize this isn't granting me any extra permissions, as I'm already god-moded...I simply want my name in the Moderator column on the front page, so people know who's running most of the show. It's a matter of aesthetics, mostly—I want every forum to show that it is moderated.

When I add myself as moderator of X forum, my status is changed to Automatically-Generated Moderator. I haven't noticed any changes in permissions except for the fact that if I edit a post, it shows the Edited By message, even though this is switched off for the admin in the Options panel. How can I make myself, the sole admin, a moderator of a certain section without invoking the Automatically-Generated Moderator stuff? Is it possible?

[Computer]

Hi,
i hope that John is changing this in the Next Version.

[leah r]

Hello, can someone answer this, please?

[Cold Steel]

Originally posted by Computer
Hi,
i hope that John is changing this in the Next Version.

I hope so too.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[leah r]

*bumps thread back up to the top*

Still wondering if someone can answer this.

[Mark Hewitt]

User groups / moderators and the rest have to be the only really annoying thing I have found with vBulletin

[bira]

I can think of one or two other things that go on that list, Mark :(

[Mark Hewitt]

Well I don't use the email authentication thingumy.

[leah r]

Still waiting for an answer or an explanation to this.

[werehere]

I personally see this as a usergroup bug. I have not tested it with any 1.13 versions because I am running 1.12.

It has been posted and acknowledged by me in the bugs forum, and I did alert John to the problem.

[leah r]

Thanks, werehere.